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MORE SHOW NOTES at bitcoinandmarkets.com/e139SUBSCRIBEiTunes | Stitcher | Google Play | RSSGET OUR FREE FUNDAMENTALS REPORTStay informed, weekly updates straight to you. HereSUPPORT THE SHOW!No Ads + Member Only Content on PATREONBTC or PayPal DONATEGet 2 free audio books when you sign up on AudibleOur Big Page of Educational LinksNOTESClip taken from youtube here.Parody and commentary protected under Fair Use.Bcash is a dumpster fire. These guys think because they read the whitepaper, they understand how Bitcoin works. It doesn't matter how many times they are proven wrong and get embarrassed. Nothing bitcoin cash does affects Bitcoin. Vin Armani is attempting to use fear and the technical illiteracy of bcashers and freedom advocates to win a political battle caused by the leaders of bcash's own ignorance of money and Bitcoin.FOLLOW @AnselLindner | @btcmrkts | Instagram | Facebook THANK YOU LISTENERS!Music by TonezPro **DISCLAIMER: This is not investment advice, do your own research.**

Top storylines: Major infrastructure announcements continue with Morgan-Stanley and Grayscale adding to Bakkt, Yale, ETF and Lightning network.Show notes and transcripts for this episode available: https://bitcoinandmarkets.com/e138SUBSCRIBEiTunes | Stitcher | Google Play | RSSGET OUR FREE FUNDAMENTALS REPORTStay informed, weekly updates straight to you. HereSUPPORT THE SHOW!No Ads + Member Only Content on PATREONBTC or PayPal DONATEGet 2 free audio books when you sign up on AudibleOur Big Page of Educational LinksPRICESPrice: $63501 finney: $0.64 $1: 15,721 satsDaily 200 SMA: $7128 - really flatMayer Multiple: 0.89Commentary10 yr Anniversary of the white paperTether FUD and conspiracy theoryFUTURESOkex Futures: (Dec) $6350 | spread $0 CME Futures: Nov $6350 | open interest 2,500 / 12,500 btc (got as high as 3,000)Bitmex Futures: Dec $6370SENTIMENT Longs / Shorts: 23,000 / 27,000 (0.80)MINING Difficulty: +0.02% See reportMempool: 7d High: 28MB | Time: 7hrs to clearHalvening: 81,544 blocks | 529 days | Apr.15.2020CommentaryATH hashrate saved a negative adjustment.NEWSUofH pulishes some stupid environmental piece https://twitter.com/peterktodd/status/1057050073828184064I'm the #1 hater of bcash LOLhttps://twitter.com/francispouliot_/status/1056607054243291137https://www.wasabiwallet.io/Gab out of AustinLink 1, Link 2, Coinbase, raised $1mil last year, $5mil, plus another $1mil this yearNew Optech NewsletterCryptoconomy reads Shelling Out Coinmarketbook.cc no tether?Clark Moody real time bitcoin chartsFOLLOW @AnselLindner | @btcmrkts | Instagram | Facebook THANK YOU LISTENERS!Huge list of episode sources Music by TonezPro **DISCLAIMER: This is not investment advice, do your own research.**

Top storyline: Tether, the rise of stablecoins, mining, ethereum proof of stakeShow notes and transcripts for this episode available: https://bitcoinandmarkets.com/e137SUBSCRIBEiTunes | Stitcher | Google Play | RSSGET OUR FREE FUNDAMENTALS REPORTStay informed, weekly updates straight to you. HereSUPPORT THE SHOW!No Ads + Member Only Content on PATREONBTC or PayPal DONATEGet 2 free audio books when you sign up on AudibleOur Big Page of Educational LinksPRICESPrice: $63821 finney: $0.64 $1: 15,545 satsDaily 200 SMA: $7194 - really flatMayer Multiple: 0.89CommentaryI remain staunchly in the solvent camp regarding tether. It's under a targeted attack from the banks that want to control this space.FUTURESOkex Futures: (Dec) $6624 | spread -$25 CME Futures: Oct $6615 | Nov $6575 | open interest 2,713 / 13,565 btcBitmex Futures: Dec $6603 SENTIMENT Longs / Shorts: 26,000 / 30,100 (0.84)MINING Difficulty: -3.65% See reportMempool: 7d High: 18MB | Time: 12hrs to clearHalvening: 83,557 blocks | 542 days | Apr.14.2020Margins are being squeezed. LIGHTNING Capacity: 111 btc Channels: 8,900 Nodes: 3,700*default is for lightning nodes to be privateNEWSEthereum PoS upgrade on testnet Foobarhttps://xbt.net/blog/ethereum-blog/ethereums-constantinople-fails-to-activate-on-testnet/FOLLOW @AnselLindner | @btcmrkts | Instagram | Facebook THANK YOU LISTENERS!Huge list of episode sources Music by Tonezpro**DISCLAIMER: This is not investment advice, do your own research.**

Top storyline: Steady as she goes, every number is flashing consolidation and capitulation, while infrastructure and development work is accelerating.Show notes and transcripts for this episode available: https://bitcoinandmarkets.com/e136SUBSCRIBEiTunes | Stitcher | Google Play | RSSGET OUR FREE FUNDAMENTALS REPORTStay informed, weekly updates straight to you. HereSUPPORT THE SHOW!No Ads + Member Only Content on PATREONBTC or PayPal DONATEGet 2 free audio books when you sign up on AudibleOur Big Page of Educational LinksPRICESPrice: $62401 finney: $0.62 $1: 15933 satsDaily 200 SMA: $7208Mayer Multiple: 0.86FUTURESOkex Futures: (Dec) $6140 | spread -$100 CME Futures: Oct $6185Bitmex Futures: Dec $6185SENTIMENT Longs / Shorts: 25,500 / 35,800 (0.71)MINING Difficulty: estimated -1.8% in 4 days See reportMargins are being squeezed. NEWSLiquid sidechain launched on mainnet. I view it as more for enterprise use cases. Lightning network being more for consumer facing applications.23 company federation2 min blocktimesL-BTC derivative 1-to-1 backed assetNew types of tokensTether banking: Tether quickly moved funds out of Noble bank, whether they were able to move all of it isn't known. Tether has come under pressure from corrupt stablecoins, most notably from Paxos imo. They are a Goldman company. I can totally see Goldman using relationships to cause problems for Tether.Bitfinex new account with HSBC: HSBC relationship is getting set up, but finex is acting responsibly afaict.Report from BitMex research Coinmarketbook.ccFOLLOW @AnselLindner | @btcmrkts | Instagram | Facebook THANK YOU LISTENERS!Huge list of episode sources Music by Joakim Karud **DISCLAIMER: This is not investment advice, do your own research.**

Top story line: Price pressing resistance, Bitcoin has become a stablecoin, bits versus sats, Ethereum mining, Consent vs Consensus, and GabShow notes and transcripts for this episode available: https://bitcoinandmarkets.com/e135SUBSCRIBEiTunes | Stitcher | Google Play | RSSGET OUR FREE FUNDAMENTALS REPORTStay informed, weekly updates straight to you. HereSUPPORT THE SHOW!No Ads + Member Series on PATREONBTC or PayPal DONATEGet 2 free audio books when you sign up on AudibleOur Big Page of Educational LinksPRICESPrice: $65541 finney: $0.66 $1: 15000 satsDaily 200 SMA: $7301Mayer Multiple: 0.89FUTURESOkex Futures: (Dec) $6530 | spread -$50CME Futures: Oct $6520 | Nov $6525 | open interest 2,500 / 12,500 btcBitmex Futures: Dec $6550 SENTIMENT Longs / Shorts: 26,000 / 30,100 (0.84)MARKETMarket Cap: $114B Volatility 30-day: 2.26%MINING Difficulty: 4.3% See reportMempool: 7d High: 11.7MB | Time: 8hrs to clearHalvening: 84,491 blocks | 555 days | Apr.12.2020DEVELOPMENTNew release 0.17 - 138 contributorsNext major release est: 0.18.0 - Mar 2019NEWSI'm taking questions for the next Listener Questions episodeFundstrat AnalysisSamourai wallet gets rid of fiatGabJanine's article: Consent and ConsensusFOLLOW @AnselLindner | @btcmrkts | Instagram | Facebook THANK YOU LISTENERS!Huge list of episode sources Music by Tonezpro and KVN **DISCLAIMER: This is not investment advice, do your own research.**

Top story line: End of Q3 in the green? CME and Bitmex deliveries today. Sentiment is even coming back from overly bearish, don't be too optimistic about the altcoin relief rally, and the status of the bitcoin bug, Bakkt and bitcoin infrastructure.Show notes and transcripts available: https://bitcoinandmarkets.com/e134SUBSCRIBEiTunes | Stitcher | Google Play | RSSGET OUR FREE FUNDAMENTALS REPORTA weekly report with all the fundamentals you hear about on the show. Stay informed, and it's free.SUPPORT THE SHOW!No Ads + Member Content on PATREONBTC or PayPal DONATEGet 2 free audio books when you sign up on AudibleOur Big Page of Educational LinksPRICESPrice: $66581 finney: $0.67 $1: 1.50 finneys | 15000 satsDaily 200 SMA: $7365Mayer Multiple: 0.90FUTURESOkex Futures: (Dec) $6624 | spread -$25 CME Futures: Oct $6615 | Nov $6575 | open interest 2,713 / 13,565 btcBitmex Futures: Dec $6603 SENTIMENT Longs / Shorts: 30,500 / 29,100 (1.04)MARKETMarket Cap: $115B Global Bitcoin MC: $221BMaximalist Price: $12,781 Volatility 30-day: 2.33%On chain vol (24h): 980,000 btc | $6.5B Avg tx val (24h): 3.8 btc | $25,300 kMedian tx Val (24h): 0.045 btc | $297 MINING Difficulty: est 7% See reportHalvening: 86,563 blocks | 562 days | Apr.12.2020DEVELOPMENTUpgrade your nodes! Vulnerability patch in 16.3New Optech NewsletterTRENDS Interest for Google searches of "bitcoin" still show general disinterest.NEWSHere to fix bitcoinBcash double spends Google-backed startup Bitcoin friendly banksCommentary on the DollarFOLLOW @AnselLindner | @btcmrkts | Instagram | Facebook THANK YOU LISTENERS!Huge list of episode sources Music by Tonezpro**DISCLAIMER: This is not investment advice, do your own research.**

LISTENER QUESTIONSShow notes and transcripts for this episode available: https://bitcoinandmarkets.com/e133SUBSCRIBE iTunes | Stitcher | Google PlayGET OUR FREE FUNDAMENTALS REPORTA weekly report with all the fundamentals you hear about on the show. Stay informed, and it's free.https://bitcoinandmarkets.com/reportSUPPORT THE SHOW!No Ads + Member Content on PATREONBTC or PayPal DONATEOur Big Page of Educational LinksQ&A1.Josh@shemadeitforme: With countries experiencing hyperinflation at the moment, I'd love to hear a realistic take on what would happen to bitcoin if the USD hyperinflated. (Although it's a long way off) And to touch on that, why does nobody cover the effect the next US recession will have on Bitcoin?2. JB@BlackSwan0815: In your opinion who in the space are possible government agents besides Gavin, Jeff and Jihan? How could the governments try to recruit people in the space to cause possible damages3. Samuel@Fancynut1: Google trends. Why is this important to you? Is this correlated with price?4. ErikJones@EJPHarmD: What do you think mimblewimble status/value will be a year from now? Founders unknown is a good start. I mean how many other cryptos are the founders unknown?5. ErikJones@EJPharmD: What kind of major news are you expecting to hear about the lightning network within the next 6 months.6. EpistemiCrisis on discord: Do you consider ethereum a broken network because of its lack of scalability or is there another more fundamental issue?FOLLOW @AnselLindner | @btcmrkts | Instagram | Facebook THANK YOU LISTENERS!Huge list of episode sources Music by Tonezpro **DISCLAIMER: This is not investment advice, do your own research.**

Top story line: The most recent difficulty adjustment, a major vulnerability handled extremely well by Core devs, a decision on the VanEck-SolidX ETF pushed back, Bitcoin privacy creeps forward.Show notes and transcripts for this episode available: https://bitcoinandmarkets.com/e132SUBSCRIBEiTunes | Stitcher | Google Play | RSSGET OUR FREE FUNDAMENTALS REPORTA weekly report with all the fundamentals you hear about on the show. Stay informed, and it's free.SUPPORT THE SHOW!No Ads + Member Content on PATREONBTC or PayPal DONATEGet 2 free audio books when you sign up on AudibleOur Big Page of Educational LinksPRICESPrice: $67031 finney: $0.67 $1: 1.4929 finneys | 14929 satsDaily 200 SMA: $7466Mayer Multiple: 0.898FUTURESOkex Futures: (Dec) $6605 | spread -$100 CME Futures: Sep $6690 | Oct $6695 | open interest 2,706 / 13,530 btcBitmex Futures: Sep $6668 | Dec $6610 SENTIMENT Longs / Shorts: 27,700 / 36,400 (0.76)CommentaryATH shorts, 40k was hit. If I were short, my stops would be in profit from $7200, and in the high 6000s. Maybe I'd start closing them now. MINING Difficulty: 1.9% below my sweet spot. See reportMining profitability: $0.22 THash/s/day Mempool: 7d High: 16MB | Time: 2h45m to clearMedian on chain fee: $0.09/txHalvening: 87,629 blocks | 569 days | Apr.12.2020DEVELOPMENTUpgrade your nodes! Vulnerability patch in 16.3Current release: 0.16.3 / 0.17 RC4Next major release est: 0.17.0 - Oct, 2018New Optech NewsletterTRENDS Interest according to Google Trends is declining. This is the first time in a few months where the short term interest has put in a new low. General disinterest. Explore search interest for bitcoin, Ethereum, Blockchain, Cryptocurrency by time, location and popularity on Google Trends - https://g.co/trends/QxskMNewsVanEck-SolidX ETF deadline pushed back.Samourai Stowaway Blog HereFOLLOW @AnselLindner | @btcmrkts | Instagram | Facebook THANK YOU LISTENERS!Huge list of episode sources Music by Tonezpro **DISCLAIMER: This is not investment advice, do your own research.**

