Block Digest #178 - Kulturkrieg
Channel: Block Digest
Date: 29/05/2019

Welcome to episode #178 of Block Digest! (Wednesday, May 29th 2019)

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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/

Links
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JPMorgan Chase Censors Conservatives
https://nypost.com/2019/05/25/jpmorgan-chase-accused-of-purging-accounts-of-conservative-activists

New Transaction Relay Protocol Proposal
https://lists.linuxfoundation.org/pipermail/bitcoin-dev/2019-May/016994.html 
https://arxiv.org/pdf/1905.10518.pdf 

Bitcoin.com Claims BCash was NOT 51% Attacked
https://twitter.com/Bitcoin/status/1133307591872794624
https://blog.bitmex.com/the-bitcoin-cash-hardfork-three-interrelated-incidents/

Circle See Signals of SEC Enforcement
https://blog.circle.com/2019/05/23/our-take-interpreting-recent-signals-from-us-regulatory-agencies/

Kik’s KIN Takes Donations to Fight the SEC
https://twitter.com/fredwilson/status/1133372282880102402
https://thenextweb.com/hardfork/2019/05/28/kik-ico-sec-defend-crypto-fund-securities-kin-cryptocurrency-blockchain/

Baltimore Consults FBI & NSA Over Ransomware
https://www.baltimoresun.com/news/maryland/baltimore-city/bs-md-ci-ransomware-nsa-20190525-story.html
https://www.nytimes.com/2019/05/22/us/baltimore-ransomware.html

HodlHodl Courts Iranian Traders After LocalBitcoins Departure
https://medium.com/@hodlhodl/hodl-hodls-official-statement-for-iranian-traders-9429603079c
https://www.coindesk.com/localbitcoins-bans-bitcoin-buying-in-iran-in-blow-to-rising-crypto-commerce

Cryptopia Pleas to US Court for User Data Protection
https://www.grantthornton.co.nz/update-for-cryptopia-account-holders-27-may-2019/
https://bitcoinmagazine.com/articles/cryptopia-turns-us-court-account-holder-data-protection/

Yahoo’s Japanese Exchange TaoTao Launching May 30th
https://twitter.com/taotao_ex/status/1132842984158838794

Tippin.me Release Version 1.0
https://twitter.com/tippin_me/status/1131691351022743552

LND Watchtower Functionality Almost Finished
https://github.com/lightningnetwork/lnd/pull/3133 

Ledger Just Merged Native Segwit Support
https://github.com/LedgerHQ/ledger-live-desktop/pull/2026

ColdCard is added to Bitcoin.org
https://github.com/bitcoin-dot-org/bitcoin.org/pull/2887

Bitcoin.org got 14BTC donation
https://twitter.com/CobraBitcoin/status/1133446513659711488

Eve of Second Procedural Extradition Hearing for Assange
https://einzelgaengerinmotte.wordpress.com/2019/05/02/new-frontiers-old-barriers/ 

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