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    Bitcoin r/Bitcoin recap - January 2019


    r/Bitcoin recap - January 2019

    Posted: 02 Feb 2019 08:07 AM PST

    Hi Bitcoiners!

    I'm back with the 25th monthly Bitcoin news recap.

    For those unfamiliar, each day I pick out the most popular/relevant/interesting stories in r/Bitcoin and save them. At the end of the month I release them in one batch, to give you a quick (but not necessarily the best) overview of what happened in bitcoin over the past month.

    You can see recaps of the previous months on Bitcoinsnippets.com

    A recap of Bitcoin in January 2019

    Adoption * The number of daily bitcoin transactions has been increasing rapidly again (10 Jan) * Bitcoin ads in Tokyo (11 Jan) * A fish-market in San Diego accepting bitcoin (12 Jan) * A discussion on handing out bitcoin at work (14 Jan) * Bitcoin transactions have increased by 50% over 6 months, with fees at a 2 year low (16 Jan) * LocalBitcoins has more volume than the Venezuelan stock market (16 Jan) * A popular content creator deletes his Patreon account and starts accepting bitcoin (16 Jan) * Buying bitcoin at one of 20k coinstar machines (17 Jan) * A story from a European teacher working in China using bitcoin to send money home (22 Jan) * Germany has 1/5th of the world's Bitcoin nodes (23 Jan) * SatoshiLabs' Lightning Node routes over 1 btc in transactions in one day (27 Jan) * Someone in Cambodia uses the Lightning Network and Bitrefill to pay their $1 weekly phone bill (30 Jan) * The Lightning Network reaches 600 btc in capacity (30 Jan)

    Development * A special thank you to all the Bitcoin Core contributors in 2018 (1 Jan) * A discussion on the need for a lightning network stress test (6 Jan) * New Lightning apps made at the Seoul Bitcoin Lightning Hackathon (7 Jan) * Wasabi wallet can now mix large amounts faster (12 Jan) * Bitcoin Core developer Adam Gibson talks about fungibility, privacy and coinjoin (16 Jan) * A new Bitcoin developers school is launched in Switzerland (28 Jan)

    Security * Bitcoin's immune system (2 Jan) * A discussion on the importance of running full nodes after an attack on another cryptocurrency (8 Jan) * Google Play store requires Samourai Wallet to disable some of its security features (8 Jan) * The Kraken exchange CEO warns users to not store coins on an exchange if you're not actively trading (16 Jan) * LocalBitcoins.com is compromised (26 Jan)

    Mining * Bitmain lost 28% of its bitcoin mining market share in 6 months (2 Jan) * An analysis of a strange nonce pattern in Bitcoin since block 400k (7 Jan) * Bitcoin mining becomes more decentralized as Bitmain loses dominance (18 Jan)

    Business * Overstock becomes the first major US company to pay taxes in bitcoin (4 Jan) * Gemini exchange promises it will start using SegWit, Bech32 addresses and transaction batching by the end of Q1 2019 (7 Jan) * Gab emails its 850k users about its switch to Bitcoin (9 Jan) * Bitrefill launches a Lightning channel opening service (9 Jan) * Jihan Wu is stepping down from his role as CEO of Bitmain according to an insider leak (10 Jan) * Bitcoin crowdfunding powered by BTCPay (10 Jan) * Bitmain shuts down its btc.com office (14 Jan) * One of the biggest banks in the Netherlands launches a bitcoin wallet (23 Jan) * A 'leaked' photo shows that the Samsung Galaxy 10 has a cryptocurrency wallet (24 Jan) * Data collection by bitcoin businesses (29 Jan) * Fidelity will launch its bitcoin custody service in March (30 Jan) * Paxful a P2P bitcoin marketplace, launches its second school in Rwanda (31 Jan) * The QuadrigaCX exchange goes bankrupt after losing access to its cold wallets (31 Jan)

    Research * Data on the Proof of Keys event over the last 9 years (2 Jan) * 50% of the bitcoin supply hasn't moved in a year (10 Jan) * A rebuttal to the reports of Bitcoin's environmental damage (31 Jan)

