Weekly B-digest #1

alexanderisora (33)in #bitcoin • 7 years ago

Weekly B-digest #1

Important events in the blockchain and Bitcoin world

Bitcoin falls

The last week was hard for Bitcoin. Chinese regulations became stricter and this caused a high volatility.
9 exchanges reported a trading stop: OKCoin, Huobi Totaly Yunbi, Dahonghuo, BitKan, BTCC, 51szzc, biduobao and ViaBTC. Later, China gave Huobi and Okcoin an extra month of life. That caused an instant $400 BTC price pump.

https://cointelegraph.com/news/breaking-all-chinese-bitcoin-exchanges-must-close-by-september-30

JPMorgan Chase CEO Insulting BTC

Jamie Dimon separated the blockchain technology from Bitcoin at CNBS’s Delivering Alpha conference. But then he attacked cryptocurrencies and said they were not unlike the famous Tulip bubble during the 17th century.
Chase Bank Buys Bitcoin Even as Jamie Dimon Rejects It

https://cointelegraph.com/news/chase-bank-buys-bitcoin-even-as-jamie-dimon-rejects-it

MacAffee disagrees:
https://twitter.com/CNBCFastMoney/status/908089342605889536

BTC-e relaunch

BTC-e successfully launched a new bitcoin exchange platform called WEX (wex.nz).

https://wex.nz/news/1

The Pirate Bay Miner

Users of The Pirate Bay reported that the website is testing a new way to gain revenue:
A few hours ago a cryptocurrency miner appeared on The Pirate Bay website, using the computer resources of visitors to mine Monero coins.

https://torrentfreak.com/the-pirate-bay-website-runs-a-cryptocurrency-miner-170916/

Russia Meets Blockchain

Five leading Russian universities start offering cryptocurrency courses

https://news.bitcoin.com/russian-universities-cryptocurrency-courses/

Monero Hardfork

The scheduled protocol upgrade was introduced to enforce RingCT transactions.

https://twitter.com/monerocurrency/status/908870318533595136

Bitcoin Core Update

Improved memory usage
Improved cache memory allocation
Reduced CPU usage
Simpler code
Up to 40% faster starts for new full nodes
New Bitcoin Core Update 0.15.0 Released - Steemit

https://steemit.com/bitcoin/@olyup/new-bitcoin-core-update-0-15-0-released

Japan Dominates Crypto

What explains the surge in the trading volume of the Japanese Bitcoin exchange market.
Japan Becomes Largest Bitcoin Market as Traders Leave China

https://cointelegraph.com/news/japan-becomes-largest-bitcoin-market-as-traders-leave-china

ERC-20 is Ready

The standard that governs how new cryptographic tokens can be launched on top of the ethereum blockchain has been been finalized.
Ethereum's ERC-20 Token Standard Has Been Formalized - CoinDesk

https://www.coindesk.com/ethereums-erc-20-token-standard-formalized/

Thanks for your attention.