Introduction and Episode Overview

The Bot Pandemic and Decentralization

The Death of Social Media?

Nostr: A Decentralized Solution

Bitcoin Mining and Environmental Concerns

Legislation Targeting Bitcoin Mining

Bitcoin Miners' Resilience

Tether and Ocean Mining Pool

Shitcoin Debacle: Mantra's Token Crash

Meta Planet's Bitcoin Holdings

IRS Reporting Rule for DeFi Brokers

BTCPay Server and LNbits Updates

Liana Wallet Update

Join me today for Episode 1073 of Bitcoin And . . . Topics for today: <ul><li>Bots Killing Socials</li><li>So Much Mining FUD Today</li><li>Tether Directs Miners to Ocean</li><li>MANTRA Rug Pull</li></ul>#Bitcoin #BitcoinAnd  <h1>Circle P:</h1>Wine nostr: <a href="https://primal.net/BenJustman" target="_blank">https://primal.net/BenJustman</a> Twitter: <a href="https://x.com/BenJustman" target="_blank">https://x.com/BenJustman</a> Website: <a href="https://www.peonylanewine.com/bitcoin" target="_blank">https://www.peonylanewine.com/bitcoin</a> <h1>Articles:</h1><a href="https://cointelegraph.com/news/bots-are-killing-social-media" target="_blank">https://cointelegraph.com/news/bots-are-killing-social-media</a> <a href="https://decrypt.co/314682/harvard-led-study-reveals-bitcoin-mining-spreads-air-pollution-interstate" target="_blank">https://decrypt.co/314682/harvard-led-study-reveals-bitcoin-mining-spreads-air-pollution-interstate</a> <a href="https://bitcoinnews.com/legal/clean-cloud-act-target-bitcoin-mining/" target="_blank">https://bitcoinnews.com/legal/clean-cloud-act-target-bitcoin-mining/</a> <a href="https://bitcoinmagazine.com/markets/bitcoin-miners-are-doubling-down" target="_blank">https://bitcoinmagazine.com/markets/bitcoin-miners-are-doubling-down</a> <a href="https://atlas21.com/mining-tether-directs-its-hashrate-to-ocean/" target="_blank">https://atlas21.com/mining-tether-directs-its-hashrate-to-ocean/</a> <ul><li><a href="https://www.cnbc.com/futures-and-commodities/" target="_blank">https://www.cnbc.com/futures-and-commodities/</a></li><li><a href="https://dashboard.clarkmoody.com/" target="_blank">https://dashboard.clarkmoody.com/</a></li><li><a href="https://mempool.space/" target="_blank">https://mempool.space/</a></li><li><a href="https://value4value.info/" target="_blank">https://value4value.info/</a></li><li><a href="https://fountain.fm/show/eK5XaSb3UaLRavU3lYrI" target="_blank">https://fountain.fm/show/eK5XaSb3UaLRavU3lYrI</a></li><li><a href="https://geyser.fund/project/thebitcoinandpodcast" target="_blank">https://geyser.fund/project/thebitcoinandpodcast</a></li></ul><a href="https://www.theblock.co/post/350665/layer-1-mantras-token-falls-90-in-sudden-crash-community-lead-denies-rug-pull-accusations" target="_blank">https://www.theblock.co/post/350665/layer-1-mantras-token-falls-90-in-sudden-crash-community-lead-denies-rug-pull-accusations</a> <a href="https://www.coindesk.com/markets/2025/04/14/metaplanet-becomes-ninth-largest-public-bitcoin-holder-with-latest-btc-buy" target="_blank">https://www.coindesk.com/markets/2025/04/14/metaplanet-becomes-ninth-largest-public-bitcoin-holder-with-latest-btc-buy</a> <a href="https://www.nobsbitcoin.com/trump-signs-resolution-blocking-irs-reporting-rule-for-defi-brokers/" target="_blank">https://www.nobsbitcoin.com/trump-signs-resolution-blocking-irs-reporting-rule-for-defi-brokers/</a> <a href="https://www.nobsbitcoin.com/btcpay-server-v2-1-0/" target="_blank">https://www.nobsbitcoin.com/btcpay-server-v2-1-0/</a> <a href="https://www.nobsbitcoin.com/lnbits-v1-0-0/" target="_blank">https://www.nobsbitcoin.com/lnbits-v1-0-0/</a> <a href="https://www.nobsbitcoin.com/liana-wallet-v10-0/" target="_blank">https://www.nobsbitcoin.com/liana-wallet-v10-0/</a> Find the Bitcoin And Podcast on every podcast app here: <a href="https://episodes.fm/1438789088" target="_blank">https://episodes.fm/1438789088</a> Find the Bitcoin And Podcast on every podcast app here: <a href="https://episodes.fm/1438789088" target="_blank">https://episodes.fm/1438789088</a> Find me on nostr npub1vwymuey3u7mf860ndrkw3r7dz30s0srg6tqmhtjzg7umtm6rn5eq2qzugd (npub) 6389be6491e7b693e9f368ece88fcd145f07c068d2c1bbae4247b9b5ef439d32 (Hex) Twitter: <a href="https://twitter.com/DavidB84567" target="_blank">https://twitter.com/DavidB84567</a> StackerNews: stacker.news/NunyaBidness Podcasting 2.0: fountain.fm/show/eK5XaSb3UaLRavU3lYrI Apple Podcasts: tinyurl.com/unm35bjh Mastodon: <a href="https://noauthority.social/@NunyaBidness" target="_blank">https://noauthority.social/@NunyaBidness</a> Support Bitcoin And . . . on Patreon: patreon.com/BitcoinAndPodcast Find Lightning Network Channel partners here: <a href="https://t.me/+bj-7w_ePsANlOGEx" target="_blank">https://t.me/+bj-7w_ePsANlOGEx</a> (Nodestrich) <a href="https://t.me/plebnet" target="_blank">https://t.me/plebnet</a> (Plebnet) Music by: Flutey Funk Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com) Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0 License creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/

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