Block Digest #33 - Bitcoin and the Nation States

Welcome to episode #33 of Block Digest! (Wednesday, October 11th 2017) Join us: https://bitcoinmumble.com/ Credits ======== Shinobius - https://twitter.com/brian_trollz Chris Ellis - https://twitter.com/MrChrisEllis Janine - https://twitter.com/J9Roem Rick M. https://twitter.com/cryptorick and Aknix - https://twitter.com/rm0rf This video is licensed under Creative Commons (CC BY 4.0): https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ Links ===== # Russian Unbans Bitcoin http://en.kremlin.ru/events/president/news/55813 Putin: “I would like to draw your attention to the need to use the advantages that are offered by new technological solutions in the banking sphere.” https://www.reddit.com/r/Bitcoin/comments/75nn58/vladimir_putin_has_requested_the_russian_central/ # First sovereign nation to accept Bitcoin For just 42 BTC you can become a citizen of the South Pacific island of Vanuatu https://bravenewcoin.com/news/vanuatu-becomes-the-first-country-to-accept-bitcoin-for-citizenship/ https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vanuatu Tourist infomercial https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ys_hUIPta3U # BT0.02X by November? 2X Continues Saga continues as volume increases the price slumps https://twitter.com/The_Crypto_Guy/status/918214534187413505 https://github.com/btc1/bitcoin/commit/385cbc994f35d36cefdab8c1c00ebfaceb55cfc6 # Bitcoin.org: Beware of Bitcoin's possible incompatibility with some major services https://bitcoin.org/en/alert/2017-10-09-segwit2x-safety # Incoming Ethereum Hard Fork: Byzantium A good list of improvements in the upcoming hard fork: https://medium.com/@mohamed.ai/whats-in-the-ethereum-update-a44c0dcaa377 List of EIPs (Ethereum Improvement Proposals) to be implemented in Byzantium https://github.com/ethereum/EIPs/blob/master/EIPS/eip-609.md # Pirate Bay is Mining Cryptocurrency Again, No Opt Out https://torrentfreak.com/pirate-bay-is-mining-cryptocurrency-again-no-opt-out-171011/ # FAKE NEWS! ## Dubai’s putting their land on the Blockchain WTF???! https://coinjournal.net/dubais-land-department-adopts-blockchain-technology/ Donate to Block Digest with bitcoins: 3NG9TkTztxUEg44Mcby4Uk3poNn9s6pYjV