Block Digest #121 - Satoshi's Vision World Championship
Channel: Block Digest
Date: 22/08/2018

Welcome to episode #121 of Block Digest! (Wednesday, August 22nd 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

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

Links
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Bitcoin Optech Newsletter(2:36)
https://bitcoinops.org/en/newsletters/2018/08/21/ 

Bcash Split Coming?/nChain Bcash Client(10:07)
https://twitter.com/ryanxcharles/status/1031638627623882752 
https://www.bitcoinabc.org/2018-08-20-announcing-bitcoin-abc-0-18-0/ 
https://bitsonline.com/nchain-announces-bitcoin-sv-bch/ 

Softbank and Tencent(?) Denies Investing in Bitmain(31:39)
https://cointelegraph.com/news/ubers-largest-shareholder-softbank-denies-deal-with-bitmain-other-investments-uncertain 
https://twitter.com/ChinaCryptoNews/status/1031495811488612352 
https://cointelegraph.com/news/dst-global-denies-bitmain-ipo-investment-few-days-after-softbank-tencents-involvement-called-into-question 

Vitalik Calls Bitcoiners “Oligarchic”(42:03)
https://twitter.com/J9Roem/status/1030869149315215361 

Ledger and Intel SGX Discussion(55:09)
https://twitter.com/J9Roem/status/1030520572164427777 
https://twitter.com/J9Roem/status/1031094176971214848 

Energy Researcher Clears Up Bitcoin Argument(1:08:01)
https://www.ccn.com/alarm-over-bitcoin-mining-is-a-red-herring-energy-researcher/
https://theconversation.com/stop-worrying-about-how-much-energy-bitcoin-uses-97591

Bitcoin Geopolitics in Turkey(1:17:25)
https://www.ccn.com/bitcoin-price-drops-against-turkish-lira-as-treasury-seeks-to-calm-investors/
https://www.nasdaq.com/article/emerging-market-woes-spark-surge-in-bitcoin-trading-volume-cm1010498

zCash “BOLT” Lightning Clone Releases Code(1:30:16)
https://www.coindesk.com/the-code-for-an-anonymous-lightning-network-is-now-live/ 
https://hackernoon.com/them-lightning-network-nodes-sure-do-look-centralized-to-me-what-gives-ee39c9b12ac0

Ripple Nodes Take 6 Months to Sync(1:37:27)
https://twitter.com/pavolrusnak/status/1028212351504404481 

AT&T Sued for Crypto Loss(1:40:56)
https://www.cnbc.com/2018/08/15/cryptocurrency-investor-sues-att-for-224-million-over-loss-of-digita.html

Bitconnect Leader Arrested in India(1:47:04)
https://bitcoinmagazine.com/articles/bitconnects-alleged-ringleader-arrested-india-local-reports/#1534784048 

WeChat Bans Crypto News Accounts(1:49:15)
https://www.coindesk.com/crypto-media-banned-from-wechat-in-sudden-online-sweep/ 

Shinobi Rant on Forward Blocks(1:51:46)

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