

BTC Sessions
Ben Perrin
Get your dose of Bitcoin with weekly news roundups and "Why Are We Bullish" panel shows featuring Bitcoiners from around the world!
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Sep 11, 2020 • 24min
Mining KYC Threat, Hong Kong Bitcoin Ads, Blockchain Wallet Cloud Default EP096
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The FATF is trying to regulate Bitcoin mining and force KYC on users/pools. This will not end well for them
https://tftc.io/martys-bent/issue-821/amp/?__twitter_impression=true&s=09
Bitcoin ads emerge around Hong Kong
https://decrypt.co/41514/bitcoin-ads-plastered-across-hong-kong-trams-and-near-banks?s=09
Blockchain wallet stupidity abounds, as they enact default cloud backups
https://medium.com/blockchain/introducing-cloud-backups-7bad7b35d795
Nym privacy mixnet rewards node operators with BTC
https://www.coindesk.com/privacy-nym-pay-bitcoin-mixnet
“The Wasteland: A Wretched Hive of Scum and Villainy” by Yuri De Gaia
https://degaia.co/the-wasteland-a-wretched-hive-of-scum-and-villainy/
Check out how to get started with myNode!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GMovZg_3ERs
Bitcoin Magazine “Drinks In Quarantine” episode
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7kiA3xV5aB0

Sep 9, 2020 • 32min
Joe Rogan Talks Bitcoin Apocalypse, Fed Wallet Inbound, Bloomberg on BTC + Gold EP095
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Joe Rogan podcast: survive the apocalypse with at least 1 BTC
https://cointelegraph.com/news/apocalypse-survival-requires-1-btc-says-joe-rogan-guest
Bloomberg says Bitcoin/Gold correlation at highest level in a decade
https://cointelegraph.com/news/bloomberg-correlation-between-bitcoin-and-gold-reaches-its-highest-level-in-10-years
Fed wallet complete with UBI and negative interest rates could be coming.
https://twitter.com/Breedlove22/status/1303068132152496128?s=20
https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/BILLS-116s3571is/html/BILLS-116s3571is.htm
LN markets building BTC derivative trading on lightning
https://www.btctimes.com/news/lnmarkets-closes-pre-seed-to-build-bitcoin-derivatives-on-the-lightning-network?s=09
Bitcoin Hashrate ATH crushes Ethereum
https://twitter.com/Karalhoin/status/1303596081100607488
Smaller Wasabi coinjoin rounds using Chaincase
https://twitter.com/chaincase_app/status/1303042596709728257
Bitcoin Solutions ATM company goes public
https://medium.com/bitcoin-solutions/bitcoin-solutions-provides-corporate-update-and-progress-on-becoming-the-first-publicly-traded-48b6c83c287b

Sep 7, 2020 • 22min
BTC Double Bottom, Draper Hacked, Spencer Schiff Stacking Sats EP094
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Bitcoin price – possible double bottom, but CME gap still needs to be filled at $9650
https://cointelegraph.com/news/bitcoin-price-charts-hint-at-double-bottom-relief-rally-to-10-800
Bisq to add segwit support after new $45K grant
https://www.btctimes.com/news/peer-to-peer-trading-platform-bisq-to-support-segwit
Bitcoin QNA covers non-KYC Bitcoin options
https://bitcoinqna.github.io/noKYConly/
Tim Draper hacked, account shills Bcash
https://www.btctimes.com/news/opennode-co-founder-tim-drapers-bitcoin-cash-tweet-was-from-a-hacker
Umbrel drops new update. Get early access here
https://getumbrel.com/
Michael Flaxman creates guide for Multisig using Coldcard/Cobo/Specter/Paper Wallet
https://btcguide.github.io/
Peter Schiff asks twitter who they trust more: Him or his 18 year old Bitcoiner son. Vote!
https://twitter.com/PeterSchiff/status/1303009420713111553

