Block Digest #136 - The Bitcorn Is Ripe
Channel: Block Digest
Date: 31/10/2018

Welcome to episode #136 of Block Digest! (Wednesday, October 31st 2018)

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Credits
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Shinobius - https://twitter.com/brian_trollz
Janine - https://twitter.com/J9Roem
Rick - https://twitter.com/cryptorick
Nopara - https://twitter.com/nopara73

Intro song: DVNZXL - [fried_noodles] https://youtu.be/w28NKJJHPZM

This video is licensed under Creative Commons (CC BY 4.0): https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/

CORRECTION: At 42:52, I misstated the name of the author of the Business Insider article on the "study." Frank Chaparro @fintechfrank is a former writer for Business Insider but was not an author of one of these articles -- though he is on my journalist naughty list for other reasons. The list of authors from the articles should be - Andréa Morris (Forbes), Henry Bodkin (Telegraph UK), Aria Bendix (Business Insider UK), Josh Gabbatiss (Independent),  Chris Mooney and Steven Mufson (The Washington Post). Only Morris, Gabbatiss, Mooney and Mufson have since issued corrections or included critical feedback, but all are still leading with the study's conclusion as the title.

Links
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“Blockchain Lockbox”
https://www.blockchain.com/lockbox 

Javascript… in SPACE! ConsenSys Acquires Asteroid Mining Company
https://twitter.com/J9Roem/status/1057629074598748160 
https://twitter.com/nvk/status/1057642935674490884 

Zcash ‘Upgrade’ Success?
https://www.coindesk.com/zcash-activates-long-awaited-sapling-network-upgrade/
https://z.cash/upgrade/sapling/
https://forum.zcashcommunity.com/t/sapling-launch-ecosystem-recap/31757
https://twitter.com/zooko/status/1057012670996434944

More Bullshit Energy Consumption Articles
https://www.nature.com/articles/s41558-018-0321-8 
https://twitter.com/nic__carter/status/1056962474518462464 
https://twitter.com/peterktodd/status/1056992261140025344 
https://twitter.com/BitcoinMagazine/status/1057381475425943553 
Topic previous covered in:
Episode #81: https://youtu.be/iSQidaREBLM?t=9590 
Episode #121: https://youtu.be/y-ttYIpQGXE?t=4072 
Special Edition with Jonathan Bertrand: https://youtu.be/GP03u18FDmI 

My First Bitcoin Tweet
https://twitter.com/J9Roem/status/583994656905535491 

Wasabi 1.0 Release
Patrícia Estevão’s Infographics
https://medium.com/@nopara73/wasabi-1-stable-f8bc5e48289f 

Coinbase Raises More Money For Bullshit
https://techcrunch.com/2018/10/30/coinbase-is-now-valued-at-8b-after-closing-new-300m-round/ 
https://www.forbes.com/sites/billybambrough/2018/10/30/coinbase-wants-to-use-its-huge-new-funding-to-fix-bitcoins-problems/ 

Antpool Stops Mining Segwit TXes
https://twitter.com/WhalePanda/status/1057000730580738049
https://old.reddit.com/r/Bitcoin/comments/9sex11/jihan_no_longer_includes_segwit_transactions_last/ 

Fidelity Concentrating On Custody
https://bitcoinist.com/fidelity-cryptocurrency-bitcoin-custody/ 

Maple Exchange Hack
https://www.forbes.com/sites/rogerhuang/2018/10/29/maplechange-hack-is-a-reminder-to-get-your-cryptocurrencies-off-exchanges/ 

Binance Freezing WEX Related ETH Accounts Temporarily 
https://www.coindesk.com/data-shows-millions-leaving-crypto-wallets-tied-to-long-troubled-exchange/ 

Free Speech in Blockchain Development
https://coincenter.org/entry/writing-and-publishing-code-alone-cannot-be-a-crime

SEC FinHub 
https://bitcoinist.com/sec-engage-crypto-community-finhub/ 
https://www.sec.gov/finhub-form#no-back 

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