Rabbit Hole Recap #184: The IRS wants your face and the Treasury hates you

<p>This week Marty and Matt discuss: - new bill would allow US Treasury to prohibit any transaction without public <a href="https://www.coincenter.org/new-bill-would-hand-treasury-blank-check-to-ban-crypto-at-exchanges/">notice or input</a></p> <p>- robinhood starts rollout of bitcoin <a href="https://bitcoinmagazine.com/business/robinhood-starts-to-allow-bitcoin-withdrawals">withdrawals</a></p> <p>- coldcard MK4 presales <a href="https://store.coinkite.com/store/mk4">open</a></p> <p>- bitcoin mining difficulty hits new all time <a href="https://insights.braiins.com/en/#mining_economics">high</a></p> <p>- Phoenix <a href="https://github.com/ACINQ/phoenix/releases/tag/android-legacy-v1.4.20">v1.4.20</a></p> <p>- Bisq <a href="https://github.com/bisq-network/bisq/releases/tag/v1.8.2">v1.8.2</a></p> <p>- Zap <a href="https://github.com/LN-Zap/zap-desktop/releases/tag/v0.7.6-beta">v0.7.6-beta</a></p> <p>- Joininbox <a href="https://github.com/openoms/joininbox/releases/tag/v0.6.6">v0.6.6</a></p> <p>- BTCPay Server <a href="https://github.com/btcpayserver/btcpayserver/releases/tag/v1.4.0">v1.4.0</a></p> <p>- nix-bitcoin <a href="https://github.com/fort-nix/nix-bitcoin/releases/tag/v0.0.63">v0.0.63</a></p> <p>- Sphinx Relay <a href="https://github.com/stakwork/sphinx-relay/releases/tag/v2.2.5">v2.2.5</a></p> <p>- Lightning Terminal <a href="https://github.com/lightninglabs/lightning-terminal/releases/tag/v0.6.2-alpha">v0.6.2-alpha</a></p> <p>- satoshi energy raises 60 bitcoin with focus on bitcoin <a href="https://bitcoinmagazine.com/business/satoshi-energy-raises-2-million-to-power-bitcoin">mining infrastructure</a></p> <p>- IRS begins requiring selfies for some services using third party <a href="https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2022-01-19/tax-breaks-for-crypto-millionaires-stir-outrage-in-puerto-rico">company</a></p> <p>- puerto rico tax breaks for outsiders <a href="https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2022-01-19/tax-breaks-for-crypto-millionaires-stir-outrage-in-puerto-rico">stirs outrage</a></p> <p>- free four day passes to Bitcoin 2022 for contributors of 30 <a href="https://bitcoinmagazine.com/culture/support-these-open-source-bitcoin-projects">open source projects</a></p> <p>Shoutout to our sponsors:</p> <p><a href="https://cash.app/">Cash App</a></p> <p><a href="https://unchained-capital.com/the-vault-concierge-onboarding-package/">Unchained Capital</a></p> <p><a href="https://insights.braiins.com/profitability-calculator">Braiins</a></p> <p><a href="https://lend.hodlhodl.com/">HodlHodl</a></p> <p><a href="https://b.tc/conference">Bitcoin 2022</a> - use the code TFTC for 10% off</p>