Sep 5, 2020 • 34min
Bitcoin Dips Below $10K, Sushiswap Exit Scam, Upgrade Wasabi EP093
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It’s all over, according to Forbes
https://www.forbes.com/sites/billybambrough/2020/09/03/if-bitcoin-drops-below-10000-its-all-over-heres-why/#7feb5530621c
V shaped recovery unlikely
https://www.coindesk.com/bitcoin-crypto-recovery-price-analysts
Sushi-swap gets dumped by founder
https://decrypt.co/40976/founder-of-sushiswap-defi-protocol-cashes-out
PlanB, Preston Pysh and Jeff Booth get bullish
https://www.whatbitcoindid.com/podcast/bitcoin-has-entered-phase-5
Zug Switzerland accepting Bitcoin for taxes
https://www.btctimes.com/news/zug-will-start-accepting-taxes-in-bitcoin
Upgrade Wasabi wallet, responsible disclosure
https://blog.wasabiwallet.io/responsible-disclosure-v4-hard-fork/
Upgrade Trezor/Keepkey – passphrase vulnerability found
https://www.btctimes.com/news/developer-discovers-ransom-attack-explot-within-keepkey-and-trezor-wallets
Coinbase discusses Poop tokens. Actually.
https://blog.coinbase.com/around-the-block-8-the-promise-and-potential-of-synthetic-assets-9fbb15c2b24e
Sparrow wallet now available
https://www.sparrowwallet.com/

Sep 2, 2020 • 32min
Ecoinometrics: $41K BTC This Year, Bithumb Exchange Raided, DeFi Circus Continues EP092
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Ecoinometrics projects $41K bitcoin by the end of the year
https://cointelegraph.com/news/bitcoin-mirrors-gains-of-past-halvings-suggesting-41k-price-in-2020
Korean Exchange Bithumb raided by police
https://www.coindesk.com/police-raid-headquarters-for-bithumb-koreas-largest-exchange
European stock exchange adds first Bitcoin product
https://decrypt.co/40517/major-european-stock-exchange-lists-first-bitcoin-product
$500M in BTC now tokenized for DeFi projects
https://cointelegraph.com/news/messari-500m-in-btc-tokenized-for-defi-is-just-the-beginning
The DeFi circus continues with massive misallocation of capital
https://cointelegraph.com/news/27m-of-sushi-funds-could-disappear-at-the-drop-of-a-chef-s-hat
https://decrypt.co/40526/new-defi-protocol-locks-in-500m-in-hours
Everyone’s fav adult site now accepts Bitcoin
https://decrypt.co/40591/pornhub-adds-bitcoin-proving-satoshi-nakamoto-right
Bcash set to fork… yet again!
https://cointelegraph.com/news/roger-ver-to-bitcoin-abc-stick-a-fork-in-it-you-re-done

Sep 1, 2020 • 33min
Plan B: $288K Bitcoin Nears, Raoul Pal Expects 50X, DeFi Bubble Insanity EP091
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SHOW RESOURCES:
Stock to flow working “like clockwork” according to Plan B. $288K inevitable?
https://cointelegraph.com/news/bitcoin-is-targeting-288k-stock-to-flow-price-like-clockwork-planb
https://digitalik.net/btc/s2fx
Fed zero rates “for years” and increased inflation
https://www.cnbc.com/2020/08/31/the-fed-could-be-locked-into-zero-rates-for-five-years-or-even-longer.html
Raoul Pal says BTC to outperform gold, could 50-100X
https://www.btctimes.com/news/raoul-pal-bitcoin-to-outperform-gold-has-potential-to-50x
Miners see 23% revenue increase for August
https://www.coindesk.com/bitcoin-mining-august-revenue-increase
Swiss online retailer Digitec enourages full node use, maximalism, coin mixing and great podcasts
https://twitter.com/simonlutz21/status/1300822063154855936
Electrum wallet phishing scam
https://decrypt.co/40253/bitcoin-holder-loses-16-million-in-btc-to-well-known-scam
https://decrypt.co/40408/another-bitcoiner-claims-he-lost-430000-in-electrum-wallet-scam
DeFi Bubble getting insane
https://cointelegraph.com/news/defi-bubble-still-growing-fast-data-from-twitter-analyst-shows
https://cointelegraph.com/news/vitalik-buterin-compares-defi-tokenomics-to-the-fed-s-money-printer
Tether flippens XRP
https://cointelegraph.com/news/tether-surpasses-xrp-by-market-cap-again

