The Bitcoin Layer
The Bitcoin Layer
The Bitcoin Layer is a premium markets research provider, covering bitcoin through a global macro lens | Research, Analysis, & Education Featuring Nik Bhatia, author of the #1 Amazon bestseller Layered Money and USC Marshall School of Business professor. Subscribe to our research publication and YouTube channel to learn about global macroeconomics, bitcoin, Lightning Network, the monetary and financial system, the Federal Reserve, interest rates, and geopolitics. Most importantly, develop a framework for understanding global markets—connect the dots between economic and financial concepts to see the bigger picture. Look no further for your bitcoin and macro education!
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12/17/22 • 55 min
Welcome to The Bitcoin Layer, where we bring you research, analysis, and education for all things bitcoin and macro. Joe sits down with Lawrence Lepard, an Investment Manager at Equity Management Associates LLC, sound money advocate, and Austrian economist. Lawrence discusses the pitfalls of central banking, how price signals are distorted, the immense government debt problem, and why gold and bitcoin function as debasement insurance in your portfolio. Follow Lawrence on Twitter: https://twitter.com/LawrenceLepard New YouTube videos every Wednesday and Friday. New Substack posts every Tuesday, Thursday & Saturday. Thanks to our Sponsor! VOLTAGE: https://TheBitcoinLayer.com/voltage Subscribe to TBL on Substack: https://TheBitcoinLayer.substack.com Follow TBL on Twitter: https://twitter.com/TheBitcoinLayer Follow TBL on LinkedIn: https://linkedin.com/company/TheBitcoinLayer Follow TBL on Instagram: https://instagram.com/TheBitcoinLayer Follow TBL on TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@thebitcoinlayer Subscribe to The Bitcoin Layer on your favorite podcast platform. Subscribe and turn on notifications for TBL on YouTube. Use code TBLYT10 for 10% off all The Bitcoin Layer Merch at http://TheBitcoinLayer.com/merch Sign up for the free Monetary History course on @SaylorAcademy : http://sylr.org/MonetaryHistory Contribute to The Bitcoin Layer via Lightning Network: [email protected] Nik Bhatia's Twitter: https://twitter.com/timevalueofbtc Research Associate Joe Consorti's Twitter: https://twitter.com/JoeConsorti Creative Director Matthew Ball's Twitter: https://twitter.com/matthewrball Block Height 767726 #TheBitcoinLayer #JoeConsorti #LawrenceLepard #Austrian #Economics #Central #Banking #Price #Signal #Bitcoin #BTC #FED #Correlation #Market #Crisis #Recession #Currency #Crypto #Analysis #Investment #News #Finance #NikBhatia #Education
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12/22/22 • 55 min
Welcome to The Bitcoin Layer, where we bring you research, analysis, and education for all things bitcoin and macro. Nik sits down with @bitstein for a discussion on the ethos of bitcoin, Austrian economics, central bank distortions, and bitcoin's ability to realign market pricing with reality once more. Follow Bitstein on Twitter: https://twitter.com/bitstein New YouTube videos every Wednesday and Friday. New Substack posts every Tuesday, Thursday & Saturday. Thanks to our Sponsor! VOLTAGE: https://TheBitcoinLayer.com/voltage Subscribe to TBL on Substack: https://TheBitcoinLayer.substack.com Follow TBL on Twitter: https://twitter.com/TheBitcoinLayer Follow TBL on LinkedIn: https://linkedin.com/company/TheBitcoinLayer Follow TBL on Instagram: https://instagram.com/TheBitcoinLayer Follow TBL on TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@thebitcoinlayer Subscribe to The Bitcoin Layer on your favorite podcast platform. Subscribe and turn on notifications for TBL on YouTube. Use code TBLYT10 for 10% off all The Bitcoin Layer Merch at http://TheBitcoinLayer.com/merch Sign up for the free Monetary History course on @SaylorAcademy : http://sylr.org/MonetaryHistory Contribute to The Bitcoin Layer via Lightning Network: [email protected] Nik Bhatia's Twitter: https://twitter.com/timevalueofbtc Research Associate Joe Consorti's Twitter: https://twitter.com/JoeConsorti Creative Director Matthew Ball's Twitter: https://twitter.com/matthewrball Block Height 768429 #TheBitcoinLayer #NikBhatia #Bitstein #MichaelGoldstein #Austrian #Economics #Philosophy #CentralBank #Pricing #Bitcoin #BTC #FED #Market #Crisis #Recession #Currency #Crypto #Analysis #Investment #News #Finance #Education
