Block Digest #74 - Internet of Terrible Assholes

Welcome to episode #74 of Block Digest! (Saturday, January 23rd 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 ===== India Top Banks Shutdown Crypto Exchange Accounts https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/industry/banking/finance/banking/top-banks-suspend-accounts-of-major-bitcoin-exchanges-in-india/articleshow/62576882.cms?from=mdr IMF Calls for International Crypto Cooperation https://www.coindesk.com/imf-calls-for-international-cooperation-on-cryptocurrencies/ New Data Sharing Arrangement and Infrastructure Between Banks and Exchanges in South Korea https://news.bitcoin.com/korean-crypto-exchanges-share-data-with-banks-new-account-system/ South Korean Exchanges Now Subject to Korean Tax Regulation https://coinjournal.net/south-koreas-government-reportedly-planning-hit-cryptocurrency-exchanges-tax-bills/ Nvidia Tells Retailers to not sell to Cryptominers https://hothardware.com/news/nvidia-tells-retailers-to-sell-to-gamers-not-cryptominers Bitmain Making Bigger Orders than Nvidia with TSMC https://www.dvhardware.net/article68109.html GMO Chips https://twitter.com/missbitcoin_mai/status/955749606578507776?s=08 Siacoin Forking to Brick Bitmain Siacoin ASICs? https://www.reddit.com/r/siacoin/comments/7s2whr/whats_going_on_a_nonpartisan_explanation_of_the/ Op Ed on Paul Krugman’s Tweet Storm https://bitcoinmagazine.com/articles/op-ed-heres-what-paul-krugman-got-wrong-his-bitcoin-tweetstorm/ Stripe Stops Bitcoin Plans https://www.recode.net/2018/1/23/16924518/stripe-bitcoin-payments-reversal Bitflyer Expanding into the EU https://coinjournal.net/japanese-bitcoin-exchange-bitflyer-wins-eu-license/ Coinbase Hires Twitter Executive http://fortune.com/2018/01/22/coinbase-tina-bhatnager-twitter/ IOTA Wallets Hacked Due to Use of Online Seed Generators https://twitter.com/nic__carter/status/954952759580745728 https://blog.iota.org/the-secret-to-security-is-secrecy-d32b5b7f25ef https://web.archive.org/web/20180123165742/https:/twitter.com/DavidSonstebo/status/955543176953106433?lang=en “People sadly overcomplicate the process…” https://archive.is/4Igpj “If you need someone to hold your hand…” https://archive.is/qB9DS “Price to pay for quantum security” https://archive.is/EY2op https://twitter.com/tdryja/status/955161784792465408 Do Not Use This Fee Gauging Service Without Understanding Privacy https://transactionfee.info/ New Attack in the Bitcoin Threat Model http://jwweatherman.com/#/bitcoinThreatModel#an-attacker-could-create-an-insecure-second-layer-network-on-top-of-bitcoin- https://twitter.com/WeathermanIam/status/955843257249878016 Donate to Block Digest with bitcoins: 3NG9TkTztxUEg44Mcby4Uk3poNn9s6pYjV