The Satoshi Distraction
This Week in Bitcoin · 
A breakdown of HBO's Money Electric: The Bitcoin Mystery "documentary" and how they got it wrong. Plus, a look at some challenges facing Bitcoin miners and the IMF talking tough.
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Links:
• Is Bitcoin Inventor Satoshi Nakamoto Actually Peter Todd? (https://nymag.com/intelligencer/article/peter-todd-bitcoin-satoshi-nakamoto-hbo.html)
• Blockchain's Role in Mitigating Illicit Finance (https://www.cryptoisac.org/news-member-content/blockchains-role-in-mitigating-illicit-finance)
• U.S. to sell Silk Road Bitcoin: 69,370 BTC to enter market (https://ambcrypto.com/u-s-to-sell-silk-road-bitcoin-69370-btc-to-enter-market/)
• FBI doxxed their wallets (https://x.com/jconorgrogan/status/1844121150676218100)
• IMF: El Salvador Should Narrow The Bitcoin Law Reach To Access Funds (https://www.forbes.com/sites/digital-assets/2024/10/04/imf-pushes-el-salvador-to-narrow-bitcoin-law-for-funding/)
• Book: Hidden Repression: How the IMF and World Bank Sell Exploitation as Development by Alex Gladstein (https://www.amazon.com/Hidden-Repression-Exploitation-Development-Gladstein/dp/B0CYM7FDHD/)
• Bitcoin, The IMF, and El Salvador - YouTube (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BMoFzrD50Hc&t=12s)
• Visa - Visa Introduces the Visa Tokenized Asset Platform (https://investor.visa.com/news/news-details/2024/Visa-Introduces-the-Visa-Tokenized-Asset-Platform/default.aspx)
• Visa Launches Platform to Help Banks Issue Stablecoins Globally - Bloomberg (https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2024-10-03/visa-launches-platform-to-help-banks-issue-stablecoins-globally)
• Jack Mallers on X: "Einstein discovered E=mc², he didn't "invent" it. Satoshi discovered Bitcoin, he didn't "invent" it. (https://x.com/jackmallers/status/1843646650948198805)
• Bitcoin was 40 years of work (https://x.com/bitcoin_teddy/status/1840669162940534915?s=12&t=E9EIlRX-vHxbQ8g23lQU3A)
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