Pre-Show
A busy week for Bitcoin Hardware
Trezor's bitcoin only firmware anniversery hardware signing device is very orange
Swan Partners with Blockstream to Launch Swan Vault
"Integrating Blockstream Jade's multi-signature and hardware-based authentication into Swan Vault elevates the standards of Bitcoin collaborative custody," said Swan Bitcoin CEO Cory Klippsten.
Coldcard Mk4 v5.2.0: Seed Vault, PSBTv2 & More
"TL;DR: First Bitcoin Singing-Device to store MULTIPLE seeds. Switch between them effortlessly. Ideal for custodians (think Grandma's stash), devs, experiments, and secure key handling (e.g., TAPSIGNER backups)."
News
FTX is Crazier than we Knew
FTX did bribes and identity theft to try to unfreeze stuck funds in China
Alameda’s paper trail leads straight to Sam Bankman-Fried - The Verge
Molly White on X: "Caroline Ellison's infamous "Things Sam [Bankman-Fried] is freaking out about" list
Molly White on X: Things Same is Excited About list
Other Deets
Took Caroline 45 secs to point SBF out in the court room when asked.
during a sidebar today the lawyers were arguing over whether SBF was trying to intimidate Caroline by laughing and scoffing at her testimony. BF's lawyer spat back and said she couldn't even point him out in the courtroom yesterday
Teddy Schleifer on X: "One gem from today’s Caroline Ellison testimony is SBF’s belief that he got “bigger bonuses” at Jane Street because of his … hair." / X
BitVM
What are the implications of turing complete contracts on bitcoin?
Nothing at the moment, it demonstrates the creation of basic logic gates on bitcoin but requires massive amounts of off-chain data the cost to 'enforce' such a contract onchain would be prohibitively large
And there can only be two participants
BitVM: Limitations and Moving Forward
BitVM explained in 4 slides
Blockstream Greenlight is a LAS lightning as a service offering that turns lightning node operation into an business ready service ala the software as a service model
It seperates the node's network operations and signing/security operations using the validated lightning signer project that can run on a hardware security module
Economics
Folks betting on rate drops in a few years? Risky Mortgages Could Lead to Foreclosure Spike
The year-over-year uptick in headline CPI has been occurring for three months now.
Official price levels are cumulatively about 19% higher than the start of 2020.
tcoin Education
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