RABBIT HOLE RECAP #370: THE GREATEST BITCOIN MINER OF ALL TIME

<p>- block releases proto mining open source and modular mining rig <a href="proto.xyz">https://proto.xyz</a>…;
<p>- treasury secretary scott bessent says SBR is around 125k btc, does not intend to buy more, will focus on confiscation <a href="x.com/TFTC21/status/1956013601741005172"&…;
<p>- US Producer Prices Rise by Most in Three Years on Services <a href="archive.is/xzohV">https://archive.is/x…;
<p>- Polymarket: Fed decision in September? <a href="polymarket.com/event/fed-decision-in-september…;
<p>- Bolivia | Banks Limit Withdrawals as Digital Asset Usage and Inflation Climb</p>
<p>In Bolivia, where annual inflation has reached 25% and banks have been limiting withdrawal of US dollars to $100 a week, Bloomberg reports that Bolivians are turning to Bitcoin and digital assets as alternatives to the boliviano. “I’m not the only one using Bitcoin,” Christopher Salas, a coffee vendor in La Paz, said. “There’s a barbershop over there and a gym that also accepts satoshis.” For Salas, Bitcoin is both a hedge and a protest: “a way to preserve the value of my savings, but also a way to go against the system, against bureaucracy.” Bolivia’s hybrid authoritarian regime lifted a decade-long ban on digital assets in 2024. Since then, the volume of digital asset payments has grown more than fivefold to nearly $300 million in the first half of 2025. The University of San Andres allegedly pays its international faculty in Bitcoin. Carlos Neira, co-founder of Colombian wallet provider Meru, reports a staggering 6,600% increase in Bolivian users since the ban was lifted. <a href="FinancialFreedomReport.org">FinancialF…;
<p>- Founder of SimpleX on why he is not implementing MLS <a href="poberezkin.com/posts/2025-08-12-mls-the-naked-…;
<p>- Signal boss: ‘disturbing’ laws show the UK doesn’t understand tech <a href="archive.is/BtZD0">https://archive.is/B…;
<p>- Location tracking based on photos <a href="archive.is/YjaYy">https://archive.is/Y…; + <a href="x.com/heinenbros/status/1941943605343785219&qu…;
<p>- American Hodl vlogs on nostr <a href="primal.net/e/nevent1qqs9gs5rrya4f3zql67yzemwmk…;
<p>0:00 - Intro</p>
<p>2:35 - Block Rig</p>
<p>14:46 - Monero attacks</p>
<p>23:24 - Bessent's stealing your coins</p>
<p>27:29 - PPI</p>
<p>32:50 - Polymarket fed decision</p>
<p>36:53 - HRF Story of the Week</p>
<p>52:09 - Poberezkin MLS blog</p>
<p>56:14 - Ark mainnet</p>
<p>1:00:40 - Signal boss calls out UK</p>
<p>1:01:57 - AI Surveillance</p>
<p>1:06:46 - HODL v-logging on Nostr</p>
<p>1:10:46 - Boosts</p>
<p>1:17:11 - Stoneridge</p>
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