Rabbit Hole Recap

- perspective https://x.com/EricBalchunas/status/2016287855509680261

- 1m mau bitchat https://primal.net/e/nevent1qqswxnrd0gkawyz5s0r08sru88gdzxugv4nkgpv8z7v3zdfa8cahdagrgntay

- tether gold https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2026-01-28/tether-is-shaking-up-the-gold-market-with-massive-metal-hoard

- sni dinner https://primal.net/e/nevent1qqstcm3mgphzvg2q8yaxqj4jl57u0j5644gmd394gd260836gmn482c5s8lju

- Nicaragua | Economic Control Sustains the Ortega-Murillo Regime

In an investigative series published by Confidencial, reporters identify economic control as one of the four central pillars sustaining the dictatorship of Daniel Ortega and Rosario Murillo. The regime increasingly relies on restrictive controls over civil society’s monetary flows to punish dissent. In 2023, the regime froze the bank accounts of institutions affiliated with the Catholic Church, which led a Nicaraguan seminary to cease operations. Since 2018, thousands of NGOs have been forced to close or had their assets seized for alleged financial violations. In Nicaragua, authoritarian financial control is a primary way to stifle civil society. FinancialFreedomReport.org

- cove android https://x.com/covewallet/status/2016172119751594243?s=46

- opensats year in review https://opensats.org/blog/2025-year-in-review

- Trump’s acting cyber chief uploaded sensitive files into a public version of ChatGPT https://www.politico.com/news/2026/01/27/cisa-madhu-gottumukkala-chatgpt-00749361

- tiktok us immediately starts data collection after acquisition https://primal.net/e/nevent1qqsw56zur9g00dq55xlsawjgyh7yd4syd34zdy8a7ek6aavkhnnq5zs8ed70a

3:59 - No dooming

12:14 - Perspective

16:29 - Dashboard & demand response

34:34 - 1M active bitchat

42:29 - Tether gold

51:29 - SNI Dinner

53:59 - HRF Story of the Week

55:34 - Cove Wallet

1:02:24 - OpenSats

1:05:39 - Boosts

1:10:29 - CISA GPT goof

1:15:24 - TikTok spying in new ways

1:17:04 - The Banter Section™

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- teaching high school students https://x.com/MartyBent/status/2014384085238456460

- gold https://www.xe.com/currencycharts/?from=BTC&to=XAU

- hrf park ai hackathon https://hrf.org/latest/announcing-the-ai-hack-for-freedom-hackathon-winners/

- bitchat sim https://primal.net/e/nevent1qqsg437vjev8pged85x5ynqly7cw834ru2z24l7w950m6mhrjlnlz4c5uft8z

- geyser banned on insta https://primal.net/e/nevent1qqsxpul50g4y4spv0t20tn09sfdvte5h9ekt3n2xjjqgr280f3gmkhg279wqp

- steak n shake treasury https://x.com/SteaknShake/status/2012346855451931045

- 21 cents bitcoin bonus https://x.com/willreeves/status/2013727933701997043

- bitcoin park schedule https://bitcoinpark.com/schedule

- city projections 2075 https://primal.net/e/nevent1qqszp5ch4mn0f3kpamv6648qngleju4gh6n9d0s48a9zc98l3j973ss0q33jf

3:59 - Marty orange pilling highschoolers

10:54 - Dashboard

12:29 - Winter storm

17:39 - Gold/Silver

24:29 - HRF hackathon winner

26:19 - bitchat-sim

28:59 - Geyser Insta ban

36:19 - Macro time & Davos

45:49 - Steak 'n Shake

50:24 - NEMS

52:34 - Population projections

55:59 - Token noise

1:16:09 - HRF Story of the Week

1:17:39 - Shoutouts

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- iran blackout, netblocks https://primal.net/e/nevent1qqsqv6kehn575srnw8h3plkcqnzhnq49vfjl28t8mjagx8nl7ffwegqkz6vl4 + https://x.com/netblocks/status/2011838716562542678

- uganda vote today https://primal.net/e/nevent1qqsryfpnnz4uzmgkusjthcdcffewrtxr93w3quvplgtkfp4zwcwva7q7xxhhg

- powell video https://primal.net/e/nevent1qqsfpdlw0s39zg90zm5q4uhxdaszjefgw33h9rj3cxw0g30ykpuh5ks8y97un

- bitcoin policy institute launches office in dc https://x.com/bitcoinpolicy/status/2011123599672053842

