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Included in this article are timestamped links for all mentioned streams. Last week the city of Oslo in Norway was host to the Oslo Freedom Forum (OFF). The OFF is an annual gathering of activists from around the world who are united in the fight against tyranny. The conference is organized by the Human Rights Foundation (HRF) whose CSO Alex Gladstein is an avid proponent of the use of Bitcoin as a tool for ensuring financial rights and freedoms. The conference this year had a financial freedo

Samson Mow has announced that he is leaving his post as Chief Strategy Officer at Bitcoin infrastructure company blockstream.  Mow joined Blockstream in April 2017 shortly after it had appointed Dr. Adam Back as CEO and raised $55 million Series A funding. The block size debate was reaching its crescendo around this time and Samson and Blockstream played an important role in advocating to keep Bitcoin’s blocks small. Mow famously debated Roger Ver on this topic at Deconomy 2018 in Seoul, South

A GoFoundMe fundraiser that was collecting funds for Canadian truckers protesting against covid-19 restrictions has been suspended by the platform. Over $10 million in funds had been donated to the campaign before it was suspended. The platform attached an “Under Review” disclaimer stating: “This fundraiser is currently paused and under review to ensure it complies with our terms of service and applicable laws and regulations.” In response to the suspension, a group of Canadians has taken it up

Another solo miner with a hashrate 116 TH/s has solved a block earning approximately 6.26810839 BTC ($275,000) in the process. This comes less than 48 hours after another solo miner achieved the same feat with 126 TH/s. Both miners were mining on solo mining pool ckpool.  Dr. Con Kolivas, administrator of ckpool Tweeted to confirm that the second miner had joined the pool in the last two days, possibly motivated by the reports of the previous miner’s success, only to find himself also hitting t

The Consumer Price Index for All Urban Consumers (CPI-U) increased 0.5% month-to-month in December. This is a decrease in growth from November’s 0.8% figure. Year-on-year, the index rose by 7%, the largest 12-month increase since June 1982. The monthly changes for each sub-index are as follows: * Food: +0.5% * Energy: -0.4% * Shelter: +0.4% * Used cars and trucks: +3.5% * New vehicles: +1.0% * Motor vehicle insurance: -1.5% * Household furnishings: +1.1% * Apparel: +1.7% * Medical car

Strike announced today that it was launching in Argentina which, as CEO and Founder Jack Mallers put it “faces hyperinflation, predatory payment networks, and unusable cross-border transactions.” The announcement was made from Founder and CEO Jack Maller’s personal Twitter account in keeping with the company’s more personal approach to communications. Argentina’s Troubled Economic Past The country has a long history of inflation which has led to multiple attempts by the government to impose c

While Ricardo Salinas Pliego is well-known in his native Mexico for his ownership of several large conglomerates, this year has seen him gain notoriety amongst bitcoiners worldwide for his vocal support of bitcoin.  In a message posted to his Twitter account on Christmas eve, the billionaire gave his followers three “presents” in the form of three pieces of advice. Speaking in Spanish, his second piece of advice to his followers was to “stay away from fiat. The dollar, euro, yen, and the peso a

President Bukele’s appearance at the closing event of El Salvador’s Bitcoin Week 2021 brought about not one, but two surprises. Following his announcement of Bitcoin City, the President invited Samson Mow on stage to introduce the El Salvador Bitcoin Bond aka “EBB1” or “Volcano Bond.” Bitcoin Bond Specifications El Salvador will seek to raise $1 billion via the issuance of EBB1 with more bonds planned in the future. The proceeds will be used to buy $500 million worth of bitcoin with the other