Block Digest #173 - Bitcoin Core Acquired By Chain Analytics Company!

Welcome to episode #173 of Block Digest! (Wednesday, April 24th 2019) Join us: https://dragonsden.io/ Follow us on Twitter: https://twitter.com/blockdigest Credits ======== Shinobius - https://twitter.com/brian_trollz Janine - https://twitter.com/J9Roem Rick - https://twitter.com/cryptorick Nopara - https://twitter.com/nopara73 Intro Song: DVNZXL - [fried_noodles] https://youtu.be/w28NKJJHPZM This video is licensed under Creative Commons (CC BY 4.0): https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ Links ===== Neutrino Filters Got Merged In Bitcoin Core https://github.com/bitcoin/bitcoin/pull/14121 Blockstream And Digital Garage Build P2P Derivatives Contracts https://twitter.com/Blockstream/status/1119473198100373504 https://blockstream.com/2019/04/19/en-transacting-bitcoin-based-p2p-derivatives/ https://medium.com/@gertjaap/discreet-log-contracts-invisible-smart-contracts-on-the-bitcoin-blockchain-cc8afbdbf0db 3 Countries Tell IMF They Want To Issue Bitcoin Bonds https://bitcoinist.com/these-3-countries-tell-imf-they-want-to-issue-bitcoin-bonds/ Regulatory Landscape That Could Be Delaying Bakkt(?) http://archive.is/tGJhl Belarus Building Nuclear Powered Mining Farm? https://twitter.com/Rewkang/status/1118731729387175936 https://minerupdate.com/news/belarus-president-proposes-giant-data-centre-for-bitcoin-mining Chinese Construction Company Loses 23 Million In Secret Mining Operation https://news.8btc.com/chinese-listed-company-lost-over-23-million-for-its-secret-crypto-mining-business BSV Mining Losses Over 5 Million Dollars https://twitter.com/BitMEXResearch/status/1118845900955242496 https://twitter.com/BitMEXResearch/status/1119197415804932096 https://blog.bitmex.com/bitcoin-cash-sv-6-block-re-organisation/ Russian FSB Agents Extort Bitcoin From Media Mogul https://bitcoinist.com/russian-secret-service-demanded-1m-bitcoin-bribe-from-media-mogul/ Bitcoin Trader In Legal Trouble For Seasteading Off Thailand Coast https://www.reuters.com/article/us-thailand-seahome/thai-navy-boards-cabin-of-fugitive-seasteaders-facing-death-penalty-idUSKCN1RW06T Winklevoss Twins & Shrem Reach Settlement https://bitcoinmagazine.com/articles/winklevoss-twins-reach-settlement-charlie-shrem/ https://www.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.uscourts.nysd.500823/gov.uscourts.nysd.500823.112.0.pdf FinCEN Penalizes Bitcoin Trader https://bitcoinmagazine.com/articles/fincen-issues-first-ever-civil-penalty-against-bitcoin-exchange/ Coinbase Files To Shutdown Its PAC http://docquery.fec.gov/cgi-bin/forms/C00680355/1322181/ https://www.fec.gov/data/committee/C00680355/?cycle=2020&tab=spending https://www.fec.gov/data/committee/C00680355/?cycle=2020&tab=raising Lightning Labs Wallet Mainnet Alpha https://twitter.com/lightning/status/1120735863225237506 https://blog.lightning.engineering/announcement/2019/04/23/mainnet-app.html Moon Browser Extension Enables Lightning on Amazon http://archive.fo/djUOa Samurai Announces Mobile CoinJoins https://twitter.com/SamouraiWallet/status/1120215932922679297 Release The Kraken https://github.com/zkSNACKs/WalletWasabi/releases/tag/v1.1.4 Donate to Block Digest with bitcoins: 3NG9TkTztxUEg44Mcby4Uk3poNn9s6pYjV