Block Digest #88 - Self Regulate This! w/Jim Bell
Channel: Block Digest
Date: 2018-03-16

Welcome to episode #88 of Block Digest! (Friday, March 16th 2018)

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Credits
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Shinobius - https://twitter.com/brian_trollz
Aknix (2.0) - https://twitter.com/rm0rf
Rick M. https://twitter.com/cryptorick
Janine - https://twitter.com/J9Roem
Guest: Jim Bell

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Links
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Jim Bell's Shut Down the Federal Justice System
https://fedjusticeshutdown.org/

Coinbase…
https://twitter.com/ButtCoin/status/973324665035919362 

Coinbase Receives E-Money License in UK
https://www.coindesk.com/coinbase-receives-e-money-license-from-u-k-financial-regulator/

IMF Calls for International Regulation of Bitcoin/Crypto using Blockchain
https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2018/mar/13/imf-christine-lagarde-calls-bitcoin-crackdown-cryptocurrencies

Japan Calls for G20 United Crypto Regulations
https://www.newsbtc.com/2018/03/13/japan-urges-g20-officials-introduce-unified-crypto-regulation/ 

Gemini Proposes Self-Regulatory Organization
https://gemini.com/blog/a-proposal-for-a-self-regulatory-organization-for-the-u-s-virtual-currency-industry/

U.S. House Subcommittee hearing on cryptocurrencies and ICO markets
https://www.pscp.tv/w/1DXxyXZgkWNJM
800,000$ of Miners Stolen in Quebec
http://www.tvanouvelles.ca/2018/03/13/vol-et-sequestration-dans-une-entreprise 

Plattsburgh Issues the First Ban on Mining in the U.S.
https://motherboard.vice.com/en_us/article/8xk4qv/bitcoin-ban-plattsburgh-coinmint-mining 

Surprise! Monero ASICs!
https://twitter.com/BITMAINtech/status/974180147166261248 
https://twitter.com/fluffypony/status/974324239464624128 

Blockstream’s Liquid Release Candidate Ready
https://blockstream.com/2018/03/13/liquid-release-candidate-network-is-ready-to-go.html 

Lightning Labs Raises $2.5 Million Alongside Beta Release of LN
https://blog.lightning.engineering/announcement/2018/03/15/lnd-beta.html 
https://www.forbes.com/sites/ktorpey/2018/03/15/bitcoins-highly-anticipated-lightning-network-goes-live-as-startup-raises-2-5-million/#2fc6a6767eb0 

OpenBazaar Raises $5 Million from Bitmain
https://www.coindesk.com/openbazaar-raises-5-million-from-bitmain-omers-ventures/

SEC Charges Equifax Executive of Insider Trading
https://www.sec.gov/news/press-release/2018-40
https://twitter.com/NakedSecurity/status/973951784329891840

Binance offers $250,000 Bounty to Find Hacker
https://support.binance.com/hc/en-us/articles/360001615252-Binance-Hacker-Bounty
https://the-blockchain-journal.com/2018/03/12/binance-will-give-a-250-000-bounty-reward-to-find-the-hackers/

Binance to Launch Decentralized Exchange
https://support.binance.com/hc/en-us/articles/360001668872
https://the-blockchain-journal.com/2018/03/14/binance-will-launch-a-decentralized-exchange/

Researchers Find 34,200 Vulnerable Ethereum Contracts
https://web.archive.org/web/20180305130350/https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/cryptocurrency/researchers-find-34-200-vulnerable-ethereum-smart-contracts/ 

JW POW Change Paper
https://github.com/JWWeatherman/PoW_Hardfork/blob/master/README.md

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