BitDevs Socratic Seminar 11
Announcements
- Bitcoin Pizza Day
- Respect People’s Privacy
- Interaction And Asking Questions Are Encouraged
- Chatham House Rules
- Join Our Telegram Group
- Now Accepting Bitcoin Donations
- Azteco Vendor
Bitcoin KPIs
Geopolitics
- El Salvador Hosts Central Bankers And Financial Regulators From 44 Countries To Discuss Bitcoin And Financial Inclusion
- 100,000 Cubans Are Using Bitcoin In Response To U.S. Sanctions
- Panama Assembly Passes Bill Regulating Bitcoin, Crypto
- Central Bank Of Argentina Bans Banks From Offering Bitcoin, Crypto Services
- The "Schools And Bitcoin" Project Is Launching For 40 High Schools In Argentina
- U.S. Treasury Issues First-Ever Sanctions On A Virtual Currency Mixer, Targets DPRK Cyber Threats
Market/Adoption
- Lessons Learned From The Terra Stablecoin Depegging/Luna Token Collapse
- Fidelity To Allow Bitcoin Investments In Retirement Plans
- Coinbase Stock Slides After First-Quarter Net Loss Of $430 Million
- Human Rights Foundation Grants 5 BTC To Bitcoin Projects
Technology
- Casa Announces New API And $21 Million Series A
- Recent Controversy Around BIP 119 (CheckTemplateVerify) Covenant Proposal
- Rusty Russell Releases Alternative Covenants Proposal: OP_TX
- Spiral Releases Framework For Sustainable Open-Source Bitcoin Development
- CoinCorner Releases BoltCard: An NFC Payment Card Using LNURL
- Bitcoin Startup Amboss Launches Unique Lightning Liquidity Marketplace
- Synonym Launches Blocktank Service Provider For Bitcoin’s Lightning Network
Mining
- Bitcoin Is Halfway To The Next Halving As Of Block 735,000
- Bitcoin Hash Rate, Mining Difficulty Hit New All-Time Highs
- Bitcoin Mining Hash Price Hits Multi-Year Lows
- Fort Worth, Texas Becomes First City Government In The U.S To Mine Bitcoin
- The Bitcoin Mining Council Writes Letter To EPA Refuting Bitcoin Energy FUD
Optional Topics
- Package Relay Proposal
- Turkey Inflation Data Shows Annual 70% CPI Increase
- Georgetown Law Research Shows ICE Tracks 75% Of Americans
- El Salvador Scoops Up 500 BTC During The Dip
- El Salvador President Nayib Bukele Released Model Of Bitcoin City
- Norwegian Bitcoin Mining Ban Was Struck Down
- Chainalysis Raises $170m At $8.6b Valuation
- Microstrategy To Allow Employees To Invest In Bitcoin As Part Of 401(K) Plan
- Goldman Sachs Partners With Coinbase For Bank’s First Bitcoin-Backed Loan
- World’s Largest Family-Owned Private Bank Now Offers Bitcoin
- California Governor Signs Executive Order Encouraging Bitcoin And Crypto Businesses
- Vitalik Makes Case for Bitcoin
- Joe Lubin on PoW vs PoS
- Libra Creator David Marcus Begins New Lightning Network Venture, Lightspark
- Taro Explainer Video From Lightning Labs
- Nate's Interview With Compass Mining About OTEC