Top story lines: Bottom holds, on chain volumes are down, Lightning boomshell, Bitgo custodianship, Paxos and Gemini stablecoinsReport, patreon, show notes.Show notes and transcripts: https://bitcoinandmarkets.com/e131SUBSCRIBEiTunes | Stitcher | Google Play | RSSGET OUR FREE FUNDAMENTALS REPORTA weekly report with all the fundamentals you hear about on the show. Stay informed, and it's free.SUPPORT THE SHOW!No Ads + Member Content on PATREONBTC or PayPal DONATEGet 2 free audio books when you sign up on AudibleOur Big Page of Educational LinksPRICESPrice: $64711 finney: $0.65 $1: 1.5453 finneys | 15453 satsDaily 200 SMA: $7626Mayer Multiple: 0.849FUTURESOkex Futures: (Sep) $6386 | spread -$85 CME Futures: Sep $6330 | Oct $6380 | open interest 2,858 / 14,290 btcBitmex Futures: Sep $6430 | Dec $6417 SENTIMENT Longs / Shorts: 25,800 / 36,700 (0.70)Short remain elevatedMARKETMarket Cap: $111B Global Bitcoin MC: $198BMaximalist Price: $11,488 Volatility 30-day: 2.76%On chain vol (24h): 980,000 btc | $6.4B Avg tx val (24h): 4.15 btc | $26,800 kMedian tx Val (24h): 0.052 btc | $334 DEVELOPMENTCurrent release: 0.16.2 / 0.17 RC3Next major release est: 0.17.0 - Oct, 2018Merged PRs: 37Proposed PRs: 18 Closed issues: 9New Optech NewsletterLIGHTNING Capacity: 115.79 btc Channels: 12,430 Nodes: 3,454 NEWSLightning Network is possibly twice as large as we thinkTweet #1: "The price level of all monetary goods is determined by (and only by) reservation demand."Tweet #2: Master vs Slave mentality. I also think of this as altcoiners/scammers always have a victim mentality.Regulated stablecoins are the threat, not ETFs and futures.Two new products from Paxos and GeminiGemini's USDG is completely centralized and censorable. This is my worry.BitgoFOLLOW @AnselLindner | @btcmrkts | Instagram | Facebook THANK YOU LISTENERS!Huge list of episode sources Music by Tonezpro **DISCLAIMER: This is not investment advice, do your own research.**

E130: BITCOIN COMMENTARY - POLITICS - ATTACK VECTORS - PSYCHOANALYSISIn Bitcoin is Freedom EP8 Jeff and I take recent sound bites of Chris Derose and we psychoanalyze him. We breakdown lots of aspects of the Bitcoin community and how they function in a decentralized fashion. You can find new episodes of this series over on our Patreon.Show notes and transcripts for this episode available: https://bitcoinandmarkets.com/e130SUBSCRIBEiTunes | Stitcher | Google PlayGET OUR FREE FUNDAMENTALS REPORTA weekly report with all the fundamentals you hear about on the show. Stay informed, and it's free.SUPPORT THE SHOW!No Ads + Member Content on PATREONBTC or PayPal DONATEOur Big Page of Educational LinksFOLLOW @AnselLindner | @btcmrkts | Instagram | Facebook THANK YOU LISTENERS!Music by Jaokim Karud**DISCLAIMER: This is not investment advice, do your own research.**

Today is a big day for the show, we are launching our Fundamentals Report. In the this episode I introduce a couple new metrics, and cover all the fundamentals that you need.Show notes and transcripts for this episode available: https://bitcoinandmarkets.com/e129SUBSCRIBEiTunes | Stitcher | Google PlayGET OUR FREE FUNDAMENTALS REPORTA weekly report with all the fundamentals you hear about on the show. Stay informed, and it's free.SUPPORT THE SHOW!No Ads + Member Content on PATREONBTC or PayPal DONATEOur Big Page of Educational LinksPRICESPrice: $63981 finney: $0.64 $1: 1.5620 finneys or 15620 satsDaily 200 SMA: $7760Mayer Multiple: 0.83Halvening: 89,670 blocks | 582 days | Apr.11.2020FUTURESOkex Futures: (Sep) $6316 | spread -$80 CME Futures: Sep $6355 | Oct $6405 | open interest 2,644 / 13,220 btcBitmex Futures: Sep $6320 | Dec $6311 SENTIMENT Longs / Shorts: 26,600 / 39,000 (0.68)Right at ATH shortsMARKETMarket Cap: $112B Global Bitcoin MC: $204BMaximalist Price: $11,847 Volatility 30-day: 3.25%On chain vol (24h): 1.2 mil btc | $7.9B Avg tx val (24h): 5.0 btc | $32.5 kMedian tx Val (24h): 0.063 btc | $409 MINING Difficulty: est. 3.77% (last 3: 4.34%, 5%, 7%)Mining profitability: $0.24 THash/day Blockchain size: 213 GB Mempool: 3.5MB Median on chain fee: $0.27/txDEVELOPMENTCurrent release: 0.16.2 / 0.17 RC2Next major release est: 0.17.0 - Oct, 2018Merged PRs: 29Proposed PRs: 20 Closed issues: 14LIGHTNING Capacity: 104.16 btc Channels: 12,007 Nodes: 3,389 Channels/node: 3.5Cap/channel: 0.0086 btc ($54)Cap/node: 0.030 btc ($200)TRENDS Slight positive trend appearing on the 90 day google trends. We have bottomed in sentiment and interest according to Google Trends and are now in a flat consolidation of interest, or a slight increase.FOLLOW @AnselLindner | @btcmrkts | Instagram | Facebook THANK YOU LISTENERS!Huge list of episode sources Music by Tonezpro **DISCLAIMER: This is not investment advice, do your own research.**

E128: QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS ABOUT BITCOINSources and transcripts for this episode available: https://bitcoinandmarkets.com/e128SUBSCRIBE iTunes | Stitcher | Google Play | RSSGET OUR NEWSLETTERhttps://bitcoinandmarkets.com/reportSUPPORT THE SHOW! No Ads + Member Content on PATREON BTC or PayPal DONATENEW TO BITCOIN? Start hereQ&AWhat if some miners decided to fork bitcoin to dismiss next halvening and stick to the current reward forever?https://twitter.com/cryptocratie/status/1031462524405919744If fractional reserve is a concern with custodian like ICE/Bakkt.https://twitter.com/EJPharmD/status/1031407343316029441Build on the idea of Altcoins = crypto inflation.https://twitter.com/reallife_ck/status/1031419681804959744Although segwit has been available for a while, how many people know how to use it?https://twitter.com/dnickerson80h/status/1032458611568664577Can you rattle off a list of reasons that people didn't sell the top? This time was so much different than the gox hack but has had pretty similar results so far. https://twitter.com/SnuffyJoesnuffy/status/1031725052163747841developers incentive to work on btc. What will make the BEST developers choose btc over other projects?https://twitter.com/mathiasmathias/status/1031501546197008384Recently many articles were published on the cost of a 51% attack on bitcoin. The cost is high but manageable, i guess, for a government (like the US) or a bank coallition. What are your views on this? Thank you so much.https://twitter.com/miguelmagalhae2/status/1031477614676987906FOLLOW Host: @AnselLindnerShow: @btcmrktsInstagramTHANK YOU LISTENERS!MusicTitle: Funk Your StyleArtist: @TONEZPROGenre: Hip Hop & Rap**DISCLAIMER: This is not investment advice, do your own research.**

E127: FUTURES - NETWORK STATS - MINING - MARKET SIZE - SOFTWARE - LIGHTNINGSUBSCRIBE iTunes | Stitcher | Google Play | RSSGET OUR NEWSLETTERhttps://bitcoinandmarkets.com/reportSUPPORT THE SHOW! No Ads + Member Content on PATREON BTC or PayPal DONATENEW TO BITCOIN? Start herePRICES Price: $6327 | 1 finney: $0.63 Daily 200 SMA: $8130 Mayer Multiple: 0.77 FUTURES Okex Futures: (Sep) $6249 (spread -$80) CME Futures: (Aug) $6165 (Sep) $6255 (open interest 2,833 / 14,165 btc) Bitmex Futures: (Sep) $6268 (Dec) $6267 SENTIMENT Longs / Shorts: 29,000 / 26,200 (1.10) MARKET Market Cap: $109 B Global Bitcoin MC: $215 b Maximalist Price: $12,500 Volatility 30-day: 3.78% On chain vol (24h): 695,884 btc ($4.4B) Avg tx val (24h): 3.91 btc ($24 k) Median tx Val (24h): 0.058 btc ($366) MINING Difficulty: est. -7% (last 3: -3%, 5%, 2%)Mining profitability: $0.22 THash/day Blockchain size: 209 GB Mempool: 3MB Median on chain fee: $0.07/tx DEVELOPMENT Merged PRs : 31 Closed issues : 8 LIGHTNING Capacity: 95 btc Channels: 11.1k Nodes: 3050 Channels/node: 3 ( wrongly quoted 10 on the show ) Cap/channel: 0.009 btc ($54) Cap/node: 0.045 btc ($280) TRENDS Slight positive trend appearing on the 30 day google trends. Watching this for more upward movement. Showing support FOLLOW @AnselLindner | @btcmrkts | Instagram | Facebook THANK YOU LISTENERS!Huge list of episode sources Music by Joakim Karud**DISCLAIMER: This is not investment advice, do your own research.**

Thank you to the following people: Shaolin Fry Chris Belcher Shinobi Monkey Alphonse Pace Luke Dash Jr James Hilliard Samson Mow Rodolfo Novak Mr. Hodl Vortex Eric Lombrozo Francis Poilliot Ragnar Lifthasir Jimmy Song Pierre Rochard Hisham Fahmy Slush Charlie Lee Not grubles DanDarkPill Notable centralizers and opponents of UASF: Roger Ver Rick Falkvinge Jihan Wu Erik Voorhees Jeff Garzik Jon Matonis Emin Gun Sirer Mike Belshe Peter Smith Vinny Lingham Peter Rizun

SUBSCRIBEiTunes | Stitcher | Google Play | RSSGET OUR FREE FUNDAMENTALS REPORTA weekly report with all the fundamentals you hear about on the show. Stay informed, and it's free.SUPPORT THE SHOW!No Ads + Member Content on PATREONBTC or PayPal DONATEOur Big Page of Educational LinksNEWSETF insider comments https://www.zerohedge.com/news/2018-07-23/bitcoin-etf-nearly-certain-win-approval-later-year "90%" "waiting for ICO regulation along with it." I think it will happen. "through open doors to all color of products" altcoin ETFs and futures. Direxion https://cointelegraph.com/news/us-sec-delays-decision-on-direxion-bitcoin-etf-until-september Top Ten Crypto ETF filing https://www.coindesk.com/bitwise-proposes-etf-for-top-10-cryptos/ ETH parity newshttps://www.coindesk.com/ethereum-client-parity-drops-wallet-tech-in-major-upgrade/ Naval His claim was hodlers are free riders https://mises.org/library/solving-problem-free-riding Scammer Profile - Marshall Long https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=1303147.0;all https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=1690040.0 - FinalHash - owner of largest mining farm in NA -> largest host -> host -> consultant for corporate players. Basically a front for multiple scams - Betarigs - exited with lots of people trying to get their money back (Ahmed) - Hashers United - Paycoin (lots of evidence he conspired with Garza) - GAW selling/buying rigs for them - MAT - Crypsy as "interim-CTO" "CTO, co-founder" moving their operations to China - Stories of Chinese mining, "Mining Prince" - Mintsy - Long term Houston scam connection with Leo Iruke and Adrian Thomas - Money laundering - Penny stock pump and dump Austrian conversationshttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WwlaTJ8JVIQ JW: It was an inevitability that gold would lead to central banking.I made this argument 2 years ago. EP9 back in Jun 2016JW had a hilarious response, "We are on the third central bank of the US, right?" Walter Block: "Gold was money" "gov got rid of gold, they can get rid of bitcoin" "it's dependent on electricity. If there's no electricity, there will be no bitcoin." FOLLOW @AnselLindner | @btcmrkts | Instagram | Facebook THANK YOU LISTENERS!Huge list of episode sources Music by Joakim Karud and Shinobi Fountain**DISCLAIMER: This is not investment advice, do your own research.**

SUBSCRIBE iTunes | Stitcher | Google Play | RSSGET OUR REPORThttps://bitcoinandmarkets.com/reportSUPPORT THE SHOW! No Ads + Member Content on PATREON BTC or PayPal DONATENEW TO BITCOIN? Start herePRICES Price: $6717 | 1 finney: $0.67 Daily 200 SMA: $8917 Mayer Multiple: 0.75 Gold prices In general, I'm 5 year bullish, 20 year bearish 0.2 btc Range bound Above a long term support line back from 2009 through 2016 lows, 2017 lows Below $1375 resistance. Ascending triangle is usually bearish Central banks will go to a gold backed crypto. I'd expect range bound until sovereign debt crisis http://news.goldseek.com/GoldSeek/1531252121.php https://www.bloomberg.com/amp/news/articles/2018-07-16/banks-crypto-assets-may-get-hit-with-new-capital-requirements FUTURES Okex Futures: (Sep) $6742 (spread $25) CME Futures: (Jul) $6715 (Sep) $6725 (open interest 2,850 / 14,250 btc) Bitmex Futures: (Sep) $6714 (Dec) $6722SENTIMENT Longs / Shorts: 34,500 / 24,100 (1.44)MARKET Market Cap: $115 B Global Bitcoin MC: $271 B Maximalist Price: $15,800 On chain vol (24h): 1.2 mil btc ($8.2B) Avg tx val (24h): 5.52 btc ($37 k) Median tx Val (24h): 0.065 btc ($435) MINING Difficulty: est. -3.54% (last 3: 5%, 2%, 15%) Mining profitability: $0.34 THash/day Blockchain size: 206 GB Mempool: 3.5MB Median on chain fee: $0.14/tx https://medium.com/@jimmysong/mining-profitability-and-asicboost-ffdb779ef6ddDEVELOPMENT Merged PRs : 29 Closed issues : 22 LIGHTNING Capacity: 80 btc Channels: 9311 Nodes: 2789 Channels/node: 3.33 Cap/channel: Cap/node: Max channel capacity is 0.16 btc. Some guy that owns shitcoin.com a Bcasher maybe, has put in like 40 btc. It might be an attack, or used to FUD.TRENDS 12 Mo. : 9 /100 30days : 65 /100 Trend: Both these time periods are showing reduced interest again. Be careful for the effects of FUD. Overly bullish out there.FOLLOW @AnselLindner | @btcmrkts | Instagram | Facebook THANK YOU LISTENERS!Huge list of episode sources Music by Joakim Karud and ChinBeatz**DISCLAIMER: This is not investment advice, do your own research.**

https://bitcoinandmarkets.com/e123SUBSCRIBEiTunes | Stitcher | Google Play | RSSGET OUR FREE FUNDAMENTALS REPORTA weekly report with all the fundamentals you hear about on the show. Stay informed, and it's free.SUPPORT THE SHOW!No Ads + Member Content on PATREONBTC or PayPal DONATEOur Big Page of Educational LinksNEWS Building on Bitcoin video markersWasabi Wallet RGB Protocol Proposal for Lightning-esque colored tokens ETF CBOE + VanEck + SolidX https://www.sec.gov/rules/sro/cboebzx/2018/34-83520.pdf https://bitcoinmagazine.com/articles/sec-seeks-comments-another-bitcoin-etf/ https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2018-06-06/bitcoin-etf-dreams-kept-alive-with-new-solidx-vaneck-sec-filing Augur Bancor hack IOTA Dollar Status - How does the dollar strength and higher interest rates from the Fed affect EMs? https://www.thebalance.com/fed-rate-hike-impact-emerging-markets-4087480 Scammer Profile - Mike HearnY Combinator forum post https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=10048768 Mike Hearn was a Google engineer during Snowden days. https://www.bitcoinwednesday.com/nsa-gchq-tapped-security-system-designed-by-mike-hearn/ FOLLOW @AnselLindner | @btcmrkts | Instagram | Facebook THANK YOU LISTENERS!Huge list of episode sources Music by Joakim Karud and ChinBeatz**DISCLAIMER: This is not investment advice, do your own research.**

