Bitcoin Week of 2021.11.15
This week Marty and Matt discuss:
- taproot activates successfully at block 609732
- muun wallet adds taproot support https://medium.com/muunwallet/designing-a-foolproof-script-upgrading-mechanism-cc956950df92
- SEC rejects VanEck spot bitcoin etf https://www.sec.gov/rules/sro/cboebzx/2021/34-93559.pdf
- Perth Heat baseball team adopts the bitcoin standard https://perthheat.com.au/news/perth-heat-to-operate-on-bitcoin-standard/
- crypto dot com spends $700M to rename Staples Center for 20 years https://www.espn.com/nba/story/_/id/32650662/staples-center-become-cryptocom-arena-rich-naming-rights-deal
- tether announces new subsidiary 'Synonym' to bring tokens and other features to lightning https://synonym.to/
- Senators Wyden and Lummis submit bill to restrict bitcoin tax reporting rules in infrastructure bill https://bitcoinmagazine.com/business/us-senators-propose-bill-to-amend-bitcoin-tax-reporting
- Senator Cruz submits bill to repeal bitcoin portion of infrastructure bill https://www.cruz.senate.gov/newsroom/press-releases/sen-cruz-introduces-legislation-to-repeal-infrastructure-bills-devastating-attack-on-emerging-cryptocurrency-industry
- IRS expects billions of dollars worth of 'crypto' seizures next year https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2021-11-18/irs-sees-crypto-seizures-totaling-billions-of-dollars-next-year
- btcpayserver v1.3.5: https://github.com/btcpayserver/btcpayserver/releases/tag/v1.3.5
- lnd v0.14.0-beta: https://github.com/lightningnetwork/lnd/releases/tag/v0.14.0-beta
- mercury wallet v0.4.51: https://github.com/layer2tech/mercury-wallet/releases/tag/v0.4.51
- simple bitcoin wallet v2.4.18: https://github.com/btcontract/wallet/releases/tag/2.4.18
- immortan v0.5.6: https://github.com/btcontract/IMMORTAN/releases/tag/v0.5.6
- fully noded v0.2.30: https://github.com/Fonta1n3/FullyNoded/releases/tag/v0.2.30
- umbrel v0.4.8: https://github.com/getumbrel/umbrel/releases/tag/v0.4.8
- hexa wallet v2.0.2: https://github.com/bithyve/hexa/releases/tag/v2.0.2
- ledger live desktop v2.35.1: https://github.com/LedgerHQ/ledger-live-desktop/releases/tag/v2.35.1
- bitcoin banking for communities https://galoy.io/bitcoin-banking-for-communities-lessons-learned-from-el-zonte/
- reason minidoc on environmental impact of bitcoin https://twitter.com/reason/status/1460712110678229000
This week Marty and Matt discuss:
- taproot activates successfully at block 609732
- muun wallet adds taproot support https://medium.com/muunwallet/designing-a-foolproof-script-upgrading-mechanism-cc956950df92
- SEC rejects VanEck spot bitcoin etf https://www.sec.gov/rules/sro/cboebzx/2021/34-93559.pdf
- Perth Heat baseball team adopts the bitcoin standard https://perthheat.com.au/news/perth-heat-to-operate-on-bitcoin-standard/
- crypto dot com spends $700M to rename Staples Center for 20 years https://www.espn.com/nba/story/_/id/32650662/staples-center-become-cryptocom-arena-rich-naming-rights-deal
- tether announces new subsidiary 'Synonym' to bring tokens and other features to lightning https://synonym.to/
- Senators Wyden and Lummis submit bill to restrict bitcoin tax reporting rules in infrastructure bill https://bitcoinmagazine.com/business/us-senators-propose-bill-to-amend-bitcoin-tax-reporting
- Senator Cruz submits bill to repeal bitcoin portion of infrastructure bill https://www.cruz.senate.gov/newsroom/press-releases/sen-cruz-introduces-legislation-to-repeal-infrastructure-bills-devastating-attack-on-emerging-cryptocurrency-industry
- IRS expects billions of dollars worth of 'crypto' seizures next year https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2021-11-18/irs-sees-crypto-seizures-totaling-billions-of-dollars-next-year
- btcpayserver v1.3.5: https://github.com/btcpayserver/btcpayserver/releases/tag/v1.3.5
- lnd v0.14.0-beta: https://github.com/lightningnetwork/lnd/releases/tag/v0.14.0-beta
- mercury wallet v0.4.51: https://github.com/layer2tech/mercury-wallet/releases/tag/v0.4.51
- simple bitcoin wallet v2.4.18: https://github.com/btcontract/wallet/releases/tag/2.4.18
- immortan v0.5.6: https://github.com/btcontract/IMMORTAN/releases/tag/v0.5.6
- fully noded v0.2.30: https://github.com/Fonta1n3/FullyNoded/releases/tag/v0.2.30
- umbrel v0.4.8: https://github.com/getumbrel/umbrel/releases/tag/v0.4.8
- hexa wallet v2.0.2: https://github.com/bithyve/hexa/releases/tag/v2.0.2
- ledger live desktop v2.35.1: https://github.com/LedgerHQ/ledger-live-desktop/releases/tag/v2.35.1
- bitcoin banking for communities https://galoy.io/bitcoin-banking-for-communities-lessons-learned-from-el-zonte/
- reason minidoc on environmental impact of bitcoin https://twitter.com/reason/status/1460712110678229000
