Block Digest #70 - The Visa Empire Strikes Back

Welcome to episode #70 of Block Digest! (Tuesday, January 9th 2018) Join us: https://bitcoinmumble.com/ Follow us on Twitter: https://twitter.com/blockdigest Credits ======== Shinobius - https://twitter.com/brian_trollz Aknix (2.0) - https://twitter.com/rm0rf Rick M. https://twitter.com/cryptorick Janine - https://twitter.com/J9Roem JW Weatherman - https://twitter.com/WeathermanIam This video is licensed under Creative Commons (CC BY 4.0): https://creativecommons.org/licenses/... Links ===== #Meltdown Bug Puts Keys At Risk; Fixes Are Slowing CPU-mined Cryptocurrencies https://www.coindesk.com/meltdown-spectre-cpu-flaws-mean-cryptocurrency/ "If the protected memory problem is real, then a browser plugin or even a website may access your private keys," said Bitcoin Core contributor Jonas Schnelli. #Electrum Security Fix: https://twitter.com/ElectrumWallet/status/949795637792518144 https://twitter.com/musalbas/status/949823819140780032 #Raspberry Pis unafffected: https://twitter.com/DanDarkPill/status/949683335466553344 #Satoshis Vision Conference https://www.satoshisvisionconference.com/ #Ethereum Nodes Not Able to Keep Up https://twitter.com/JamesCPoole/status/949902315707809792 No growth this month in node count: https://www.ethernodes.org/network/1 https://blog.ethereum.org/2018/01/02/ethereum-scalability-research-development-subsidy-programs/ Sharding will “only require a small percentage of nodes to see and process every transaction, allowing many more transactions to be processed in parallel at the same time.” https://medium.com/@lopp/the-challenges-of-building-ethereum-infrastructure-87e443e47a4b #Visa Cancels WaveCrest Prepaid Debit Cards for (European) Bitcoiners WIthout Notice BitPay: http://mailchi.mp/bitpay/wave-crest-card-closure Bitwala: https://twitter.com/bitwala/status/949213790247243776 CryptoPay: https://twitter.com/cryptopay/status/949243633911332864 https://twitter.com/cryptopay/status/949258015391338496 https://twitter.com/nopara73/status/949877858725453824 https://twitter.com/nopara73/status/949916081749184512 #Pay for Podcasts through the Lightning Network https://twitter.com/alexbosworth/status/949681709041180672 #Lightning Network Growing https://explorer.acinq.co/#/ https://twitter.com/bswen/status/950031643812745216 #“Bitcoin is an ICO for the Lightning Network”, “Bcash is an ICO for ASICBoost” https://twitter.com/search?f=tweets&vertical=default&q=%22an%20ICO%20for%20the%20Lightning%20Network%22&src=typd https://twitter.com/verretor/status/948830785611714560 #Bitcooooooooooonnect https://twitter.com/leoncfu/status/949056763302592512 https://www.ssb.texas.gov/sites/default/files/BitConnect_ENF-18-CDO-1754.pdf #Bitcoin Cash TipBot Hacked https://thenextweb.com/hardfork/2018/01/05/reddit-bitcoin-cash-hack/ #CNBC Demo of buying ripple https://www.cnbc.com/video/2018/01/05/crypto-class-how-to-buy-ripple.html #The Man Beyond Bitcoin Cash Tippr Bot(Too personal/doxxy?) http://archive.is/UL64c https://www.crunchbase.com/organization/rocketr https://www.crunchbase.com/person/rob-danielson-2 #Bitcoin Mining Fuels Sustainable Food Farm http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/manitoba/bitcoin-mining-greenhouse-fish-farm-1.4470295 #Mining Crackdown in China Serious? https://twitter.com/ViaBTC/status/950333158964150272 https://twitter.com/francispouliot_/status/950768256142528513 #Emin Fibbing https://web.archive.org/web/20180109171655/https:/twitter.com/el33th4xor/status/821225667261960198?lang=en #Jamie Dimon's Latest Feelings http://www.foxbusiness.com/markets/2018/01/09/exclusive-jpmorgan-chase-chairman-ceo-jamie-dimon-regrets-saying-bitcoin-is-fraud-but-still-isnt-interested-in-it.html #Bitfury Chain Analytics https://medium.com/@BitFuryGroup/the-bitfury-group-unveils-solution-for-analyzing-related-bitcoin-addresses-8eba57f4c7f9 #Blockchain Alliance http://www.blockchainalliance.org #Lightning Network Talk at Coinbase https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wIhAmTqXhZQ #JW Ethereum Threat Analysis https://docs.google.com/document/d/10vYLaaEbNuTf1KbG2rBIR_HOininCIz45pk3kMPMUTk/edit Donate to Block Digest with bitcoins: 3NG9TkTztxUEg44Mcby4Uk3poNn9s6pYjV