SUBSCRIBEiTunes | Stitcher | Google Play | RSSGET OUR FREE FUNDAMENTALS REPORTA weekly report with all the fundamentals you hear about on the show. Stay informed, and it's free.SUPPORT THE SHOW!No Ads + Member Content on PATREONBTC or PayPal DONATEOur Big Page of Educational LinksPRICESPrice: $6328 | 1 finney: $0.63 Daily 200 SMA: $9618 Mayer Multiple: 0.66 FUTURES Okex Futures: (Sep) $6408 (spread $75) CME Futures: (Jul) $6330 (Sep) $6310 (open interest 2,736 / 13,680 btc) Bitmex Futures: (Sep) $6340 (Dec) $6346 SENTIMENT Longs / Shorts: 33,500 / 23,100 (1.44)MARKET Market Cap: $109 B Global Bitcoin MC: $256 B Maximalist Price: $14,996 On chain vol (24h): 0.9 mil btc ($6.1 B) Avg tx val (24h): 5.63 btc ($36 k) Median tx Val (24h): 0.053 btc ($340) MININGDifficulty: est. +5% (last 3: 2%, 15%, 3%) Mining profitability: $0.31 THash/day Blockchain size: 204 GB Mempool: 4MB Median on chain fee: $0.08/txDEVELOPMENTMerged PRs : 19 Closed issues : 10 Version 0.16.1 was recently released Bip174LIGHTNINGCapacity: 29.9 - 26.4 - 19.8 btc Channels: 8303 - 7849 - 6511 Nodes: 2646 - 2534 - 2105 Channels/node: 3.13 Cap/channel: 0.0036 or $22.8 Cap/node: 0.011 btcTRENDS12 Mo. : 11 /100 30days : 70 /100 Trend : Still looking good, slow bottoming of interest, and slightly bullish. FOLLOW @AnselLindner | @btcmrkts | Instagram | Facebook THANK YOU LISTENERS!Huge list of episode sources Music by Joakim Karud**DISCLAIMER: This is not investment advice, do your own research.**

SUBSCRIBEiTunes | Stitcher | Google Play | RSSGET OUR FREE FUNDAMENTALS REPORTA weekly report with all the fundamentals you hear about on the show. Stay informed, and it's free.SUPPORT THE SHOW!No Ads + Member Content on PATREONBTC or PayPal DONATEOur Big Page of Educational LinksNEWSBithumb hacked Loom network "Ethereum Will Be the Backbone of the New Internet" Pantera Fund Sucks DappRadar 21e8 "#00000000000000000021e800c1e8df51b22c1588e5a624bea17e9faa34b2dc4a" ING Survey BitPico Attack on bitcoin Pepe Escobar interview JW argument about TA JW offer: I'm willing to give JW 50% off 1 bitcoin, only $500,000. As long as he deduces that $500k is less than his expected value (I actually don't know how he'd do this without information of what $ are or what bitcoin is), the only rule is that he can't look at a chart, or get price information from other sources. To stay consistent with his claim, "current price ($500k) and his expected future price" are the only things that matter, the only sources of information he can access are my offer and his mind. Since the offer is qualitatively below his expected price, he cannot refuse and stay consistent. Rothbard on the limits of praxeology. He states that you must determine the facts from historical evidence in order to apply praxeology and make forecasts. FOLLOW @AnselLindner | @btcmrkts | Instagram | Facebook THANK YOU LISTENERS!Huge list of episode sources Music by Joakim Karud **DISCLAIMER: This is not investment advice, do your own research.**

SUBSCRIBEiTunes | Stitcher | Google Play | RSSGET OUR FREE FUNDAMENTALS REPORTA weekly report with all the fundamentals you hear about on the show. Stay informed, and it's free.SUPPORT THE SHOW!No Ads + Member Content on PATREONBTC or PayPal DONATEOur Big Page of Educational LinksPRICESPrice: $6100 | 1 finney: $0.61 Daily 200 SMA: $10048 Mayer Multiple: 0.60 FUTURES Okex Futures: (Sep) $6000 (spread -$100) CME Futures: (Jun) $6030 (Sep) $6035 (open interest 2,795 / 13,975 btc) Bitmex Futures: (Jun) $6025 (Sep) $5958 SENTIMENT Longs / Shorts: 30,400 / 29,900 (1.01)MARKETMarket Cap: $105 B Global Bitcoin MC: $256 B Maximalist Price: $15,002 On chain vol (24h): 2.2 mil btc ($13.5 B) Avg tx val (24h): 11.23 btc ($69 k) Median tx Val (24h): 0.08 btc ($494)MININGDifficulty: est. +11.6% (last 3: 2%, 15%, 3%) Mining profitability: $0.29 THash/day Blockchain size: 203 GB Mempool:

PATREON REPOST 6/19/2018 SUBSCRIBEiTunes | Stitcher | Google Play | RSSGET OUR FREE FUNDAMENTALS REPORTA weekly report with all the fundamentals you hear about on the show. Stay informed, and it's free.SUPPORT THE SHOW!No Ads + Member Content on PATREONBTC or PayPal DONATEOur Big Page of Educational LinksLink to JG Hulsmann VIDEO FOLLOW @AnselLindner | @DefundTheState_ | @btcmrkts | Instagram | Facebook THANK YOU LISTENERS!Huge list of episode sources Music by Steezy Prime**DISCLAIMER: This is not investment advice, do your own research.**

SUBSCRIBEiTunes | Stitcher | Google Play | RSSGET OUR FREE FUNDAMENTALS REPORTA weekly report with all the fundamentals you hear about on the show. Stay informed, and it's free.SUPPORT THE SHOW!No Ads + Member Content on PATREONBTC or PayPal DONATEOur Big Page of Educational LinksNEWSBruce Fenton has been promoting Ravencoin - Strawman 1: "you don't think Ravencoin will work, because you have to trust the securities issuers". Nope, it's because everyone must trust the government. - Strawman 2: "you don't know how inefficient the traditional market is." Nope, I agree it's horribly inefficient, but that's not because they don't have the tech to make it better. They're in a regulatory prison. Have you heard of Digicash? Ravencoin is trying to replace DTCC, which is basically government. Fiat money has bloated the financial sector. In a bitcoin world, equities will be relatively less important. Ripple EOS is a self-contradiction. Bcash, No Honor Amongst Thieves Switzerland vote Former FDIC chair wants a digital currency from the Fed CFTC commissioner to UN EM Central Banks ask for a break Bitcoin mining efficiency Satoshis.place FOLLOW @AnselLindner | @btcmrkts | Instagram | Facebook THANK YOU LISTENERS!Huge list of episode sources Music by Joakim Karud, ChinBeatz, and BeatsAer**DISCLAIMER: This is not investment advice, do your own research.**

=== BITCOIN & MARKETS === Bitcoin and Crypto Fundamentals block height: 526,977 6/11/2018 **DISCLAIMER: This is not investment advice, do your own research.** ======== ADD OUR RSS feed to your podcasting app https://rss.acast.com/bitcoinandmarkets SUBSCRIBE Soundcloud: https://soundcloud.com/bitcoinandmarkets Acast: https://www.acast.com/bitcoinandmarkets iTunes: https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/bitcoin-and-markets/id1117715109?mt=2 Stitcher: https://www.stitcher.com/podcast/bitcoin-and-markets ======== SUPPORT THE SHOW! Donate BTC, LTC, PayPal http://bitcoinandmarkets.com/donate Be a Patreon member https://www.patreon.com/bitcoinandmarkets ======== All sources are below New to bitcoin? Start here: http://bitcoinandmarkets.com/resources PRICES -------------------- Price: $6775 One finney: $0.67 200 SMA: $10267 Mayer Multiple: 0.65!!!! Okex Futures: (Jun) $6746 (spread -$25) CME Futures: (Jun) $6725 (Sep) $6820 (open interest 2,674 / 13,370 btc) Bitmex Futures: (Jun) $6714 (Sep) $6724 Longs / Shorts: 31,700 / 24,750 (1.28) -------------------- MARKET SIZE and TXS -------------------- Market Cap: $116 B Global Bitcoin MC: $297 B Maximalist Price: $17,409 On chain tx (24h): 1,519,360 btc ($10.2 B) Avg tx Val (24h): 7.9 btc ($53 k) Median tx Val (24h): 0.063 btc ($427) NVT (28d): 173 -------------------- SECURITY and BLOCKCHAIN -------------------- Difficulty: est. +4.5% (last 3: 15%, 3%, 3%) Mining profitability: $0.35 THash/day Blockchain size: 201 GB Mempool: 2.5MB Median on chain fee: $0.11/tx -------------------- DEVELOPMENT -------------------- Merged PRs : 15 Closed issues : 5 -------------------- LIGHTNING -------------------- Capacity: 19.8 - 21.4 btc Channels: 5623 - 6511 Nodes: 2166 - 2105 Channels/node: 2.5 Cap/channel: 0.0035 or $23.75 Cap/node: 0.009 btc -------------------- GOOGLE TRENDS -------------------- 12 Mo. : 10 /100 30days : 62 /100 Trend : Still watching this for signs of life. -------------------- Overall price analysis is we are oversold by a lot, overwhelming sentiment is bearish, Don't forget the fundamental bullish bias, shorts growing longs steady, could look for a capitulation but I think that might not come in a sideways market. REGULAR SOURCES -------------------- Great source : https://bitinfocharts.com/bitcoin/ Mayer Multiple : http://mayermultiple.com CME futures : http://www.cmegroup.com/trading/equity-index/us-index/bitcoin.html NVT Ratio : http://charts.woobull.com/bitcoin-nvt-ratio/ Network stats : http://fork.lol/pow/retarget OTC : https://coin.dance/volume Difficulty : https://bitcoinwisdom.com/bitcoin/difficulty Real time fees : https://tradeblock.com/bitcoin/ Visualization : https://jochen-hoenicke.de/queue/#3m Bitcoin github : https://github.com/bitcoin/bitcoin/pulse Ranking : https://www.coingecko.com LN testnet : https://explorer.acinq.co/#/ LN nodes : https://lnmainnet.gaben.win/# Google trends "bitcoin": https://trends.google.com/trends/explore?q=bitcoin -------------------- FOLLOW -------------------- Host: @AnselLindner https://twitter.com/AnselLindner Show: @btcmrkts https://twitter.com/btcmrkts THANK YOU LISTENERS! -------------------- Music by Joakim Karud and ChinBeatz

=== BITCOIN & MARKETS === block height 525,626 - 6/2/18: PART 2Search the show on Soundcloud, YouTube, iTunes, and Stitcher Part of the World Crypto Network audio feed on Acast. New to bitcoin? Start here: http://bitcoinandmarkets.com/resources **Disclaimer: This is not investment advice, do your own research.** All sources are below. ========================= SUPPORT THE SHOW! -------------------- Donate BTC, LTC, Paypal : http://bitcoinandmarkets.com/donate Patreon is the best way : https://www.patreon.com/bitcoinandmarkets -------------------- NEWS -------------------- The Fed gives bitcoin a non-zero price https://finance.yahoo.com/news/bitcoin-price-hypotehtical-value-1-000006888.html Bitcoin batching and transaction count 38% of outputs are batched 50% of output value is batched https://coinmetrics.io/batching/ Ethereum's state size conflict is coming https://hackernoon.com/the-ethereum-blockchain-size-has-exceeded-1tb-and-yes-its-an-issue-2b650b5f4f62 Eth fees are higher than bitcoin's or were for a significant amount of time Eth dApps https://twitter.com/BMBernstein/status/1001857007295586305 EOS has a Constitution https://twitter.com/panekkkk/status/1001627755736322048 EOS bug right before launch was shrugged off, lol Bcash's Vin Armani sells himself to the highest bidder Ripple pivots and rebrands now it's supposed to be retail and not banks? --- The dollar has been rallying hard. I haven't talked about this in a little while. QE is supposed to be ending from ECB announced next week. Euro has been strengthening hard Dollar broke all resistance except horizontal swing high Italy formed a government, nothing is fixed Deutsche Bank https://www.zerohedge.com/news/2018-05-31/its-stock-crashes-all-time-low-shocked-deutsche-bank-issues-statement FOLLOW -------------------- Host: @AnselLindner https://twitter.com/AnselLindner Show: @btcmrkts https://twitter.com/btcmrkts THANK YOU LISTENERS! -------------------- Music by Joakim Karud and Reach

=== BITCOIN & MARKETS === block height 525,626 - 6/2/18Search the show on Soundcloud, YouTube, iTunes, and Stitcher Part of the World Crypto Network audio feed on Acast. New to bitcoin? Start here: http://bitcoinandmarkets.com/resources **Disclaimer: This is not investment advice, do your own research.** All sources are below. ========================= SUPPORT THE SHOW! -------------------- Donate BTC, LTC, Paypal : http://bitcoinandmarkets.com/donate Patreon is the best way : https://www.patreon.com/bitcoinandmarkets -------------------- PRICES -------------------- Price : $7657 (finney $0.76) 200 SMA : $10289 Mayer Multiple : 0.74 Okex Futures : (Jun) $7740 (spread $90 / 1%) CME Futures : (Jun) $7470 (Sep) $7495 (open interest 2,823 / 14,115 btc) Bitmex Futures : (Jun) $7688 (Sep) $7752 Longs / Shorts : 31,300 / 20,900 (1.49) -------------------- MARKET SIZE and TXS -------------------- Market Cap : $130 B Global Bitcoin MC : $342 B Maximalist Price : $20,049 On chain tx (24h) : 983,978 btc ($7.5 B) Avg tx Val (24h) : 5.1 btc ($39 k) Median tx Val (24h): 0.053 btc ($443) NVT (28d) : 152 -------------------- SECURITY and BLOCKCHAIN -------------------- Difficulty : est. +12.9% (last 3: 3%, 3%, 4%) Mining profitability : $0.45 THash/day Blockchain size : 199.6 GB Mempool : 1MB Median on chain fee : $0.15/tx -------------------- DEVELOPMENT -------------------- Merged PRs : 26 Closed issues : 8 -------------------- LIGHTNING -------------------- Capacity : 21.4 btc Channels : 6511 Nodes : 2105 Channels/node : 3.1 Cap/channel: 0.0032 or $24.9 Cap/node: 0.010 btc -------------------- GOOGLE TRENDS -------------------- 12 Mo. : 11 /100 30days : 73 /100 Trend : Still watching this for signs of life. -------------------- REGULAR SOURCES -------------------- Great source : https://bitinfocharts.com/bitcoin/ Mayer Multiple : http://mayermultiple.com CME futures : http://www.cmegroup.com/trading/equity-index/us-index/bitcoin.html NVT Ratio : http://charts.woobull.com/bitcoin-nvt-ratio/ Network stats : http://fork.lol/pow/retarget OTC : https://coin.dance/volume Difficulty : https://bitcoinwisdom.com/bitcoin/difficulty Real time fees : https://tradeblock.com/bitcoin/ Visualization : https://jochen-hoenicke.de/queue/#3m Bitcoin github : https://github.com/bitcoin/bitcoin/pulse Ranking : https://www.coingecko.com LN testnet : https://explorer.acinq.co/#/ LN nodes : https://lnmainnet.gaben.win/# LedgerX : http://data.ledgerx.com/ Gemini Auction : https://gemini.com/auction-data/ Google trends "bitcoin": https://trends.google.com/trends/explore?q=bitcoin -------------------- FOLLOW -------------------- Host: @AnselLindner https://twitter.com/AnselLindner Show: @btcmrkts https://twitter.com/btcmrkts THANK YOU LISTENERS! -------------------- Music by Joakim Karud and Reach

