Episode 66: Bitcoin, HODL it tight

Episode 66: Bitcoin, HODL it tight

Bitcoin Dad Pod

Pre-Show Bantz
SBF's going retro as the US Department of Justice proposes no smartphones (https://cointelegraph.com/news/u-s-attorney-seeks-to-narrow-sam-bankman-fried-s-bail-terms-use-only-flip-phones) or internet access as a bail condition
News
El Salvador is suddenly a wall street darling (https://archive.is/cPlVy) after repaying some outstanding debt
There has been reporting that El Salvador's civil servants haven't been paid...but hard to verify
Silvergate, a US regional bank turned into a crypto company banking provider, is probably closing its doors after shutting down (https://cointelegraph.com/news/silvergate-closes-exchange-network-releases-9-9m-to-blockfi) its internal dollar payment network
More Tether fraud allegations (https://archive.is/50s0q) from the Wall Street Journal, a newspaper, that speaks to current anti-crypto banking sentiment
Privacy
Consider self-hosting your communication as discord policy rules (https://support.discord.com/hc/en-us/articles/10575066024983) are tightening restrictions including monetization
Simple-X-chat is an interesting private chat (https://github.com/simplex-chat) option that can be self-hosted
Bitcoin Education
Darthcoin helps Bluewallet users connect to their own lighting backend (https://darthcoin.substack.com/p/bluewallet-connect-to-ln-funding), after Bluewallet shut down custodial lightning services
Bitcoin Optech #240 (https://bitcoinops.org/en/newsletters/2023/03/01/)
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