Cryptocurrency Daily Discussion - August 20, 2020 (GMT+0)

Daily Discussion - August 20, 2020 (GMT+0)
Bitcoin market cap in context
The power of Hodl can avoid playing catch up.
IOTA: Chrysalis (#IOTA 1.5) Phase 1 is officially live on the mainnet!
India Among Top Developing Countries Embracing Crypto Adoption
Middle Eastern Restaurant Chain Converts Entire Reserves to BTC
Vitalik Buterin
I always get exicted when I see predictions, now we live their future, crypto will be normal in a few years
What are your top 5 long term “don’t touch these” holds?
Blockchains of today versus blockchains of tomorrow
South Korea’s Jeju Island Selects ICON for Private, Secure, COVID-19 Contact Tracing.
Tether Live on OMG Network
The former governor of the Reserve Bank of India and former chief economist of the International Monetary Fund, Raghuram Rajan, said that he sees Bitcoin and central bank digital currencies (CBDCs) working alongside each other
‘You Don't Have to Win to Become President’: Candidate Brock Pierce 2020
How Hedge Funds & Institutions Make Money with these Crypto Companies
Ethereum Classic 51% attacker stole $5.6 million from the crypto exchange OKEx.
Google Search Interest For "Crypto" Surges To Levels Last Seen In February 2018
Korean Tourist Hotspot Mandates Use of COVID-19 Blockchain App
Regarding Medalla fix by Prysm: "In releasing this fix, we accidentally removed the initialization of all critical features for our eth2 beacon node to function, making the problem infinitely worse." - Raul Jordan. See if you can find the problem in this code.
An exciting under radar project Fuse.io released their digital wallet update featuring full Ethereum support, multi-asset storage, face recognition, and other neat gimmicks. A very scalable project imo with many application uses.
A Former Beauty Queen Raised $12M to 'Revolutionize' Cannabis. The Courts Can't Find Her - CoinDesk
Eth2 Medalla Testnet Incident - Raul Jordan of Prysmatic Labs
Steem vs Tron: The rebellion against a cryptocurrency empire
“One of the furthest north Bitcoin machines on earth”: Bitcoin ATM installed in Kitimat Canada

Daily Discussion - August 20, 2020 (GMT+0)

Posted: 19 Aug 2020 05:09 PM PDT

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Bitcoin market cap in context

Posted: 19 Aug 2020 07:03 PM PDT

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The power of Hodl can avoid playing catch up.

Posted: 19 Aug 2020 04:33 PM PDT

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IOTA: Chrysalis (#IOTA 1.5) Phase 1 is officially live on the mainnet!

Posted: 19 Aug 2020 06:06 AM PDT

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India Among Top Developing Countries Embracing Crypto Adoption

Posted: 19 Aug 2020 09:49 PM PDT

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Middle Eastern Restaurant Chain Converts Entire Reserves to BTC

Posted: 19 Aug 2020 07:15 PM PDT

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Vitalik Buterin

Posted: 19 Aug 2020 10:13 PM PDT

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I always get exicted when I see predictions, now we live their future, crypto will be normal in a few years

Posted: 19 Aug 2020 08:47 AM PDT

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What are your top 5 long term “don’t touch these” holds?

Posted: 19 Aug 2020 08:30 PM PDT

I'll start. My "don't freaking touch these for the next few years" bags are

ETH BTC LINK BCH ADA

Mostly blue chip but I think not only do we have higher highs to correct to, but the some of the large caps will grow more exponentially than some of the mid and lower caps may believe us to be - but still, what about you?

I'm not looking for any moon shots, unless you're a real firm believer.

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Blockchains of today versus blockchains of tomorrow

Posted: 19 Aug 2020 11:02 PM PDT