# Fresh Summer FUD and Macro Mess

URL: /show/this-week-in-bitcoin/15/
> Bitcoin under fire: New mining attacks miss the mark, why Bitcoin’s price stalled, and the critical flaws in Bitcoin Core and LND.

- Show: [This Week In Bitcoin](/show/this-week-in-bitcoin/)
- Episode: 15
- Date: 2024-06-19
- Hosts: chris
- Duration: 00:57:36
- Audio: https://op3.dev/e/serve.podhome.fm/episode/f01a19c0-6f9d-4aef-9515-08dc15242149/638544279026111447f217c70b-0937-46eb-8049-e7f237896f3av1.mp3



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### Episode Links

**Affiliate Links:**

* [Buy Sats on River](https://river.com/signup?r=3CT4V56E)
* [The Bitcoin Company](https://app.thebitcoincompany.com/signup?ref=JUPITER)
  
**LINKS:**

* [U.S. national debt will reach $50 trillion by 2034, CBO projects](https://www.washingtonpost.com/business/2024/06/18/national-debt-budget-projections-cbo/)
* [Billionaires U.S. 2023 | Statista](https://www.statista.com/statistics/220093/number-of-billionaires-in-the-united-states/#:~:text=In%202023%2C%20there%20were%20around,the%2066%20billionaires%20in%201990.)
* [Main reason why rates will get cut regardless of where inflation will stand. ](https://x.com/MichaelAArouet/status/1801912989856969162)
* [Credit card defaults from small lenders have hit RECORD levels ](https://x.com/GameofTrades_/status/1803135591111926143)
* [Housing defaults have just hit the highest levels since 2011](https://x.com/GameofTrades_/status/1803437581016899858)
* [OG whales have sold over 50,000 $BTC in the past 10 days, totaling approximately $3.30 billion. ](https://x.com/martypartymusic/status/1801940064147997006)
* <https://thebitcoinhole.com/hardware-wallets>
* Boltz exchange swap blog post: <https://blog.boltz.exchange/p/dispatching-chain-swaps>
* [US SEC ends Consensys investigation into Ethereum 2.0](https://paymentexpert.com/2024/06/19/us-sec-ends-consensys-investigation-into-ethereum-2-0/)
* [Consensys on X: The SEC has notified us that it is closing its investigation into Ethereum 2.0](https://x.com/Consensys/status/1803230653120659641)
  
**Energy FUD:**

* [Lieutenant Governor Dan Patrick Attacks Bitcoin Mining with FUD](https://x.com/LtGovTX/status/1800968003636408657)
* [Bitcoin mining, AI data centers increasing demand on Texas power grid, leaders say - YouTube](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j-zBtx1kGwU)
* [Oklahoma Governor signs bill into law that exempts Bitcoin miners from sales tax on electricity bills](https://x.com/BitcoinMagazine/status/1801768242630852866?t=-4_jIvOo2LOrPsTsmogdbA&s=09)
* [Oklahoma Governor Signs Bill Exempting Sales Tax for Bitcoin Mining](https://coinmarketcap.com/community/articles/666d7d6ec49eee3092af28d6/)
* [JUST IN: Cambridge publicly acknowledges that the age of their Bitcoin mining data leads to “an overestimation in our emission estimates by ~25%”](https://x.com/dsbatten/status/1801631410689634314?s=12&t=E9EIlRX-vHxbQ8g23lQU3A)
* [BEEST (Bitcoin Energy & Emissions Sustainability Tracker)](https://www.da-ri.org/articles/beest-bitcoin-energy-emissions-sustainability-tracker)
* [Bitcoin Core v27.1: Bug Fixes & Performance Improvements](https://www.nobsbitcoin.com/bitcoin-core-v27-1/)
* [LND Versions Prior to v0.17.0 Vulnerable to LND Onion Bomb DoS Attack](https://www.nobsbitcoin.com/lnd-versions-prior-to-v0-17-0-vulnerable-to-lnd-onion-bomb-dos-attack/)
* [BitBanana: Lightning Node Management for Android](https://github.com/michaelWuensch/BitBanana)
  
**Final Clip of the Week:**

* [T-Mobile mining Bitcoin soon](https://x.com/BTCPrague/status/1801678830287077670)
* [Telecom Giant and T-Mobile (TMUS) Parent Deutsche Telekom Plans to Mine Bitcoin](https://www.coindesk.com/business/2024/06/17/telecom-giant-and-t-mobile-parent-deutsche-telekom-plans-to-mine-bitcoin/)
  
**Music**

* [Runnin’ by Charley T](https://podcastindex.org/podcast/6914303?episode=22766456106)