SAVE OUR BITCOIN WALLETS FROM THE GOVERNMENT (full episode) @TheBlueMatt w/@WalkerAmerica 0:00 The Pendulum Swings Both Ways 5:30 Challenges Facing Non-Custodial Wallets 8:57 Legal Implications of Money Transmission Laws 11:59 The Blockchain Regulatory Certainty Act 14:57 Protecting Developers and Wallet Vendors 17:58 The Future of Lightning and Non-Custodial Wallets 21:07 Current Debates in the Bitcoin Community 24:01 The Evolution of Lightning Technology 35:21 Enhancements in Bitcoin Core and Lightning Network 38:24 The Evolution of Lightning Network Perception 40:42 Innovative Wallet Models and Trust Dynamics 45:36 The Future of Wallet Development 48:16 Matt's Journey into Bitcoin Development 51:35 Concerns Over Mining Pool Centralization 1:02:09 The Importance of Transaction Selection in Mining 1:06:49 Layer Two Innovations and User Experience

we all need to push on the de minimis tax exemption for bitcoin payments... bitcoin is already clearly a better form of gold. the next step is truly getting to the “peer-to-peer electronic cash system” state that’s not going to happen if folks have to pay cap gains on a latte

With the GENIUS Act being signed into law today, the CLARITY Act is the next major piece of crypto legislation on the docket. I sat down with @TheBlueMatt to discuss how CLARITY protects developers of non-custodial Bitcoin and crypto tech and why it’s essential that it passes.

Why adopt Stratum V2? 🚄Super-efficient (70% less bandwidth) 🔐Secure (no hashrate stealing) 💵More profitable ⛏️Miners select tx & run nodes 💰Payout method agnostic 🔙Firmware upgrade not necessary 📔Well-defined specification 🫂Maintained by an independent FOSS community

Last week I went over the nuances of Trustodial systems in categorizing them. Today I wrote a follow up article looking at the dynamics of on-chain fees and how they affect someone's ability to self custody. Find the article below:

Bitcoinera who think yet another address format that users have to deal with is perfectly okay have never tried to use ETH L2s. Stop accepting mediocre UX, y’all. Single QR or bust.

I apologize to my American friends for raining on your parade but a reason BTC has made yet another ATH in $ terms is the devaluation of the dollar. BTC/EUR is still far from its ATH back in January 😗

Good explainer of Spark being both not-custodial but also not self-custody.

Good explainer of Spark being not-custodial but also not self-custody.

happy independence day 🇺🇸