Block Digest #109 - Why Won't You Love Me Brian?

Welcome to episode #109 of Block Digest! (Wednesday, June 27th 2018) Join us: https://bitcoinmumble.com/ Follow us on Twitter: https://twitter.com/blockdigest Credits ======== Shinobius - https://twitter.com/brian_trollz Aknix - https://twitter.com/rm0rf Janine - https://twitter.com/J9Roem Rick - https://twitter.com/cryptorick Nopara - https://twitter.com/nopara73 This video is licensed under Creative Commons (CC BY 4.0): https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ Links ===== Entire Country Loses Major International Banking Connection https://www.wsj.com/articles/unbanked-marshall-islands-gets-further-cut-off-from-the-worlds-money-1529665201 http://archive.is/NOG83 Erik Voskuil’s Response to Betterhash Proposal https://github.com/libbitcoin/libbitcoin/wiki/Decoupled-Mining-Fallacy Secret Service Asking Congress for Private Crypto Regulations/Laws https://web.archive.org/web/20180627090816/https://financialservices.house.gov/uploadedfiles/hhrg-115-ba01-wstate-rnovy-20180620.pdf https://web.archive.org/web/20180627091406/http://www.blockchainalliance.org/ https://web.archive.org/web/20130417030326/https://www.newscientist.com/blogs/onepercent/2013/03/bitcoin-zerocoin.html https://twitter.com/J9Roem/status/1011881983163686912 https://twitter.com/ummjackson/status/1011690888651657216 Undercover Operation Targeting Darknet Markets Results in 35 Arrest https://twitter.com/kyletorpey/status/1011753804818247682 https://www.justice.gov/opa/pr/first-nationwide-undercover-operation-targeting-darknet-vendors-results-arrests-more-35 https://www.ccn.com/us-justice-department-seizes-20m-in-bitcoin-in-nationwide-drug-bust/ Ripple Begging Coinbase to List XRP https://www.ccn.com/ripple-ceo-says-xrp-should-be-added-on-coinbase-publicly-for-first-time-not-a-security/ Andreessen Horowitz Shitcoin Fund http://bitcoinist.com/andreessen-horowitz-launches-300-million-a16z-cryptocurrency-fund/ Metronome ICO Disaster http://bitcoinist.com/jeff-garziks-metronome-ico-sells-50-of-tokens-to-three-investors/ Australia and New Zealand State “No Central Bank Crypto” Coming Anytime Soon https://www.coindesk.com/2-apac-nations-have-ruled-out-central-bank-digital-currencies/ Follow Up On Bitpico Bcash Attack https://pastebin.com/bJjGvUTu C-Lightning Moves Into Beta https://twitter.com/Blockstream/status/1011299943154413568 Casa’s Privacy Model https://medium.com/casa/casa-privacy-model-ee6d1a08fd82 Janine's ZIP https://github.com/zcash/zcash/issues/3362 Donate to Block Digest with bitcoins: 3NG9TkTztxUEg44Mcby4Uk3poNn9s6pYjV