Thought of the week from Marty Bent:
Gifted an opendime last night. Great wedding gift.

Thought of the week from Matt Odell:
Transaction fees are the lowest they have been in weeks. Great time to setup and get comfortable with using your own lightning node if you have not already.

TOP STORIES

• Bitcoin Optech #147
• Bitcoin Core v0.21.1
• First taproot signalling period
• New multisig guide from bitcoinqna
• Thailand in person kyc
• This month in bitcoin privacy
• Bluewallet v6.1.0
• Umbrel v03.10
• Phoenix v1.4.11
• F2pool hashrate from outside china
• Dual-funded LN channel on mainnet

• MARA virtue signaling OFAC 'compliant' mining
• Iranian Central Bank cucking too
• Miningpool.observer
• NY State wants to ban mining
• Bitcoin Beach fund raiser
• Coinbase transparency report
• Cash App Q1 numbers
• Commodities inflation
• Tunisian student arrested and tortured for using BTC

PODCASTS

Citadel Dispatch - Tuesday

Rabbit Hole Recap - Thursday

Meredith Angwin

• The fragility of grids
• Misconceptions around electric grids
• Energy mix
• What's happening in Texas and California?
• Why nuclear is important
• How data is manipulated to push special interests
• How we can fix our grids

Wringing of the Rag

• Monday - Issue #983: Taproot activation signaling has started
• Tuesday - Issue #984: New York wants its citizens to suffer
• Wednesday - Issue #985: Bitcoin Fundamentals Pumping
• Thursday - Issue #986: The Virtue Signaling Blocks Have Arrived
• Friday - Issue #987: Bitcoin fixes Friday