Rabbit Hole Recap: Week of 2020.10.12
This week Marty and Matt discuss:
– LND vulnerability [https://lists.linuxfoundation.org/pipermail/lightning-dev/2020-October/002819.html]
– DOJ launches global push to ban end to end encryption [https://archive.vn/ptHh3]
– OKEx suspends withdrawals [https://www.okex.com/support/hc/en-us/articles/360051090391-Suspension-of-Digital-assets-Cryptocurrencies-Withdrawals]
– Taproot merged into Bitcoin Core [https://www.btctimes.com/news/schnorr-taproot-upgrade-merged-into-bitcoin-core]
– BitMEX cofounder released on $5M bond [https://www.theblockcrypto.com/post/80296/bitmex-cto-samuel-reed-released-on-bond]
– BitMEX hires new compliance officer [https://www.theblockcrypto.com/post/80533/bitmex-hires-new-chief-compliance-officer]
– Indian exchanges working together to provide stricter KYC/AML compliance [https://www.coindesk.com/india-crypto-regulatory-sandbox]
– Spain potential law forcing full disclosure of bitcoin holdings [https://news.trust.org/item/20201013100845-lja6d/]
– Unchained adds coldcard support [https://unchained-capital.com/blog/now-coldcard/]
– myNode v0.2.17 [https://github.com/mynodebtc/mynode/blob/master/CHANGELOG]
– Nodl v0.1.1f [https://twitter.com/nodl_it/status/1314461046413897729]
– RTL v0.9.1-beta [https://github.com/Ride-The-Lightning/RTL/releases/tag/v0.9.1]
– Eclair v0.4.2 [https://github.com/ACINQ/eclair/releases/tag/v0.4.2]
– JoinMarket v0.7.1 [https://github.com/JoinMarket-Org/joinmarket-clientserver/releases/tag/v0.7.1]
– Trezor Suite Public Beta [https://blog.trezor.io/introducing-trezor-suite-public-beta-7c5949aeef45]
– Electrum v4.0.4 [https://electrum.org/#download]
– Stone Ridge $115M bitcoin investment [https://www.forbes.com/sites/michaeldelcastillo/2020/10/13/stone-ridge-reveals-115-million-bitcoin-investment-as-part-of-billion-dollar-spin-off/]
– Rodolfo the domain hodler [https://bitcointreasuries.org/]
– Fidelity recommends 5% position in bitcoin [https://www.fidelitydigitalassets.com/articles/bitcoin-as-alternative-investment]
– Fidelity privacy panel with Matt [https://youtu.be/ycWl6DHr87w]
– Marathon announces new 105 Megawatt bitcoin mining op [https://www.globenewswire.com/news-release/2020/10/13/2107538/0/en/Marathon-Patent-Group-Announces-Joint-Venture-with-Beowulf-Energy-for-105-Megawatt-Bitcoin-Mining-Data-Center.html]
– BitMEX on the risks of brain wallets [https://blog.bitmex.com/call-me-ishmael/]
– lnresearch data [https://github.com/lnresearch/topology]
– MuSig2 paper [https://eprint.iacr.org/2020/1261]
– WORDS September Bitcoin Journal [https://bitcoinwords.github.io/cy20m9]
linux foundation