=== BITCOIN & MARKETS === block height 523,100 - 5/17/18Search the show on Soundcloud, YouTube, iTunes, and Stitcher Part of the World Crypto Network audio feed on Acast. New to bitcoin? Start here: http://bitcoinandmarkets.com/resources **Disclaimer: This is not investment advice, do your own research.** All sources are below. ========================= SUPPORT THE SHOW! -------------------- Donate BTC, LTC, Paypal : http://bitcoinandmarkets.com/donate Patreon is the best way : https://www.patreon.com/bitcoinandmarkets -------------------- PRICES -------------------- Price : $8285 (finney $0.82) 200 SMA : $10217 Mayer Multiple : 0.81 Okex Futures : (Jun) $8440 (spread $200 / 3%) CME Futures : (May) $8325 (Jun) $8340 (open interest 2,520 / 12,600 btc) Bitmex Futures : (Jun) $8354 (Sep) $8437 Longs / Shorts : 29,800 / 20,600 (1.44) -------------------- MARKET SIZE and TXS -------------------- Market Cap : $141 B Global Bitcoin MC : $382 B Maximalist Price : $22,465 On chain tx (24h) : 1,086,775 btc ($9.0 B) Avg tx Val (24h) : 5.62 btc ($47 k) Median tx Val (24h): 0.058 btc ($482) NVT (28d) : 136 -------------------- SECURITY and BLOCKCHAIN -------------------- Difficulty : +5% (last 3: 3%, 4%, 9%) Mining profitability : $0.49 THash/day Blockchain size : 197 GB Mempool : 7MB Median on chain fee : $0.37/tx -------------------- DEVELOPMENT -------------------- Merged PRs : 27 Closed issues : 10 -------------------- LIGHTNING -------------------- Capacity : 18.6 - 16 btc Channels : 6642 - 5771 Nodes : 1997 - 1789 Channels/node : 3.3 -------------------- GOOGLE TRENDS -------------------- 12 Mo. : 13 /100 30days : 69 /100 Trend : Still watching this for signs of life. -------------------- NEWS -------------------- Bitfinex is starting to ask for more info and compliance from customers. https://twitter.com/whalepool/status/997028873534627840 Consensus 2018 Jimmy Song, Jack, and magical crypto friends Marshall Long OG scammer is moving on to next scam Offer to help. This is super valuable work. we https://darksidebtc.com/ Bcash forked. 81% of nodes didn't upgrade and were cut off the network. REGULAR SOURCES -------------------- Great source : https://bitinfocharts.com/bitcoin/ Mayer Multiple : http://mayermultiple.com CME futures : http://www.cmegroup.com/trading/equity-index/us-index/bitcoin.html NVT Ratio : http://charts.woobull.com/bitcoin-nvt-ratio/ Network stats : http://fork.lol/pow/retarget OTC : https://coin.dance/volume Difficulty : https://bitcoinwisdom.com/bitcoin/difficulty Real time fees : https://tradeblock.com/bitcoin/ Visualization : https://jochen-hoenicke.de/queue/#3m Bitcoin github : https://github.com/bitcoin/bitcoin/pulse Ranking : https://www.coingecko.com LN testnet : https://explorer.acinq.co/#/ LN nodes : https://lnmainnet.gaben.win/# LedgerX : http://data.ledgerx.com/ Gemini Auction : https://gemini.com/auction-data/ Google trends "bitcoin": https://trends.google.com/trends/explore?q=bitcoin -------------------- FOLLOW -------------------- Host: @AnselLindner https://twitter.com/AnselLindner Show: @btcmrkts https://twitter.com/btcmrkts THANK YOU LISTENERS! -------------------- Music by Joakim Karud and Aer

=== BITCOIN & MARKETS === block height 521,720 - 5/8/18Search the show on Soundcloud, YouTube, iTunes, and Stitcher Part of the World Crypto Network audio feed on Acast. New to bitcoin? Start here: http://bitcoinandmarkets.com/resources **Disclaimer: This is not investment advice, do your own research.** All sources are below. ========================= SUPPORT THE SHOW! -------------------- Donate BTC, LTC, Paypal : http://bitcoinandmarkets.com/donate Patreon is the best way : https://www.patreon.com/bitcoinandmarkets -------------------- PRICES -------------------- Price : $9255 (finney $0.92) 200 SMA : $10092 Mayer Multiple : 0.91 Okex Futures : (Jun) $9451 (spread $200 / 2%) CME Futures : (May) $9280 (Jun) $9335 (open interest 2,548 / 12,740 btc) Bitmex Futures : (Jun) $9417 (Sep) $9549 -------------------- MARKET SIZE and TXS -------------------- Market Cap : $158 B Global Bitcoin MC : $437 B Maximalist Price : $25,675 On chain tx (24h) : 1,294,277 btc ($12 B) Avg tx Val (24h) : 6.08 btc ($56 k) Median tx Val (24h): 0.053 btc ($489) NVT (28d) : 143 Longs / Shorts : 30,200 / 20,600 (1.46) -------------------- SECURITY and BLOCKCHAIN -------------------- Difficulty : +1.8% (last 3: 4%, 9%, 1%) Mining profitability : $0.56 THash/day Blockchain size : 196 GB Mempool : 3MB Median on chain fee : $0.40/tx -------------------- DEVELOPMENT -------------------- Merged PRs : 24 Closed issues : 7 -------------------- LIGHTNING -------------------- Capacity : 17.9 - 16 btc Channels : 5988 - 5771 Nodes : 1923 - 1789 Channels/node : 3.11 - 3.22 -------------------- GOOGLE TRENDS -------------------- 12 Mo. : 13 /100 30days : 68 /100 Trend : slightly lower -------------------- NEWS -------------------- Eltoo https://blockstream.com/2018/04/30/eltoo-next-lightning.html Samourai's do work https://twitter.com/SamouraiWallet/status/992036400374648833 Lightning apps are gathering into a storm https://bitcoinmagazine.com/articles/future-bitcoin-what-lightning-could-look/ Bcash bug https://www.bitcoinabc.org/2018-05-07-incident-report/ Did the ethereum SEC meeting happen or not? Bitcoin is fresh tech for the youth. They get it instinctually. Bye bye fiat. REGULAR SOURCES -------------------- Great source : https://bitinfocharts.com/bitcoin/ Mayer Multiple : http://mayermultiple.com CME futures : http://www.cmegroup.com/trading/equity-index/us-index/bitcoin.html NVT Ratio : http://charts.woobull.com/bitcoin-nvt-ratio/ Network stats : http://fork.lol/pow/retarget OTC : https://coin.dance/volume Difficulty : https://bitcoinwisdom.com/bitcoin/difficulty Real time fees : https://tradeblock.com/bitcoin/ Visualization : https://jochen-hoenicke.de/queue/#3m Bitcoin github : https://github.com/bitcoin/bitcoin/pulse Ranking : https://www.coingecko.com LN testnet : https://explorer.acinq.co/#/ LN nodes : https://lnmainnet.gaben.win/# LedgerX : http://data.ledgerx.com/ Gemini Auction : https://gemini.com/auction-data/ Google trends "bitcoin": https://trends.google.com/trends/explore?q=bitcoin -------------------- FOLLOW -------------------- Host: @AnselLindner https://twitter.com/AnselLindner Show: @btcmrkts https://twitter.com/btcmrkts THANK YOU LISTENERS! -------------------- Music by Joakim Karud and Ozzie Beats

=== BITCOIN & MARKETS === block height 520,563 - 4/30/18Search the show on Soundcloud, YouTube, iTunes, and Stitcher Part of the World Crypto Network audio feed on Acast. New to bitcoin? Start here: http://bitcoinandmarkets.com/resources **Disclaimer: This is not investment advice, do your own research.** All sources are below. ========================= SUPPORT THE SHOW! -------------------- Donate BTC, LTC, Paypal : http://bitcoinandmarkets.com/donate Patreon is the best way : https://www.patreon.com/bitcoinandmarkets -------------------- PRICES -------------------- Price : $9272 (finney $0.93) 200 SMA : $9941 Mayer Multiple : 0.93 Okex Futures : (Jun) $9296 (spread $0 / 0%) CME Futures : (May) $9275 (Jun) $9270 (open interest 2,066 / 10,330 btc) Bitmex Futures : (Jun) $9289 (Sep) $9329 CBOE http://cfe.cboe.com/cfe-products/xbt-cboe-bitcoin-futures -------------------- MARKET SIZE and TXS -------------------- Market Cap : $157 B Global Bitcoin MC : $430 B Maximalist Price : $25,301 On chain tx (24h) : 1,173,806 btc ($10.8 B) Avg tx Val (24h) : 6.34 btc ($59 k) Median tx Val (24h): 0.052 btc ($479) NVT (28d) : 150 Longs / Shorts : 26,500 / 22,600 (1.17) -------------------- SECURITY and BLOCKCHAIN -------------------- Difficulty : +3% (last 3: 4%, 9%, 1%) Mining profitability : $0.54 THash/day Blockchain size : 195 GB Mempool : 1MB Median on chain fee : $0.43/tx -------------------- DEVELOPMENT -------------------- Merged PRs : 37 Closed issues : 8 -------------------- LIGHTNING -------------------- Capacity : 16 - 15.8 btc Channels : 5771 - 5418 Nodes : 1789 - 1661 Channels/node : 3.22 - 3.25 -------------------- GOOGLE TRENDS -------------------- 12 Mo. : 15 /100 30days : 62 /100 Trend : searches generally flat -------------------- NEWS -------------------- Vitalik calls out CSW and Consensus 2018 but not any Ethereum scams Binance in Bermuda https://themerkle.com/binance-group-plans-to-create-40-jobs-in-bermuda/ NASDAQ to trade bitcoin https://www.cnbc.com/2018/04/25/nasdaq-is-open-to-becoming-cryptocurrency-exchange-ceo-says.html Defining Bitcoin Defning bitcoin is hard, but it helps to step back and state facts, starting with the fact that there's 21 million bitcoin. Bitcoin is consensus. It's almost a schelling point itself. Miners Run the Network Fallacy There's an effort to change history. segwit2x is empirical evidence against it. Confusion is created through another fallacy, the Bcash is Bitcoin Fallacy. Miners run bcash, so of course miners are in charge of bitcoin, too. Miners very clearly were told not to do 2x. Vortex LN debate https://youtu.be/6VeeUJawEak Calling LN bitcoins altcoins is just lazy. REGULAR SOURCES -------------------- Great source : https://bitinfocharts.com/bitcoin/ Mayer Multiple : http://mayermultiple.com CME futures : http://www.cmegroup.com/trading/equity-index/us-index/bitcoin.html NVT Ratio : http://charts.woobull.com/bitcoin-nvt-ratio/ Network stats : http://fork.lol/pow/retarget OTC : https://coin.dance/volume Difficulty : https://bitcoinwisdom.com/bitcoin/difficulty Real time fees : https://tradeblock.com/bitcoin/ Visualization : https://jochen-hoenicke.de/queue/#3m Bitcoin github : https://github.com/bitcoin/bitcoin/pulse Ranking : https://www.coingecko.com LN testnet : https://explorer.acinq.co/#/ LN nodes : https://lnmainnet.gaben.win/# LedgerX : http://data.ledgerx.com/ Gemini Auction : https://gemini.com/auction-data/ Google trends "bitcoin": https://trends.google.com/trends/explore?q=bitcoin -------------------- FOLLOW -------------------- Host: @AnselLindner https://twitter.com/AnselLindner Show: @btcmrkts https://twitter.com/btcmrkts THANK YOU LISTENERS! -------------------- Music by Joakim Karud, Chill Children w/ KVN

=== BITCOIN & MARKETS === Search the show on Soundcloud, YouTube, iTunes, and Stitcher Part of the World Crypto Network audio feed on Acast. New to bitcoin? Start here: http://bitcoinandmarkets.com/resources **Disclaimer: This is not investment advice, do your own research.** All sources are below. ========================= SUPPORT THE SHOW! -------------------- Donate BTC, LTC, Paypal : http://bitcoinandmarkets.com/donate Patreon is the best way : https://www.patreon.com/bitcoinandmarkets -------------------- JW Weatherman is the author of the Bitcoin Threat Model which is a milestone for professional development of bitcoin. You can find it at https://btcthreats.com. Follow JW on twitter, @weathermanIam, https://twitter.com/weathermaniam See him on Block Digest: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCb53lXz2IzEFT5JNHSbdvPg JW'S READING LIST -------------------- The Bitcoin Standard by Saifedean Ammous https://www.amazon.com/Bitcoin-Standard-Decentralized-Alternative-Central/dp/1119473861 Cyphernomicon by Tim May https://www.cypherpunks.to/faq/cyphernomicron/cyphernomicon.html For a New Liberty by Rothbard https://mises.org/library/new-liberty-libertarian-manifesto You can see his threat models of top tier cryptocurrencies here: https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/1A6F91F12TbfP6e11X4e7h4Eel5PyPY4m -------------------- Thanks for the interview JW. Keep up the fight for liberty. Music by Ocean Ave

