Rabbit Hole Recap: Bitcoin Week of 2021.11.15

<p>This week Marty and Matt discuss:</p> <p>- taproot activates successfully at block 609732</p> <p>- muun wallet adds taproot <a href="https://medium.com/muunwallet/designing-a-foolproof-script-upgrading-mechanism-cc956950df92">support</a> </p> <p>- SEC rejects VanEck spot bitcoin <a href="https://www.sec.gov/rules/sro/cboebzx/2021/34-93559.pdf">etf</a> </p> <p>- Perth Heat baseball team adopts the bitcoin <a href="https://perthheat.com.au/news/perth-heat-to-operate-on-bitcoin-standard/">standard</a> </p> <p>- crypto dot com spends $700M to rename Staples Center for 20 <a href="https://www.espn.com/nba/story/_/id/32650662/staples-center-become-cryptocom-arena-rich-naming-rights-deal">years</a> </p> <p>- tether announces new subsidiary 'Synonym' to bring tokens and other features to <a href="https://synonym.to/">lightning</a> </p> <p>- Senators Wyden and Lummis submit bill to restrict bitcoin tax reporting rules in infrastructure <a href="https://bitcoinmagazine.com/business/us-senators-propose-bill-to-amend-bitcoin-tax-reporting">bill</a> </p> <p> - Senator Cruz submits bill to repeal bitcoin portion of infrastructure <a href="https://www.cruz.senate.gov/newsroom/press-releases/sen-cruz-introduces-legislation-to-repeal-infrastructure-bills-devastating-attack-on-emerging-cryptocurrency-industry">bill</a> </p> <p>- IRS expects billions of dollars worth of 'crypto' seizures next <a href="https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2021-11-18/irs-sees-crypto-seizures-totaling-billions-of-dollars-next-year">year</a> </p> <p>- btcpayserver <a href="https://github.com/btcpayserver/btcpayserver/releases/tag/v1.3.5">v1.3.5</a></p> <p>- lnd <a href="https://github.com/lightningnetwork/lnd/releases/tag/v0.14.0-beta">v0.14.0-beta</a></p> <p>- mercury wallet <a href="https://github.com/layer2tech/mercury-wallet/releases/tag/v0.4.51">v0.4.51</a></p> <p>- simple bitcoin wallet <a href="https://github.com/btcontract/wallet/releases/tag/2.4.18">v2.4.18</a></p> <p>- immortan <a href="https://github.com/btcontract/IMMORTAN/releases/tag/v0.5.6">v0.5.6</a></p> <p>- fully noded <a href="https://github.com/Fonta1n3/FullyNoded/releases/tag/v0.2.30">v0.2.30</a></p> <p>- umbrel <a href="https://github.com/getumbrel/umbrel/releases/tag/v0.4.8">v0.4.8</a></p> <p>- hexa wallet <a href="https://github.com/bithyve/hexa/releases/tag/v2.0.2">v2.0.2</a></p> <p>- ledger live desktop <a href="https://github.com/LedgerHQ/ledger-live-desktop/releases/tag/v2.35.1">v2.35.1</a></p> <p>- bitcoin banking for <a href="https://galoy.io/bitcoin-banking-for-communities-lessons-learned-from-el-zonte/">communities</a> </p> <p>- reason minidoc on environmental impact of <a href="https://twitter.com/reason/status/1460712110678229000">bitcoin</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> - <a href="https://twitter.com/dfrumps/status/1457746897578438658?s=20">Daniel's thread</a></p> <p><a href="https://compassmining.io/?transaction_id=10246d24aa42523303e41aa29f6ea0">Compass Mining</a></p>