Rabbit Hole Recap

Coinkite Warns of Physical Letter Firmware-Update Scam https://blog.coinkite.com/paper-spam/

Camp Nakamoto https://x.com/campnakamoto/status/2069181607341170760

First StratumV2 Block Mined https://x.com/pavlenex/status/2070132430875267538

Law Enforcement and Catholic Groups Warn CLARITY Act Could Create Crypto Crime Loopholes https://bitcoinmagazine.com/news/law-enforcement-catholic-group-clarity-act

India | Frozen Account Leaves Savings Out of Reach

In India, a man named Shiva spent years building a savings fund for his son’s wedding. The money came from small jobs and side work, carefully set aside in a separate bank account opened specifically for that purpose. But when the balance exceeded a certain threshold, the financial system automatically froze the account. Overnight, Shiva had been cut off from his own money. When the issue was escalated to the branch manager of his bank, they explained that the freeze was automatically imposed from the central bank’s IT system, and there was nothing they could do. To recover access, he was prompted to complete forms written in English, a language he could not easily navigate. Ultimately, the account was restored only after outside intervention from a friend who helped push the case through a process Shiva could not resolve on his own. FinancialFreedomReport.org

Tor Project to Sunset Tor 0.4.8; Upgrade to 0.4.9 by September https://blog.torproject.org/sunsetting-tor-048/

JoinMarket-NG 0.33.0 Adds Config Center, Wallet History API, and Address-Reuse Defense https://github.com/joinmarket-ng/joinmarket-ng/releases/tag/0.33.0

Utreexo v0.18.0 Improves Forest Allocation, Rehashing, and Windows Builds https://github.com/utreexo/utreexo/releases/tag/v0.18.0

ASIC-RS v0.7.0 Adds Power Limits, Miner State Messages, and Temperature Model https://github.com/256foundation/asic-rs/releases/tag/v0.7.0

The Six Billion Dollar Man Bitcoin Premiere Bypasses Media Gatekeepers https://www.thesixbilliondollarman.com

Imagine If Nashville Project Homepage https://www.imagineifnashville.com

Freedom Tech DC 2026 https://www.btcpolicy.org/summit

3:33 - WE RIPPIN

4:38 - Dashboard

11:53 - Coinkite paper spam

21:33 - Camp Nakamoto

22:48 - StratumV2

24:38 - CLARITY loopholes

28:48 - HRF Story of the Week

32:13 - Boosts

38:43 - Software updates

45:53 - Imagine If & Freedom Tech DC

47:33 - Economy data

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Private Broadcast May Reveal Sender IP Address in Bitcoin Core 31.0 https://bitcoincore.org/en/2026/06/06/privatebroadcast-ip-leak/

Bitcoin Toggle Now Live on Square Register https://x.com/cashapp/status/2067374663160983885

Illinois Set to Begin Taxing Bitcoin https://finance.yahoo.com/markets/crypto/articles/illinois-set-begin-taxing-bitcoin-172237413.html

Fed Ends Forward Guidance Era – Tea Leaves Back on the Menu https://x.com/fejau_inc/status/2067352890507972709

Robinhood to Cut 10% of Full-Time Workforce https://www.reuters.com/sustainability/robinhood-cut-10-its-full-time-workforce-2026-06-16/

China Developing AI-Powered Tools to Predict Dissent

Leaked documents revealed that Chinese technology company, Geedge Networks, is developing AI-powered tools aimed at predicting who might one day criticize the CCP. Working with MESA Lab, a regime-backed research lab, Geedge is reportedly building behavioral profiles of individuals based on their social media, location data, telecommunications, and online activity. AI models could then sift through profiles and spotlight those who might be a political risk. There is no evidence the technology is finalized or deployed, but if deployed, China’s surveillance system could become a tool to chill dissent before it ever begins. FinancialFreedomReport.org

Alby Hub v1.23.0 Release https://github.com/getAlby/hub/releases/tag/v1.23.0

Cove 1.3.0 Beta: Passkey Cloud Backup + Multi-Account Support https://x.com/covewallet/status/2066994714574778786

OpenAuspex Project Homepage https://www.openauspex.dev/

Bark Wallet Now Available on Umbrel https://blog.second.tech/bark-wallet-now-on-umbrel/

Enclavia: Six Hard Problems, One Solution https://enclavia.io/blog/six-hard-problems-one-solution/

Anthropic Expands Access to Fable and Mythos https://www.anthropic.com/news/fable-mythos-access

Trump Administration Backs Musk’s xAI in NAACP Data Center Lawsuit https://www.reuters.com/legal/government/trump-administration-backs-musks-xai-naacp-data-center-lawsuit-2026-06-16/

SpaceX to Buy Anysphere for $60 Billion https://www.reuters.com/legal/transactional/spacex-buy-anysphere-60-billion-2026-06-16/

Secret Elite Group Member List Leaked https://archive.ph/iM5ei

Midjourney Medical Blogpost https://www.midjourney.com/medical/blogpost

AI Subscription Subsidy Analysis https://x.com/semianalysis_/status/2064815044085318040

