Pre-ShowSwan Bitcoin Launches Swan Mining Out of Stealth Mode (https://www.nobsbitcoin.com/swan-mining-announced/)"We're mining around 4.5 EH - closing in on 1% of the network- with equipment in hand to ramp quickly to 8 EH," announced the company.NewsBlink plugin (https://www.nobsbitcoin.com/blink-plugin-for-btcpay-server/) for BTC Payserver gives custodial lightning payments/receipts to anyone running a BTC Payserver The COPA lawsuit, that will determine if CSW can call himself Satoshi, has discovered that CSW's 'newly found' Satoshi evidence is overwhelmingly fake (https://www.opencrypto.org/2024-01-24-COPAvCraigWright/) and COPA has decilined a desperate last minute settlment offer from CSWCSW Forgeries-COPAvWright.pdf (https://www.opencrypto.org/2024-01-23_Schedule_of_Dr_Wrights_Further_Forgeries-COPAvWright.pdf)EconomicsChinese stocks suffer (https://archive.ph/1BiJL), likely due to reduced bank lending, another sign of tightening global monetary conditionsFed Unexpectedly Kills Bank "Free Money" Bailout-Fund Arbitrage Scheme As It Ends BTFP Program | ZeroHedge (https://www.zerohedge.com/markets/fed-suddenly-kills-banks-free-money-bailout-fund-arbitrage-scheme)ETF: FTX Still Haunting BTC UsersFTX sold about $1 bln of Grayscale's bitcoin ETF since its approval (https://www.coindesk.com/business/2024/01/22/ftx-sold-about-1b-of-grayscales-bitcoin-etf-explaining-much-of-outflow-sources/)Vijay Boyapati 🦢 on X: "1/ There was a much more important fraud than SBF's embezzlement that took place in 2022. It was a fraud (allegedly) perpetrated by one of the oldest companies in the space, @DCGco and its CEO, @BarrySilbert. Time for a thread 👇" / X (https://twitter.com/real_vijay/status/1721385528510251182?s=20)James Seyffart on X (https://twitter.com/JSeyff/status/1750873552306254314)Update for day 10 of the #Bitcoin ETF Cointucky derby. Volumes and flows are both slowing down a bit. Another slight negative day on flows. Total net flows stand at +$744 million. $IBIT likely crosses 2 billion in assets todayBitwise Becomes First U.S. Spot Bitcoin ETF to Disclose BTC Holding Addresses (https://www.nobsbitcoin.com/bitwise-becomes-first-u-s-spot-bitcoin-etf-to-disclose-btc-holding-addresses/)Following the disclosure of the address, Bitwise also started receiving random donations and even inscriptions.Eric Balchunas on X (https://twitter.com/EricBalchunas/status/1750303492521206038)PrivacyTrezor Warns of Unauthorized Email Impersonating Trezor Sent via Its Third-Party Email Provider (https://www.nobsbitcoin.com/trezor-warns-of-emails-impersonating-trezor-sent-from-a-its-third-party-email-provider/)AltcoinsA series of articles give a high level overview (https://blog.dshr.org/2024/01/good-news-for-tether.html#more) of the patchwork of red flags that Tether is made ofA Tether insider, whose Thai alias is a 'principle' on Bitfinex's Bahamanian registration, is alleged to have largely funded the Brexit campaign (https://www.dirtybubblemedia.com/p/tethers-secret-agent)A December article that analyses Tether's on-chain activity (https://www.dirtybubblemedia.com/p/examining-tethers-secret-loan-portfolio) and money printing via loansBitcoin EducationBitcoin Optech covers a consensus failure (https://bitcoinops.org/en/newsletters/2024/01/24/) in btcd with limited risk vs a recent Etherium consensus failure (https://unchainedcrypto.com/most-ethereum-staking-pools-are-using-just-one-execution-client-potentially-increasing-risks-to-the-network/) revealFeedbackRemember to get in touch bitcoindadpod@protonmail.com or @bitcoindadpod (https://mobile.twitter.com/bitcoindadpod) on twitterConsider joining the matrix channel (https://matrix.to/#/#bitcoin:jupiterbroadcasting.com) using a matrix client like element (https://element.io/get-started), details here (https://www.jupiterbroadcasting.com/community/matrix/)Thank you BoostersIf you get some value from this show, please consider sending a boost. Hearing from you means a lot to us!Send a Boost via the Podcast Index web page. No Podcast app upgrade required. Install Alby (https://getalby.com/)Find the Bitcoin Dad Pod on the Podcast Index (https://podcastindex.org/podcast/5049889)Boost right from the page!Send a re-ocurring or one-off lightning boost to the show with no message at bdadpod@getalby.com or directly to Chris at chrislas@getalby.comValue for ValuePodcasting 2.0 to support an indepenent podcasting ecosystem (https://podcastindex.org/)Recomended Podcasting2.0 apps:Fountain (https://www.fountain.fm/) podcast app (Android)Podverse (https://podverse.fm/) (Cross platform and self hostable) + Alby (https://getalby.com/) for boostsCastamatic (https://apps.apple.com/us/app/castamatic-podcast-player/id966632553) (Apple)Sponsors and AcknowledgementsMusic by Lesfm from PixabaySelf Hosted Show (https://selfhosted.show/) courtesy of Jupiter Broadcasting (https://www.jupiterbroadcasting.com/)