=== BITCOIN & MARKETS === block height 519,245 - 4/21/18Search the show on Soundcloud, YouTube, iTunes, and Stitcher Part of the World Crypto Network audio feed on Acast. New to bitcoin? Start here: http://bitcoinandmarkets.com/resources **Disclaimer: This is not investment advice, do your own research.** All sources are below. ========================= SUPPORT THE SHOW! -------------------- Donate BTC, LTC, Paypal : http://bitcoinandmarkets.com/donate Patreon is the best way : https://www.patreon.com/bitcoinandmarkets -------------------- PRICES -------------------- Price : $8724 (finney $0.87) 200 SMA : $9737 Mayer Multiple : 0.89 Okex Futures : (Jun) $8772 (spread $50 / 1%) CME Futures : (Apr) $8555 (Jun) $8540 (open interest 2,290 / 11,450 btc) Bitmex Futures : (Jun) $8741 (Sep) $8769 -------------------- MARKET SIZE and TXS -------------------- Market Cap : $148 B Global Bitcoin MC : $375 B Maximalist Price : $22,041 On chain tx (24h) : 1,443,949 btc ($12.5 B) Avg tx Val (24h) : 6.59 btc ($57 k) Median tx Val (24h): 0.065 btc ($566) NVT (28d) : 158 Longs / Shorts : 29,000 / 24,100 (1.2) Public OTC : ~$92 M -------------------- SECURITY and BLOCKCHAIN -------------------- Difficulty : +10.8% (last 3: 9%, 1%, 5%) Mining profitability : $0.56 THash/day Blockchain size : 194 GB Mempool : 19MB Median on chain fee : $0.17/tx -------------------- DEVELOPMENT -------------------- Merged PRs : 24 Closed issues : 19 -------------------- LIGHTNING -------------------- Capacity : 15.8 - 12.7 btc Channels : 5418 - 4732 Nodes : 1661 - 1533 Channels/node : 3.25 - 3.08 -------------------- GOOGLE TRENDS -------------------- 12 Mo. : 14 /100 30days : 63 /100 Trend : searches generally flat -------------------- NEWS -------------------- Localbitcoins KYC requirement http://bitcoinist.com/bye-anonymity-localbitcoins-id-kyc/ Ethereum upgrade/voting for parity bailout Kraken Disses NY AG https://www.coindesk.com/kraken-ceo-crypto-exchange-wont-comply-with-new-york-inquiry/?utm_content=buffer3c51a&utm_medium=social&utm_source=twitter.com&utm_campaign=buffer REGULAR SOURCES -------------------- Great source : https://bitinfocharts.com/bitcoin/ Mayer Multiple : http://mayermultiple.com CME futures : http://www.cmegroup.com/trading/equity-index/us-index/bitcoin.html NVT Ratio : http://charts.woobull.com/bitcoin-nvt-ratio/ Network stats : http://fork.lol/pow/retarget OTC : https://coin.dance/volume Difficulty : https://bitcoinwisdom.com/bitcoin/difficulty Real time fees : https://tradeblock.com/bitcoin/ Visualization : https://jochen-hoenicke.de/queue/#3m Bitcoin github : https://github.com/bitcoin/bitcoin/pulse Ranking : https://www.coingecko.com LN testnet : https://explorer.acinq.co/#/ LN nodes : https://lnmainnet.gaben.win/# LedgerX : http://data.ledgerx.com/ Gemini Auction : https://gemini.com/auction-data/ Google trends "bitcoin": https://trends.google.com/trends/explore?q=bitcoin -------------------- FOLLOW -------------------- Host: @AnselLindner https://twitter.com/AnselLindner Show: @btcmrkts https://twitter.com/btcmrkts THANK YOU LISTENERS! -------------------- Music by Joakim Karud, Tennyson and Shinobi Fountain

=== BITCOIN & MARKETS === block height 518,172 - 4/14/18Search the show on Soundcloud, YouTube, iTunes, and Stitcher Part of the World Crypto Network audio feed on Acast. New to bitcoin? Start here: http://bitcoinandmarkets.com/resources **Disclaimer: This is not investment advice, do your own research.** All sources are below. ========================= SUPPORT THE SHOW! -------------------- Donate BTC, LTC, Paypal : http://bitcoinandmarkets.com/donate Patreon is the best way : https://www.patreon.com/bitcoinandmarkets -------------------- PRICES -------------------- Price : $8014 (finney $0.80) 200 SMA : $9596 Mayer Multiple : 0.83 Okex Futures : (Jun) $8100 (spread $80 / 1%) CME Futures : (Apr) $7890 (Jun) $8075 (open interest 2,097 / 10,485 btc) Bitmex Futures : (Jun) $7990 (Sep) $8008 -------------------- MARKET SIZE and TXS -------------------- Market Cap : $135 B Global Bitcoin MC : $317 B Maximalist Price : $18,712 On chain tx (24h) : 1,034,693 btc ($8.2 B) Avg tx Val (24h) : 5.33 btc ($42 k) Median tx Val (24h): 0.068 btc ($543) NVT (28d) : 153 Longs / Shorts : 29,800 / 24,900 (1.19) Public OTC : ~$92 M Nothing out of the ordinary -------------------- SECURITY and BLOCKCHAIN -------------------- Difficulty : +9.3% (last 3: 1%, 5%, 9%) Mining profitability : $0.55 THash/day Blockchain size : 193 GB Mempool : 19MB Median on chain fee : $0.42/tx -------------------- DEVELOPMENT -------------------- Merged PRs : 57 Closed issues : 21 -------------------- LIGHTNING -------------------- Capacity : 12.7 - 9.1 btc Channels : 4732 - 3788 Nodes : 1533 - 1336 Channels/node : 3.08 - 2.9 -------------------- GOOGLE TRENDS -------------------- 12 Mo. : 15 /100 30days : 60 /100 Trend : slightly lower on both timeframes, but searches generally flat -------------------- NEWS -------------------- There's been a recent effort to brand Lightning Network bitcoin as an altcoin. A network of bitcoin multisig txs is in no way an altcoin. https://twitter.com/paullinator/status/982676892271570944 Very detailed study of LN wallet GUIs. The wallets are moving so fast, it's out of date already, but very interesting for a layperson looking on. https://patestevao.gitbooks.io/lightning-network-ux-research/content/ History of Lightning Network by Aaron van Wirdum https://bitcoinmagazine.com/articles/history-lightning-brainstorm-beta/ REGULAR SOURCES -------------------- Great source : https://bitinfocharts.com/bitcoin/ Mayer Multiple : http://mayermultiple.com CME futures : http://www.cmegroup.com/trading/equity-index/us-index/bitcoin.html NVT Ratio : http://charts.woobull.com/bitcoin-nvt-ratio/ Network stats : http://fork.lol/pow/retarget OTC : https://coin.dance/volume Difficulty : https://bitcoinwisdom.com/bitcoin/difficulty Real time fees : https://tradeblock.com/bitcoin/ Visualization : https://jochen-hoenicke.de/queue/#3m Bitcoin github : https://github.com/bitcoin/bitcoin/pulse Ranking : https://www.coingecko.com LN testnet : https://explorer.acinq.co/#/ LN nodes : https://lnmainnet.gaben.win/# LedgerX : http://data.ledgerx.com/ Gemini Auction : https://gemini.com/auction-data/ Google trends "bitcoin": https://trends.google.com/trends/explore?q=bitcoin -------------------- FOLLOW -------------------- Host: @AnselLindner https://twitter.com/AnselLindner Show: @btcmrkts https://twitter.com/btcmrkts THANK YOU LISTENERS! -------------------- Music by Joakim Karud, Reach and Beamon

=== BITCOIN & MARKETS === block height 516,750 - 4/5/18Search the show on Soundcloud, YouTube, iTunes, and Stitcher Part of the World Crypto Network audio feed on Acast. New to bitcoin? Start here: http://bitcoinandmarkets.com/resources **Disclaimer: This is not investment advice, do your own research.** All sources are below. ========================= SUPPORT THE SHOW! -------------------- Donate BTC, LTC, Paypal : http://bitcoinandmarkets.com/donate Patreon is the best way : https://www.patreon.com/bitcoinandmarkets -------------------- PRICES -------------------- Price : $6792 (finney $0.68) 200 SMA : $9443 have to watch this. If price can't break 200MA Apr '14 downward sloping Mayer Multiple : 0.72 Okex Futures : (Jun) $6700 (spread $90 / 1.3%) CME Futures : (Apr) $6860 (Jun) $6875 (open interest 1,661 / 8,305 btc) Bitmex Futures : (Jun) $6662 (Sep) $6689 -------------------- MARKET SIZE and TXS -------------------- Market Cap : $115 B Global Bitcoin MC : $257 B Maximalist Price : $15,175 On chain tx (24h) : 1,396,902 btc ($9.5 B) Avg tx Val (24h) : 7.45 btc ($50 k) Median tx Val (24h): 0.085 btc ($577) NVT (28d) : 145 Longs / Shorts : 33,800 / 29,900 (1.13) Public OTC : ~$92 M -------------------- SECURITY and BLOCKCHAIN -------------------- Difficulty : +7.5% in 9 days (last 3: 1%, 5%, 9%) Mining profitability : $0.51 THash/day Blockchain size : 192 GB Mempool : less than 1MB Median on chain fee : $0.13/tx -------------------- DEVELOPMENT -------------------- Merged PRs : 39 Closed issues : 33 -------------------- LIGHTNING -------------------- Capacity : 9.1 btc Channels : 3788 Nodes : 1336 Channels/node : 2.8 -------------------- GOOGLE TRENDS -------------------- 12 Mo. : 19 /100 30days : 83 /100 Trend : remaining constant, shallow dip on 12 mo, slight higher on 30 days, mixed. -------------------- NEWS -------------------- Deconomy Vitalik had a tweet storm from the conference. He called CSW a fraud. lulz Halong miners have started getting delivered. It's an evolutionary process. https://www.bitsonline.com/halong-dragonmint-t1-miner-review/ More Reg Arb Finex to Switzerland https://bitcoinmagazine.com/articles/cryptocurrency-exchange-bitfinex-plans-move-switzerland/ Saifedean Ammous's book the Bitcoin Standard is coming out. Out on Kindle. REGULAR SOURCES -------------------- Great source : https://bitinfocharts.com/bitcoin/ Mayer Multiple : http://mayermultiple.com CME futures : http://www.cmegroup.com/trading/equity-index/us-index/bitcoin.html NVT Ratio : http://charts.woobull.com/bitcoin-nvt-ratio/ Network stats : http://fork.lol/pow/retarget OTC : https://coin.dance/volume Difficulty : https://bitcoinwisdom.com/bitcoin/difficulty Real time fees : https://tradeblock.com/bitcoin/ Visualization : https://jochen-hoenicke.de/queue/#3m Bitcoin github : https://github.com/bitcoin/bitcoin/pulse Ranking : https://www.coingecko.com LN testnet : https://explorer.acinq.co/#/ LN nodes : https://lnmainnet.gaben.win/# LedgerX : http://data.ledgerx.com/ Gemini Auction : https://gemini.com/auction-data/ Google trends "bitcoin": https://trends.google.com/trends/explore?q=bitcoin -------------------- FOLLOW -------------------- Host: @AnselLindner https://twitter.com/AnselLindner Show: @btcmrkts https://twitter.com/btcmrkts THANK YOU LISTENERS! -------------------- Music by Joakim Karud and Vowl

=== BITCOIN & MARKETS === block height 515,525 - 3/28/18Find us on iTunes, YouTube, Soundcloud and Stitcher New to bitcoin? Start here: http://bitcoinandmarkets.com/resources **Disclaimer: This is not investment advice, do your own research.** All sources are below. ========================= SUPPORT THE SHOW! -------------------- Donate BTC, LTC, Paypal : http://bitcoinandmarkets.com/donate Patreon is the best way : https://www.patreon.com/bitcoinandmarkets -------------------- PRICES -------------------- Price : $8061 (finney $0.80) 200 SMA : $9319 Mayer Multiple : 0.86 Okex Futures : (Jun) $7926 (spread $150 / 1.4%) CME Futures : (Mar) $8055 (Jun) $? (open interest 1,615 / 8,075 btc) Bitmex Futures : (Mar) $8021 (Jun) $7970 -------------------- MARKET SIZE and TXS -------------------- Market Cap : $137 B Global Bitcoin MC : $307 B Maximalist Price : $18,121 On chain tx (24h) : 1,011,618 btc ($8.1 B) Avg tx Val (24h) : 5.4 btc ($43.7 k) Median tx Val (24h): 0.066 btc ($537) NVT (28d) : 140 Longs / Shorts : 37,500 / 24,500 (1.53) Public OTC : ~$90 M -------------------- SECURITY and BLOCKCHAIN -------------------- Difficulty : +1.6% in 3.9 days (last 3: 5%, 9%, 4%) Mining profitability : $0.59 THash/day Blockchain size : 191 GB Mempool : less than 1MB Median on chain fee : $0.15/tx -------------------- DEVELOPMENT -------------------- Merged PRs : 32 Closed issues : 28 -------------------- LIGHTNING -------------------- Capacity : 6.5 btc Channels : 2551 Nodes : 1094 Channels/node : 2.3 -------------------- GOOGLE TRENDS -------------------- 12 Mo. : 14 /100 30days : 63 /100 Trend : trend is reflecting lower prices, but interest is remaining constant. -------------------- NEWS -------------------- Blockstream 7 days of Lapps https://blockstream.com/blog/ - Filebazaar - Lightning Publisher - Nanotip - Paypercall - NanoPOS - Ifpaytt Zap wallet looks great https://twitter.com/JackMallers/status/978504084658507777 Satoshi Vision conference Huge joke, extrememly orchestrated You could tell there was some discontent in the bcash camp Binance moves to Malta https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2018-03-23/the-world-s-biggest-cryptocurrency-exchange-is-moving-to-malta Earn/21 possible acquisition Emerging themes of 2018 - ICO/altcoin crackdown - price consolidation - acquisitions - regulatory arbitrage - lightning apps REGULAR SOURCES -------------------- Great source : https://bitinfocharts.com/bitcoin/ Mayer Multiple : http://mayermultiple.com CME futures : http://www.cmegroup.com/trading/equity-index/us-index/bitcoin.html NVT Ratio : http://charts.woobull.com/bitcoin-nvt-ratio/ Network stats : http://fork.lol/pow/retarget OTC : https://coin.dance/volume Difficulty : https://bitcoinwisdom.com/bitcoin/difficulty Real time fees : https://tradeblock.com/bitcoin/ Visualization : https://jochen-hoenicke.de/queue/#3m Bitcoin github : https://github.com/bitcoin/bitcoin/pulse Ranking : https://www.coingecko.com LN testnet : https://explorer.acinq.co/#/ LN nodes : https://lnmainnet.gaben.win/# LedgerX : http://data.ledgerx.com/ Gemini Auction : https://gemini.com/auction-data/ Google trends "bitcoin": https://trends.google.com/trends/explore?q=bitcoin -------------------- FOLLOW -------------------- Host: @AnselLindner https://twitter.com/AnselLindner Show: @btcmrkts https://twitter.com/btcmrkts YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/c/bitcoinandmarkets THANK YOU LISTENERS! -------------------- Music by Joakim Karud and Chill Children and KVN

