> This week Marty and Matt discuss:
> 
> - DC accuses saylor and microstrategy of tax fraud <https://twitter.com/AGKarlRacine/status/1565031380471382019>
> - mining difficulty increases by 9.25% <https://mempool.space/lightning>
> - mempool launches lightning explorer <https://mempool.space/lightning>
> - nydig launches lightning accelerator <https://bitcoinmagazine.com/business/nydig-announces-lightning-accelerator-project>
> - Iran approves bitcoin for imports <https://bitcoinmagazine.com/legal/iran-greenlights-bitcoin-crypto-payments-for-imports>
> - joinmarket v0.9.7 <https://github.com/JoinMarket-Org/joinmarket-clientserver/releases/tag/v0.9.7>
> - lnd v0.15.1-beta <https://github.com/lightningnetwork/lnd/releases/tag/v0.15.1-beta>
> - btcd v0.23.1-beta <https://github.com/btcsuite/btcd/releases/tag/v0.23.1>
> - block hardware wallet update <https://wallet.build/processing-our-processor-choice/>
> - TBD on self sovereign identity <https://developer.tbd.website/blog/ssi-tbd-web5/>
> - second largest data leak in history, 800M chinese records exposed <https://techcrunch.com/2022/08/30/china-database-face-recognition/>

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*Rabbit Hole Recap #216: DC targets Saylor while NYDIG launches Wolf - Sep 1 2022*
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