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Bitcoin Bounces As Fed Confirms Rate Cuts
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08/24/24 • 35 min
In this episode, Nik recaps the news out of Jackson Hole, Wyoming that the Fed is now confirmed to start cutting rates in September. He explains how money markets and Treasury yields already showed us months ago that rate cuts would arrive, discusses the economy and unemployment as drivers of the Fed's latest announcement, and closes with an analysis of bitcoin's price and what rate cuts will mean for bitcoin going forward. The Bitcoin Layer is a bitcoin and global macroeconomic research firm. The Bitcoin Layer is proud to be sponsored by Unchained, the leader in Bitcoin financial services. Unchained empowers you to take full control of your Bitcoin with a collaborative multisig vault, where you hold two of three keys, and benefit from a Bitcoin security partner. Purchase Bitcoin directly into your cold storage vault and eliminate exchange risks with Unchained's Trading Desk. Unchained also offers the best IRA product in the industry, allowing you to easily roll over old 401(k)s or IRAs into Bitcoin while keeping control of your keys. Don’t pay more taxes than you have to. Talk to us today. Visit https://thebitcoinlayer.com/unchained and use code TBL for $100 off when you create an account. Efani delivers premium mobile service with unparalleled protection against SIM swaps and privacy invasions. Use code TBL at checkout for $99 off the Efani SAFE Plan. https://www.efani.com/tbl?utm_source=substack&utm_medium=email Try Stamp Seed, a DIY kit that enables you to hammer your seed words into a durable plate of titanium using professional stamping tools. Take 15% off with code TBL. Get your Stamp Seed today! https://www.stampseed.com/shop/titanium-seed-phrase-storage-kits.html?utm_source=substack&utm_medium=email Subscribe and turn on notifications for TBL on YouTube. Subscribe to TBL’s research letter: https://thebitcoinlayer.com/subscribe Follow TBL on X: https://twitter.com/TheBitcoinLayer Subscribe to The Bitcoin Layer on your favorite podcast platform. Join the official TBL channel on Telegram: https://t.me/thebitcoinlayerofficial Use code TBLYT10 for 10% off all The Bitcoin Layer Merch at http://TheBitcoinLayer.com/merch Block Height 858158 Contribute to The Bitcoin Layer via Lightning Network: [email protected] Nik Bhatia's Twitter: https://twitter.com/timevalueofbtc Research Associate Joe Consorti's Twitter: https://twitter.com/JoeConsorti Creative Director Matthew Ball's Twitter: https://twitter.com/matthewrball #TheBitcoinLayer #NikBhatia #JoeConsorti #JacksonHole #FederalReserve #InterestRates #RateCuts #EconomicUpdate #MoneyMarkets #TreasuryYields #Unemployment #EconomicAnalysis #BitcoinPrice #FinancialNews #MarketTrends #BitcoinAnalysis #FedAnnouncement #EconomicOutlook #Bloomberg #Analysis #Charts #Tradingview #InvestmentStrategy #MarketWatch #StockMarket #PassiveInvesting #IndexFunds #FinancialMarkets #MarketWatch #FreeMarket #FreeMarkets #Markets #USTreasury #TreasuryBills #BalanceSheet #FED #Debt #Inflation #Statistic #Rates #Interest #Asset #Bitcoin #Dollar #Sats #BTC #Market #Currency #Crypto #Analysis #Investment #News #Finance #Education #Blockchain #Mining #BitcoinMining #macro The Bitcoin Layer and its guests do not provide investment advice.