Bitcoin & Markets 3/19/18On iTunes, YouTube, Soundcloud and Stitcher.-------------------- New to bitcoin? Start here: http://bitcoinandmarkets.com/resources -- THIS SHOW IS SUPPORTED BY LISTENERS LIKE YOU! Donate bitcoin, litecoin or via paypal: http://bitcoinandmarkets.com/donate Or support me on patreon: https://www.patreon.com/bitcoinandmarkets -- **Disclaimer: This is not investment advice, do your own research.** All sources at below. PRICES -------------------- Bitstamp: $8500 / 1 finney: $0.85 Mayer Multiple: Spot/200 MA ($9157) = 0.92 (1) 3M BTC Settled Futures (Jun): $8514 / spread: $0 or 0% - (Mar): $8457 / spread: -$50 or 0.5% CME Futures: Mar18 $8485 / Jun18 $8430 (2) Bitmex Futures: Mar18 $8465 / Jun18 $8478 MARKET SIZE and TRANSACTIONS -------------------- Market Cap: $144 B Dominance Index: 100% Global Bitcoin MC: $327 B NVT (Network Value/Transaction): 159 (3) Maximalist Price: $19,320 USD value tx'ed on-chain (24h): $7.46 B Avg tx Val (24h): $40.0k SECURITY -------------------- Difficulty: est. +3.5% in 12 days (4)(5) We just had another healthy difficulty retarget of +5.23%. I estimate it costs an avg of $6-7k to mine a bitcoin in the US. https://www.marketwatch.com/story/in-one-chart-heres-how-much-it-costs-to-mine-bitcoin-in-your-state-2017-12-15 FEES -------------------- Mempool:

Bitcoin & Markets 3/9/18--------------------New to bitcoin? Start here: http://bitcoinandmarkets.com/resources -- THIS SHOW IS SUPPORTED BY LISTENERS LIKE YOU! https://www.patreon.com/bitcoinandmarkets or bitcoin, litecoin or paypal http://bitcoinandmarkets.com/donate -- **Disclaimer: This is not investment advice, do your own research.** Sources at below. -------------------- PRICES -------------------- Bitstamp: $8746 / 1 finney: $0.87 Mayer Multiple: Spot/200 MA ($8569) = sub 1.0 (1) 3M BTC Settled Futures (Mar): $8811 / spread: -$100 or 1.7% CME Futures: Mar18 $8780 / Jun18 $8520 (2) Bitmex Futures: Mar18 $8814 / Jun18 $8901 MARKET SIZE and TRANSACTIONS -------------------- Market Cap: $148 B Dominance Index: 100% Global Bitcoin MC: $332 B NVT (Network Value/Transaction): 108 (3) Maximalist Price: $21,267 USD value tx'ed on-chain (24h): $8.8 B Avg tx Val (24h): $47k SECURITY -------------------- Difficulty: est. +9% in 9 days (4)(5) Difficulty has been just fine and shows that all the drama is just drama. FEES -------------------- Mempool: 4MB, ~2 sat/b (6)(7) Mempool is very empty and transactions are fast. DEVELOPMENT -------------------- Merged PRs: 51 merged PRs and 75 closed issues (8)(9) Lightning Network: 4.5 btc capacity, 1822 open channels, 985 nodes - 1.8 channels/node (10)(11) GOOGLE TRENDS (14) -------------------- We are lower on google trends again. Showing 18, off from a yearly high of 100. The point I make here is that this recent drop in price wasn't accompanied by a big drop in google trends. NEWS -------------------- Follow @BitcoinMerges: https://twitter.com/BitcoinMerges Gox coins in 2000 btc addresses: http://gaelb.alwaysdata.net/MTgox_watch_CW/index.html Bcash Woes O'Dell's Tweet: https://twitter.com/matt_odell/status/970850312071405568 Olivier's Tweet about merge mining: https://twitter.com/olivierjanss/status/970788289593651200 Cobra: https://twitter.com/CobraBitcoin/status/970736614275153926 ASICBoost: https://bitcoinmagazine.com/articles/breaking-down-bitcoins-asicboost-scandal-solutions/ Regulations will hit ICOs and altcoins hard, but leave bitcoin relatively unscaved. This will leave room for legacy interests to coopt the "blockchain" meme, ICO and altcoin narratives. Bitcoin unaffected. SOURCES -------------------- 1. Mayer Multiple: http://mayermultiple.com 2. CME futures: http://www.cmegroup.com/trading/equity-index/us-index/bitcoin.html 3. Network Value to Transaction Ratio: http://charts.woobull.com/bitcoin-nvt-ratio/ 4. Network stats: http://fork.lol/pow/retarget 5. Difficulty: https://bitcoinwisdom.com/bitcoin/difficulty 6. Real time fees: https://tradeblock.com/bitcoin/ 7. Visualization: https://jochen-hoenicke.de/queue/#3m 8. Bitcoin github stats: https://github.com/bitcoin/bitcoin/pulse 9. Ranking: https://www.coingecko.com 10. LN testnet: https://explorer.acinq.co/#/ 11. LN nodes: https://lnmainnet.gaben.win/# 12. LedgerX: http://data.ledgerx.com/ 13. Gemini Auction: https://gemini.com/auction-data/ 14. Google trends "bitcoin": https://trends.google.com/trends/explore?q=bitcoin FOLLOW -------------------- Host: @AnselLindner https://twitter.com/AnselLindner Show: @btcmrkts https://twitter.com/btcmrkts We're on YouTube! https://www.youtube.com/c/bitcoinandmarkets THANK YOU LISTENERS! -------------------- Music by Joakim Karud and Kontekt

Bitcoin & Markets 2/26/18--------------------New to bitcoin? Looking for more info? Do your own research! Start here. http://bitcoinandmarkets.com/resources and here https://bitcoin.org Run a Full Node. -- THIS SHOW IS SUPPORTED BY LISTENERS LIKE YOU! $2-5/mo. https://www.patreon.com/bitcoinandmarkets or to donate bitcoin, litecoin or paypal http://bitcoinandmarkets.com/donate -- **Disclaimer: This is not investment advice, do your own research, this is all psuedoscience. Sources below. -------------------- Hello WCN! PRICES -------------------- Bitstamp: $9747 / 1 finney: $0.97 Mayer Multiple: Spot/200 MA ($8569) = 1.1 (1) 3M BTC Settled Futures (Mar): $9581 / spread: - $150 or 1.7% CME Futures: Mar18 $9,590 / Jun18 $9,420 (2) Bitmex Futures: Mar18 $9660 / Jun18 $9736 The market seems to be in an equilibrium around $10k. There's a lot of consolidation happening. MARKET SIZE and TRANSACTIONS -------------------- Market Cap: $165 B Dominance Index: 100% lol Global Bitcoin MC: $433 B NVT (Network Value/Transaction): 100.65 (3) Maximalist Price: $25,698 USD value tx'ed on-chain (24h): $0.75 B Avg tx Val (24h): $5107 I don't really buy the NVT hypothesis as a P/E ratio for bitcoin totally. But I'll include it here for now. SECURITY -------------------- Difficulty: est. +4% to +7% in 7 days (4)(5) FEES -------------------- Mempool: 30MB, ~14 sat/b (6)(7) We will see more efforts to encourage spending by entreprenuers. DEVELOPMENT -------------------- Merged PRs: 11 merged PRs and 11 closed issues (8)(9) Lightning Network: 3.8 btc capacity, 1482 open channels, 883 nodes - 1.67 channels/node (10)(11) OTC VOLUME -------------------- OTC volume from my sources has fallen hard back to Sept levels. The price explains this, because the number of bitcoins traded is about the same. This is more of a retail investor number, and there's new competition for local bitcoins. GOOGLE TRENDS (14) -------------------- We are lower on google trends again. On a year chart, the term "bitcoin" is at 25 for the most current week. This is out of 100, being the most searched week in the last year. NEWS -------------------- The feeling in bitcoin has changed a little bit imo. Altcoin exuberance has been tempered. Bitcoin HODLers are patient. Bitcoin Core 0.16.0 RC4 https://github.com/bitcoin/bitcoin/blob/v0.16.0/doc/release-notes.md The battle of smart contract platforms is starting. https://twitter.com/AnselLindner/status/966813921129697286 Petro scandal https://www.coindesk.com/petro-debut-learned-venezuelas-cryptocurrency-today/ Now Turkish Crypto? https://www.coindesk.com/turkish-lawmaker-proposes-national-cryptocurrency-creation/ Russia, Venezuela, Turkey, etc etc etc. Very bullish for the reserve currency, bitcoin. SOURCES -------------------- 1. Mayer Multiple: http://mayermultiple.com 2. CME futures: http://www.cmegroup.com/trading/equity-index/us-index/bitcoin.html 3. Network Value to Transaction Ratio: http://charts.woobull.com/bitcoin-nvt-ratio/ 4. Network stats: http://fork.lol/pow/retarget 5. Difficulty: https://cryptothis.com/diff/ 6. Real time fees: https://tradeblock.com/bitcoin/ 7. Visualization: https://jochen-hoenicke.de/queue/#3m 8. Bitcoin github stats: https://github.com/bitcoin/bitcoin/pulse 9. Ranking: https://www.coingecko.com 10. LN testnet: https://explorer.acinq.co/#/ 11. LN nodes: https://lnmainnet.gaben.win/# 12. LedgerX: http://data.ledgerx.com/ 13. Gemini Auction: https://gemini.com/auction-data/ 14. Google trends "bitcoin": https://trends.google.com/trends/explore?q=bitcoin FOLLOW -------------------- Host: @AnselLindner https://twitter.com/AnselLindner Show: @btcmrkts https://twitter.com/btcmrkts We're on YouTube! https://www.youtube.com/c/bitcoinandmarkets THANK YOU LISTENERS! -------------------- Music by Joakim Karud and KVN

Bitcoin & Markets 2/7/18--------------------New to bitcoin? Looking for more info? Do your own research! Start here. http://bitcoinandmarkets.com/resources and here https://bitcoin.org Run a Full Node. -- THIS SHOW IS SUPPORTED BY LISTENERS LIKE YOU! $2-5/mo. https://www.patreon.com/bitcoinandmarkets or to donate bitcoin, litecoin or paypal http://bitcoinandmarkets.com/donate -- Disclaimer: This is not investment advice, do your own research, this is all psuedoscience. Sources below. -------------------- PRICES -------------------- Bitstamp: $8248 / 1 finney: $0.82 Mayer Multiple: Spot/200 MA ($8122) = 1.01 (1) 3M BTC Settled Futures (Mar): $8136 / spread: + $0 or 0% CME Futures: Feb18 $8115 / Mar18 $8110 / Jun18 $7440 - most volume daily candle closed at $8755 on the way down (2) Bitmex Futures: Mar18 $8166 / Jun18 $8286 Bitfinex was ~$1-200 higher on the way down, and is now $100 lower than bitstamp. Good sign imo. MARKET SIZE and TRANSACTIONS -------------------- Market Cap: $136 B Global Bitcoin MC: $352 B Maximalist Price: $22,985 USD value tx'ed on-chain (24h): $2.2 B Avg tx Val (24h): $10,164 SECURITY -------------------- Difficulty: 10.4% yesterday, est. -17% in 13 days (3)(4) FEES -------------------- Mempool: 29MB, ~10 sat/b (5)(6) DEVELOPMENT -------------------- Merged PRs: 16 merged PRs and 11 closed issues (7)(8) compared to ethereum's Go client, 8 merged PRs and 16 closed issues Lightning Network: 5.4 btc capacity, 1320 open channels, 535 nodes - 2.46 channels/node - 0.004 btc/channel (9)(10) OTC VOLUME -------------------- Localbitcoins: $95M/wk Paxful: $12M/wk LedgerX:

Bitcoin & Markets 1/26/18---New to bitcoin? Looking for more info? Do your own research! Start here. http://bitcoinandmarkets.com/resources and here https://bitcoin.org Run a Full Node. --- THIS SHOW IS SUPPORTED BY LISTENERS LIKE YOU! $2-5/mo. https://www.patreon.com/bitcoinandmarkets or to donate bitcoin, litecoin or paypal http://bitcoinandmarkets.com/donate --- Disclaimer: This is not investment advice, do your own research, this is all psuedoscience. Sources below. ---- PRICES -------------------- Bitstamp: $10,454 / 1 finney: $1.04 Mayer Multiple: Spot/200 MA ($7503) = 1.4 3M BTC Settled Futures (Mar): $10,700 / spread: + $250 or 2.3% CME Futures: Jan18 $10,345 / Mar18 $10,345 / Jun18 0 vol (1) Bitmex Futures: Mar18 $10,677 / Jun18 $11,130 Futures are not manipulating this price. 139 contract (695 coins) open interest on the contracts expiring today. 144 (720 coins) offset positions today. Self fulling prophecy. MARKET SIZE and TRANSACTIONS -------------------- Market Cap: $177 B Global Bitcoin MC: $514 B Maximalist Price: $30,386 USD value tx'ed on-chain /24h: $2.1 B Avg tx Val /24h: $8,974 SECURITY -------------------- Difficulty: 18% increase yesterday. est. 1% to +9% in 12 days (2)(3) FEES -------------------- Mempool: 10MB, ~15 sat/b (4)(5) 105MB if you measure everything Lightning scared the spammers. What I said about the spammers pushing lightning forward. DEVELOPMENT -------------------- Merged PRs: 18 merged PRs and 18 closed issues (6)(7) Lightning Network: 3.2 btc capacity, 662 open channels, ? nodes - ? channels/node (8)(9) OTC VOLUME -------------------- Localbitcoins: $131M/wk then a weird week of $66M Paxful: $11M/wk ATH then a weird week of $5M LedgerX: $1.2M/wk (10) Gemini Auction: $11M/wk (11) Total public OTC data: $156.2M/wk PSA: Support p2p exchanges like https://bisq.network/. Not free from privacy concerns. http://otcbtc.com/ NEWS -------------------- Explained the metrics On the Bitcoin News Show https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dHwfMYJ35Mk&t=5838s many of the topics today can be tied into privacy Talk about Lightning. Dollar, Syria, stocks and bonds. Substatum is probably like 95% of ICOs https://medium.com/@YagamiLight/the-technical-red-flags-of-the-substratum-network-sub-1f34e8b5ffcb Saving the stock market or the dollar SOURCES -------------------- 1. CME futures: http://www.cmegroup.com/trading/equity-index/us-index/bitcoin.html 2. Network stats: http://fork.lol/pow/retarget 3. Difficulty: https://cryptothis.com/diff/ 4. Real time fees: https://tradeblock.com/bitcoin/ 5. Visualization: https://jochen-hoenicke.de/queue/#3m 6. Bitcoin github stats: https://github.com/bitcoin/bitcoin/pulse 7. Ranking: https://www.coingecko.com 8. LN capacity: https://p2sh.info/dashboard/db/lightning-network?orgId=1 9. LN nodes: https://lnmainnet.gaben.win/# 10. LedgerX: http://data.ledgerx.com/ 11. Gemini Auction: https://gemini.com/auction-data/ LINKS -------------------- (a) Lightning apps: http://dev.lightning.community/lapps/index.html FOLLOW -------------------- Host: @AnselLindner https://twitter.com/AnselLindner Show: @btcmrkts https://twitter.com/btcmrkts We're on YouTube! https://www.youtube.com/c/bitcoinandmarkets THANK YOU LISTENERS! -------------------- Music by Joakim Karud and KVN

