This week we start with a puzzler. Because we can’t keep putting tiny bits of forever-plastics into the oceans, into the Arctic ice, into our food chains and into every fibre of everything; because of that, what’s replacing plastic? Might it be mushrooms? Also good news that smart home stuff will now “just work” in a rare case of cross-industry collaboration called “Matter”.

After our non-sponsor segment we talk This Week in Crypto, starting with whether the past fortnight has seen a coordinated global clampdown by regulators on the world’s biggest crypto exchange, Binance. Also the drop in Bitcoin’s hash rate, anticipating the B Word conference in two weeks, an NFT typo; and we close out with Shitcoin or Fakecoin.


Links we mention:

Making mycelium material: https://ecovativedesign.com/

“Matter” the smart home standard:
https://buildwithmatter.com/

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