Pre-Show Bad entropy will get your bitcoins stolen (https://nitter.net/mononautical/status/1728946778798793126?ref=nobsbitcoin.com) News This cycle's bitcoin environmental FUD is probably going to be water usage (https://www.theverge.com/2023/11/29/23979858/bitcoin-mine-cryptocurrency-water-use-analysis-energy) Shiny new FUD ammo takes media by storm! (https://stacker.news/items/333497) Rebuttal of BBCNews article, and the Underlying Study, on Bitcoin Water Usage – Batcoinz (https://batcoinz.com/2484-2/) Unchained surveyed US investors and sentiment is very bullish on bitcoin (https://unchained.com/blog/bullish-on-bitcoin-us-investor-outlook-for-btc-in-2024/) Economics What is Global R* (https://bankunderground.co.uk/2023/11/30/global-r/)? And why is it still falling? A Mechanistic model based view of society, humans, and economics is wrong It's not good enough to centrally manage human existence Privacy The US Treasury wants to expand warrantless mass surveillance and sanction free speach via software (https://www.coincenter.org/in-an-effort-to-close-perceived-loopholes-treasury-recommends-massive-expansion-of-warrantless-surveillance-and-power-to-sanction-open-source-software/) in order to strengthen its ability to sanction Bitcoin Education Bitcoin Optech covers liquidity advertisements (https://bitcoinops.org/en/newsletters/2023/11/29/), a feature of dual-funded channels on lightning offered by Core lightning from Blockstream both parties contribute a utxo to a lightning channel liquidity on both sides of the channel at opening Feedback Remember to get in touch bitcoindadpod@protonmail.com or @bitcoindadpod (https://mobile.twitter.com/bitcoindadpod) on twitter Consider joining the matrix channel (https://matrix.to/#/#bitcoin:jupiterbroadcasting.com) using a matrix client like element (https://element.io/get-started), details here (https://www.jupiterbroadcasting.com/community/matrix/) Bitcoin Dad Pod - Pay with you Fav App (https://fountain.fm/show/iSDKQzR5V5DCLn2AuUnI) I sent a boost via Fountain.fm's website Scanned the QR code with my Strike app No Alby or new Podcasting app required! Thank you Boosters If you get some value from this show, please consider sending a boost. Hearing from you means a lot to us! Send a Boost via the Podcast Index web page. No Podcast app upgrade required. Install Alby (https://getalby.com/) Find the Bitcoin Dad Pod on the Podcast Index (https://podcastindex.org/podcast/5049889) Boost right from the page! Send a re-ocurring or one-off lightning boost to the show with no message at bdadpod@getalby.com or directly to Chris at chrislas@getalby.com Value for Value Podcasting 2.0 to support an indepenent podcasting ecosystem (https://podcastindex.org/) Recomended Podcasting2.0 apps: Fountain (https://www.fountain.fm/) podcast app (Android) Podverse (https://podverse.fm/) (Cross platform and self hostable) + Alby (https://getalby.com/) for boosts Castamatic (https://apps.apple.com/us/app/castamatic-podcast-player/id966632553) (Apple) Sponsors and Acknowledgements Music by Lesfm from Pixabay Self Hosted Show (https://selfhosted.show/) courtesy of Jupiter Broadcasting (https://www.jupiterbroadcasting.com/)