Elon Shares Anti-Drone Rifle Footage https://x.com/elonmusk/status/2066356709635866898

3:33 - Opening riff

5:33 - Dashboard

8:48 - Core 31.0 bug

11:33 - Illinois bitcoin tax

18:53 - Square pay with bitcoin

24:33 - Fed tea leaves

30:53 - Robinhood cuts employees

33:53 - HRF Story of the Week

36:53 - Shoutouts

39:43 - Software updates

52:08 - Fable and Mythos

1:03:13 - Trump backs Musk

1:08:38 - SpaceX buys Cursor

1:15:03 - CLARITY Act

1:18:03 - Secret society

1:23:28 - Midjourney medical

1:28:13 - AI subsidy analysis

1:31:43 - Drone shooting

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Keonne Rodriguez (Samourai dev) updates on prison transfer & furlough request https://x.com/keonne/status/2063959631383179277

Bark Ark Protocol Launches on Bitcoin Mainnet https://blog.second.tech/bark-now-on-bitcoin-mainnet/

Second Introduces Noah and Arké Bitcoin Ark Wallets https://blog.second.tech/introducing-noah-and-arke/

Signal: UK Surveillance Is Not Safety https://signal.org/blog/pdfs/2026-06-08-uk-surveillance-is-not-safety.pdf

Mullvad explains UK spyware proposal: mandatory real-time scanning & blocking on all devices https://x.com/mullvadnet/status/2064342870937509988

SimpleX Network Consortium Governance and Foundation Overview https://simplexnetwork.org/consortium.html

Pump.fun launches GO: bounty platform to pay anyone for any task https://x.com/pumpfun/status/2062557004829233504

Man tattoos forehead for $2,400 Pump.fun bounty (spells it wrong) https://x.com/discordiaclips/status/2063406281130398012

Strategy Announces Approval of STRC Semi-Monthly Dividends https://www.strategy.com/press/strategy-announces-approval-of-strc-semi-monthly-dividends_06-08-2026

Polymarket Cracks Down on VPN Users Amid Legal Pressure https://gizmodo.com/polymarket-cracks-down-on-vpn-users-as-legal-pressure-intensifies-in-dozens-of-countries-2000765379

Karpathy on Claude Fable 5: strong benchmarks but overly trigger-happy safeguards https://x.com/karpathy/status/2064409694761054332

Malware devs add WMD keywords to spyware to evade LLM scanners https://x.com/jsrailton/status/2064661778978533571

Anthropic Dario Pushes for Regulatory Moat https://darioamodei.com/post/policy-on-the-ai-exponential

HRF Freedom Tech in Oslo: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QUcG_CJkT6A

Dark Wisp Android v1.0.0 Adds Private Interactions, Tor Routing, and NIP-A3 Payments https://github.com/barrydeen/dark-wisp-android/releases/tag/v1.0.0

Kickstr World Cup Game https://kickstr.einundzwanzig.dev/games/7ea5d40f-be37-4895-94cd-2adaf53f45ad

Bitaxe ESP-Miner v2.14.0 Release https://github.com/bitaxeorg/ESP-Miner/releases/tag/v2.14.0

Ulendo: borderless calling via Nostr + Bitcoin without local SIM cards https://x.com/codamw/status/2063340269785784526

Microsoft Patches Record 206 Security Flaws https://thehackernews.com/2026/06/microsoft-patches-record-206-flaws.html

Milei proposes AI framework with "non-human corporations" & zero regulation https://x.com/trajektoriepl/status/2062594306670535130

Cuba Poised for Largest U.S. Fuel Shipment Since Cold War Embargo https://financialpost.com/pmn/business-pmn/cuba-poised-for-biggest-us-fuel-shipment-since-cold-war-embargo

3:33 - Guess who's back

12:13 - Dashboard

19:13 - Keonne update

22:43 - Bark

34:33 - UK surveillance

41:03 - Noah & Arké

47:01 - Simple Network Consortium

53:13 - Pumpfun

57:38 - STRC semi-monthly

1:07:33 - Polymarket VPN crackdown

1:11:23 - Fable

1:24:43 - WMD LLM keyword bypass

1:30:38 - Anthropic is too good

1:33:08 - HRF Oslo

1:33:58 - HRF Story of the Week

1:35:23 - Boosts

1:37:33 - Software updates

1:49:03 - Milei AI

1:51:48 - Cuba fuel

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Zcash Orchard vulnerability remediated after coordinated network upgrade https://zodl.com/orchard-vulnerability-successfully-remediated/

Trezor says TROPIC01 chip flaw does not put Safe 7 funds at risk https://trezor.io/blog/news/Trezor-response-TROPIC01-chip-disclosure-no-impact-to-your-funds

Blockchain Association publishes law-enforcement letter to Senate on CLARITY Act https://theblockchainassociation.org/posts/blockchain-association-letter-from-law-enforcement-to-senate-leadership

Treasury Goes After Iran Crypto https://home.treasury.gov/news/press-releases/sb0519

