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Episode 15

Fresh Summer FUD and Macro Mess

This Week in Bitcoin · Chris Fisher

June 19, 202457m 36s

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<p>Bitcoin under fire: New mining attacks miss the mark, why Bitcoin’s price stalled, and the critical flaws in Bitcoin Core and LND. </p> <p><strong>Sponsor:</strong> <a href="http://podhome.fm">http://podhome.fm</a><br /> <strong>Promo Code:</strong> TWIB </p> <p><strong>Affiliate LINKS:</strong> </p> <ul> <li><a href="https://river.com/signup?r=3CT4V56E">Buy Sats on River</a></li> <li><a href="https://app.thebitcoincompany.com/signup?ref=JUPITER">The Bitcoin Company</a></li> </ul> <p><strong>LINKS:</strong> </p> <ul> <li><a href="https://www.washingtonpost.com/business/2024/06/18/national-debt-budget-projections-cbo/">U.S. national debt will reach $50 trillion by 2034, CBO projects</a></li> <li><a href="https://www.statista.com/statistics/220093/number-of-billionaires-in-the-united-states/#:~:text=In%202023%2C%20there%20were%20around,the%2066%20billionaires%20in%201990.">Billionaires U.S. 2023 | Statista</a></li> <li><a href="https://x.com/MichaelAArouet/status/1801912989856969162">Main reason why rates will get cut regardless of where inflation will stand.</a> </li> <li><a href="https://x.com/GameofTrades_/status/1803135591111926143">Credit card defaults from small lenders have hit RECORD levels</a> </li> <li><a href="https://x.com/GameofTrades_/status/1803437581016899858">Housing defaults have just hit the highest levels since 2011</a></li> <li><a href="https://x.com/martypartymusic/status/1801940064147997006">OG whales have sold over 50,000 $BTC in the past 10 days, totaling approximately $3.30 billion.</a> </li> <li><a href="https://thebitcoinhole.com/hardware-wallets">https://thebitcoinhole.com/hardware-wallets</a></li> <li>Boltz exchange swap blog post: <a href="https://blog.boltz.exchange/p/dispatching-chain-swaps">https://blog.boltz.exchange/p/dispatching-chain-swaps</a></li> <li><a href="https://paymentexpert.com/2024/06/19/us-sec-ends-consensys-investigation-into-ethereum-2-0/">US SEC ends Consensys investigation into Ethereum 2.0</a></li> <li><a href="https://x.com/Consensys/status/1803230653120659641">Consensys on X: The SEC has notified us that it is closing its investigation into Ethereum 2.0</a></li> </ul> <p><strong>Energy FUD:</strong> </p> <ul> <li><a href="https://x.com/LtGovTX/status/1800968003636408657">Lieutenant Governor Dan Patrick Attacks Bitcoin Mining with FUD</a></li> <li><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j-zBtx1kGwU">Bitcoin mining, AI data centers increasing demand on Texas power grid, leaders say - YouTube</a></li> <li><a href="https://x.com/BitcoinMagazine/status/1801768242630852866?t=-4_jIvOo2LOrPsTsmogdbA&s=09">Oklahoma Governor signs bill into law that exempts Bitcoin miners from sales tax on electricity bills</a></li> <li><a href="https://coinmarketcap.com/community/articles/666d7d6ec49eee3092af28d6/">Oklahoma Governor Signs Bill Exempting Sales Tax for Bitcoin Mining</a></li> <li><a href="https://x.com/dsbatten/status/1801631410689634314?s=12&t=E9EIlRX-vHxbQ8g23lQU3A">JUST IN: Cambridge publicly acknowledges that the age of their Bitcoin mining data leads to “an overestimation in our emission estimates by ~25%”</a></li> <li><a href="https://www.da-ri.org/articles/beest-bitcoin-energy-emissions-sustainability-tracker">BEEST (Bitcoin Energy & Emissions Sustainability Tracker)</a></li> <li><a href="https://www.nobsbitcoin.com/bitcoin-core-v27-1/">Bitcoin Core v27.1: Bug Fixes & Performance Improvements</a></li> <li><a href="https://www.nobsbitcoin.com/lnd-versions-prior-to-v0-17-0-vulnerable-to-lnd-onion-bomb-dos-attack/">LND Versions Prior to v0.17.0 Vulnerable to LND Onion Bomb DoS Attack</a></li> </ul>