    Education * Bitcoin's first block was mined 6 days after its genesis block (10 Jan) * TIME on why Bitcoin matters for freedom (24 Jan) * A simple explainer video of the Lightning Network (27 Jan)

    Regulation & Politics * Coinbase bans Gab.com and its founder (5 Jan) * Some Yellow Vests in France are calling on their supporters to withdraw their money from the banks (8 Jan) * Wyoming introduces bill offering cryptocurrencies legal clarity (19 Jan) * The government of Zimbabwe shuts down the Internet country-wide and hurts its economy (21 Jan) * Venezuela's new interim president is pro-bitcoin (25 Jan) * Iran lifts its Bitcoin ban (29 Jan)

    Archeology (Financial Incumbents) * The European Central Bank has printed €2.85T since 2015 to help sustain the EU economy (4 Jan) * Some of the Yellow Vests in France are calling upon supporters to withdraw money from the banks (8 Jan) * EU fines Mastercard for €570M for high fees (22 Jan)

    Price & Trading * Don't look at ATHs, look at yearly lows (3 Jan) * Whenever you doubt your investing decisions, remember this guy (4 Jan) * Someone creates an open-source terminal dashboard for automated trading and charting (15 Jan)

    Fun & Other * Someone put 5% of their paycheck into bitcoin for 3 years (1 Jan) * Bitcoin featured in The Times newspaper on its 10th anniversary (2 Jan) * Bitcoin was launched 10 years ago (3 Jan) * A "How to use bitcoin anonymously" article gets banned on Medium (5 Jan) * A street art treasure hunt in Paris with a Bitcoin puzzle (7 Jan) * An AMA with the co-founder of Wasabi Wallet (7 Jan) * People are trying to encourage others to quit smoking and acquire bitcoin with those savings (8 Jan) * 10 years since Hal Finney's "Running Bitcoin" tweet (9 Jan) * Gab calls bitcoin "free speech money" (9 Jan) * Nick Szabo on Central Banks, gold and bitcoin (11 Jan) * A discussion on the public perception of 'hodl' (12 Jan) * A Twitch streamer receives 20 bitcoin in donations (13 Jan) * The Paris bitcoin puzzle was solved (14 Jan) * An AMA by Blockstream (16 Jan) * The challenges of launching a new cryptocurrency with Proof-of-Work today (16 Jan) * A bitcoin logo on a football team's shirts in Israel (21 Jan) * Buckminster Fuller on an energy-value system in 1981 (22 Jan) * Someone started anonymously broadcasting messages over Blockstream's satellites (24 Jan) * Bitcoin is inspiring a new generation of investors (28 Jan) * A story from someone who lost ~$2M USD in btc (29 Jan) * A discussion on tokenization in stock and bonds trading (31 Jan)

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    Daily Discussion, February 03, 2019

    Posted: 02 Feb 2019 11:00 PM PST

    Please utilize this sticky thread for all general Bitcoin discussions! If you see posts on the front page or /r/Bitcoin/new which are better suited for this daily discussion thread, please help out by directing the OP to this thread instead. Thank you!

    If you don't get an answer to your question, you can try phrasing it differently or commenting again tomorrow.

    We have a couple chat rooms now!

    Please check the previous discussion thread for unanswered questions.

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    Bitcoin vs Fiat Beast

    Posted: 03 Feb 2019 03:04 AM PST

    Twitter CEO to Joe Rogan: I Think Currency of The Internet Will Be Bitcoin

    Posted: 02 Feb 2019 06:52 AM PST

    @jespow: We have thousands of wallet addresses known to belong to @QuadrigaCoinEx and are investigating the bizarre and, frankly, unbelievable story of the founder's death and lost keys. I'm not normally calling for subpoenas but if @rcmpgrcpolice are looking in to this, contact @krakenfx

    Posted: 02 Feb 2019 05:31 PM PST

    Maybe /r/Bitcoin should pin the Electrum phishing warning for a longer period?

    Posted: 02 Feb 2019 11:44 PM PST

    Just had a look at electrum's github issue tracker... Another wave of phishing attack just happened. :-(

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    Fan-fucking-tastic Podcast with Peter Todd recorded 3 days ago

    Posted: 02 Feb 2019 08:27 PM PST

    Found in Vienna.