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Bitcoin Is Building Strength On-Chain | Checkmate
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05/04/23 • 55 min
In this episode, Joe and Nik sit down with Checkmate, the Lead Analyst at Glassnode, an on-chain analytics provider. Checkmate discusses trends he's observing using data derived directly from bitcoin's blockchain, including why he believes bitcoin put it a textbook cycle bottom last November. Follow James on Twitter: https://twitter.com/_Checkmatey_ New YouTube videos M/W/F — New Substack posts T/R/S Sponsored By Foundation Devices — see what best-in-class Bitcoin storage feels like at thebitcoinlayer.com/foundationGet $10 off with promo code BITCOINLAYER Subscribe to TBL on Substack: https://TheBitcoinLayer.substack.com Follow TBL on Twitter: https://twitter.com/TheBitcoinLayer Follow TBL on LinkedIn: https://linkedin.com/company/TheBitco... Follow TBL on Instagram: https://instagram.com/TheBitcoinLayer Follow TBL on TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@thebitcoinlayer Subscribe to The Bitcoin Layer on your favorite podcast platform. Subscribe and turn on notifications for TBL on YouTube. Use code TBLYT10 for 10% off all The Bitcoin Layer Merch at http://TheBitcoinLayer.com/merch Sign up for the free Monetary History course on @SaylorAcademy : http://sylr.org/MonetaryHistory Contribute to The Bitcoin Layer via Lightning Network: [email protected] Nik Bhatia's Twitter: https://twitter.com/timevalueofbtcResearch Associate Joe Consorti's Twitter: https://twitter.com/JoeConsortiCreative Director Matthew Ball's Twitter: https://twitter.com/matthewrball Block Height 788174 #TheBitcoinLayer #NikBhatia #JoeConsorti #Jamescheck #Bitcoin #Dollar #Glassnode #On-Chain #Mining #Hashrate #mempool #Blockchain #Bitcoinblockchain #structure #Data #Charts #Freedom #BTC #Market #Currency #Crypto #Analysis #Investment #News #Finance #Education The Bitcoin Layer and its guests do not provide investment advice.
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Andy Constan: A Recession Is Not Desired, It's Required
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05/11/23 • 53 min
Welcome to The Bitcoin Layer, where we bring you research, analysis, and education for all things bitcoin and macro. In this episode, Joe and Nik sit down with Andy Constan, CEO of Damped Spring Advisors. Andy discusses the behavior of UST rates as the debt ceiling deadline approaches, the Fed's ongoing QT campaign, and the state of his higherer for longerer thesis about the Fed's rate hiking. Follow Andy on Twitter: https://twitter.com/dampedspring Also, check out Andy's website: https://dampedspring.com/ New YouTube videos M/W/F — New Substack posts T/R/S Sponsored By Foundation Devices — see what best-in-class Bitcoin storage feels like at thebitcoinlayer.com/foundationGet $10 off with promo code BITCOINLAYER Subscribe to TBL on Substack: https://TheBitcoinLayer.substack.com Follow TBL on Twitter: https://twitter.com/TheBitcoinLayer Follow TBL on LinkedIn: https://linkedin.com/company/TheBitco... Follow TBL on Instagram: https://instagram.com/TheBitcoinLayer Follow TBL on TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@thebitcoinlayer Subscribe to The Bitcoin Layer on your favorite podcast platform. Subscribe and turn on notifications for TBL on YouTube. Use code TBLYT10 for 10% off all The Bitcoin Layer Merch at http://TheBitcoinLayer.com/merch Sign up for the free Monetary History course on @SaylorAcademy : http://sylr.org/MonetaryHistory Contribute to The Bitcoin Layer via Lightning Network: [email protected] Nik Bhatia's Twitter: https://twitter.com/timevalueofbtcResearch Associate Joe Consorti's Twitter: https://twitter.com/JoeConsortiCreative Director Matthew Ball's Twitter: https://twitter.com/matthewrball Block Height 789161 #TheBitcoinLayer #NikBhatia #JoeConsorti #AndyConstan #Bitcoin #Dollar #InterestRates #Debt #RRP #Recession #Banks #QT #Analysis #QE #Bankfailure #Assets #Blockchain #Bitcoinblockchain #Freedom #BTC #Market #Currency #Crypto #Analysis #Investment #News #Finance #Education The Bitcoin Layer and its guests do not provide investment advice.
