Episode 58: New Year, New FUD

Episode 58: New Year, New FUD

Bitcoin Dad Pod

Pre-show Banter
Huobi Outflows Hit $60.9M in 24hrs, Inner Turmoil Reported at Exchange (https://tokenist.com/huobi-outflows-hit-60-9m-in-24hrs-inner-turmoil-reported-at-exchange/)
News
Castle Island VC's 2022 in review (https://medium.com/@sean.m.judge/reasons-to-remain-bullish-after-a-year-in-crypto-hell-74d6807cc408) is bullish on institutional adoption
But why do companies always invest in altcoins?
What is it about bitcoin that 'frightens' them off?Untitled Episode
Starbucks and Chipotle accept digital payments (https://www.theblock.co/post/149684/chipotle-will-now-accept-cryptocurrency-in-us-stores) via flexa (https://flexa.network/currencies) which doesn't support BTC
Economics
What is the invcentive to loan Amazon $8bn (https://techcrunch.com/2023/01/03/amazon-secures-8b-loan-anticipating-market-headwinds/) at < 1% interest?
Amazon Layoffs to Hit Over 18,000 Workers, the Most in Recent Tech Wave (https://www.wsj.com/articles/amazon-to-lay-off-over-17-000-workers-more-than-first-planned-11672874304?mod=djemalertNEWS)
A twitter thread on how the US Federal Reserve (https://twitter.com/LynAldenContact/status/1609297999674626048) subsidizes private banks when it loses money
Privacy
Louisiana requires ID for porn viewing (https://techcrunch.com/2023/01/03/you-must-now-verify-your-drivers-license-to-watch-pornhub-in-louisiana/)
Can everyone please use uBlock Origin (https://ublockorigin.com/) ? The internet is unusable without it.
Bitcoin Education
Amazing clarification of bitcoin node options (https://bitcoin.stackexchange.com/questions/107619/why-does-bitcoin-core-support-a-transaction-index-but-not-an-address-index) and the history of consensus
There's a bitcoin core version history page (https://bitcoin.org/en/version-history), with an RSS option
Untitled Episode
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