Bitcoin Fortress Podcast Show Notes — Episode 186 Date: Sunday, October 19, 2025 Block height: 919,829 Moscow Time index: 919 sats per dollar Mempool fees: 1/1/3 sats/vB (low/medium/high) Featured Substack Post “Bitcoin and the Parable of the Talents” — Read it here (Bitcoin Fortress) A deeper look at stewardship, time-preference, and why stacking Bitcoin is about more than just price. Books by Your Host Bitcoin Fortress: A Simple Guide to Bitcoin for Beginners Bitcoin Retirement and Estate Planning The Bitcoin Lifestyle Follow me on Nostr: npub122fpu8lwu2eu2zfmrymcfed9tfgeray5quj78jm6zavj78phnqdsu3v4h Story Links & Topics Covered Market Action & On-Chain Massive ~$19 billion crypto‐market liquidation event (Oct 10-11) — Investopedia (Substack) U.S.–China trade escalation triggers Bitcoin drop to ~$104,782 — Economic Times (Substack) October tracking toward worst month in a decade for Bitcoin — CoinDesk (Substack) Technical setups suggest breakout still possible this month if ~$105K is cleared — CoinCentral (Substack) Institutional flows: mixed signals even in volatile markets — OneSafe Blog (Substack) On-chain structure reveals market fragility (liquidity, leverage risk) — commentary / analytics. Adoption & Institutional Channels 7. UK retail on-ramp: BlackRock launching bitcoin-linked ETP in UK — The Times 8. Corporate treasury mania under scrutiny — (analysis piece) 9. Potential wealth-rotation: gold slipping, Bitcoin holding relative strength — 99Bitcoins Freedom Tech, Privacy & Infrastructure 10. Jack Dorsey: “Bitcoin is money, not crypto” framing — TradingView News DeFi meets regulation discussion at FinTech Week D.C. — CoinDesk Self-custody & rails (Lightning, Fedimint, federated wallets) gaining attention. Policy, Regulation & Macro Cross-Currents 13. Financial Stability Board (FSB) warns of “significant gaps” in global crypto regulation — Reuters U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) chair: U.S. is a decade behind on crypto regulation — Bitget News ~$14-15 billion Bitcoin seizure from global scam spanning Cambodia — AP News Stablecoin operational risk: Paxos accidentally mints $300 trillion PYUSD — Tom’s Hardware Macro context: Bitcoin exposed to global liquidity, trade-war and risk-asset flows. Mining, Infrastructure & Backend 18. Mining business evolving: power-first over coin-first. 19. Hash-rate stability and miner accumulation despite price weakness. Meta & Market Structure 20. Is the classic 4-year halving cycle broken? (research / commentary) 21. Derivatives & options markets widen path-dependency (liquidations, skew). 22. Sentiment at extreme fear levels — contrarian setup? — 99Bitcoins Culture & Adoption Tidbits 23. Bitcoin documentary release on major streaming platforms. 24. Infrastructure updates: Start9/Fedimint, federated self-hosting tools. 25. Emerging Lightning payments use-cases in messaging & commerce. 26. Sovereign money narrative resurfaces in multiple podcast & article threads. 27. Education & content expansion: Bitcoin reaching mainstream awareness. 28. Community & open-source momentum: developer tools, protocol improvements. 29. Podcast insights: self-custody, insurance, stacking habit (see Podcast Recap). 30. Q4 question: Will Bitcoin break out or consolidate? Strategy reminder for fortress listeners. Podcast Recap Bitcoin Audible – Chat 147: Interview with Rob Hamilton (AnchorWatch) on multisig, insurance & institutional custody. Rabbit Hole Recap #379: Hosts Matt Odell & Marty Bent on “Stay Humble, Stack Gold”, infrastructure updates, recent crash. Key takeaway: Sovereignty, self-custody, tech rails & stacking habit matter as much as price.