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This Month in Bitcoin Privacy: August 2021

- Understanding Bitcoin Privacy with OXT
- U.S. Infrastructure Bill
- Privacy in Proof of Liability
- Atomic Swaps with Monero, Continued
- Nym Project Hires Chelsea Manning
- Mining Privacy
- Blockchain Commons Camouflage
- Node Support for Taproot in Majority

https://enegnei.github.io/This-Month-In-Bitcoin-Privacy/August_2021
archive: https://archive.ph/BJ3cW

An Intro to Samourai Wallet - Week 1 - Wallet Basics

- The first of a 4 part series focused on Samourai Wallet. In this video the focus is on Samourai Wallet and Sentinel mobile apps. For the following 3 sessions they plan to cover bitcoin privacy preserving spend tools, Whirlpool - the coinjoin implementation, and Dojo a full bitcoin node implementation which serves as the back-end server for your Samourai Wallet.

https://bitcointv.com/videos/watch/b2fbb7e1-2af6-4d17-a38e-e9cbeb80978d

Satoshi en Venezuela Podcast

- Bitcoin, proof-of-work, mining and much more with Adam Back

https://youtu.be/0Ih5XU2lEkE

Canadian exchange Bull Bitcoin is integrating the Lightning Network.

https://bitcoinmagazine.com/business/bull-bitcoin-exchange-to-integrate-lightning-network
archive: https://archive.ph/zOKVy

The Salvadorian Government's bitcoin wallet Chivo is powered by BitGo and does not support the lightning network.

Correction: Reports that the Chivo wallet does support lightning.

https://www.forbes.com/sites/jonathanponciano/2021/09/07/el-salvador-taps-billionaire-backed-bitcoin-unicorn-in-the-cryptocurrencys-historic-legal-tender-debut
archive: https://archive.ph/jhnnC

Bitcoin Optech #165

- proposal for Bitcoin MIME types
- new decentralized mining pool paper
- PR Review Club Meeting
- Vaults with taproot

https://bitcoinops.org/en/newsletters/2021/09/08/
archive: https://archive.ph/HRObI

Citadel Dispatch e0.3.7 - building software from source code with @achow101 and @craigraw

EPISODE: 0.3.7
BLOCK: 699517
PRICE: 2170 sats per dollar
TOPICS: building software from source code, reproducible builds, reducing trust, coin selection, coin control, coinjoin

citadeldispatch.com/cd37

Notable Software Releases this Week

Phoenix v1.4.17: https://github.com/ACINQ/phoenix/releases/tag/v1.4.17

Simple Bitcoin Wallet v2.0.9: https://github.com/btcontract/wallet/releases/tag/2.0.9

Caravan v0.3.11: https://github.com/unchained-capital/caravan/releases/tag/v0.3.11

Blockstream and Macquarie to Form Green Bitcoin Mining Partnership

- Macquarie is a financial services group based out of Sydney, Australia. With $550B AUD ($411B USD) in assets under management, Macquarie operates across the globe in 32 markets.

https://blockstream.com/2021/09/08/en-blockstream-and-macquarie-to-form-green-bitcoin-mining-partnership/
archive: https://archive.ph/UZcsK

New law in Ukraine legalizes bitcoin trading on registered exchanges but using it as payment for goods or services is prohibited.

https://www.kyivpost.com/technology/parliament-passes-law-to-legalize-cryptocurrency-in-ukraine.html
archive: https://archive.ph/Iu3xl

El Salvador’s new bitcoin wallets could cost Western Union $400 million a year

https://www.cnbc.com/2021/09/09/el-salvador-bitcoin-move-could-cost-western-union-400-million-a-year.html
archive: https://archive.ph/ThFkr

Mastercard acquires chain surveillance firm CipherTrace

https://www.mastercard.com/news/press/2021/september/mastercard-acquires-ciphertrace-to-enhance-crypto-capabilities/
archive: https://archive.ph/0iDIk

WSJ article conflates bitcoin use by Afghanis concerned about Taliban control with potential use by the Taliban themselves.

https://www.wsj.com/articles/growing-use-of-cryptocurrency-in-afghanistan-poses-security-concerns-11631275200
archive: https://archive.ph/qiInc

An Intro to Samourai Wallet - Week 2 - Spend Tools

- the second of a four part series focused on samourai wallet

https://bitcointv.com/videos/watch/e3bbfa70-bdc8-4751-833c-8a30594a4e5c

Rabbit Hole Recap

- bitcoin week in review

https://bitcointv.com/videos/watch/fc462633-f250-4263-8ff2-a7d3c37a7425

Introducing Summer Of Bitcoin

- Students get involved in and write code for projects matching their interests, earn bitcoin as stipend and put their summer break to good use. The project communities provide mentors who guide students through the entire summer, helping students learn about the community and contribute code.

https://blog.summerofbitcoin.org/issues/summer-of-bitcoin-liftoff-745630
archive: https://archive.ph/OcGHv

"The main monetary power of the digital dollar comes from the abolition of bank notes. If people can’t hoard physical money, it becomes much easier to cut interest rates far below zero; otherwise the zero rate on bank notes stuffed under the mattress looks attractive."

https://www.wsj.com/articles/digital-currencies-pave-way-for-deeply-negative-interest-rates-11631091581
archive: https://archive.ph/ZzBIr