Rabbit Hole Recap: Bitcoin week of 2021.09.20

<p>This week Marty and Matt discuss:</p> <p>- tax change in infrastructure <a href="https://www.coincenter.org/an-unworkable-and-arguably-unconstitutional-tax-change-tucked-away-in-the-infrastructure-bill/">bill</a> </p> <p>- wasabi wallet 2.0 <a href="https://blog.wasabiwallet.io/privacy-guarantees-of-wasabi-wallet-2-0/">blog</a> </p> <p>- el salvador owns 700 <a href="https://bitcoinmagazine.com/culture/el-salvador-now-owns-700-bitcoin-as-president-bukele-buys-price-dip">bitcoin</a> </p> <p>- compass adds at home mining <a href="https://compassmining.io/education/compass-launches-home-mining/">option</a> </p> <p>- chainalysis runs a block explorer to track <a href="https://www.coindesk.com/business/2021/09/21/leaked-slides-show-how-chainalysis-flags-crypto-suspects-for-cops/">users</a> </p> <p>- Simple Bitcoin Wallet <a href="https://github.com/btcontract/wallet/releases/tag/2.1.12">v2.1.12</a> </p> <p>- Blue Wallet <a href="https://github.com/BlueWallet/BlueWallet/releases/tag/v6.2.7">v6.2.7</a></p> <p>- Lightning Terminal <a href="https://github.com/lightninglabs/lightning-terminal/releases/tag/v0.5.1-alpha">v0.5.1-alpha</a> </p> <p>- Immortan <a href="https://github.com/btcontract/IMMORTAN/releases/tag/v0.2.4">v0.2.4</a> </p> <p>- gladstein on el <a href="https://bitcoinmagazine.com/culture/the-polarity-of-bitcoin-in-el-salvador">salvador</a> </p> <p>- US Treasury sanctions Russian bitcoin <a href="https://www.theblockcrypto.com/linked/118158/us-treasury-sanctions-russia-based-crypto-otc-desk-for-laundering-over-160-million-in-bitcoin">exchange</a> </p> <p>- Doconomy carbon limits credit <a href="https://tftc.io/martys-bent/issue-1081/">card</a> </p> <p>- <a href="https://tftc.io/martys-bent/issue-1080/">Evergrande</a> </p> <p>- UK nat gas <a href="https://www.zerohedge.com/commodities/uk-power-suppliers-halt-adding-new-customers-energy-crisis-worsens">crisis</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>Braiins. <a href="https://braiins.com/">Braiins</a> are leaders in the mining industry; running Slush Pool, creating firmware to make miners more profitable (Braiins OS+), and building out Stratum V2 to help further decentralize mining and make Bitcoin more robust. Check out their <a href="https://insights.braiins.com/profitability-calculator">mining profitability calculator</a>.</p> <p>Compass Mining. Compass wants to democratize bitcoins hashrate and give everyone the ability to strengthen the network while mining bitcoin profitably. Thanks to Compass, it’s never been easier to mine bitcoin. Check them out at <a href="https://compassmining.go2cloud.org/aff_c?offer_id=1&aff_id=1005"><strong>compassmining.io</strong></a></p>