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The Bitcoin.com Podcast


Apr 29, 2019

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â–şBITFINEX | Masks Missing $850 Million
According to Blockchair.com, some $1.6M worth of Bitcoin Core (BTC) addresses, believed to be tied to the 2016 hack of Hong Kong, Virgin Islands-registered cryptocurrency exchange Bitfinex, were moved on 25 April 2019.

LINK: http://fortune.com/2019/04/25/bitfinex-tether-bitcoin/

â–şTWITTER | CEO Asks about @Bitcoin Account in Private Message
After years of complaining about censorship and related techniques employed against the @Bitcoin account on Twitter, it appears more direct evidence has emerged. In a now deleted exchange, analyst Zack Voell, asks CEO Jack Dorsey to “end” the @Bitcoin handle, to which Dorsey responds, “What do you recommend we do with it?”

LINK: https://coinspice.io/news/bitcoin-censorship-jack-dorsey/

â–şBITCOIN CASH | Merchant App on Android
Bitcoin.com has released a free, non-custodial Point of Sale app for Android devices for merchants to accept Bitcoin BCH.

LINK: https://news.bitcoin.com/learn-how-to-use-bitcoin-coms-new-point-of-sale-solution-bitcoin-cash-merchant/
SOURCE: https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.bitcoin.merchant.app

â–şPROTOCOL | Upgrades Coming on the Bitcoin Cash Blockchain
May 15 will bring the scheduled upgrade for the Bitcoin Cash Blockchain. Notable changes will include two predominant upgrades. Enabling Schnorr Signatures and Allow SegWit Recovery.

LINK: https://www.bitcoinabc.org/
https://github.com/bitcoincashorg/bitcoincash.org/blob/master/spec/2019-05-15-upgrade.md
SOURCE: https://www.reddit.com/r/btc/comments/bgw0qy/bitcoin_unlimited_bitcoin_cash_edition_1600_has/

â–şREST | Layer on Bitcoin Cash Sees 5 Million Requests in 24 Hours
The REST portal allows developers to speak to the BCH Blockchain, providing programmers and other users with the software and tools to supercharge development kits for SLP, Badger, Bitbox and other frameworks.

LINK: https://news.bitcoin.com/lots-of-building-on-bch-as-bitcoin-coms-rest-layer-sees-millions-of-requests/
SOURCE: https://twitter.com/bitcoininfo/status/1121037822440431616?s=12

â–şSAMSUNG | Invests into Ledger Hardware Wallets
Samsung has invested 2.9 Million into the crypto giant Ledger.

LINK: https://www.ccn.com/samsung-ploughs-2-9-million-into-crypto-hardware-wallet-giant-ledger
SOURCE: https://twitter.com/ccnmarkets/status/1121346929667997697?s=12

â–şCRESCENT.cash | Adds SLP Token Support
Crescent Cash has recently introduced support for Bitcoin Cash and have now announced support for SLP Tokens on BCH.

LINK: https://news.bitcoin.com/crescent-cash-bch-wallet-features-slp-token-support-for-smartphones/
SOURCE: https://crescent.cash/

â–şCOMMUNITY | Global Bitcoin Cash Adoption
Bitcoin Cash Meetups are actively connecting people from all over the world. Visit events.bitcoin.com to see the interactive map of global meetups to get involved.

LINK: https://events.bitcoin.com/

â–şOVER $10K | In BCH Donations over TipprBot by Single Twitter User
The account @BitcoinInfo on Twitter has recently donated over 10k (easily) to BCH enthusiasts and other BItcoin Cash focussed websites and charities.

LINK: https://www.reddit.com/r/btc/comments/bh04vq/this_account_just_donated_more_than_6600_worth_of/
SOURCE: https://twitter.com/bitcoininfo

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