Lend at Hodl Hodl — Entering the US market

> Lend at Hodl Hodl is a non-custodial Bitcoin backed lending platform that allows its users to lend and borrow anonymously on a P2P basis. Our lending platform is based on Bitcoin multisig, which ensures a secure and transparent collateral storage system, by generating a unique multisig escrow address for every contract created.

https://medium.com/hodl-hodl/lend-at-hodl-hodl-entering-the-us-market-7b610f1bf859
archive: https://archive.vn/cAcQg

Top Podcasts of the Week

Tales from the Crypt - Rabbit Hole Recap - https://anchor.fm/tales-from-the-crypt/episodes/Rabbit-Hole-Recap-Week-of-2020-11-09-emdcr7

What Bitcoin Did - Adam Curry - https://www.whatbitcoindid.com/podcast/podcasting-20-with-bitcoin

The Van Wirdum Sjorsnado - NADO 17 - http://nadobtc.btc.libsynpro.com/bitcoin-eclipse-attacks-and-how-to-stop-them-nado-17

Once Bitten - 1971Bubble - https://anchor.fm/daniel-prince6/episodes/1971Bubble---Hyperinflation-In-Turkey--Esperanto--Istanbul-Taxi-License-Plates-And-Man-Crushes--86-em9bqp

Stephan Livera - Matt Hill - https://anchor.fm/stephan-livera/episodes/SLP225-Embassy-Sovereign-Personal-Computing--Privacy--Bitcoin--Lightning-with-Matt-Hill--Aiden-McClelland-em7nb3

Bit Buy Bit - Matt Odell - https://bit-buy-bit.libsyn.com/ep52-bitcoin-podcast-with-the-matt-odell

Announcing libnunchuk: A Lean & Cross-Platform Multisig Library Powered by Bitcoin Core

> Nunchuk’s mission is the proliferation of multisig. To that end, today we are excited to open source our library, libnunchuk, under the MIT license. This library handles all the heavy-lifting inside the Nunchuk desktop application.

https://nunchuk.medium.com/announcing-libnunchuk-a-lean-cross-platform-multisig-library-powered-by-bitcoin-core-a2f6e26c54df
archive: https://archive.vn/sqEJh

As Governments Seek Encryption Backdoors, Bitcoin Becomes Critical

> “I think we need to take advantage of some of the rights and liberties that we still have here in these domestic societies: make these companies push the technology as far as we can, put pressure on the courts, fund civil society organizations that will protect us, while knowing at the same time that most people on earth don’t have these privileges,” Gladstein said. “Their only hope is the technology. If you live in a dictatorship, your only hope is the tech.”

https://bitcoinmagazine.com/articles/as-governments-seek-encryption-backdoors-bitcoin-becomes-critical
archive: https://archive.vn/n7j18

Citibank Executive Says Bitcoin Could Pass $300K by December 2021

> Fitzpatrick pointed to bitcoin’s weekly chart and used technical analysis (TA) of prior highs and lows to determine a target of $318,000 by December 2021.

https://www.coindesk.com/citibank-bitcoin-gold-318k-2021
archive: https://archive.vn/W71pj

Scaramucci's SkyBridge Capital opens door to investing in firms with bitcoin exposure

> The Company may seek exposure to digital assets (as defined herein) by investing in Investment Funds that provide exposure to digital assets. Investments by the Company and/or Investment Funds may also be made in companies providing technologies related to digital assets or other emerging technologies.

https://www.theblockcrypto.com/linked/84734/scaramucci-skybridge-filing-bitcoin
archive: https://archive.vn/aGiKi

> Irrespective of who comes out ahead in the vote tally, the results of the Electoral College or even who holds the high office of the presidency, the money supply in the United States will likely continue to increase.

https://bitcoinmagazine.com/articles/as-red-and-blue-debate-green-printer-and-orange-coin-always-win
archive: https://archive.vn/d7n8p

Poolin Launches Initiative To Activate Taproot, Encouraging Other Mining Pools To Join

