Rabbit Hole Recap #185: Currency crises, cold weather, and good bitcoin mining tax news

<p>This week Marty and Matt discuss:</p> <p>- canadian truckers gofundme suspended <a href="https://archive.ph/VYbMk">"under review"</a> </p> <p>- sparrow, bluewallet, and trezor remove AOPP support</p> <p>- why AOPP is a <a href="https://bitcoinmagazine.com/technical/bitcoin-aopp-and-the-swiss-travel-rule">risk</a></p> <p>- Biden considering executive order against <a href="https://www.barrons.com/articles/white-house-executive-action-regulate-cryptos-national-security-51643312454">bitcoin</a> </p> <p>- Congressman Davidson supports <a href="https://thehill.com/blogs/congress-blog/politics/591387-its-time-to-preserve-our-right-to-transact-privately">financial privacy</a> </p> <p>- bill introduced to make bitcoin a legal tender in <a href="https://bitcoinmagazine.com/markets/bill-introduced-to-make-bitcoin-a-legal-tender-in-arizona">arizona</a> </p> <p>- IRS signals retreat on block <a href="https://www.coincenter.org/irs-signals-retreat-in-court-battle-that-could-reshape-block-reward-taxation/">reward taxation</a> </p> <p>- Kraken launches proof of <a href="https://www.kraken.com/proof-of-reserves/">reserves tool</a></p> <p>- Fulcrum electrum server much more performant than electrs or <a href="https://www.sparrowwallet.com/docs/server-performance.html">electrumx</a> </p> <p>- Saylor and Dorsey <a href="https://youtu.be/XdgP25UcHB0">keynote</a> </p> <p>- BTCPay Server <a href="https://github.com/btcpayserver/btcpayserver/releases/tag/v1.4.2">v1.4.2</a> </p> <p>- Mempool <a href="https://github.com/mempool/mempool/releases/tag/v2.3.1">v2.3.1</a> </p> <p>- Sparrow Wallet <a href="https://github.com/sparrowwallet/sparrow/releases/tag/1.5.6">v1.5.6</a> </p> <p>- Specter Desktop <a href="https://github.com/cryptoadvance/specter-desktop/releases/tag/v1.8.1">v1.8.1</a> </p> <p>- BlueWallet <a href="https://github.com/BlueWallet/BlueWallet/releases/tag/v6.2.18">v6.2.18</a> </p> <p>- Eclair <a href="https://github.com/ACINQ/eclair/releases/tag/v0.7.0">v0.7.0</a> </p> <p>- Umbrel <a href="https://github.com/getumbrel/umbrel/releases/tag/v0.4.13">v0.4.13</a> </p> <p>- Mercury Wallet <a href="https://github.com/layer2tech/mercury-wallet/releases/tag/v0.6.0">v0.6.0</a> </p> <p>- Zap Android <a href="https://github.com/LN-Zap/zap-android/releases/tag/v0.5.5-beta">v0.5.5-beta</a> </p> <p>- Nix bitcoin <a href="https://github.com/fort-nix/nix-bitcoin/releases/tag/v0.0.64">v0.0.64</a> </p> <p>- proposal to remove memo's from lightning <a href="https://lists.linuxfoundation.org/pipermail/lightning-dev/2022-January/003452.html">invoices</a> </p> <p>- ben's bytes dev <a href="https://www.bensbytes.io/bens-bytes-0/">mommy blog</a> </p> <p>- trezor has disabled web wallet, users must now use <a href="https://suite.trezor.io/">trezor suite</a> </p> <p>- FTX valued at <a href="https://www.theblockcrypto.com/post/132383/venture-froth-catapults-ftx-to-32-billion-valuation">$32B</a> </p> <p>- Shopify founder joins coinbase board </p> <p>- surveillance firm ciphertrace uses honeypots </p> <p>- impervious browser to launch at bitcoin 2022</p> <p>Shoutout to our sponsors:</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>