“We get to invest in a protocol layer of the Internet. That’s all is to me. It’s just a protocol layer of the Internet that we get to invest in.” - @Buddyloveless explaining how he views bitcoin

Keep it simple, stupid.

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This week Marty and Matt discuss:

• coinbase launches revamped surveillance product https://blog.coinbase.com/introducing-coinbase-intelligence-crypto-compliance-at-scale-f58daa949082
• SEC doubles size of "crypto assets" unit https://www.sec.gov/news/press-release/2022-78
• cdc tracked the location of millions of americans without a warrant https://www.vice.com/en/article/m7vymn/cdc-tracked-phones-location-data-curfews
• fbi did millions of searches of americans data last year without a warrant https://www.wsj.com/articles/fbi-conducted-potentially-millions-of-searches-of-americans-data-last-year-report-says-11651253728
• bitcoin mining council submits letter to EPA https://bitcoinminingcouncil.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/05/Bitcoin_Letter_to_the_Environmental_Protection_Agency.pdf
• how women view bitcoin https://spiral.xyz/how-women-across-the-world-view-bitcoin.pdf
• mycitadel v1.0 https://github.com/mycitadel/mycitadel-desktop/releases/tag/v1.0.0
• seed tool v1.0.4 https://twitter.com/BitcoinQ_A/status/1521861147137388545
• tor v0.4.7.7 https://blog.torproject.org/congestion-contrl-047/
• mk4 shipping + new firmware https://coldcard.com/docs/upgrade
• lightning multiplexer https://bottlepay.com/blog/multiplexer
• new lightning only vpn http://lnvpn.net/
• voltage podcast index study https://voltage.cloud/blog/case-studies/podcast-index-value-for-value-case-study
• Mexican bitcoin exchange Tauros adds lightning https://bitcoinmagazine.com/business/tauros-ibex-mercado-partner-for-mexicos-first-lightning-enabled-bitcoin-exchange
• currency of last resort by gladstein https://bitcoinmagazine.com/culture/currency-of-last-resort
• paypal being used to censor speech https://taibbi.substack.com/p/paypals-indymedia-wipeout?s=r
• all internet and payment providers ordered to block three streaming sites by federal judge https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2022/05/judge-rules-every-isp-in-us-must-block-pirate-sites-run-by-mysterious-defendants