- andreas finney prize https://hrf.org/program/financial-freedom/finney-prize/about-andreas-antonopoulos/

- meshtastic bitchat bridge https://github.com/evansmj/firmware-bitchat-plugin/releases/tag/v1-bitchat-beta

- hrf bdf https://hrf.org/latest/hrfs-bitcoin-development-fund-announces-support-for-22-projects-worldwide/

3:59 - Can we get much higher

9:59 - Pubkey BPI

15:04 - Dashboard

16:44 - Market structure bill

31:24 - Iran blackout

41:09 - Impact markets

46:19 - Uganda blackout

50:39 - Powell video

59:24 - BPI

1:00:09 - HRF Finney Prize

1:07:29 - Boosts

1:09:39 - UK borrowing

1:20:14 - HRF Dev fund

1:22:09 - Riffing

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- maduro raid

- bitbonds bet

- coinswap v0.2.0 https://github.com/citadel-tech/coinswap/releases/tag/v0.2.0

- joinmarket ng https://primal.net/e/nevent1qqs25q0x58n7agh0xfk02vefq9wk3f4k2z2pwvlxhydrrypdux6txgqgrcnnv

- primal signer https://primal.net/e/nevent1qqs2470jrlr4e6ek9yxmhnkl420mt80qu3snr4fsv3tpn545cgj49eg9x35m5

- bitchat android https://primal.net/e/nevent1qqsql7jqrgwg9gmuv7w3gmhr84m4545kn40gmx40qw0zuqsgfz6shysx8dtrq

- third ledger data leak https://x.com/zachxbt/status/2008139053544194545

3:59 - Coffee rip

6:29 - Dashboard

9:29 - Medium of exchange

13:34 - Maduro raid

36:44 - Uganda BitChat

41:34 - Coinswap

43:39 - Boosts

44:49 - JoinMarket NG

50:19 - Primal update

57:09 - Ledger Leak

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- soapminer hurt https://primal.net/e/nevent1qqsx795fjn4d5sgvlk6n8d2kc7euhvv25rr9pl5e0hcvz697ha7448sf6ljlw

- silver squeeze continues

- bitchat in uganda https://x.com/hebobiwine/status/2006968266733007104

- hrf freedom tech projects recap https://mailchi.mp/hrf.org/hrfs-weekly-financial-freedom-report-9102864

- opensats monthly grant chart https://primal.net/e/nevent1qqsqtqrf4g2pawdnwptlctn739xyrzd3l7eqtdsxfgdumwc8mntmzvc76sz9w

- fedi goes open source https://primal.net/e/nevent1qqsd2yvxvwsmmrl2fktwxlvmmvmknal76y43c3uuk4qwyzug32azdqqhx8x5k

- phoenixd dashboard https://x.com/_miguelmedeiros/status/2005668377377820834

- moneydevkit x replit https://x.com/nickslaney/status/2006413797272047758

- joinmarket ddos https://primal.net/e/nevent1qqsvxzr07u7k6a7r7yu2cn27azzfl7zewh3lug2mt5tfullmk4leq9sk82equ

- new maple model https://primal.net/e/nevent1qqs06jljgp8p8jkf3aqk3c6682fxlkyz794jj4mqmku26zdyhtyr48s2luavc

- somalian daycare fraud

- nfa tax stamp update

- china cargo ship war https://x.com/clashreport/status/2007051569540509836 + https://primal.net/e/nevent1qqswah09xvup65fehk9mce6z4j5l37g7u2cyq5xp33e3506v6vqfhds2wtkqv

- israeli billionaire calls for restricting free speech https://primal.net/e/nevent1qqsps44vpr2r5677cjpfw4tk62zvgc6e7cseu349f4lykpy8de9s65qch5qcr

- grok trump pedophile https://x.com/grok/status/2006758066058870813

- epstein list https://epsteinsecrets.com/network?nodes=500&edges=3000&minMentions=8&minWeight=12&node=993451

3:59 – Opening riff

8:29 – Dashboard

9:59 – Year in review

12:49 – SoapMiner injured

15:04 – Silver squeeze

23:04 – Uganda bitchat

26:04 – HRF top 15

36:04 – OpenSats growth

43:29 – Boosts

44:49 – Software updates

56:34 – Somali daycare fraud

1:14:04 – NFA tax stamp update

1:15:59 – China cargo ship war

1:19:59 – Anti free speech

1:23:39 – Grok pedo remover

1:26:14 – Epstein secrets and taxes

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