👉 The Sat Standard - Bitcoin Weekly - May 22nd, 2021
This week in bitcoin. Straight to the point. No bullshit. Every Saturday.
- Bitcoin Optech #149
- Hash rate appears to have dropped
- Dutch bank no longer requiring withdrawal address verification
- Cross browser tracking vulnerability
- Chaos at freenode
- Libsecp256k1 improvements have sped up bitcoin core validation by 7%
- Darkside says servers and bitcoin seized, all decryption keys to be released
- Elliptic follows darkside funds and oxt provides cluster
- Argentina authorities force exchanges to provide data
- US Treasury wants a $10K transfer reporting requirement
- Whirlpool cli v0.10.11
- Ronindojo v1.10.0
- Sparrow wallet v1.4.1
- Chess tournament with $100K bitcoin prize
- Galaxy digital on bitcoin energy consumption
- Wharton receives $5M worth of bitcoin
- Anthony Towns on taproot activation
- Chinese gov and apple servers