James Check (aka Checkmate), on-chain analyst from Glassnode, joins Josh and Dan to talk about the complicated knots Ethereum has drawn itself into, Bitcoin bear market, and Bitcoin’s blind spots. WE COVER: Kite Surfing and Football (Soccer) TA and On-Chain Analytics Current Bear Market location Ethereum–its issues after the Merge How Stablecoins affect Ether Steelmanning Bitcoin Checkmate fully divested of Eth ITEMS MENTIONED: Checkmate’s “Why the Ethereum merge is a monumental blunder” Lyn Alden’s “The Problems with DeFi & Crypto” Lyn Alden’s December newsletter Glassnode  SHOW SPONSORS: **START9** — Sovereign computing. Take back control of your data. Run a Bitcoin & Lightning node. →Embassy One – A small uncompromising personal server, capable of running BTC Core →Embassy Pro –The most powerful, secure, and reliable private server in the world **SWAN** — The place we choose to buy Bitcoin. Dollar cost average daily, weekly or monthly with a company that’s Bitcoin only and encourages you to hold your own private keys. →https://www.swanbitcoin.com/ →For a limited time, Swan is offering Swan Premium to Fire/Police/Military at swan.com/fire **COINKITE** — Industry leaders in Bitcoin security hardware and fun devices, makers of the COLDCARD and other prominent items including OPENDIME, SATSCARD, TAPSIGNER, the SEEDPLATE, COLDPOWER, BLOCKCLOCK MINI & MICRO →PROMO CODE “BCB” FOR DISCOUNT ON COLDCARD →All available at coinkite.com **CROWDHEALTH BTC** — Harness the Power of Bitcoin + Health Care. Join other Bitcoiners on a crowdfunding platform while accumulating Bitcoin in the process. →Bitcoin specific crowd joincrowdhealth.com/bitcoin **CAPITAL LOGISTICS** — Logistics firm specializing in temperature controlled freight. They STACK BITCOIN on their balance sheet! Support Bitcoin Companies!  →capitallogisticsllc.com SUPPORT THE BCB PODCAST: —PODCAST 2.0 STREAMING: You can stream us fractions of a cent via Bitcoin sats on the Lightning Network!  We are live on Podcast 2.0 apps & wallets, including apps like Breez & Fountain) —TIPS: strike.me/bcb (tips open on Twitter) TWITTER: Follow Checkmate @_checkmatey_ (https://twitter.com/_Checkmatey_) Follow Blue Collar Bitcoin Podcast @Blue_CollarBTC EMAIL: Send questions or comments to bluecollarbitcoinpodcast@gmail.com