Rabbit Hole Recap #232: Merry Christmas!

This week Marty and Matt discuss:

- Core Scientific Files for Bankruptcy https://www.cnbc.com/2022/12/20/bitcoin-miner-core-scientific-filing-for-bankruptcy-will-keep-mining.html

- Two FTX Execs Plead Guilty to Criminal Charges https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2022/12/ftx-founder-sam-bankman-frieds-top-associates-plead-guilty-to-us-charges/

- SBF Released on $250M bond https://www.reuters.com/legal/ftx-founder-bankman-fried-make-us-court-appearance-after-extradition-2022-12-22/

- Twitter announces policy banning nostr and other social promotion https://help.twitter.com/en/rules-and-policies/social-platforms-policy

- QuadrigaCX addresses thought to be dead wake up https://twitter.com/zachxbt/status/1604953664719683585

- Greenidge Sells Hash to NYDIG to Avoid Bankruptcy https://bitcoinmagazine.com/business/bitcoin-miner-greenidge-debt-deal-nydig

- HRF Awards $325K in new grants https://bitcoinmagazine.com/business/hrf-awards-325000-bitcoin-grants

- Zeus v0.7.0 https://github.com/ZeusLN/zeus/releases/tag/v0.7.0

- Alby v1.21.0 https://github.com/getAlby/lightning-browser-extension/releases/tag/v1.21.0

- Tails v5.8 https://tails.boum.org/news/version_5.8/index.en.html

- BTCPay Server v1.7.2 https://github.com/btcpayserver/btcpayserver/releases/tag/v1.7.2

- BTCPay v1.7.3 https://github.com/btcpayserver/btcpayserver/releases/tag/v1.7.3

- LDK v0.0.113 https://github.com/lightningdevkit/rust-lightning/releases/tag/v0.0.113

- Breez Satscard Bounty https://doc.breez.technology/Bounties.html#satscard-integration

- Sztorc Launches Company Focused on Drivechains https://www.nobsbitcoin.com/paul-sztorc-launches-layer-2-labs/

- LastPass Compromised https://blog.lastpass.com/2022/12/notice-of-recent-security-incident/

10:19 - Merry Christmas!
14:02 - Jan 11th Bitcoin Park meetup
20:25 - Dashboard
23:13 - Nostr is doing great
30:23 - CoreSci bankrupt
49:09 - ASIC are cool
56:16 - FTX execs plead guilty
1:06:34 - Elon doesn't like privacy
1:15:47 - QuadrigaCX awakens
1:28:18 - HRF grants
1:31:12 - Shoutouts
1:37:10 - Zeus v0.7.0
1:42:43 - Alby v1.21.0
1:43:56 - Tails v5.8
1:47:02 - Btcpay Server v1.7.2 and v1.7.3
1:47:38 - LDK v0.0.113
1:47:50 - Breez Satscard bounty
1:50:47 - Paul Sztorc Layer Two Labs
1:53:54 - Last Pass security incident
1:59:00 - Shoutout to oil and gas workers
2:01:33 - Boostagrams

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