Aug 26, 2020 • 32min
Lopp Token Blowback, BTC Index Fund, RunTheNumbers Day EP090
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Get a Ledger Backup Pack – Secure Your Bitcoin!
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MY ALL-ENCOMPASSING GUIDE TO GETTING STARTED WITH BITCOIN
https://www.btcsessions.ca/post/how-to-buy-sell-and-use-bitcoin-in-canada
Buy Bitcoin in Canada on Coinberry and get $20 after your first $50 purchase
https://app.coinberry.com/invite/c5d52730857
Buy Bitcoin in Canada using Shakepay and get $10 for free after your first $100 purchase:
https://shakepay.me/r/HUQFI60
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Jameson Lopp and other Bitcoiners seem to be shilling an ERC20 based exchange token for its IPO
https://decrypt.co/39769/bitcoin-backer-jameson-lopp-defends-support-inx-token-ipo
https://cointelegraph.com/news/bitcoin-maximalists-accused-of-shilling-an-sec-cleared-token
Fidelity Chief Strategist Starts BTC Index Fund
https://www.coindesk.com/fidelitys-chief-strategist-starts-bitcoin-index-fund
DeFi Boom is just ICOs 2.0
https://www.coindesk.com/defi-ico-boom-regulators-circling
Largest synchronized Bitcoin supply audit coming September 23rd
https://www.btctimes.com/news/bitcoin-supply-to-see-synchronized-audit
Shakepay does proof of reserves, gets cold wallet insurance
https://www.coindesk.com/canada-cryptocurrency-exchange-shakepay-insurance-audit
LND upgrade lifts removes channel size limits
https://www.btctimes.com/news/major-lnd-upgrade-enables-bigger-lightning-channels

Aug 24, 2020 • 29min
IMF Misses The Point, IRS Pries Into Your Hodlings, Snappa Has BTC Reserves EP089
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Get a Ledger Backup Pack – Secure Your Bitcoin!
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MY ALL-ENCOMPASSING GUIDE TO GETTING STARTED WITH BITCOIN
https://www.btcsessions.ca/post/how-to-buy-sell-and-use-bitcoin-in-canada
Buy Bitcoin in Canada on Coinberry and get $20 after your first $50 purchase
https://app.coinberry.com/invite/c5d52730857
Buy Bitcoin in Canada using Shakepay and get $10 for free after your first $100 purchase:
https://shakepay.me/r/HUQFI60
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SHOW RESOURCES:
IMF video on “cryptocurrency” falls flat, seems to miss the point
https://cointelegraph.com/news/so-many-things-wrong-with-imf-education-video-says-crypto-twitter
IRS puts your Bitcoin and crypto holdings front and center this tax season
https://www.btctimes.com/news/irs-moves-crypto-tax-section-to-the-top-of-the-tax-declaration-form
Canadian company Snappa announces significant portion of reserve assets now Bitcoin
https://twitter.com/cgimmer/status/1297891383227842561
https://chrisgimmer.com/bitcoin-reserve-asset/?s=09
Ryanair CEO: “Bitcoin is a Ponzi scheme”
https://decrypt.co/39584/ryanair-ceo-calls-bitcoin-a-ponzi-scheme-after-scam-fakes-endorsement
Court rules exchanges not liable for forks and airdrops
https://law.justia.com/cases/california/court-of-appeal/2020/a157690.html
Grab a copy of Citadel21!
https://www.citadel21.com/
How To Audit Bitcoin
https://www.academy.btse.com/post/audit-bitcoin
Lily Wallet multisig tutorial
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P5UIvCi9FSM

