Rabbit Hole Recap: Bitcoin Week of 2021.01.18

<p>This week in Bitcoin Marty and Matt discuss:</p> <p>- bitcoin reorg confusion: <a href="https://forkmonitor.info/stale/btc/666833">BITMEX</a> & <a href="https://www.blockstream.info/tx/a13c2bdefcd51ef2a162f232179676c848b853b11596ac3381b70726758cfd41">Blockstream Explorer</a> & <a href="https://insights.deribit.com/market-research/was-there-a-bitcoin-double-spend-on-jan-20-2021/">Deribit Dissection</a> & <a href="https://www.coingecko.com/buzz/peter-todd-explains-how-he-double-spent-coinbase">Peter Todd</a> </p> <p>- CSW sues bitcoin.org and bitcoincore.org over whitepaper <a href="https://bitcoin.org/en/posts/regarding-csw">copyright</a> </p> <p>- Energy usage FUD smacks marty in the face on twitter</p> <p>- Mining in the arctic <a href="https://www.bloomberg.com/news/photo-essays/2021-01-14/bitcoin-btc-usd-cryptocurrency-mining-comes-to-arctic-circle-photos">circle</a> </p> <p>- Iranian gov seizing <a href="https://www.tasnimnews.com/en/news/2021/01/17/2434192/thousands-of-illicit-bitcoin-mining-machines-seized-in-iran">ASICs</a> </p> <p>- Blue Wallet <a href="https://github.com/BlueWallet/BlueWallet/releases/tag/v6.0.3">v6.0.3</a> </p> <p>- c-lightning <a href="https://medium.com/blockstream/c-lightning-v0-9-3-federal-qualitative-strengthening-8d431e63b148">v0.9.3</a> </p> <p>- Bitcoin Dev Kit <a href="https://bitcoindevkit.org/blog/2021/01/release-v0.3.0/">v0.3.0</a> </p> <p>- Blackrock entering the <a href="https://www.theblockcrypto.com/linked/91867/blackrock-sec-filings-bitcoin-futures">fray</a>? </p> <p>- Chainalysis releases 2020 "illicit activity" <a href="https://archive.vn/7sEtS">report</a> </p> <p>- Our boy Nic dropped a great piece in <a href="https://nymag.com/intelligencer/2021/01/why-is-bitcoin-making-new-all-time-highs.html">NYMag</a> </p> <p>- Mullvad conducts infrastructure <a href="https://mullvad.net/en/blog/2021/1/20/no-pii-or-privacy-leaks-found-cure53s-infrastructure-audit/">audit</a> </p> <p>- Bitcoin Core usage <a href="https://achow101.com/2021/01/bitcoin-core-survey">survey</a> </p> <p>Shoutout to this week's sponsors.</p> <p>Cash App. Start #stackingsats today. Use the promo code: "stackingsats" to receive $10 and contribute $10 to OWLS Lacrosse when you download the app.</p> <p>Unchained Capital. Check out their <a href="https://unchained-capital.com/the-vault-concierge-onboarding-package/">white glove vault concierge service</a> that will take you from zero to secure multisig setup in no time. Use the code TFTC and receive $50 off that package that includes 2 Trezor Model Ts and $1,000 in your vault.</p> <p>Atoms. Atoms is a shoe company making the most comfortable ideal everyday shoe for the individual with low time preference. Head over to <a href="https://atoms.com/tftc">Atoms.com/tftc</a> to get a free pair of socks at checkout.</p>