RABBIT HOLE RECAP #370: THE GREATEST BITCOIN MINER OF ALL TIME

<p>- block releases proto mining open source and modular mining rig <a href="https://proto.xyz">https://proto.xyz</a></p> <p>- treasury secretary scott bessent says SBR is around 125k btc, does not intend to buy more, will focus on confiscation <a href="https://x.com/TFTC21/status/1956013601741005172">https://x.com/TFTC21/status/1956013601741005172</a></p> <p>- US Producer Prices Rise by Most in Three Years on Services <a href="https://archive.is/xzohV">https://archive.is/xzohV</a></p> <p>- Polymarket: Fed decision in September? <a href="https://polymarket.com/event/fed-decision-in-september">https://polymarket.com/event/fed-decision-in-september</a></p> <p>- Bolivia | Banks Limit Withdrawals as Digital Asset Usage and Inflation Climb</p> <p>In Bolivia, where annual inflation has reached 25% and banks have been limiting withdrawal of US dollars to $100 a week, Bloomberg reports that Bolivians are turning to Bitcoin and digital assets as alternatives to the boliviano. “I’m not the only one using Bitcoin,” Christopher Salas, a coffee vendor in La Paz, said. “There’s a barbershop over there and a gym that also accepts satoshis.” For Salas, Bitcoin is both a hedge and a protest: “a way to preserve the value of my savings, but also a way to go against the system, against bureaucracy.” Bolivia’s hybrid authoritarian regime lifted a decade-long ban on digital assets in 2024. Since then, the volume of digital asset payments has grown more than fivefold to nearly $300 million in the first half of 2025. The University of San Andres allegedly pays its international faculty in Bitcoin. Carlos Neira, co-founder of Colombian wallet provider Meru, reports a staggering 6,600% increase in Bolivian users since the ban was lifted. <a href="http://FinancialFreedomReport.org">FinancialFreedomReport.org</a></p> <p>- Founder of SimpleX on why he is not implementing MLS <a href="https://www.poberezkin.com/posts/2025-08-12-mls-the-naked-king-of-end-to-end-encryption.html">https://www.poberezkin.com/posts/2025-08-12-mls-the-naked-king-of-end-to-end-encryption.html</a></p> <p>- Signal boss: ‘disturbing’ laws show the UK doesn’t understand tech <a href="https://archive.is/BtZD0">https://archive.is/BtZD0</a></p> <p>- Location tracking based on photos <a href="https://archive.is/YjaYy">https://archive.is/YjaYy</a> + <a href="https://x.com/heinenbros/status/1941943605343785219">https://x.com/heinenbros/status/1941943605343785219</a></p> <p>- American Hodl vlogs on nostr <a href="https://primal.net/e/nevent1qqs9gs5rrya4f3zql67yzemwmkehm96d7cxwakypjelp4xayqa36a2ctlx4zp">https://primal.net/e/nevent1qqs9gs5rrya4f3zql67yzemwmkehm96d7cxwakypjelp4xayqa36a2ctlx4zp</a></p> <p>0:00 - Intro</p> <p>2:35 - Block Rig</p> <p>14:46 - Monero attacks</p> <p>23:24 - Bessent's stealing your coins</p> <p>27:29 - PPI</p> <p>32:50 - Polymarket fed decision</p> <p>36:53 - HRF Story of the Week</p> <p>52:09 - Poberezkin MLS blog</p> <p>56:14 - Ark mainnet</p> <p>1:00:40 - Signal boss calls out UK</p> <p>1:01:57 - AI Surveillance</p> <p>1:06:46 - HODL v-logging on Nostr</p> <p>1:10:46 - Boosts</p> <p>1:17:11 - Stoneridge</p> <p>Shoutout to our sponsors:</p> <p>Coinkite</p> <p><a href="https://coinkite.com/">https://coinkite.com/</a></p> <p>Bitkey</p> <p><a href="https://bitkey.world/">https://bitkey.world/</a></p> <p>Stakwork</p> <p><a href="https://stakwork.ai/">https://stakwork.ai/</a></p> <p>Follow Marty Bent:</p> <p>Twitter</p> <p><a href="https://twitter.com/martybent">https://twitter.com/martybent</a></p> <p>Nostr</p> <p><a href="https://primal.net/marty">https://primal.net/marty</a></p> <p>Newsletter</p> <p><a href="https://tftc.io/martys-bent/">https://tftc.io/martys-bent/</a></p> <p>Podcast</p> <p><a href="https://tftc.io/podcasts/">https://tftc.io/podcasts/</a></p> <p>Follow Odell:</p> <p>Nostr</p> <p><a href="https://primal.net/odell">https://primal.net/odell</a></p> <p>Newsletter</p> <p><a href="https://discreetlog.com/">https://discreetlog.com/</a></p> <p>Podcast</p> <p><a href="https://citadeldispatch.com/">https://citadeldispatch.com/</a></p>