Burnout, Banter, Breaches & BIPs | THE BITCOIN BRIEF 74 | Ungovernable Misfits

Max and Q cover the latest happenings in the world of Bitcoin, privacy and much more.

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NEWS

Banter Rule UK
- https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-15454419/Labour-banter-ban-cost-firms-60million-enforce.html
A French company that helps calculate taxes on crypto has been breached and it's suspected that info on 50,000 clients has been leaked.
- https://www.leparisien.fr/faits-divers/cryptomonnaies-la-plate-forme-waltio-victime-de-tentative-dextorsion-par-les-mysterieux-shiny-hunters-23-01-2026-KBCBLDCHANDMDIUM6W2JIMJHMM.php
Bitcoin hashrate drops 8% as US miners curtail during Winter Storm Fern
- https://blockspace.media/insight/bitcoin-hashrate-drops-8-as-us-miners-curtail-during-winter-storm-fern/
Meet John Lick: Stealer of Stolen Funds
- https://x.com/zachxbt/status/2014685263327351116
Write a letter of support for Roman Storm
- https://freeromanstorm.com/write-letter
From "A developer":

I'm not going to post this on socials as I'm done arguing with plebs who can't verify and read the code for themself, but FYI, I just read through the BIP110 activation client code and:
Contrary to the activation parameters as written in the BIP (BIP9 style activation, miner activated), the actual activation client has an additional BIP148 style enforcement starting around August 1st. When the threshold of 55% blocks signaling for bip110 in a single window (2016 blocks) has not been reached, any block that is not signaling for BIP110 after August 1st will be rejected by the activation client, basically splitting themself of, or even coming to a complete halt if there's no hashpower. Looking at the node counts and virtue signaling on X, this is going to be interesting to watch.

https://github.com/dathonohm/bitcoin/commit/10bb4479dff1b9cb833795df5e6fab27c71def6d#diff-97c3a52bc5fad452d82670a7fd291800bae20c7bc35bb82686c2c0a4ea7b5b98R4652

UPDATES/RELEASES

Phoenixd Dashboard: New Analytics Page
- https://x.com/_miguelmedeiros/status/2013989529196060902
Bithypha: New auto-analysis - display all taint paths between transactions, clusters, and addresses.
- https://x.com/bithypha/status/2014650957611561356
Envoy 2.2.1: Prime Connectivity
- https://x.com/FOUNDATIONdvcs/status/2014679768365482491
MyNymBox
- DNS Management and Client Portal Merged (https://x.com/mynymbox/status/2015141559239356477)
- New Docs Site (https://docs.mynymbox.io/)
- Tons of New Templates (https://mynymbox.io/apptemplates)
Clawdbot: The New AI Frenzy
- https://x.com/damianplayer/status/2015105669620269373
MapleAI: Connect Your Clawdbot
- https://x.com/marksuman/status/2015653223504269602
Crypto Privacy Tracker: Tracking private cryptocurrency value across coins and protocols
- https://x.com/cryptoprvcy/status/2014439254592462999
Peach: BTC Payserver Plugin
- https://x.com/peachbitcoin/status/2015791375854321702
Zeus: Adds Stealth Mode
- https://x.com/ZeusLN/status/2015782022439190639

EDUCATION

Escape the Technocracy: 3D Printing for Radicals Course- https://escapethetechnocracy.com/product-3d-printing-video-course/
Cryptography Mathematics Course by Fundamentals ( https://cryptography-xi.vercel.app/)
Sparrow Wallet Course by Fundamentals (https://sparrow-deploy.vercel.app/)

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FOUNDATION

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(00:00:00) INTRO

(00:00:57) THANK YOU FOUNDATION

(00:01:38) THANK YOU CAKE WALLET

(00:02:42) Crunch Time, Stress & Coffee

(00:07:03) Pardon Samourai Updates

(00:09:57) UK "Banter Ban"

(00:12:47) French Crypto Tax Business Hacked

(00:15:03) Crypto Thieves Flex, ZachXBT Traces Funds

(00:20:14) US Winter Storm Leads Hashrate Loss

(00:28:38) BIP 110 Activation Drama

(00:40:26) Letter of Support for Roman

(00:41:44) BOOSTS