NPR: George Santos Kalshi insider trading investigation https://www.npr.org/2026/06/02/nx-s1-5843371/george-santos-kalshi-insider-trading-investigation

Polymarket Rules Incorrectly in Saylor Market https://x.com/willo2_Poly/status/2061640812132516321

HRF Oslo Freedom Forum https://www.youtube.com/user/OsloFreedomForum

Cashu tests first on-chain TEE mint for trust-minimized ecash https://primal.net/e/nevent1qqs9azf5pgt8k5tjq325xstfp5ue9z9h7nne0fnsv0nm7qlzauue8kg2y53mf

Core Lightning v26.06 release https://github.com/ElementsProject/lightning/releases/tag/v26.06

Alby Hub v1.22.2 release https://github.com/getAlby/hub/releases/tag/v1.22.2

Sparrow Wallet 2.5.2 release https://github.com/sparrowwallet/sparrow/releases/tag/2.5.2

nostr-vpn v4.0.48 release https://github.com/mmalmi/nostr-vpn/releases/tag/v4.0.48

Tails 7.8.1 released https://blog.torproject.org/new-release-tails-7_8_1/

3:33 - It's bearing

14:13 - Dashboard

17:13 - Zcash Orchard

28:33 - Saylor unfollows Parker

33:23 - Trezor chip vulnerability

38:03 - Blockchain Association Clarity Act

47:33 - Iran crypto

54:16 - George Santos Kalshi

57:58 - Polymarket error

1:07:08 - HRF Oslo

1:10:13 - Boosts

1:13:53 - Cashu

1:24:23 - Claude AGI noise

1:29:08 - Software updates

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Sentiment Analysis https://x.com/sullymichaelvan/status/2059646236966137982

Fidelity Glitch https://x.com/adi_baradwaj/status/2059422632215548143

NY legal complaint seeks title to 39,069 allegedly abandoned bitcoin wallets https://static1.squarespace.com/static/694884477ae7ad3f7b78981b/t/6a038dcea3e5b83386bf21a4/1778617806647/2026-05-01+%5B21%5D-%5B22%5D+Summons+%26+Amended+Complaint.pdf

Is it Shkreli? https://x.com/MartinShkreli/status/2059711308921028692

Former CIA officer accused of stealing $40M in gold bars and foreign currency https://www.cnn.com/2026/05/28/politics/former-cia-officer-public-money-theft

Texas app store age-verification law allowed to take effect for now https://www.texastribune.org/2026/05/28/texas-apple-google-app-store-age-verification/

South Carolina social media law criticized as statewide age surveillance https://reclaimthenet.org/south-carolina-social-media-surveillance-law

Walz signs Minnesota bill adding social media protections for children https://minnesotareformer.com/briefs/walz-signs-bill-enacting-social-media-guardrails-for-minnesota-children/

Developer Spotlight: Kurt Unger https://opensats.org/blog/developer-spotlight-kurt-unger

CFTC Approves Kalshi Perpetual BTC Future https://www.cftc.gov/PressRoom/PressReleases/9240-26

North Korea | Dictatorship Implements Rice Price Controls

North Korea’s authoritarian regime is attempting to cap rice prices after a sharp food price surge, but the policy is making the shortage worse. According to Daily NK, the regime ordered local officials to stop street vendors from selling rice above a state-imposed ceiling. This action was in response to rice prices rising above 30,000 North Korean won ($33.33) per kilogram. Officials and undercover agents are now inspecting markets, checking sellers’ account books, and confiscating rice from those accused of charging too much. Traders are responding by pulling rice from public stalls and selling it privately from homes or other hidden locations. For North Koreans, the state’s actions make rice harder to find and more expensive. FinancialFreedomReport.org

Matching Hashes: Reproducing the Guix-built Bitcoin Core release binary with Nix https://b10c.me/projects/027-bitcoind-gunix-match/

ngit-cli v2.5.0 adds PR defaults, GRASP fallback handling, and checkout fixes https://github.com/DanConwayDev/ngit-cli/releases/tag/v2.5.0

Europa VPN Market https://europa.westernbtc.com/

Google employee charged with insider trading https://www.justice.gov/usao-sdny/pr/google-employee-charged-insider-trading

Data broker location data used to target and kill U.S. troops https://www.techdirt.com/2026/05/28/enemies-are-exploiting-unregulated-data-broker-location-data-to-target-and-kill-u-s-troops/

3:33 - Opening riff

9:03 - Dashboard

16:48 - Angry plebs

37:48 - Fidelity glitch

42:48 - Abandoned wallets

48:53 - Texas age verification

56:33 - Drone warfare

1:04:48 - OpenSats dev spotlight

1:06:18 - CFTC Kalshi

1:10:48 - HRF Story of the Week

1:13:18 - Matching Hashes

1:15:23 - Zaps & Boosts

1:22:03 - Software updates

1:26:16 - Google insider trading

1:29:08 - Data brokers risk troops

1:33:03 - US constitution on the blockchain

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