This week we begin a discussion of privacy principles and how they are implemented in Bitcoin. As government overreach becomes more common and the ability to gather vast amounts of data about everyone becomes easier and more cost effective the right to financial privacy becomes ever more important. Join us as we tackle this thorny issue! Bitcoin Weekly Closing Price $43,948.71 Block height at time of recording 824,805 News and Links VanEck to Support Bitcoin Core Developers Paperwork Complete for Bitcoin Spot ETFs Bitmain is Mining Bitcoin!!! Music Credits Protofunk by Kevin MacLeod Link: https://incompetech.filmmusic.io/song/4247-protofunk License: https://filmmusic.io/standard-license Ethernight Club by Kevin MacLeod Link: https://filmmusic.io/song/7612-ethernight-club License: https://filmmusic.io/standard-license Website https://satoshis-plebs.com Podcasting 2.0 Apps available at http://podcastapps.com and Value4Value information page available here: https://value4value.info I can be reached by email at mcintosh@gen-btc.com and on Twitter at @McIntoshFinTech. My mastodon handle is @mcintosh@podcastindex.social. Looking forward to hearing from you!