Rabbit Hole Recap: Week of 2019.10.28

<p>This week Marty and Matt discuss: </p> <p>- 11 years of bitcoin <a href="https://nakamotoinstitute.org/bitcoin/">https://nakamotoinstitute.org/bitcoin/</a></p> <p>- #FastForSatoshi</p> <p>- $1B in fees <a href="https://twitter.com/yassineARK/status/1189559688494493697?s=19">https://twitter.com/yassineARK/status/1189559688494493697?s=19</a></p> <p>- China blockchain pump https://www.coindesk.com/bitcoin-dissident-sees-dark-warnings-in-chinas-blockchain-push</p> <p>- Wasabi and Samourai Whirlpool comparison chart <a href="https://twitter.com/matt_odell/status/1189606714250858496?s=19">https://twitter.com/matt_odell/status/1189606714250858496?s=19</a></p> <p>- Casa Gold 2 of 3 multisig <a href="https://blog.keys.casa/basic-multisig-2-of-3-now-with-two-hardware-keys/">https://blog.keys.casa/basic-multisig-2-of-3-now-with-two-hardware-keys/</a></p> <p>- Coinmetrics nonce analysis <a href="https://coinmetrics.substack.com/p/coin-metrics-state-of-the-network-04a">https://coinmetrics.substack.com/p/coin-metrics-state-of-the-network-04a</a></p> <p>- Wired hit piece on sanctions evasion <a href="https://www.wired.com/story/cryptocurrency-boom-post-soviet-frontier/">https://www.wired.com/story/cryptocurrency-boom-post-soviet-frontier/</a></p> <p>- Cryptosteel capsule hands on [https://twitter.com/cryptosteel/status/1186354407019110400?s=19 & https://twitter.com/JimJones1913/status/1189021491397980160?s=19](https://twitter.com/cryptosteel/status/1186354407019110400?s=19 & https://twitter.com/JimJones1913/status/1189021491397980160?s=19)</p> <p>- Breez announces Lightning Rod <a href="https://medium.com/breez-technology/introducing-lightning-rod-2e0a40d3e44a">https://medium.com/breez-technology/introducing-lightning-rod-2e0a40d3e44a</a></p> <p>- Lightning and privacy <a href="https://twitter.com/ercwl/status/1186998875854376960?s=19">https://twitter.com/ercwl/status/1186998875854376960?s=19</a> & <a href="https://twitter.com/matt_odell/status/1187731152318160897?s=19">https://twitter.com/matt_odell/status/1187731152318160897?s=19</a></p> <p>- c-lightning 0.7.3 released <a href="https://github.com/ElementsProject/lightning/releases/tag/v0.7.3">https://github.com/ElementsProject/lightning/releases/tag/v0.7.3</a></p> <p>- Donations to Tor will be matched by Mozilla until November 4th <a href="https://donate.torproject.org/cryptocurrency">https://donate.torproject.org/cryptocurrency</a></p> <p>- Coldcard releases full schematics https://blog.coinkite.com/coldcard-hardware-shared/</p> <p>- Lebanon institutes ban on cash leaving country <a href="https://www.reuters.com/article/us-lebanon-protests-economy-dollars-idUSKBN1X60R2">https://www.reuters.com/article/us-lebanon-protests-economy-dollars-idUSKBN1X60R2</a> & <a href="https://www.coindesk.com/how-lebanons-economic-crisis-highlights-bitcoins-limitations">https://www.coindesk.com/how-lebanons-economic-crisis-highlights-bitcoins-limitations</a> </p> <p>- Argentina increases capital controls, $200 per month limit <a href="https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2019-10-28/argentina-tightens-currency-controls-after-fernandez-victory">https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2019-10-28/argentina-tightens-currency-controls-after-fernandez-victory</a></p> <p>Shoutout to our sponsors:</p> <p><a href="https://tftc.io/tales-from-the-crypt/cash.app">Cash App</a>. Start #stackingsats today. Use the promo code: "stackingsats" to receive $5 and contribute $5 to <a href="https://owlslacrosse.org/">OWLS Lacrosse</a> you download the app.</p> <p>Unchained Capital. Head over to <a href="https://tftc.io/tales-from-the-crypt/www.unchained-capital.com/vaults">www.unchained-capital.com/vaults</a> and checkout their 2-of-3 multisig vaults.</p> <p>Casa. <strong>Use promo code “TFTC” to get up to $250 off</strong> your <a href="https://keys.casa/keymaster/">Casa membership</a> … or hit their team up [email protected] for a free demo</p>