Bitcoin & Markets 1/18/18---New to bitcoin? Looking for more info? Do your own research! Start here. http://bitcoinandmarkets.com/resources and here https://bitcoin.org --- THIS SHOW IS SUPPORTED BY LISTENERS LIKE YOU! $2-5/mo. https://www.patreon.com/bitcoinandmarkets or to donate bitcoin, litecoin or paypal http://bitcoinandmarkets.com/donate --- Disclaimer: This is not investment advice, do your own research, this is all psuedoscience. ---- PRICES --- Bitstamp: $11,516 / 1 finney: $1.15 Mayer Multiple: Spot/200 MA ($7154) = 1.6 3M BTC Settled Futures: $11,770 / spread: + $200 or 1.5% CME Futures Jan18 $11,470 / Mar18 $11,585 / Jun18 0 vol http://www.cmegroup.com/trading/equity-index/us-index/bitcoin.html Bitmex Futures Mar18 $11,722 / Jun18 $12,355 MARKET SIZE and TRANSACTIONS --- Market Cap: $191 B Global Bitcoin MC: $504 B Maximalist Price: $33,722 USD value tx'ed on-chain (24h): $2.8 B Avg tx Val (24h): $8,886 SECURITY --- Difficulty: est. +9% to +15% in 7 days http://fork.lol/pow/retarget https://cryptothis.com/diff/ FEES --- Mempool: 11MB, ~110 sat/b Real time: https://tradeblock.com/bitcoin/ 250MB if you measure everything Visualization: https://jochen-hoenicke.de/queue/#3m DEVELOPMENT --- Merged PRs: 16 merged PRs and 23 closed issues Ethereum: 10 PRs https://github.com/bitcoin/bitcoin/pulse https://www.coingecko.com OTC VOLUME --- Coin.dance is down. These are my personal daily numbers for localbitcoins*7days Localbitcoins: 1790*11500= $144M/wk - high estimate Paxful: $3.5M/wk LedgerX: $1.3M/wk http://data.ledgerx.com/ Gemini Auction: $6.1M/wk - huge day on the 17th with a volume of 618 bitcoins Total public OTC data: $154.9M/wk PSA: Check out p2p exchanges like https://bisq.network/. Be careful about your privacy on the fiat half of exchanges. --- Great analysis by Josh Olszewicz @CarpeNoctum https://bravenewcoin.com/news/bitcoin-price-analysis-the-current-bullish-pennant/ https://cryptoweekly.co/100/ GBTC Split http://markets.businessinsider.com/news/stocks/Bitcoin-Investment-Trust-Announces-Stock-Split-1012960929 Bcash development is a joke https://twitter.com/deadalnix/status/952598644099821568 Japan Mitsubishi coin https://cointelegraph.com/news/worlds-fourth-largest-bank-mufg-to-launch-own-cryptocurrency-in-2018 DMM Exchange https://cointelegraph.com/news/japanese-e-commerce-giant-launches-7-asset-cryptocurrency-exchange Japanese are investing in foreign bonds https://www.zerohedge.com/news/2018-01-14/japanese-purchases-us-treasurys-tumble --- Host: @AnselLindner https://twitter.com/AnselLindner Show: @btcmrkts https://twitter.com/btcmrkts We're on YouTube! https://www.youtube.com/c/bitcoinandmarkets --- Thank you bitcoin. We are Bitcoin. Run a Full Node. Music by Joakim Karud and Choys

Bitcoin & Markets Update 1/10/18---New to bitcoin? Looking for more info? Do your own research! Start here. http://bitcoinandmarkets.com/resources and here https://bitcoin.org --- THIS SHOW IS SUPPORTED BY LISTENERS LIKE YOU! $2-5/mo. https://www.patreon.com/bitcoinandmarkets or to donate bitcoin, litecoin or paypal http://bitcoinandmarkets.com/donate --- Disclaimer: This is not investment advice, do your own research, this is all psuedoscience. ---- PRICES Bitstamp: $14,080 1 finney: $1.40 Mayer Multiple: $6736 = 2.09 3M Futures: $15,200 spread: + $1200 - 8.5% CME Futures Jan18 $14,070 / Mar18 $14,155 / Jun18 0 vol http://www.cmegroup.com/trading/equity-index/us-index/bitcoin.html Bitmex Futures Mar18 $14,998 / Jun18 $15,930 MARKET SIZE and METRICS Market Cap: $238 B Global MC: $711 B Maximalist Price: $42,442 BTC dollar value tx'ed on-chain (24h): $3.8 B Avg tx Val: $10,531 NETWORK STATS Difficulty: est. +13% in 3 days http://fork.lol/pow/retarget https://cryptothis.com/diff/ 10% hashrate on bcash,

Bitcoin & Markets Update 1/4/18---New to bitcoin? Looking for more info? Do your own research! Start here. http://bitcoinandmarkets.com/resources and here https://bitcoin.org --- THIS SHOW IS SUPPORTED BY LISTENERS LIKE YOU! $2-5/mo. https://www.patreon.com/bitcoinandmarkets or to donate bitcoin, litecoin or paypal http://bitcoinandmarkets.com/donate --- Disclaimer: This is not investment advice, do your own research, this is all psuedoscience. ---- Sponsor https://ZeroSumMarkets.com PRICES Bitstamp: $14,550 1 finney: $1.45 Mayer Multiple: $6362 = 2.28 3M Futures: $15,570 spread: + $1000 - 6.8% CME Futures 1M - $14,570 http://www.cmegroup.com/trading/equity-index/us-index/bitcoin.html MARKET SIZE and METRICS Market Cap: $251 B Global MC: $765 B Maximalist Price: $45,611 BTC dollar value tx'ed on-chain (24h): $2.8 B Avg tx Val: $7,198 NETWORK STATS Difficulty: est. +13% in 8 days http://fork.lol/pow/retarget - New stats and look, I like it. https://cryptothis.com/diff/ Mempool: 9MB, JoHoe's site says 175MB, big discrep but has to do with size of fee https://tradeblock.com/bitcoin/ https://jochen-hoenicke.de/queue/#3m Merged PRs: 5 merged PRs and 17 closed issues https://github.com/bitcoin/bitcoin/pulse OTC VOLUME Localbitcoins: $88M/wk Paxful: $9M/wk LedgerX: $3.9M/wk http://data.ledgerx.com/ Total public OTC data: $147M/wk last PSA: Centralized exchanges are invasive, slow and outside your control. Check out p2p exchanges like https://bisq.network/ --- Market Cap Attack Loppcoin https://twitter.com/lopp/status/948547504844484615 Proof of Work in Society https://twitter.com/TuurDemeester/status/948563382009057285 Ghana Central Bank interest in Bitcoin Reserves http://mobile.ghanaweb.com/GhanaHomePage/business/Invest-1-of-Ghana-s-reserves-in-bitcoin-Ndoum-to-BOG-614105 Hackernoon https://hackernoon.com/tokenising-the-enterprise-klingon-style-65e695e416a8 The purpose of bitcoin is to grow. --- Host on twitter: @AnselLindner https://twitter.com/AnselLindner and the show: @btcmrkts https://twitter.com/btcmrkts --- We're on YouTube! https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCxWJc6ZVFJDjI6eh7MU68Tg --- Thank you bitcoin. We are Bitcoin. Run a Full Node. Music by Joakim Karud and Tennyson

Bitcoin & Markets Update 12/31/17---New to bitcoin? Looking for more info? Do your own research! Start here. http://bitcoinandmarkets.com/resources --- THIS SHOW IS SUPPORTED BY LISTENERS LIKE YOU! $2-5/mo. https://www.patreon.com/bitcoinandmarkets or to donate bitcoin, litecoin or paypal http://bitcoinandmarkets.com/donate --- Disclaimer: This is not investment advice, do your own research, this is all psuedoscience. ---- PRICES Bitstamp: $13,200 1 finney: $1.32 Mayer Multiple: $6102 = 2.1 3M Futures: $14,000 spread: + $700 or 5% CME Futures 3M - $14,470 http://www.cmegroup.com/trading/equity-index/us-index/bitcoin.html MARKET SIZE and METRICS Market Cap: $238 B Global MC: $588 B Maximalist Price: $35,065 BTC dollar value tx'ed on-chain (24h): $3.9 B NETWORK STATS Difficulty: +3% 15 hours http://fork.lol/pow/retarget - New stats and look, I like it. https://cryptothis.com/diff/ Mempool: 9MB, JoHoe's site says 175MB, big discrep but has to do with size of fee https://tradeblock.com/bitcoin/ https://jochen-hoenicke.de/queue/#3m Merged PRs: 5 merged PRs and 17 closed issues https://github.com/bitcoin/bitcoin/pulse OTC VOLUME Localbitcoins: $133.9M/wk Paxful: $9.8M/wk LedgerX: $3.9M/wk http://data.ledgerx.com/ Total public OTC data: $147M/wk last PSA: Centralized exchanges are invasive, slow and outside your control. Check out p2p exchanges like https://bisq.network/ --- Ripple Centralized supply Centralized control over dev Centralized validation Roger Ver is always involved with these malicious altcoins https://bitcoinmagazine.com/articles/ripple-labs-fined-700000-fincen-will-institute-transaction-monitoring-across-ripple-protocol-1430883659/ FINCEN mandated KYC/AML layer https://www.fincen.gov/sites/default/files/shared/Ripple_Remedial_Measures.pdf Fees don't matter, because ripple is burned There's no fundamental value to xrp XRP is supposed to be used as a fee to carry other tokens from banks and stuff Ripple isn't a cryptocurrency, it's a bankster coin Theory Ripple could be an innocent altcoin pump, but I doubt it. If I were a bank or govt with a printing press, I'd try to confuse people by pumping altcoins. Bitcoin is what I'm worried about. If Ripple had any value, the banks would fork it and run it themselves. They can't lose control of their transactions to a decentralized system. Amir Taaki and Vitalik tweets https://twitter.com/AmirPolyteknik/status/945693434500829184 https://twitter.com/VitalikButerin/status/945988644661207040 Blockchains are just a part of a balanced system. If you don't have a value token, PoW, decentralization or a need for government resistance, you don't need a blockchain. Blockchains are INEFFICIENT. They are dumb solutions, unless you have all four of the conditions above. --- Host on twitter: @AnselLindner https://twitter.com/AnselLindner and the show: @btcmrkts https://twitter.com/btcmrkts --- We're on YouTube! https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCxWJc6ZVFJDjI6eh7MU68Tg --- Thank you bitcoin. We are all Satoshi. Run a Full Node. Music by Joakim Karud and Choys

Bitcoin & Markets Update 12/26/17---New to bitcoin? Looking for more info? Do your own research! Start here. http://bitcoinandmarkets.com/resources --- THIS SHOW IS SUPPORTED BY LISTENERS LIKE YOU! $2-5/mo. https://www.patreon.com/bitcoinandmarkets or to donate bitcoin, litecoin or paypal http://bitcoinandmarkets.com/donate --- Disclaimer: This is not investment advice, do your own research, this is all psuedoscience. ---- PRICES Bitstamp: $15,297 1 finney: $1.52 Mayer Multiple: $5600 = 2.5, 3M Futures: $16,455 spread: + $1200 - 7.8% CME Futures 1M - $15,400 http://www.cmegroup.com/trading/equity-index/us-index/bitcoin.html MARKET SIZE and METRICS Market Cap: $259 B Global MC: $583 B Maximalist Price: $34,736 Avg on-chain tx value: $11,006 BTC dollar value tx'ed on-chain (24h): $2.5 B Over Xmas no less! NETWORK STATS Difficulty: +0% est in 6 days http://fork.lol/pow/retarget - New stats and look, I like it. https://cryptothis.com/diff/ Mempool: 10MB - On tradeblock by filtering the most ill-intended txs out. 200MB on JoHoe's site. https://tradeblock.com/bitcoin/ https://jochen-hoenicke.de/queue/#3m Merged PRs: 21 Merges and 17 closed issues over the last 7 days, even over xmas. https://github.com/bitcoin/bitcoin/pulse OTC VOLUME Localbitcoins: $133.9M/wk Paxful: $9.8M/wk LedgerX: $3.9M/wk http://data.ledgerx.com/ Total public OTC data: $147.6 - $115.0M/wk last PSA: Centralized exchanges are invasive, slow and outside your control. Check out p2p exchanges like https://bisq.network/ (hit $291k in volume!) --- Coinbase #FireArmstrong #LeaveCoinbase #Conbase Coinbase is in the big leagues now. They've been a bad actor in bitcoin for years, with Armstrong as a total tool. OXT.me aquired by Samourai http://blog.samouraiwallet.com/post/168785913782/samourai-oxt Externalities --- Host on twitter: @AnselLindner https://twitter.com/AnselLindner and the show: @btcmrkts https://twitter.com/btcmrkts --- We're on YouTube! https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCxWJc6ZVFJDjI6eh7MU68Tg --- Thank you bitcoin. We are all Satoshi. Run a Full Node. Music by Joakim Karud and Kontekst

Bitcoin & Markets Update 12/19/17---New to bitcoin? Looking for more info? Do your own research! Start here. http://bitcoinandmarkets.com/resources --- THIS SHOW IS SUPPORTED BY LISTENERS LIKE YOU! $2-5/mo. https://www.patreon.com/bitcoinandmarkets or to donate bitcoin, litecoin or paypal http://bitcoinandmarkets.com/donate --- Disclaimer: This is not investment advice, do your own research, this is all psuedoscience. ---- PRICES Bitstamp: $18,150 1 finney: $1.81 Mayer Multiple: $5412 = 3.3, No change, (blowoff tops happen around 7) 3M Futures: $20,070 spread: + $2000 CME Futures 3M - $18,435 http://www.cmegroup.com/trading/equity-index/us-index/bitcoin.html MARKET SIZE and METRICS Market Cap: $304 B Global MC: $607 B Maximalist Price: $36,325 Avg on-chain tx value: $12,361 BTC dollar value tx'ed on-chain (24h): $4.8 B NETWORK STATS Difficulty: +17% yesterday, another +11% est in 11 days http://fork.lol/pow/retarget - New stats and look, I like it. https://cryptothis.com/diff/ Mempool: 29MB - This is about the perfect size https://tradeblock.com/bitcoin/ 40MB of 1 sat/byte txs. Spam for sure. https://jochen-hoenicke.de/queue/#3m The 6 sat/byte theory. https://twitter.com/JoshuaJBouw/status/941625444700270592 Merged PRs: Bitcoin: https://github.com/bitcoin/bitcoin/pulse Geth: https://github.com/ethereum/go-ethereum/pulse Bcash: https://github.com/bitprim/bitprim/pulse https://github.com/paritytech/parity-bitcoin/pulse https://github.com/bitcoinxt/bitcoinxt/pulse https://github.com/Bitcoin-ABC/bitcoin-abc/pulse https://github.com/BitcoinUnlimited/BitcoinUnlimited/pulse Blockstream is responsible for only 8% https://twitter.com/_jonasschnelli_/status/859389367105851392 OTC VOLUME Localbitcoins: $100.7M/wk Paxful: $8.3M/wk LedgerX: $6.0M/wk http://data.ledgerx.com/ Total public OTC data: $115.0M - $111M/wk last PSA: Centralized exchanges are invasive, slow and outside your control. Check out p2p exchanges like https://bisq.network/ (hit $226k in volume!) --- Bubble, bubble, bubble Pyramid schemes and ponzi schemes, Pain is a good teacher, these people aren't going away, they're here to stay. Why Coinbase, BitPay and BCi are not implementing Segwit ZeroLink https://medium.com/@nopara73/zerolink-massive-scale-coinjoin-is-about-to-be-deployed-participate-in-the-final-test-and-earn-6225939d15fb Please participate!! Testing on 20 Dec. Download and setup, all the instructions are on the medium post. Craigslist http://www.businessinsider.com/craigslist-added-a-button-to-accept-cryptocurrencies-as-payment-2017-12 I think this is kind of big, but not because I think people will use it, people will see it, it'll jog their memory of hearing about it before. --- Host on twitter: @AnselLindner https://twitter.com/AnselLindner and the show: @btcmrkts https://twitter.com/btcmrkts --- We're on YouTube! https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCxWJc6ZVFJDjI6eh7MU68Tg --- Thank you bitcoin. We are all Satoshi. Run a Full Node. Music by Joakim Karud and Kontekst

