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A positive outlook can be tough during the throes of a bear maer. Community is just one important thing that helps get Bitcoiners through tough times.This is a transcribed excerpt of the “Bitcoin Magazine Podcast,” hosted by P and Q. In this episode, they are joined by Matt Odell to talk about Bitcoin, Bugs as…

Modern day alchemy, unsurprisingly, failed. A deep dive into FTX and the events leading to the collapse of the now notorious crypto exchange. The below is an excerpt from the Bitcoin Magazine Pro report on the rise and fall of FTX. To read and download the entire 30-page report, follow this link.The Beginnings Where did…

At the 2024 Bitcoin Policy Summit, Nicaraguan pro-democracy activist Félix Maradiaga shared his insights on the severe challenges facing his country, which is under the autocratic rule of Daniel Ortega.According to Maradiaga, the Nicaraguan people are losing their freedoms at an alarming rate.“According to the Freedom in the World report, we have the very unfortunate label of

After Kazakhstan forced out Bitcoin mining operations, the majority of global hash rate is now produced with clean energy.Kazakhstan was, at its height, the second-largest Bitcoin mining nation on earth. Then, within a year, it capitulated. While mainstream news commentators were quick to pick through the reasons for why Kazakh authorities turned against Bitcoin mining…

New York’s Senate just voted to place a two-year moratorium on the bitcoin mining industry preventing new applications and renewals for carbon-based mining.New York’s State Senate has passed a bill in a 36-27 vote placing a two-year moratorium on proof-of-work (PoW) cryptocurrency mining with fossil fuels, the method used for mining bitcoin. The moratorium placed…

I logged back on to social media after a week offline in the countryside, only to see my timeline filled with news of an assassination attempt on Trump. My first thought, after noting my impeccable timing, was: “Let me see how CNN frames this.” And lo and behold: The first thing they wrote was that

The stakes have never been higher. The state is losing its grasp of control over the people and it is doubling down on utter incompetence and nefariousness.The below is a direct excerpt of Marty's Bent Issue #1248: “The privacy wars have escalated.” Sign up for the newsletter here.The U.S. Treasury decided to come out of…

The energy usage of bitcoin mining has been frequently misrepresented — but there's still reason to seek renewable energy sources.What if you could substitute a renewable battery-powered motor for the internal combustion engine just twelve years after its invention? At minimum, we would not be faced with the challenge of limiting greenhouse gas emissions. For…

Fedi is teaming up with Epoch to reward 2.54 bitcoin in a hackathon that aims to boost its Fedimint-based community custody and privacy platform.Technology company Fedi is launching a Bitcoin hackathon that will pay out 2.1 BTC to the winner in celebration of Bitcoin’s 14th birthday.Fedi, which is focused on building a Fedimint-based community custody…