Block Digest #71 - Conbase Funhouse

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Welcome to episode #71 of Block Digest! (Saturday, January 13th 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 ===== #ViaBTC Mining Maintenance Fees Skyrocket, Only Cash out in Bcash https://pool.viabtc.com/announcement/23/ #Quebec Mining Market http://business.financialpost.com/technology/blockchain/chinese-bitcoin-miners-eye-sites-in-energy-rich-canada #Coinbase Spamming the Network https://twitter.com/ziggamon/status/951696967419113472 http://archive.is/JV5Ur (12:35 CST) https://twitter.com/JordanTuwiner/status/951698069967589376 https://www.reddit.com/r/Bitcoin/comments/7pxpiz/coinbase_represents_58_of_all_onchain_bitcoin/ https://twitter.com/brian_armstrong/status/951869357931425792 #Coinbase Screwup with Overstock Merchant Services https://krebsonsecurity.com/2018/01/website-glitch-let-me-overstock-my-coinbase/ #Kodak ICO & Mining Scheme https://www.coindesk.com/kodak-launching-cryptocurrency-photographers/ https://www.kodak.com/kodakone/default.htm https://twitter.com/chrisbhoffman/status/950861459302445056 https://twitter.com/saifedean/status/950882632858046465 https://twitter.com/internetofshit/status/950870141889404930 #SEC Jokes About Blockchain Followers https://twitter.com/FortWorth_SEC/status/950397035714371584 “Magic The Gathering Cards” Are Back As An Investment Scheme *Triggerred* https://twitter.com/techeblog/status/947023600724221952 #U.S. Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin Warns Bitcoin Is the ‘Next Swiss Bank Account’; Recently “Set Up A Working Group to Work With All The Regulators” https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2018-01-12/mnuchin-warns-against-bitcoin-becoming-next-swiss-bank-account #South Korea Confirms No Crypto Trading Ban https://twitter.com/iamjosephyoung/status/951428854085689344 #South Korea Pushing for International Cooperation http://www.icolancer.com/news/south-korea-pushes-23-countries-eu-and-imf-to-collaborate-on-curbing-crypto-trading #Rave Culture on the Blockchain? https://www.wired.co.uk/article/rave-culture-on-the-blockchain #FAKE NEWS: Miami Bitcoin Conference Not Taking Bitcoin? Yes It is! https://twitter.com/paulkrugman/status/951447329353207808 https://twitter.com/izakaminska/status/951217525341245448 “We have, and always will, accept cryptocurrencies for our conferences, up to fourteen days before the event. However, due to the manual inputting of data in our ticketing platforms when paid in cryptocurrencies, we decided to shut down bitcoin payments for last minute sales due to print deadlines.” https://btcmiami.com/tickets/ “I don’t verify every link I tweet” https://web.archive.org/web/20180113023738/https://twitter.com/izakaminska/status/951221875283320832?lang=en #Jihan Wu Tells Paul Krugman to “Please Try Bitcoin Cash” https://web.archive.org/web/20180113001349/https://twitter.com/JihanWu/status/951847648310411264?lang=en Donate to Block Digest with bitcoins: 3NG9TkTztxUEg44Mcby4Uk3poNn9s6pYjV

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