State of the Bitcoin Network Metrics

Odell reads network stats—price, market cap, block height, mempool—and cautions about early difficulty estimates.

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U.S. Government Contractor Arrested for Stealing $46M from U.S. Marshals Service — https://x.com/fbidirectorkash/status/2029574256959389933

Polymarket Prediction Market: Next Supreme Leader of Iran — https://polymarket.com/event/who-will-be-next-supreme-leader-of-iran-515

X Sharing User Data with Israel via Au10tix Verification — https://x.com/isfjmocha/status/2028407560382841305

GrapheneOS Partners with Motorola for Privacy-Focused Devices — https://primal.net/e/nevent1qqsykcl7urukyh4g3s56rhlwthmyu66ggm9zr9q2sunjengtnug5geqx7ww3f

STRIKE Now Available in NY, Rolls Out Line of Credit Product

Bitwise Donates $233K to Bitcoin Open-Source Developers — https://x.com/bitwise/status/2029245847620530531

Gabon | Government Suspends Social Media Access Nationwide

Last week, officials in Gabon suspended access to social media platforms indefinitely. To justify the suspension, the country’s telecommunications agency said it observed “content that undermines human dignity, the country’s institutions, and national security” on digital platforms, but independent voices condemned the action as an obvious crackdown on dissent. Users of TikTok and Meta’s platforms, including Facebook and WhatsApp, reported widespread disruptions beginning Wednesday, Feb. 18, which have widely disrupted people’s ability to communicate. Freedom tech like Bitchat, which provides offline messaging capabilities, and Nostr, a protocol for decentralized, censorship-resistant communication, will continue to play important roles in preserving speech, expression, and communication as authoritarian regimes increasingly restrict internet freedom. FinancialFreedomReport.org

Stealth: Private Bitcoin Wallet Privacy Auditor Tool — https://x.com/brenorb/status/2028897371749269890

Cake Wallet Launches Lightning Network Integration — https://x.com/cakewallet/status/2028531059160182943

Tailrelay: Simplified Start9 Access via Tailscale — https://primal.net/e/nevent1qqs9wqhks48fhvxz7j4ngl9mxgsqyempy7g2ywl4kn4km79shzuqulgsn4j65

YakiHonne Update: Scheduled Notes and New Features — https://primal.net/e/nevent1qqsruj5rf9s6rqpzdvpsyc2end2jtn3hyqe8s8ggwld3pmn397r63nqm3p3rn

Wisp: New Android Nostr Client in Beta — https://primal.net/e/nevent1qqsddm6payrqvnultvp6n7ck69jwax74e3f7y3278qnhutdu33amxpc5rm3ze

A Unified Command-Line Tool for All Google Workspace APIs, Built for Humans and AI Agents — https://github.com/googleworkspace/cli

OpenClaw Surpasses React in GitHub Stars — https://x.com/openclaw/status/2028347703621464481

AI Agents Prefer Bitcoin: Research on Monetary Preferences — https://moneyforai.org

3:54 - Iran

14:24 - Dashboard

16:04 - More Iran

42:29 - Daghita