Bitcoin & Markets Update 12/13/17---Looking for more info about bitcoin? http://bitcoinandmarkets.com/resources --- THIS SHOW IS SUPPORTED BY LISTENERS LIKE YOU! $2-5/mo. https://www.patreon.com/bitcoinandmarkets or to donate bitcoin, litecoin or paypal http://bitcoinandmarkets.com/donate --- Disclaimer: This is not investment advice, do your own research, this is all psuedoscience. ---- PRICES Bitstamp: $16,558 1 finney: $1.65 Mayer Multiple: $4938 = 3.3, (blowoff tops happen around 7) 3M Futures: $17450 - New contract in 1 day spread: + $900 MARKET SIZE and METRICS Market Cap: $284 B Global MC: $498 B Maximalist Price: $29,746 Avg on-chain tx value: $15,443 BTC dollar value tx'ed on-chain (24h): $5.7 B NETWORK STATS Difficulty: est 13% in 5 days http://fork.lol/pow/retarget - New stats and look, I like it. https://cryptothis.com/diff/ Mempool: 28MB - This is about the perfect size https://tradeblock.com/bitcoin/ https://jochen-hoenicke.de/queue/#3m OTC VOLUME Localbitcoins: $97.0M/wk Paxful: $7.5M/wk LedgerX: $6.5M/wk http://data.ledgerx.com/ Total public OTC data: $111.0M - $101M/wk last PSA: Centralized exchanges are invasive, slow and outside your control. Check out p2p exchanges like https://bisq.network/ (hit $222k in volume!) --- Govcoin can't be a thing. It's less efficient than what they have now. Cboe futures prices and maturities http://cfe.cboe.com/cfe-products/xbt-cboe-bitcoin-futures The Cold Card by Coinkite http://blog.opendime.com/coldcard-annoucement/ --- Host on twitter: @AnselLindner https://twitter.com/AnselLindner and the show: @btcmrkts https://twitter.com/btcmrkts --- We're on YouTube! https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCxWJc6ZVFJDjI6eh7MU68Tg --- Thank you bitcoin. We are all Satoshi. Run a Full Node. Music by Joakim Karud and Kontekst

Bitcoin & Markets Update 12/9/17---Host on twitter: @AnselLindner https://twitter.com/AnselLindner and the show: @btcmrkts https://twitter.com/btcmrkts --- We're on YouTube! https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCxWJc6ZVFJDjI6eh7MU68Tg --- THIS SHOW IS SUPPORTED BY LISTENERS LIKE YOU! $2-5/mo. https://www.patreon.com/bitcoinandmarkets or to donate bitcoin, litecoin or paypal http://bitcoinandmarkets.com/donate --- This is not investment advice people, do your own research, I say some crazy stuff on this show, it could all be psuedoscience. ---- Recent chart tweet: https://twitter.com/btcmrkts/status/939466983350738944, Prices -> Bitstamp: $14500, 1 finney: $1.45, Mayer Multiple: $4661 / 3.1, (was 2.6) 3M Futures: $15060, spread: + $500, Bitcoin Dominance Price (BDP) (including forks): $13,645 This was stupid. Nothing is going to keep up Market Cap: $249 B, Global MC: $413 B, Maximalist Price: $25,528, Avg on-chain tx value: $10,819, BTC dollar value tx'ed on-chain (24h): $4.8 B, Difficulty: 18% last on pace for another 7% - 11%, http://fork.lol/pow/retarget, https://cryptothis.com/diff/ Mempool: 60MB https://tradeblock.com/bitcoin/ https://jochen-hoenicke.de/queue/#3m OTC -> Localbitcoins: $88.9M/wk, Paxful: $8.7M/wk, LedgerX: $4M ($3.7M as of Friday close), http://data.ledgerx.com/, Total public OTC data: $101.6M $72M/wk last, PSA: use these OTC varieties where you can. Download Bisq. Use Localbitcoins and Paxful. --- CBOE Futures are beating CME to launch, but they aren't the same thing. http://cfe.cboe.com/cfe-products/xbt-cboe-bitcoin-futures/contract-specifications, Gemini Auction Data. https://gemini.com/auction-data/, Interactive Brokers, Petterffy to offer support for long side only of CME futures through IAB. This is to protect their customers from unlimited short losses. https://www.cnbc.com/2017/12/07/interactive-brokers-warns-of-risk-from-bitcoin-futures.html. Japanese futures now too? https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2017-12-05/tokyo-financial-exchange-takes-first-step-toward-bitcoin-futures Korea bans bitcoin futures? https://www.cryptocoinsnews.com/breaking-south-korea-preissues-ban-bitcoin-futures-trading/ Bitcoin Mining is not wasteful. Bitcoin mining keeps waste from happening. --- Thank you bitcoin. We are all Satoshi. Run a Full Node. Music by Joakim Karud and Vowl

Bitcoin & Markets Update 12/3/17---Host on twitter: @AnselLindner https://twitter.com/AnselLindner and the show: @btcmrkts https://twitter.com/btcmrkts --- We're on YouTube! https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCxWJc6ZVFJDjI6eh7MU68Tg --- THIS SHOW IS SUPPORTED BY LISTENERS LIKE YOU! $2-5/mo. https://www.patreon.com/bitcoinandmarkets or to donate bitcoin, litecoin or paypal http://bitcoinandmarkets.com/donate --- This is not investment advice people, do your own research, I say some crazy stuff on this show, it could all be psuedoscience. ---- Recent chart tweet: https://twitter.com/btcmrkts/status/934753783397040128 Prices Bitstamp: $11675 1 finney: $1.16 200 D MA: $4304 / 2.6 3M Futures: $11950 spread: + $300 Bitcoin Dominance Price (BDP) (including forks): $13,645 Market Cap: $195 B Global MC: $347 B Maximalist Price: $20,824 Avg on-chain tx value: $6083 BTC dollar value tx'ed on-chain (24h): $2 B Difficulty: 15% to 14% http://fork.lol/pow/retarget https://cryptothis.com/diff/ depreciated https://bitcoinwisdom.com/bitcoin/difficulty Mempool: 12MB https://tradeblock.com/bitcoin/ https://jochen-hoenicke.de/queue/#2h OTC Localbitcoins: $61.2M/wk Paxful: $9.8M/wk LedgerX: $4.5M http://data.ledgerx.com/ Total public OTC data: $72M/wk --- Roughly 20M utxos can fit into a GB of memory. 7 billion utxos would take up 350 GBs of RAM. There are 2.1 quadrillion satoshis 105,000,000 GBs CME Futures set to start trading on 18 Dec 2017 http://www.cmegroup.com/media-room/press-releases/2017/12/01/cme_group_self-certifiesbitcoinfuturestolaunchdec18.html Intraday limits https://cointelegraph.com/news/how-cme-groups-bitcoin-futures-will-work --- Thank you bitcoin. We are all Satoshi. Run a Full Node. Music by Joakim Karud

Bitcoin & Markets Update 12/1/17---Host on twitter: @AnselLindner https://twitter.com/AnselLindner and the show: @btcmrkts https://twitter.com/btcmrkts --- We're on YouTube! https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCxWJc6ZVFJDjI6eh7MU68Tg --- THIS SHOW IS SUPPORTED BY LISTENERS LIKE YOU! $2-5/mo. https://www.patreon.com/bitcoinandmarkets or to donate bitcoin, litecoin or paypal http://bitcoinandmarkets.com/donate --- This is not investment advice people, do your own research, I say some crazy stuff on this show, it could all be psuedoscience. ---- Recent chart tweet: https://twitter.com/btcmrkts/status/934753783397040128 Prices Bitstamp - $10205 The Finney: $1.02 Loose bitcoin price (including forks): $11,823 3M Futures - $9997 spread + $30 Updated chart: https://twitter.com/btcmrkts/status/936563301726806016 Market Cap - $150B! Global MC - $284B Maximalist Price - $17,054 Avg on chain tx value - $7035 BTC $ val tx'ed on chain (24h): $2.4B Difficulty: -11%, 17% or 12% https://bitcoinwisdom.com/bitcoin/difficulty http://fork.lol/pow/retarget https://cryptothis.com/diff/ Mempool: 20MB https://tradeblock.com/bitcoin/ https://jochen-hoenicke.de/queue/#2h OTC Localbitcoins: $61.2M/wk Paxful: $9.8M/wk LedgerX: $3.1M http://data.ledgerx.com/ Total public OTC data: $72M/wk DXY slides again. iH&S broken, pressing on long term support area. https://twitter.com/btcmrkts/status/936565085547454474 --- Bitcoin is Socioeconomic Disruption commentary cut to be released on Patreon. Cool article on Zerohedge http://www.zerohedge.com/news/2017-11-30/here-are-three-questions-we-hear-most-about-bitcoin-moment Nasdaq to open bitcoin futures https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2017-11-29/nasdaq-is-said-to-plan-bitcoin-futures-joining-biggest-rivals Bitflyer comes to the US https://www.cnbc.com/2017/11/28/worlds-largest-bitcoin-exchange-bitflyer-enters-the-us.html Great Tether thread. https://twitter.com/matt_odell/status/935185540982497280 Plus Bitfinexed has been taking BTC donations and has been challenged to sell those at $1000 to be ethically consistent. LOL https://twitter.com/_Kevin_Pham/status/936459266445078530 --- Thank you bitcoin. We are all Satoshi. Run a Full Node. Music by Joakim Karud and Chill Children s/ KVN AUST

Bitcoin & Markets Update 11/26/17---Host on twitter: @AnselLindner https://twitter.com/AnselLindner and the show: @btcmrkts https://twitter.com/btcmrkts --- We're on YouTube! https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCxWJc6ZVFJDjI6eh7MU68Tg --- THIS SHOW IS SUPPORTED BY LISTENERS LIKE YOU! $2-5/mo. https://www.patreon.com/bitcoinandmarkets or to donate bitcoin, litecoin or paypal http://bitcoinandmarkets.com/donate --- This is not investment advice people, do your own research, I say some crazy stuff on this show, it could all be psuedoscience. ---- Recent chart tweet: https://twitter.com/btcmrkts/status/934753783397040128 Prices Bitstamp - $8902 The Finney: $0.89 Loose bitcoin price (including forks): $10,953 3M Futures - $8897 spread 0 Spread was negative and shifted positive, bitstamp vs okex 3M, perfectly as the market turned up, no even CME still "second week of Dec" no official date. Market Cap - $150B! Global MC - $284B Maximalist Price - $17,054 Avg on chain tx value - $7035 BTC $ val tx'ed on chain (24h): $2.4B Difficulty: -8%, 7.9% or 4.4% - I estimate about 5-10% increase https://bitcoinwisdom.com/bitcoin/difficulty http://fork.lol/pow/retarget https://cryptothis.com/diff/ Mempool: 5MB https://tradeblock.com/bitcoin/ https://jochen-hoenicke.de/queue/#2h OTC Localbitcoins: $63.3M/wk Paxful: $9.7M/wk LedgerX: $2.6M to $6M/wk to $2.1M this wk, Holiday http://data.ledgerx.com/ Total public OTC data: $79M to $75M/wk I'll update this on my twitter when new weekly numbers drop soon. --- Ethereum and Parity Funds are still stuck. Debate rages. https://www.coindesk.com/brain-freeze-parity-bug-continues-no-easy-solution-sight/ Bcash It's has failed to rally as hard as last holiday weekend. Bithumb volume down. Their DAA has performed better than I expected. Tether Of course, tether is centralized, but it can be replaced, Other exchanges bank accounts are more at risk and could cause more damage that tether Mining https://bitcoinmagazine.com/articles/bitcoin-developer-about-take-mining-hardware-industry/ This is an important play. The Core devs are so far out in front that they started planning for bitcoin's privacy upgrades months ago. To ease a privacy upgrade, decentralized mining is paramount. --- Thank you bitcoin. Music by Joakim Karud and Die Antwoort

Bitcoin & Markets Update 11/21/17---Host on twitter: @AnselLindner https://twitter.com/AnselLindner and the show: @btcmrkts https://twitter.com/btcmrkts --- THIS SHOW IS SUPPORTED BY LISTENERS LIKE YOU! $2-5/mo. https://www.patreon.com/bitcoinandmarkets or to donate bitcoin, litecoin or paypal http://bitcoinandmarkets.com/donate --- This is not investment advice people, do your own research, I say some crazy stuff on this show, it could all be psuedoscience. ---- Follow: Mile Suter https://twitter.com/WahWhoWah 4 HR chart tweet - https://twitter.com/btcmrkts/status/932837961690779648 Prices Bitstamp - $8199 The Finney: $0.82 3M Futures - $8299 spread $100 This is a healthy spread in contango. I expect this spread to increase as we approach CME. Looks like CME is going to launching on 11 Dec. But there's conflicting reports out there right now. Follow me Market Cap - $136B Global MC - $241B Maximalist Price - $14,495 Avg on chain tx value - $7121 BTC $ val tx'ed on chain (24h): $2.4B Difficulty: -23% or -1% - I estimate about -5% https://bitcoinwisdom.com/bitcoin/difficulty http://fork.lol/pow/retarget Mempool: 17MB (not including zero fee txs) https://tradeblock.com/bitcoin/ https://jochen-hoenicke.de/queue/#2h OTC Localbitcoins: $63.3M/wk Paxful: $9.7M/wk LedgerX: $2.6M to $6M/wk http://data.ledgerx.com/ Total public OTC data: $73.6M to $79M/wk --- ECB is trying to change their bail in limits. Currently, 100,000 Euros are protected from bail ins, but not for long. http://www.zerohedge.com/news/2017-11-19/ecb-proposes-end-deposit-protection CNBC interview with Thomas Peterffy is scared for short sellers https://www.cnbc.com/2017/11/15/thomas-peterffy-keep-bitcoin-away-from-the-real-economy.html Tether Man, this tether thing blew up. Tether is USD derivative to provide liquidity between exchanges and allow trading against a USD substitute. Don't bite off on the FUD, even if from your favorite youtube personality. Do you own research! --- Thank you #bitcoin. Music by Joakim Karud and Vowl