Aug 19, 2020 • 31min
Is $100K BTC Inevitable, Paris Hilton Cat Art Nets $17K ETH, Hashrate Falls Due To Floods EP088
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Get a Ledger Backup Pack – Secure Your Bitcoin!
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MY ALL-ENCOMPASSING GUIDE TO GETTING STARTED WITH BITCOIN
https://www.btcsessions.ca/post/how-to-buy-sell-and-use-bitcoin-in-canada
Buy Bitcoin in Canada on Coinberry and get $20 after your first $50 purchase
https://app.coinberry.com/invite/c5d52730857
Buy Bitcoin in Canada using Shakepay and get $10 for free after your first $100 purchase:
https://shakepay.me/r/HUQFI60
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Bitcoin price talk – is $100K inevitable?
https://cointelegraph.com/news/a-critical-mass-of-long-term-btc-hodlers-seem-to-be-making-100k-inevitable
https://cointelegraph.com/news/98-of-all-bitcoin-is-now-worth-more-than-when-you-bought-it
https://cointelegraph.com/news/only-something-unexpected-can-stop-bitcoin-price-bull-run-bloomberg
https://digitalik.net/btc/
US Wants Edward Snowden’s money – including proceeds from talks at Bitcoin conferences
https://decrypt.co/39130/edward-snowden-paid-35000-talk-bitcoin
Paris Hilton sells digital cat picture for $17,000 of ETH – natural selection continues to function as intended
https://cointelegraph.com/news/paris-hilton-drew-a-cat-and-it-somehow-sold-for-17-000-in-eth
Former contestant/winner of Deal Or No Deal gets scammed out of $39,000 from fraudulent Bitcoin investment ad on Facebook
https://www.coindesk.com/facebook-scam-bitcoin
Rainstorms and flooding in China drop global hashrate
https://www.coindesk.com/bitcoin-mining-hash-rate-rainstorms-china
Lily Wallet new release includes Trezor/Ledger support
http://lily.kevinmulcrone.com/#download
https://github.com/KayBeSee/lily-wallet/releases/tag/v1.0.0
myNode new release with updates to Spectre, Thunderhub and more
https://mynodebtc.com/
https://twitter.com/mynodebtc/status/1294836783063105541

Aug 14, 2020 • 30min
Dave Portnoy Buys BTC With Winklevoss, FEDcoin, BitMEX Sweeping KYC EP087
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Get a Ledger Backup Pack – Secure Your Bitcoin!
https://shop.ledger.com/products/ledger-backup-pack?r=faca
MY ALL-ENCOMPASSING GUIDE TO GETTING STARTED WITH BITCOIN
https://www.btcsessions.ca/post/how-to-buy-sell-and-use-bitcoin-in-canada
Buy Bitcoin in Canada on Coinberry and get $20 after your first $50 purchase
https://app.coinberry.com/invite/c5d52730857
Buy Bitcoin in Canada using Shakepay and get $10 for free after your first $100 purchase:
https://shakepay.me/r/HUQFI60
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SHOW RESOURCES:
Dave Portnoy hosts Winklevoss twins to buy Bitcoin
https://twitter.com/stoolpresidente/status/1293993222868369408?s=09
https://twitter.com/BTCsessions/status/1294330485586276353
Federal Reserve experimenting with “Fedcoin”
https://www.marketwatch.com/story/fed-says-it-is-developing-an-experimental-digital-currency-11597352302
BitMEX Announces sweeping KYC
https://blog.bitmex.com/announcing-the-bitmex-user-verification-programme/
An examination of Bitcoin as a reserve asset in the wake of the Microstrategy treasury buy
https://blog.knoxcustody.com/bitcoin-safest-reserve-asset/
https://twitter.com/PrestonPysh/status/1294247459993116676
Wasabi wallet blog on the recently found Tor vulnerability targeting Bitcoiners
https://blog.wasabiwallet.io/wasabi-wallet-tor-ssl-stripping-attack/amp/?__twitter_impression=true
New release of Spectre multisig for desktop
https://github.com/cryptoadvance/specter-desktop/releases/tag/v0.6.1
Using Lightning Network with varying levels of control (BTSE Academy)
https://www.academy.btse.com/post/using-lightning-network


