News
Signet Fediment instance is live (https://faucet.sirion.io/)
Signet (https://en.bitcoin.it/wiki/BIP_0325) is a test network for bitcoin that is more centralized than testnet (https://en.bitcoin.it/wiki/Testnet), making it more reliable
Economics
Even Japan is experiencing inflation (https://wolfstreet.com/2022/09/20/even-in-japan-inflation-begins-to-rage-after-23-years-of-true-price-stability/) and the yen has lost ~40% of it's value this year
But inflation in Japan is only 3% and their currency is down 40%, maybe something else is going on (https://www.realclearmarkets.com/articles/2022/09/02/its_not_just_the_japanese_who_cant_afford_to_wait_for_the_inevitable_truth_851440.html)
Tokenomics
Even professional altcoin market makers are getting hacked (https://web3isgoinggreat.com/single/wintermute-hacked-for-160-million)
But it was a vanity address problem, which has also popped up on bitcoin (https://bitcoin.stackexchange.com/questions/3139/how-can-i-generate-a-vanity-bitcoin-address)
Celsius and Voyager bankruptcy procedings (https://amycastor.com/2022/09/11/crypto-collapse-celsius-voyager-skybridge-the-liabilities-are-real-the-assets-are-fake/) are weird, FTX shows up everywhere
[Crypto exchange FTX]](https://www.cnbc.com/2022/01/31/crypto-exchange-ftx-valued-at-32-billion-amid-bitcoin-price-plunge.html) achieves high private valuation in a crypto bear market
Cryptocurrency exchange FTX saw its valuation swell to $32 billion in a new funding round announced Monday, highlighting continued appetite for the sector even as investors grow wary about a sharp pullback in crypto prices.
The Bahamas-based company said Monday that it raised $400 million in a Series C financing round — its third fundraise in the last nine months.
Bitcoin Education
Jameson Lopp on the tricky logic of UTXO selection (https://blog.lopp.net/the-challenges-of-optimizing-unspent-output-selection/)
K3tan's homelab (https://k3tan.com/my-home-lab) might be a good topic for discussing serious self hosting setups
Check out his self-hosted bitcoin node guide (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9Kb7TobTNPI&list=PLCRbH-IWlcW2A_kpx2XwAMgT0rcZEZ2Cg) and this companion piece (https://citadels.org/a-companion-to-ketans-nodebox-guide-upgrade-your-bitcoin-node/)
Bitcoin Optech goes drivechain-ey (https://bitcoinops.org/en/newsletters/2022/09/21/)
The surprisingly simple math (https://petertodd.org/2022/surprisingly-tail-emission-is-not-inflationary) underlying the argument for monetary tail emission
Feedback
Remember to get in touch bitcoindadpod@protonmail.com or @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)
Corrections
None today!
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)
Castamatic (https://apps.apple.com/us/app/castamatic-podcast-player/id966632553) (Apple)+ Podcasting 2.0 to support an indepenent podcasting ecosystem (https://podcastindex.org/)
Sponsors and Acknowledgements
The Adopting Bitcoin Conference (https://adoptingbitcoin.org/2022/) Novem ber 15, 16 & 17, 2022 in El Salvador, use promo code BITCOINDAD for a 21% di scount
Music by Lesfm from Pixabay
Self Hosted Show (https://selfhosted.show/) courtesy of Jupiter Broadcasting (https://www.jupiterbroadcasting.com/)
Signet Fediment instance is live (https://faucet.sirion.io/)
Signet (https://en.bitcoin.it/wiki/BIP_0325) is a test network for bitcoin that is more centralized than testnet (https://en.bitcoin.it/wiki/Testnet), making it more reliable
Economics
Even Japan is experiencing inflation (https://wolfstreet.com/2022/09/20/even-in-japan-inflation-begins-to-rage-after-23-years-of-true-price-stability/) and the yen has lost ~40% of it's value this year
But inflation in Japan is only 3% and their currency is down 40%, maybe something else is going on (https://www.realclearmarkets.com/articles/2022/09/02/its_not_just_the_japanese_who_cant_afford_to_wait_for_the_inevitable_truth_851440.html)
Tokenomics
Even professional altcoin market makers are getting hacked (https://web3isgoinggreat.com/single/wintermute-hacked-for-160-million)
But it was a vanity address problem, which has also popped up on bitcoin (https://bitcoin.stackexchange.com/questions/3139/how-can-i-generate-a-vanity-bitcoin-address)
Celsius and Voyager bankruptcy procedings (https://amycastor.com/2022/09/11/crypto-collapse-celsius-voyager-skybridge-the-liabilities-are-real-the-assets-are-fake/) are weird, FTX shows up everywhere
[Crypto exchange FTX]](https://www.cnbc.com/2022/01/31/crypto-exchange-ftx-valued-at-32-billion-amid-bitcoin-price-plunge.html) achieves high private valuation in a crypto bear market
Cryptocurrency exchange FTX saw its valuation swell to $32 billion in a new funding round announced Monday, highlighting continued appetite for the sector even as investors grow wary about a sharp pullback in crypto prices.
The Bahamas-based company said Monday that it raised $400 million in a Series C financing round — its third fundraise in the last nine months.
Bitcoin Education
Jameson Lopp on the tricky logic of UTXO selection (https://blog.lopp.net/the-challenges-of-optimizing-unspent-output-selection/)
K3tan's homelab (https://k3tan.com/my-home-lab) might be a good topic for discussing serious self hosting setups
Check out his self-hosted bitcoin node guide (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9Kb7TobTNPI&list=PLCRbH-IWlcW2A_kpx2XwAMgT0rcZEZ2Cg) and this companion piece (https://citadels.org/a-companion-to-ketans-nodebox-guide-upgrade-your-bitcoin-node/)
Bitcoin Optech goes drivechain-ey (https://bitcoinops.org/en/newsletters/2022/09/21/)
The surprisingly simple math (https://petertodd.org/2022/surprisingly-tail-emission-is-not-inflationary) underlying the argument for monetary tail emission
Feedback
Remember to get in touch bitcoindadpod@protonmail.com or @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)
Corrections
None today!
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)
Castamatic (https://apps.apple.com/us/app/castamatic-podcast-player/id966632553) (Apple)+ Podcasting 2.0 to support an indepenent podcasting ecosystem (https://podcastindex.org/)
Sponsors and Acknowledgements
The Adopting Bitcoin Conference (https://adoptingbitcoin.org/2022/) Novem ber 15, 16 & 17, 2022 in El Salvador, use promo code BITCOINDAD for a 21% di scount
Music by Lesfm from Pixabay
Self Hosted Show (https://selfhosted.show/) courtesy of Jupiter Broadcasting (https://www.jupiterbroadcasting.com/)
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