# The Satoshi Distraction

URL: /show/this-week-in-bitcoin/30/
> A breakdown of HBO's Money Electric: The Bitcoin Mystery "documentary" and how they got it wrong. Plus, a look at some challenges facing Bitcoin miners and the IMF talking tough.

- Show: [This Week In Bitcoin](/show/this-week-in-bitcoin/)
- Episode: 30
- Date: 2024-10-09
- Hosts: chris
- Duration: 01:19:37
- Audio: https://op3.dev/e/serve.podhome.fm/episode/f01a19c0-6f9d-4aef-9515-08dc15242149/6386410767052181456e0184d3-f82e-430d-8cb1-5d2bbf6e9edbv1.mp3





### Episode Links

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**Links:**

* [Is Bitcoin Inventor Satoshi Nakamoto Actually Peter Todd?](https://nymag.com/intelligencer/article/peter-todd-bitcoin-satoshi-nakamoto-hbo.html)
* [Blockchain's Role in Mitigating Illicit Finance](https://www.cryptoisac.org/news-member-content/blockchains-role-in-mitigating-illicit-finance)
* [U.S. to sell Silk Road Bitcoin: 69,370 BTC to enter market ](https://ambcrypto.com/u-s-to-sell-silk-road-bitcoin-69370-btc-to-enter-market/)
* [FBI doxxed their wallets](https://x.com/jconorgrogan/status/1844121150676218100)
* [IMF: El Salvador Should Narrow The Bitcoin Law Reach To Access Funds](https://www.forbes.com/sites/digital-assets/2024/10/04/imf-pushes-el-salvador-to-narrow-bitcoin-law-for-funding/)
* [Book: Hidden Repression: How the IMF and World Bank Sell Exploitation as Development by Alex Gladstein ](https://www.amazon.com/Hidden-Repression-Exploitation-Development-Gladstein/dp/B0CYM7FDHD/)
* [Bitcoin, The IMF, and El Salvador - YouTube](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BMoFzrD50Hc&t=12s)
* [Visa - Visa Introduces the Visa Tokenized Asset Platform](https://investor.visa.com/news/news-details/2024/Visa-Introduces-the-Visa-Tokenized-Asset-Platform/default.aspx)
* [Visa Launches Platform to Help Banks Issue Stablecoins Globally - Bloomberg](https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2024-10-03/visa-launches-platform-to-help-banks-issue-stablecoins-globally)
* [Jack Mallers on X: "Einstein discovered E=mc², he didn't "invent" it. Satoshi discovered Bitcoin, he didn't "invent" it. ](https://x.com/jackmallers/status/1843646650948198805)
* [Bitcoin was 40 years of work](https://x.com/bitcoin_teddy/status/1840669162940534915?s=12&t=E9EIlRX-vHxbQ8g23lQU3A)

**Music:**

* [Unleash By Tony Salomone](https://podcastindex.org/podcast/7034903?episode=28655703579)