The Bitcoin News Show #64 – Miner Investigation, Debit Card Shutdown, Bitpay using BIP 70

The Bitcoin News Show #64 – Miner Investigation, Debit Card Shutdown, Bitpay using BIP 70


The Bitcoin News Show for the week of Jan 1st with your host @theonevortex.

Announcements:
-Launched theonevortex.com
-$800 billion market cap
-Happy birthday to bitcoin (Jan 3rd)
-David Harding explanation of Lightning Channel Factories
https://twitter.com/AudunGulbrands1/status/949037945968840704
-Petition for coinbase to implement segwit
https://www.change.org/p/coinbase-coinbase-prioritize-segwit-implementation-on-the-coinbase-bitcoin-wallet-gdax-exchange

Topics:
-Ripple growth / unit bias

-China bitcoin miners moving
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2018-01-05/bitcoin-miners-are-shifting-outside-china-amid-state-clampdown

-Debit card shut down
https://twitter.com/udiWertheimer/status/949189179195428864
https://www.coindesk.com/visa-cracks-bitcoin-debit-cards-europe-providers-say/?utm_content=buffer54334&utm_medium=social&utm_source=twitter.com&utm_campaign=buffer

-Bitpay switching to bip70
http://blog.samouraiwallet.com/post/169222582782/bitpay-qr-codes-are-no-longer-valid-important
https://support.bitpay.com/hc/en-us/articles/115005559826

-btc.com & localbitcoins.com, wavecrest activating segwit
https://twitter.com/btccom_official/status/948129455536508929
https://twitter.com/LocalBitcoins/status/948146645723738112
https://wirexapp.com/segwit-bitcoin-wallet-update/

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