Rabbit Hole Recap: Week of 2018.12.17

TFTC: A Bitcoin Podcast

Marty Bent

Technology

4.8 • 764 Ratings

🗓️ 19 December 2018

⏱️ 53 minutes

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This week Matt and Marty Discuss: RIP Tim May Minisketch - https://bitcoinmagazine.com/articles/synching-data-between-bitcoin-nodes-about-get-easier/ & https://twitter.com/pwuille/status/1075460072786935808 Blockstream satellite - https://www.forbes.com/sites/michaeldelcastillo/2018/12/17/who-needs-verizon-blockstream-broadcasts-entire-bitcoin-blockchain-from-space/#548f7bc75a80 Unchained Capital Dust analysis - https://blog.unchained-capital.com/bitcoin-data-science-pt-3-dust-thermodynamics-615dd51f49 Basis - https://www.theblockcrypto.com/2018/12/12/stablecoin-project-basis-is-shutting-down-and-returning-the-majority-of-capital-raised-to-investors/ Coinbase - https://blog.coinbase.com/ethereum-tokens-dai-dai-golem-gnt-maker-mkr-and-zilliqa-zil-are-launching-on-coinbase-3065eeb42d5b & https://blog.coinbase.com/direct-crypto-conversions-on-coinbase-e458af083c62 & https://medium.com/hydro-protocol/why-we-are-forking-0x-97dc48ee0426 & https://blog.coinbase.com/coinbase-continues-to-explore-support-for-new-digital-assets-92ba4ab7f465 Tether - https://www.bloomberg.com/amp/news/articles/2018-12-18/crypto-mystery-clues-suggest-tether-has-the-billions-it-promised ETH Constantinople fork - https://www.coindesk.com/block-7080000-ethereum-developers-propose-activation-point-for-next-hard-fork Gazprombank - https://www.theblockcrypto.com/tiny/one-of-russias-largest-state-owned-banks-is-developing-crypto-banking-services-for-institutional-clients/ Japanese tax law - https://www.coindesk.com/japanese-lawmaker-proposes-4-changes-to-ease-crypto-tax-burden Rumor Bitmain IPO not happening The Patreon War Mulvaney a Bitcoiner - https://twitter.com/ObsoleteDogma/status/810957268950859780 - Samourai Dojo - https://samouraiwallet.com/dojo -Mining in Iran - https://www.coindesk.com/cheap-power-lures-crypto-miners-to-iran-but-its-not-as-easy-as-it-sounds Thanks to our Sponsors: BlockFi: Sign up at blockfi.com/talesfromthecrypt to get $25 in free crypto added to customer collateral for loans under $10k or $50 in free crypto added to customer collateral for loans over $10k. Applying takes less than 2 minutes. Tallyco.in/BTC_Spot/ - Head over to http://tallyco.in and raise funds with some of that unstoppable, censorship-resistant, magic internet money today!

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0:00.0	Hey there, Freaks. Welcome back to Rabbit Hole Recap. We've been away for a couple weeks. I'm glad to be back in the studio, my boy Matt O'Dell. Before we hop into the topics of today, I'd like to introduce all of you freaks to this week's sponsor, BlockFi. No one likes having to sell their crypto if they don't want to. Whether you're paying off credit cards or buying a house, BlockFi helps crypto investors use their Bitcoin, Ether, and Lightcoin without selling. Back by our friend Mike
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0:52.3	of free crypto towards your collateral. And any loan, over $10,000, you're going to give you $25 worth of free crypto towards your collateral.
0:55.7	And then you loan over $10,000.
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1:01.1	That's double of crypto collateral added.
1:02.9	Or excuse me, of crypto added to your collateral.
1:08.2	Also, we've interviewed the CEO of BlockFi Zach on this podcast before.
1:09.4	Go check it out.
1:12.8	Learn more about crypto collateral lending. And yeah, I guess we're going to jump right into rabbit hole recap it's been a been a minute since we've
1:18.3	uh been together here on rabbit hole recap took a quick trip over the atlantic and back it was
1:24.9	very fun but uh happy to be back in the studio mistyy last week. Matt, how are you feeling this week?
1:29.9	I felt so empty last week without the rabbit hole. It's good to be back.
1:34.9	You know, we wanted to record on Monday. The timing just didn't, uh, just didn't line up.
1:41.2	And we were, we're so, uh, eager to, to make our reunion comments here that we forgot to say the date.
1:48.2	It is, today's Wednesday, December 19th, 2018. The price of Bitcoin is at 3838 right now on BitFinnix,
1:58.1	rallying a little bit. I don't know where it was the last time we met,
2:01.9	but a lot has happened since the last time we met. We got a lot to talk about. This might be
2:05.8	an hour and a half ripper tonight. Yeah, I don't know what price we were at two weeks ago. Probably
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