- block releases proto mining open source and modular mining rig https://proto.xyz - treasury secretary scott bessent says SBR is around 125k btc, does not intend to buy more, will focus on confiscation https://x.com/TFTC21/status/1956013601741005172 - US Producer Prices Rise by Most in Three Years on Services https://archive.is/xzohV - Polymarket: Fed decision in September? https://polymarket.com/event/fed-decision-in-september - Bolivia | Banks Limit Withdrawals as Digital Asset Usage and Inflation Climb 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. FinancialFreedomReport.org - Founder of SimpleX on why he is not implementing MLS https://www.poberezkin.com/posts/2025-08-12-mls-the-naked-king-of-end-to-end-encryption.html - Signal boss: ‘disturbing’ laws show the UK doesn’t understand tech https://archive.is/BtZD0 - Location tracking based on photos https://archive.is/YjaYy + https://x.com/heinenbros/status/1941943605343785219 - American Hodl vlogs on nostr https://primal.net/e/nevent1qqs9gs5rrya4f3zql67yzemwmkehm96d7cxwakypjelp4xayqa36a2ctlx4zp 0:00 - Intro 2:35 - Block Rig 14:46 - Monero attacks 23:24 - Bessent's stealing your coins 27:29 - PPI 32:50 - Polymarket fed decision 36:53 - HRF Story of the Week 52:09 - Poberezkin MLS blog 56:14 - Ark mainnet 1:00:40 - Signal boss calls out UK 1:01:57 - AI Surveillance 1:06:46 - HODL v-logging on Nostr 1:10:46 - Boosts 1:17:11 - Stoneridge Shoutout to our sponsors: Coinkite https://coinkite.com/ Bitkey https://bitkey.world/ Stakwork https://stakwork.ai/ Follow Marty Bent: Twitter https://twitter.com/martybent Nostr https://primal.net/marty Newsletter https://tftc.io/martys-bent/ Podcast https://tftc.io/podcasts/ Follow Odell: Nostr https://primal.net/odell Newsletter https://discreetlog.com/ Podcast