    Posted: 03 Feb 2019 02:29 AM PST

    Bitcoin-for-Taxes Bill in NH Unanimously Approved by House Subcommittee

    Posted: 02 Feb 2019 10:40 PM PST

    Donald Trump Might Pick This Bitcoin Optimist to Lead the World Bank

    Posted: 02 Feb 2019 03:14 PM PST

    Just did my first LN transaction. Got to admit, LN gives me so much confidence in Bitcoin.

    Posted: 02 Feb 2019 09:10 AM PST

    If LN bitcoin becomes popularized, why do we need all these alt coins with their version?

    Posted: 02 Feb 2019 11:52 PM PST

    LN bitcoin will make all other coins obsolete

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    Milton Friedman is GENIUS!

    Posted: 02 Feb 2019 05:16 PM PST

    He predicts the rise of Bitcoin in 1999! Its so amazing him to say exactly what BTC is about.

    https://youtu.be/6MnQJFEVY7s

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    Can lightning really take over all alts?

    Posted: 02 Feb 2019 06:45 PM PST

    With the invention of building a layer on top of the main bitcoin blockchain, some say we can do this to build in any useful traits from any alt out there. Is there any alt that has utility beyond a second layer on top of bitcoin?

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    What are some fairly popular places where I could sell video game merch for Bitcoin?

    Posted: 02 Feb 2019 08:45 PM PST

    I just re-opened my shop at the local flea market after being closed for 3 years and finally got the vast majority of all that stuff out of my garage and closets in to a nice walk-in storage space. I think I'm the only person there advertising that I accept BitCoin and so far no takers, but it got me thinking, maybe I should list some of these items online too.

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    In supporting the Venezuela crisis. Remitano is giving away 5 USD in Bitcoin to the first 1,000 Venezuelan who signs up and completes KYC verification

    Posted: 03 Feb 2019 02:11 AM PST

    Bitcoin friendly app is no.2 on Apple Store. Is this any good?

    Posted: 02 Feb 2019 10:11 PM PST

    Jack Dorsey says Bitcoin friendly app is no.2 on Apple Store. Does it do any good to the current bitcoin price?

    https://www.ccn.com/jack-dorsey-bitcoin-cash-app-2nd-popular-apple-app

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    Saw this in my 2013 Macroeconimcs digital book.

    Posted: 02 Feb 2019 10:15 AM PST

    In 1997, Adam Back invented „hashcash“, a solution to combat the increasing amount of spam mails. This turned out to be one of the essential building blocks (pun intended) of Bitcoin

    Posted: 03 Feb 2019 01:48 AM PST

    Biggest concerns about Bitcoin

    Posted: 03 Feb 2019 01:35 AM PST

    I am a believer in Bitcoin and what it could be. I also believe that it's extremely Important to discuss what some of our biggest concerns are with Bitcoin. Anything is fair game from a technical aspect to a political one. I think this would be great to talk about and it's very important no matter how bullish you are to discuss the other side.

    Appreciate any comments/discussion!!!

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    Totally legitimate 'Bitcoin embassy' found in Birmingham

    Posted: 02 Feb 2019 03:55 AM PST

    Bitcoin Shop in Madrid

    Posted: 02 Feb 2019 03:05 PM PST

    Bitcoin Shop in Madrid

    Found today in Madrid

    This is not a shop where you can pay in BTC... it is a place where the only thing you can do is buy BTC ( and maybe sell too, that I don't know).

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    Livestream - the making of BTCPay Server Introductory video and Lightning Network Crowdfund

    Posted: 02 Feb 2019 11:39 AM PST

    Jack Dorsey (co-founder and CEO of Twitter, and founder and CEO of Square) on Joe Rogan podcast says he thinks Bitcoin will be the Internet's native currency.

    Posted: 02 Feb 2019 07:15 AM PST

    Bitcoin Graveyard - Over 600 flowers laid using the Lightning Network (you can lay flowers on each tombstone that relates to Bitcoin obituary)

    Posted: 02 Feb 2019 07:43 AM PST

    The bill for Wyoming recognizing Crypto will be effective from 1st of July

    Posted: 02 Feb 2019 07:22 AM PST

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