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Crunch Continues: Lending, QT, Businesses & Bank Defaults
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04/26/23 • 17 min
Welcome to The Bitcoin Layer, where we bring you research, analysis, and education for all things bitcoin and macro. In this episode, Joe discusses how the credit crunch is progressing in the form of further bank failures as the Fed continues QT, bank lending gradually slowing, both as they derisk and fewer businesses demand loans due to higher rates, and how we are entering the phase of businesses defaulting and going bankrupt. New YouTube videos M/W/F — New Substack posts T/R/S Sponsored By Foundation Devices — see what best-in-class Bitcoin storage feels like at thebitcoinlayer.com/foundation Get $10 off with promo code BITCOINLAYER Subscribe to TBL on Substack: https://TheBitcoinLayer.substack.com Follow TBL on Twitter: https://twitter.com/TheBitcoinLayer Follow TBL on LinkedIn: https://linkedin.com/company/TheBitco... Follow TBL on Instagram: https://instagram.com/TheBitcoinLayer Follow TBL on TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@thebitcoinlayer Subscribe to The Bitcoin Layer on your favorite podcast platform. Subscribe and turn on notifications for TBL on YouTube. Use code TBLYT10 for 10% off all The Bitcoin Layer Merch at http://TheBitcoinLayer.com/merch Sign up for the free Monetary History course on @SaylorAcademy : http://sylr.org/MonetaryHistory Contribute to The Bitcoin Layer via Lightning Network: [email protected] Nik Bhatia's Twitter: https://twitter.com/timevalueofbtc Research Associate Joe Consorti's Twitter: https://twitter.com/JoeConsorti Creative Director Matthew Ball's Twitter: https://twitter.com/matthewrball Block Height 787120 #TheBitcoinLayer #JoeConsorti #NikBhatia #Credit #Crunch #Lending #QT #Business #Bank #Default #Bitcoin #Dollar #Euro #Yen #Yuan #Gold #Freedom #BTC #Market #Currency #Crypto #Analysis #Investment #News #Finance #Education The Bitcoin Layer and its guests do not provide investment advice.
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The Debt Ceiling Doomsday Is Approaching
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04/25/23 • 15 min
Welcome to The Bitcoin Layer, where we bring you research, analysis, and education for all things bitcoin and macro. In this episode, Joe breaks down how weak 2022 tax receipts contribute to the already-stressful funding situation for the US government as rates remain elevated and a gargantuan maturity wall is on the horizon — he also breaks down how assets prices will behave, and why the US Treasury market is behaving strangely heading into the deadline. New YouTube videos M/W/F — New Substack posts T/R/S Sponsored By Foundation Devices — see what best-in-class Bitcoin storage feels like at thebitcoinlayer.com/foundation Get $10 off with promo code BITCOINLAYER Subscribe to TBL on Substack: https://TheBitcoinLayer.substack.com Follow TBL on Twitter: https://twitter.com/TheBitcoinLayer Follow TBL on LinkedIn: https://linkedin.com/company/TheBitco... Follow TBL on Instagram: https://instagram.com/TheBitcoinLayer Follow TBL on TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@thebitcoinlayer Subscribe to The Bitcoin Layer on your favorite podcast platform. Subscribe and turn on notifications for TBL on YouTube. Use code TBLYT10 for 10% off all The Bitcoin Layer Merch at http://TheBitcoinLayer.com/merch Sign up for the free Monetary History course on @SaylorAcademy : http://sylr.org/MonetaryHistory Contribute to The Bitcoin Layer via Lightning Network: [email protected] Nik Bhatia's Twitter: https://twitter.com/timevalueofbtc Research Associate Joe Consorti's Twitter: https://twitter.com/JoeConsorti Creative Director Matthew Ball's Twitter: https://twitter.com/matthewrball Block Height 786887 #TheBitcoinLayer #JoeConsorti #NikBhatia #Debt #Ceiling #Tax #UncleSam #Bitcoin #Dollar #Euro #Yen #Yuan #Gold #Freedom #BTC #Market #Currency #Crypto #Analysis #Investment #News #Finance #Education The Bitcoin Layer and its guests do not provide investment advice.
