Block Digest #67 - Happy Hodldays

What this episode covers

Welcome to episode #68 of Block Digest! (Tuesday, January 2nd 2018) Join us: https://bitcoinmumble.com/ Follow us on Twitter: https://twitter.com/blockdigest Credits ======== Shinobius - https://twitter.com/brian_trollz Aknix (2.0) - https://twitter.com/rm0rf Rick M. https://twitter.com/cryptorick Janine - https://twitter.com/J9Roem JW Weatherman - https://twitter.com/WeathermanIam This video is licensed under Creative Commons (CC BY 4.0): https://creativecommons.org/licenses/... Links ===== #John McAffee Blackmailing Altcoins (0:00 - 8:30) https://twitter.com/CryptOrca/status/947926160830234626 #Brian Armstrong Working on ‘Toshi’ (8:30 - 21:30) https://twitter.com/brian_armstrong/status/947661921645449216 https://blog.toshi.org/toshi-a-dapp-browser-for-the-ethereum-network-5a64bde25757 https://twitter.com/pierre_rochard/status/947857564322156544 #Professional Athlete Paid in BTC (21:30 - 22:31) https://news.bitcoin.com/danish-billionaire-renames-the-rungsted-capital-ice-rink-to-bitcoin-arena/ #LN Simulation (22:31 - 34:22) https://www.reddit.com/r/Bitcoin/comments/7mwag6/simulating_a_decentralized_lightning_network_with/ https://twitter.com/lopp/status/947808940255006726 #Huobi/SBI Holdings Deal (34:23) https://news.bitcoin.com/the-bitcoin-exchange-that-once-dominated-china-is-heading-to-japan/ #UK Crypto (50:34) http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2017/12/30/bank-england-plots-bitcoin-style-digital-currency/ #Australian Bank Troubles (51:41) http://bitcoinist.com/australian-banks-reportedly-freezing-bank-accounts-bitcoin-users/ https://www.reddit.com/r/Bitcoin/comments/7n5etp/australian_bank_cashreserve_requirements_buckle/ #Buy Your Own Prison In BTC (59:34) https://www.zerohedge.com/news/2018-01-01/you-can-now-buy-private-prison-craigslist-bitcoin #Bitcoin Not Compatible With Islam? (1:06:48) http://www.egyptindependent.com/egypts-dar-al-iftaa-deems-bitcoin-currency-forbidden-islam/ https://www.reddit.com/r/Bitcoin/comments/7j2nu6/muslim_clerics_just_declared_that_owning_bitcoin/ #SegWit Integration on Local Bitcoins & BTC.com (1:14:43) https://twitter.com/LocalBitcoins/status/948146645723738112 https://twitter.com/btccom_official/status/948129455536508929 #Bitpay QR Codes No Longer Valid (1:22:12) http://blog.samouraiwallet.com/post/169222582782/bitpay-qr-codes-are-no-longer-valid-important https://support.bitpay.com/hc/en-us/articles/115005559826 #Coindesk’s ‘Most Influential’ List (1:33:20) https://twitter.com/coindesk/status/947698199048916992 https://twitter.com/AmberBaldet/status/948170726389026816 Money Supply Visuals (57:11) http://money.visualcapitalist.com/worlds-money-markets-one-visualization-2017/ Pieter Thiel Owns Hundreds of Millions of BTC (37:51) https://twitter.com/WSJ/status/948260160325279744 Venezuela Money Tree https://twitter.com/hannahdreier/status/947586991016894465 Waves of Cthulhu https://fixingtao.com/2017/05/waves-of-cthulhu-how-banks-take-your-bitcoin/ Donate to Block Digest with bitcoins: 3NG9TkTztxUEg44Mcby4Uk3poNn9s6pYjV

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