> Poolin, the Chinese mining pool that currently controls around 13 percent of all hash power on the Bitcoin network, is preparing for Taproot, the proposed protocol upgrade for which the code is included in the upcoming Bitcoin Core 0.21.0 release. Bitcoin’s second-largest mining pool (only topped by F2Pool, which controls around 17 percent of hash power) today launched a webpage (taprootactivation.com) to help inform mining pools on Taproot, and lets them indicate how they would prefer the backwards compatible upgrade to be activated.

https://bitcoinmagazine.com/articles/poolin-launches-initiative-to-activate-taproot-encouraging-other-mining-pools-to-join
archive: https://archive.vn/pYlbP

Why FinCEN Wants Details on All Cross-Border Transactions Over $250

> Speaking Monday at the V20 Virtual Asset Service Providers Summit, Carole House, cyber and emerging tech policy specialist at the Financial Crimes Enforcement Network (FinCEN), said criminals are conducting cross-border payments using smaller amounts of cryptocurrency – hence FinCEN’s proposed lowering of the “Travel Rule” threshold.

https://www.coindesk.com/fincen-fatf-travel-rule-threshold-v20-summit
archive: https://archive.vn/Fm4d4

Early access to Proton Drive is here!

> we are pleased to announce the early access launch of Proton Drive, our new end-to-end encrypted cloud storage service.

https://protonmail.com/blog/proton-drive-early-access/
archive: https://archive.vn/t3GPj

Tails OS v4.13 released

- Tor Browser v10.0.5
- Thunderbird v78.4.2

https://tails.boum.org/news/version_4.13/

Whirlpool CLI v0.10.9 released

- optimize backend traffic with new Dojo endpoint /wallet
- enable dedicated thread for concurrent liquidity remixing

https://code.samourai.io/whirlpool/whirlpool-client-cli/-/releases/0.10.9

Dutch bitcoin exchange 'Bitonic' adds new bitcoin withdrawal address verification measures due to apparent pressure from Dutch regulators

https://bitonic.nl/en/news/213/additional-verification-measures-due-to-registration-application
archive: https://archive.vn/92wJT

How the U.S. Military Buys Location Data from Ordinary Apps

> The U.S. military is buying the granular movement data of people around the world, harvested from innocuous-seeming apps, Motherboard has learned. The most popular app among a group Motherboard analyzed connected to this sort of data sale is a Muslim prayer and Quran app that has more than 98 million downloads worldwide. Others include a Muslim dating app, a popular Craigslist app, an app for following storms, and a "level" app that can be used to help, for example, install shelves in a bedroom.

https://www.vice.com/en/article/jgqm5x/us-military-location-data-xmode-locate-x
archive: https://archive.vn/92wJT

Bitcoin Magazine: AMA - Olaoluwa Osuntokun - Lightning Labs

> Join ck and Laolu, CTO of Lightning Labs, as they dive into the lightning tech stack, lightning pools, and the future of Bitcoin.

youtube: https://youtu.be/8B7Qq5Ry8lk?t=240

Mexico’s Second Richest Man Reveals 10% of His Liquid Assets Are in Bitcoin

> Pliego is the founder and chairman of Grupo Salinas, a collection of companies with stakes in telecommunications, media, financial services, and retail stores

https://www.coindesk.com/mexican-billionaire-bitcoin-portfolio
archive: https://archive.vn/Fz3rP

Bitcoin Optech #124

- warning about backdoored VM images
- notable improvements to clients and services
- C-Lightning v0.9.2rc1
- changes to popular Bitcoin infrastructure software

https://bitcoinops.org/en/newsletters/2020/11/18/
archive: https://archive.vn/53GAc

OKEx Mining Pool Flatlines After 99.5% Hash Power Drop as Withdrawal Suspensions Spook Clients

> “Pool payouts are the lifeline of mining operations that don’t have large treasuries,” said Vera. “It’s no surprise that even the threat of that being cut off is enough for miners to jump ship to other mining pools.”

https://www.coindesk.com/okex-mining-pool-collapse-hash-power-withdrawal-suspension
archive: https://archive.vn/mdpWa