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The US Dollar Isn't Going Away
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04/20/23 • 18 min
Welcome to The Bitcoin Layer, where we bring you research, analysis, and education for all things bitcoin and macro. In this episode, Nik walks through the runs through the popular alternatives to the US dollar, and explains how each of their drawbacks precludes them from displacing it as the world's main reserve currency, while bitcoin holds a lot of promise for the future. New YouTube videos M/W/F — New Substack posts T/R/S Sponsored By Foundation Devices — see what best-in-class Bitcoin storage feels like at thebitcoinlayer.com/foundation Get $10 off with promo code BITCOINLAYER Subscribe to TBL on Substack: https://TheBitcoinLayer.substack.com Follow TBL on Twitter: https://twitter.com/TheBitcoinLayer Follow TBL on LinkedIn: https://linkedin.com/company/TheBitco... Follow TBL on Instagram: https://instagram.com/TheBitcoinLayer Follow TBL on TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@thebitcoinlayer Subscribe to The Bitcoin Layer on your favorite podcast platform. Subscribe and turn on notifications for TBL on YouTube. Use code TBLYT10 for 10% off all The Bitcoin Layer Merch at http://TheBitcoinLayer.com/merch Sign up for the free Monetary History course on @SaylorAcademy : http://sylr.org/MonetaryHistory Contribute to The Bitcoin Layer via Lightning Network: [email protected] Nik Bhatia's Twitter: https://twitter.com/timevalueofbtc Research Associate Joe Consorti's Twitter: https://twitter.com/JoeConsorti Creative Director Matthew Ball's Twitter: https://twitter.com/matthewrball Block Height 786268 #TheBitcoinLayer #NikBhatia #JoeConsorti #Bitcoin #Dollar #Euro #Yen #Yuan #Gold #Freedom #BTC #Market #Currency #Crypto #Analysis #Investment #News #Finance #Education The Bitcoin Layer and its guests do not provide investment advice.
