Episode notes
Discount link: https://www.hardblock.com.au/join/ozbitcoinpod
Host: https://twitter.com/danWilcz
Sponsored by HardBlock: https://www.hardblock.com.au
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Beechworth Bitcoin Bush Bash, Mar 16 - 17 - No KYC, free entry
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Global News
- OpenSats announces over $4.3M Bitcoin grants and $3.4M Nostr grants were allocated in 2023 in Year-in-review
- Aqua Wallet launches as an all-in-one wallet with support for Bitcoin, Lightning, Liquid, and Tether
- Scam Bitcoin Wallets Are Still Reigning Free on Apple's App Store Despite Multiple Reports
- Nigeria’s Central Bank Fleshes Out New Rule Allowing Crypto Firms’ Access to Bank Accounts
- Bitcoin Victoria Falls: New Bitcoin Circular Economy in Livingstone, Zambia
- SEC Approves 11 Bitcoin Spot ETF Applications
- VanEck To Donate 5% of Its Bitcoin ETF Profits to Support Bitcoin Core Developers, while Bitwise pledges 10% to support Brink, OpenSats and the HRF Bitcoin Development Fund
- Google, Apple Pull Binance, Kraken and Other Exchanges from India App Stores
- Stripe Is Deplatforming Users For Selling Bitcoin Hardware
- Core Scientific Is Ready to Emerge from Bankruptcy and Re-list on Nasdaq by the End of January
- UN Report Attacks Tether for Facilitating Global Crime
- Trezor Warns of Unauthorized Email Impersonating Trezor Sent via Its Third-Party Email Provider
- Bitwise Becomes First U.S. Spot Bitcoin ETF to Disclose BTC Holding Addresses
- Swan Bitcoin Launches Swan Mining Out of Stealth Mode
- Bitcoin Surpasses Silver to Become Second Largest ETF Commodity in the US
Australian News
- Lack of bitcoin futures might restrict future Aussie bitcoin ETF
- Bitcoin Alive 2024: Australia Gears Up For The Ultimate Bitcoin Experience - get tickets at Bitcoin Alive, use code: HARDBLOCK
- US, UK and Australia step up sanctions on Hamas-linked crypto facilitators
Technical News
- The 3rd Edition of Mastering Bitcoin: Programming the Open Blockchain has been open-sourced on GitHub
- Mercury Layer 2 protocol release enables self-custodial UTXO transfers off chain
- Fedimint v0.2.1 Stable MVP release
- Coracle v0.4.0 Private Groups on Nostr
- Payjoin Dev Kit (PDK) v0.13.0 and developers Dan Gould and Esraa given Spiral grants
- BitKit v1.0.0-beta.98: Pay to Lightning Addresses, In-App Support & More
- OpenSats Announces Long-Term Support to René Pickhardt
- Base58 Ships Its Crypto + Digital Signatures Course for Bitcoin Developers
