Block Digest #43 - Megalomaniacal

Welcome to episode #43 of Block Digest! (Wednesday, October 25th 2017) Join us: https://bitcoinmumble.com/ Credits ======== Shinobius - https://twitter.com/brian_trollz Chris Ellis - https://twitter.com/MrChrisEllis Janine - https://twitter.com/J9Roem Aknix (2.0) - https://twitter.com/rm0rf and Rick M. https://twitter.com/cryptorick This video is licensed under Creative Commons (CC BY 4.0): https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ CORRECTION: The national risk assessment of money laundering and terrorist financing from the UK Treasury is from October 2015 - two years ago, not two weeks ago: https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/uk-national-risk-assessment-of-money-laundering-and-terrorist-financing Links ===== # Coinbase Clarifies They Meant the Exact Opposite https://blog.coinbase.com/clarification-on-the-upcoming-segwit2x-fork-d3c0f545c3e0 The previous post from Coinbase https://blog.coinbase.com/timeline-and-support-bitcoin-segwit2x-and-bitcoin-gold-eda72525efd # Ledger X Hardfork Policy https://ledgerx.com/ledgerxs-policy-framework-for-hard-forks/ # 2X Continued https://news.unocoin.com/?p=796 https://bitcoin.org.il/files/IBA_Statement_Segwit2x.pdf https://www.bitcoinhk.org/segwit2x-statement/ French Petition Against Segwit2x https://www.change.org/p/mineurs-et-entreprises-de-l-%C3%A9co-syst%C3%A8me-bitcoin-nous-nous-opposons-au-new-york-agreement-et-au-hard-fork-bitcoin-segwit2x-de-novembre Garzik Tweet Aged Well https://twitter.com/jgarzik/status/504279133309120512 Full Steam Ahead 2x! Hahahha https://lists.linuxfoundation.org/pipermail/bitcoin-segwit2x/2017-October/000582.html # BGold Debacle & Replay Protection Status https://www.cnbc.com/2017/10/25/bitcoin-gold-price-plunges-what-is-hard-fork.html https://themerkle.com/bitcoin-gold-fork-is-a-success-but-coins-wont-be-available-until-november-1st/ https://github.com/BTCGPU/BTCGPU/issues/51 https://coinmarketcap.com/currencies/bitcoin-gold/#charts # Senate Nullifies Rule Allowing Class Actions Suites Against Banks and Credit Card Companies https://twitter.com/AP/status/923009327270576128 https://www.axios.com/senate-votes-to-nullify-rule-allowing-class-action-suits-against-banks-2501075288.html # Bad Rabbit Ransomware Attacks https://www.wired.com/story/badrabbit-ransomware-notpetya-russia-ukraine/ New Project from Samourai on non-standard ways to transmit/receive Bitcoin data https://github.com/MuleTools/MuleTools http://blog.samouraiwallet.com/post/166778873402/wallet-update-segwit-support-and-introducing ## Fake News! # Amazon https://cointelegraph.com/news/more-rumors-amazon-could-accept-bitcoin-as-all-eyes-on-conference-call Pay Block Digest with bitcoins: 3NG9TkTztxUEg44Mcby4Uk3poNn9s6pYjV