Welcome to episode #70 of Block Digest! (Tuesday, January 9th 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
JW Weatherman - https://twitter.com/WeathermanIam
This video is licensed under Creative Commons (CC BY 4.0): https://creativecommons.org/licenses/...
Links
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#Meltdown Bug Puts Keys At Risk; Fixes Are Slowing CPU-mined Cryptocurrencies
https://www.coindesk.com/meltdown-spectre-cpu-flaws-mean-cryptocurrency/
"If the protected memory problem is real, then a browser plugin or even a website may access your private keys," said Bitcoin Core contributor Jonas Schnelli.
#Electrum Security Fix: https://twitter.com/ElectrumWallet/status/949795637792518144
https://twitter.com/musalbas/status/949823819140780032
#Raspberry Pis unafffected: https://twitter.com/DanDarkPill/status/949683335466553344
#Satoshis Vision Conference
https://www.satoshisvisionconference.com/
#Ethereum Nodes Not Able to Keep Up
https://twitter.com/JamesCPoole/status/949902315707809792
No growth this month in node count: https://www.ethernodes.org/network/1
https://blog.ethereum.org/2018/01/02/ethereum-scalability-research-development-subsidy-programs/
Sharding will “only require a small percentage of nodes to see and process every transaction, allowing many more transactions to be processed in parallel at the same time.”
https://medium.com/@lopp/the-challenges-of-building-ethereum-infrastructure-87e443e47a4b
#Visa Cancels WaveCrest Prepaid Debit Cards for (European) Bitcoiners WIthout Notice
BitPay: http://mailchi.mp/bitpay/wave-crest-card-closure
Bitwala: https://twitter.com/bitwala/status/949213790247243776
CryptoPay: https://twitter.com/cryptopay/status/949243633911332864
https://twitter.com/cryptopay/status/949258015391338496
https://twitter.com/nopara73/status/949877858725453824
https://twitter.com/nopara73/status/949916081749184512
#Pay for Podcasts through the Lightning Network
https://twitter.com/alexbosworth/status/949681709041180672
#Lightning Network Growing
https://explorer.acinq.co/#/
https://twitter.com/bswen/status/950031643812745216
#“Bitcoin is an ICO for the Lightning Network”, “Bcash is an ICO for ASICBoost”
https://twitter.com/search?f=tweets&vertical=default&q=%22an%20ICO%20for%20the%20Lightning%20Network%22&src=typd
https://twitter.com/verretor/status/948830785611714560
#Bitcooooooooooonnect
https://twitter.com/leoncfu/status/949056763302592512
https://www.ssb.texas.gov/sites/default/files/BitConnect_ENF-18-CDO-1754.pdf
#Bitcoin Cash TipBot Hacked
https://thenextweb.com/hardfork/2018/01/05/reddit-bitcoin-cash-hack/
#CNBC Demo of buying ripple
https://www.cnbc.com/video/2018/01/05/crypto-class-how-to-buy-ripple.html
#The Man Beyond Bitcoin Cash Tippr Bot(Too personal/doxxy?)
http://archive.is/UL64c
https://www.crunchbase.com/organization/rocketr
https://www.crunchbase.com/person/rob-danielson-2
#Bitcoin Mining Fuels Sustainable Food Farm
http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/manitoba/bitcoin-mining-greenhouse-fish-farm-1.4470295
#Mining Crackdown in China Serious?
https://twitter.com/ViaBTC/status/950333158964150272
https://twitter.com/francispouliot_/status/950768256142528513
#Emin Fibbing
https://web.archive.org/web/20180109171655/https:/twitter.com/el33th4xor/status/821225667261960198?lang=en
#Jamie Dimon's Latest Feelings
http://www.foxbusiness.com/markets/2018/01/09/exclusive-jpmorgan-chase-chairman-ceo-jamie-dimon-regrets-saying-bitcoin-is-fraud-but-still-isnt-interested-in-it.html
#Bitfury Chain Analytics
https://medium.com/@BitFuryGroup/the-bitfury-group-unveils-solution-for-analyzing-related-bitcoin-addresses-8eba57f4c7f9
#Blockchain Alliance
http://www.blockchainalliance.org
#Lightning Network Talk at Coinbase
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wIhAmTqXhZQ
#JW Ethereum Threat Analysis
https://docs.google.com/document/d/10vYLaaEbNuTf1KbG2rBIR_HOininCIz45pk3kMPMUTk/edit
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