Block Digest #177 - Copyright All The Things
Channel: Block Digest
Date: 2019-05-26

Welcome to episode #177 of Block Digest! (Sunday, May 26th 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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GoT Finale Sucks
https://twitter.com/iamdevloper/status/1131569982532333568

Chainalysis Webinar: Who’s behind ransomware attacks? (May 30)
https://go.chainalysis.com/ransomware-attacks-webinar.html

Jeremy Ruben Proposes OP_CHECKOUTPUTSHASHVERIFY
https://github.com/JeremyRubin/bips/blob/op-checkoutputshashverify/bip-coshv.mediawiki 

BitGo Engineering Lead SIM-Swapped, Loses $100k From Coinbase
https://medium.com/coinmonks/the-most-expensive-lesson-of-my-life-details-of-sim-port-hack-35de11517124
https://twitter.com/mikebelshe/status/1130716342032719873 

CSW “Copyrights” Bitcoin Whitepaper and Code
https://twitter.com/jerrybrito/status/1130812651548712960 

HitBTC Withdrawal Delays Question Solvency
https://twitter.com/ProofofResearch/status/1129650849423286272
https://twitter.com/hitbtc/status/1132598777360113664

SEC Delays VanEck Again
https://www.sec.gov/rules/sro/cboebzx/2019/34-85896.pdf

Bisq DAO Takes Over Development
https://bisq.network/blog/let-the-dao-work/

Tether Updates
https://iapps.courts.state.ny.us/nyscef/ViewDocument?docIndex=HtwwUrp/FzCQ/JtG/ZjC/w== 
https://bennettftomlin.com/2019/05/21/key-excerpts-and-commentary-from-nyag-tether-court-transcript/ (Seems very biased)
https://www.docdroid.net/Wk3pePO/transcript-may-16-2019.pdf 
https://twitter.com/alistairmilne/status/1131171424507486209 

Update on Request for IRS Guidelines
https://twitter.com/CryptoTaxGirl/status/1130697114361536512 
https://coincenter.org/link/the-irs-has-told-congress-that-it-will-issue-new-cryptocurrency-tax-guidance-soon

FATF Setting New Guidelines Next Month
https://www.coindesk.com/beyond-kyc-global-regulators-appear-set-to-adopt-tough-new-rules-for-crypto-exchanges
https://www.fincen.gov/sites/default/files/2019-05/FinCEN%20Guidance%20CVC%20FINAL%20508.pdf

EU Law Enforcement Action on Mixing Service Company
https://www.fiod.nl/the-fiod-and-the-public-prosecution-service-take-money-laundering-machine-for-cryptocurrencies-offline/
https://www.europol.europa.eu/newsroom/news/multi-million-euro-cryptocurrency-laundering-service-bestmixerio-taken-down
https://securingtomorrow.mcafee.com/other-blogs/mcafee-labs/crypto-currency-laundering-service-bestmixer-io-taken-down-by-law-enforcement/
https://old.reddit.com/r/WasabiWallet/comments/brtynw/eu_crackdown_on_coinmixers/eohvh0w/
https://coincenter.org/link/non-custodial-cryptocurrency-mixer-developers-are-not-subject-to-u-s-regulation

Bitcoin 2019 Conference and Earn Program Data Sharing Policies
https://twitter.com/bitcoin2019conf/status/1130884146325270528 
https://twitter.com/J9Roem/status/1131335205741060097 
https://twitter.com/J9Roem/status/1131492876788084736 
https://twitter.com/J9Roem/status/1021003219475017728 
https://twitter.com/WhalePanda/status/1130435927493550081 

Istvan Andras Seres - Inter Exchange Batching (+ Breaking Bitcoin LN Talk)
https://breaking-bitcoin.com/

Invoiceless LN Payments Coming Soon
https://github.com/lightningnetwork/lnd/pull/2455

John Carvello Lightning Op-Ed
https://bitcoinmagazine.com/articles/op-ed-lightning-network-consensus-is-a-marketplace-and-thats-okay/

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