Block Digest #178 - Kulturkrieg

Block Digest

Welcome to episode #178 of Block Digest! (Wednesday, May 29th 2019) Join us: https://dragonsden.io/ Follow us on Twitter: https://twitter.com/blockdigest Credits ======== Shinobius - https://twitter.com/brian_trollz Janine - https://twitter.com/J9Roem Rick - https://twitter.com/cryptorick Nopara - https://twitter.com/nopara73 Intro Song: DVNZXL - [fried_noodles] https://youtu.be/w28NKJJHPZM This video is licensed under Creative Commons (CC BY 4.0): https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ Links ===== JPMorgan Chase Censors Conservatives https://nypost.com/2019/05/25/jpmorgan-chase-accused-of-purging-accounts-of-conservative-activists New Transaction Relay Protocol Proposal https://lists.linuxfoundation.org/pipermail/bitcoin-dev/2019-May/016994.html https://arxiv.org/pdf/1905.10518.pdf Bitcoin.com Claims BCash was NOT 51% Attacked https://twitter.com/Bitcoin/status/1133307591872794624 https://blog.bitmex.com/the-bitcoin-cash-hardfork-three-interrelated-incidents/ Circle See Signals of SEC Enforcement https://blog.circle.com/2019/05/23/our-take-interpreting-recent-signals-from-us-regulatory-agencies/ Kik’s KIN Takes Donations to Fight the SEC https://twitter.com/fredwilson/status/1133372282880102402 https://thenextweb.com/hardfork/2019/05/28/kik-ico-sec-defend-crypto-fund-securities-kin-cryptocurrency-blockchain/ Baltimore Consults FBI & NSA Over Ransomware https://www.baltimoresun.com/news/maryland/baltimore-city/bs-md-ci-ransomware-nsa-20190525-story.html https://www.nytimes.com/2019/05/22/us/baltimore-ransomware.html HodlHodl Courts Iranian Traders After LocalBitcoins Departure https://medium.com/@hodlhodl/hodl-hodls-official-statement-for-iranian-traders-9429603079c https://www.coindesk.com/localbitcoins-bans-bitcoin-buying-in-iran-in-blow-to-rising-crypto-commerce Cryptopia Pleas to US Court for User Data Protection https://www.grantthornton.co.nz/update-for-cryptopia-account-holders-27-may-2019/ https://bitcoinmagazine.com/articles/cryptopia-turns-us-court-account-holder-data-protection/ Yahoo’s Japanese Exchange TaoTao Launching May 30th https://twitter.com/taotao_ex/status/1132842984158838794 Tippin.me Release Version 1.0 https://twitter.com/tippin_me/status/1131691351022743552 LND Watchtower Functionality Almost Finished https://github.com/lightningnetwork/lnd/pull/3133 Ledger Just Merged Native Segwit Support https://github.com/LedgerHQ/ledger-live-desktop/pull/2026 ColdCard is added to Bitcoin.org https://github.com/bitcoin-dot-org/bitcoin.org/pull/2887 Bitcoin.org got 14BTC donation https://twitter.com/CobraBitcoin/status/1133446513659711488 Eve of Second Procedural Extradition Hearing for Assange https://einzelgaengerinmotte.wordpress.com/2019/05/02/new-frontiers-old-barriers/ Donate to Block Digest with bitcoins: 3NG9TkTztxUEg44Mcby4Uk3poNn9s6pYjV