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Bitcoin-Native Interest Rates Are Here | David Seroy
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05/02/23 • 44 min
Welcome to The Bitcoin Layer, where we bring you research, analysis, and education for all things bitcoin and macro. In this episode, Joe sits down with David Seroy for a discussion about the evolution of Bitcoin-native interest rates, the Lightning network and other potential scaling solutions, and how these BTC-LN-native interest rates can pave the way for future Bitcoin-native capital and money markets. Follow Dennis on Twitter: https://twitter.com/Dennis_Porter_ New YouTube videos M/W/F — New Substack posts T/R/S Sponsored By Foundation Devices — see what best-in-class Bitcoin storage feels like at thebitcoinlayer.com/foundation Get $10 off with promo code BITCOINLAYER Subscribe to TBL on Substack: https://TheBitcoinLayer.substack.com Follow TBL on Twitter: https://twitter.com/TheBitcoinLayer Follow TBL on LinkedIn: https://linkedin.com/company/TheBitco... Follow TBL on Instagram: https://instagram.com/TheBitcoinLayer Follow TBL on TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@thebitcoinlayer Subscribe to The Bitcoin Layer on your favorite podcast platform. Subscribe and turn on notifications for TBL on YouTube. Use code TBLYT10 for 10% off all The Bitcoin Layer Merch at http://TheBitcoinLayer.com/merch Sign up for the free Monetary History course on @SaylorAcademy : http://sylr.org/MonetaryHistory Contribute to The Bitcoin Layer via Lightning Network: [email protected] Nik Bhatia's Twitter: https://twitter.com/timevalueofbtc Research Associate Joe Consorti's Twitter: https://twitter.com/JoeConsorti Creative Director Matthew Ball's Twitter: https://twitter.com/matthewrball Block Height 787897 #TheBitcoinLayer #JoeConsorti #DavidSeroy #Bitcoin #Native #Lightning #Network #Interest #Rates #BTC #Treasuries #Correlation #Market #Recession #Currency #Macro #Analysis #Investment #News #Finance #Economics #Education The Bitcoin Layer and its guests do not provide investment advice.
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Exchanges Are Not Safe | Protecting Your Bitcoin 101
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04/18/23 • 39 min
Welcome to The Bitcoin Layer, where we bring you research, analysis, and education for all things bitcoin and macro. In this episode, Joe sits down with Seth and Bitcoin Q+A from Foundation Devices. They break down the mass exodus of bitcoin from exchanges, why more people are starting to take an adversarial approach to how they purchase and store their bitcoin, the serious risks posed to keeping your bitcoin on an exchange, and simple cold storage options that you can start TODAY with nothing but your smartphone. New YouTube videos M/W/F — New Substack posts T/R/S Sponsored By Foundation Devices — see what best-in-class Bitcoin storage feels like at thebitcoinlayer.com/foundation Get $10 off with promo code BITCOINLAYER Subscribe to TBL on Substack: https://TheBitcoinLayer.substack.com Follow TBL on Twitter: https://twitter.com/TheBitcoinLayer Follow TBL on LinkedIn: https://linkedin.com/company/TheBitco... Follow TBL on Instagram: https://instagram.com/TheBitcoinLayer Follow TBL on TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@thebitcoinlayer Subscribe to The Bitcoin Layer on your favorite podcast platform. Subscribe and turn on notifications for TBL on YouTube. Use code TBLYT10 for 10% off all The Bitcoin Layer Merch at http://TheBitcoinLayer.com/merch Sign up for the free Monetary History course on @SaylorAcademy : http://sylr.org/MonetaryHistory Contribute to The Bitcoin Layer via Lightning Network: [email protected] Nik Bhatia's Twitter: https://twitter.com/timevalueofbtc Research Associate Joe Consorti's Twitter: https://twitter.com/JoeConsorti Creative Director Matthew Ball's Twitter: https://twitter.com/matthewrball Block Height 785867 #TheBitcoinLayer #JoeConsorti #NikBhatia #SethForPrivacy #Foundation #Devices #Passport #Envoy #Wallet #Hardware #Cold #Storage #UTXO #Coin #Control #Freedom #BTC #Market #Currency #Crypto #Analysis #Investment #News #Finance #Education The Bitcoin Layer and its guests do not provide investment advice.
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How many episodes does The Bitcoin Layer have?
The Bitcoin Layer currently has 332 episodes available.
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The podcast is about Investing, Podcasts, Technology and Business.
What is the most popular episode on The Bitcoin Layer?
The episode title 'The Pitfalls of Central Planning with Lawrence Lepard | The Bitcoin Layer' is the most popular.
What is the average episode length on The Bitcoin Layer?
The average episode length on The Bitcoin Layer is 35 minutes.
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Episodes of The Bitcoin Layer are typically released every 2 days.
When was the first episode of The Bitcoin Layer?
The first episode of The Bitcoin Layer was released on Jun 5, 2022.
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