Rabbit Hole Recap #222: Liquidity is drying up

Rabbit Hole Recap ·

This week Marty and Matt discuss:

  • large taproot multisig transaction breaks btcd and lnd, update lnd to fix issue (https://github.com/lightningnetwork/lnd/releases/tag/v0.15.2-beta)

  • spiral, braiins, and others collaborate on stratum v2 (https://bitcoinmagazine.com/business/spiral-braiins-launch-working-group-for-stratum-v2)

  • coincenter suing OFAC over Tornado Cash (https://www.coincenter.org/coin-center-is-suing-ofac-over-its-tornado-cash-sanction/)

  • bny mellon partners with fireblocks to custody bitcoin (https://www.wsj.com/articles/americas-oldest-bank-bny-mellon-will-hold-that-crypto-now-11665460354)

  • crusoe acquires great american mining (https://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20221012005190/en/Crusoe-Energy-Systems-Acquires-Great-American-Mining)

  • bitcoin ekasi launches education center in south africa (https://bitcoinmagazine.com/business/bitcoin-ekasi-launches-education-center-in-south-africa)

  • google partners with coinbase to accept bitcoin and cryptocurrencies (https://www.cnbc.com/2022/10/11/google-selects-coinbase-to-take-cloud-payments-with[…]tocurrencies.html)

  • validity rollups on bitcoin (https://bitcoinrollups.org/)

  • btcpay v1.6.12 (https://github.com/btcpayserver/btcpayserver/releases/tag/v1.6.12)

  • bitcoin-s v1.9.6 (https://github.com/bitcoin-s/bitcoin-s/releases/tag/1.9.6)

  • btcd v0.23.2 (https://github.com/btcsuite/btcd/releases/tag/v0.23.2)

  • onion share v2.6 (https://micahflee.com/2022/10/new-censorship-circumvention-features-come-to-onionshare-26/)

  • android leaks traffic when using vpn (https://mullvad.net/en/blog/2022/10/10/android-leaks-connectivity-check-traffic/)

  • proton releases new vpn protocol that is harder to detect (https://protonvpn.com/blog/stealth-vpn-protocol/)

  • commercial paper drying up (https://twitter.com/timevalueofbtc/status/1580551768554889216?s=20&t=9-_NgWKUpBEtL5XNBFg9Ng)

  • Stock market intraday volatility (https://twitter.com/TXMCtrades/status/1580684624090787841?s=20&t=9-_NgWKUpBEtL5XNBFg9Ng)

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