Full show notes and links:  In this episode, I attempt to clear up why I think Lyn Alden is using a Triffin-style premise and my problem with the Triffin dilemma in general. I've noticed people using Triffin-style arguments even more in the past couple of weeks, and it is very important that we have the tools to evaluate if this is the proper framework from which to build an understanding of the financial system.   I quote heavily from Lyn and the BIS in this episode, drilling down the essense of the problem with the premise of deficits being the basis for foreign reserves of the dollar. Short answer, they aren't. There's very little evidence that deficits matter to foreign reserves at all, or that they play more than a very small role. The single most important source of foreign reserves is the eurodollar market. If we clear our minds of the role of deficits, then what is the argument for the unsustainability of the USD system? Well, it boils down to the end of a gigantic global credit bubble enabled by the Pax Americana. Hope this helps clarify. Stay tuned for the next episode on NFTs and fungibility. It will be a satisfying episode. A Links  - Lyn Alden   - Lyn Alden  - Triffin: Dilemma or Myth? BIS Report with

Triffin Dilemma: Quick Part 2 - E227

Hopefully this episode helps you understand the criticisms of Ethereum's Ultra Sound Money (USM) thesis. In this episode I focus on answering the criticism present in the USM thesis from a bitcoin perspective. I start with introducing the listener to the idea of USM and economic engines. Then I dive into the ways to power the engine with issuance or fees, and some of the fallacies around that. Next, we look at Proof of Work (mining) versus Proof of Stake (what ethereum wants to go to). Lastly, is a quick discussion on EIP 1559, the proposal in Ethereum to burn transaction fees as a way to deflate supply.

Economic Fallacies of Ethereum as Ultra Sound Money - E229

Hopefully this episode helps you understand the monetary system and some of the arguments for a future outlook that is deflationary. Questions were sent in by long time supporter Rob. They are below. We cover the first three in this Part 1 and then tackle the last two in Part 2, along with a general discussion on CPI and asset price inflation. I have Part 2 recorded, but have to edit it and upload it. So, you can expect that in a few days.  Jeff Booth talks about how we should have massive DEflation due to technology and productivity advances, yet we don’t, why not? Is it possible to have both inflation and deflation in different types of goods and commodities, is that what is happening? With the fed expanding supply of reserves dramatically, why don’t we see consumer inflation. Where do we look to measure it? How come there is no consensus on what is or is not inflation, and what is or is not likely to come in the next 12-18 months? Gold has a reputation of being a hedge of inflation, has that proven true or false over time? Bitcoin?  A Get The Bitcoin Dictionary! Bitcoin jargon demystified. Over 180 Bitcoin terms, concepts, and idioms.  The Best Free Bitcoin Newsletter! Don't miss another issue.  Subscribe to the Pod!  &nbsp;| &nbsp;  &nbsp; | &nbsp; &nbsp;| &nbsp; &nbsp;| &nbsp; &nbsp;| &nbsp; The Show Needs Your Support  We’re a small operation and producing quality content people find valuable. Check out our  of ways to help the show Affiliates  Chart Like A Pro With  The Best WordPress Theme I’ve Ever Used!   And Get 2 FREE Audio Books  Have Feedback? Send it our way. **: This is not investment advice, do your own research.**

Q&A on Deflation: Part 1 - E230

In this episode I read through some of the ECB's Annual Report and comment on the current state of the Euro, as well as their efforts to create a digital Euro. This is applicable to bitcoin because the ECB is a major incumbent in the current system, and is trying to launch a bitcoin competitor, which they call a Central Bank Digital Currency. In the first part of the podcast I detail some of the inconsistencies in their Main Findings. Namely, they claim the Euro's currency status has remained "broadly stable" through 2020. Yet, when we read their stats, nearly everything is declining and at a fairly rapid pace. This is very notable, especially since the Euro is already at "historic lows" of importance in the financial system. Next, I read through the entire CBDC section and comment thoroughly about what they are getting right and wrong. Unfortunately, they are getting most things wrongs, but they are doing better than, say, two years ago. The main issues I see are: 1) Means of payment is not a function of money. Paypal or Visa are not functions of the dollar. They are separate features. We can easily and plainly draw a line between Paypal and the dollar. We don't consider Paypal as part of the dollar. Therefore, means of payment is not a function of money, it is a function of financial infrastructure around money. 2) Features are not additive. Throughout their report, they claim adding feature X will result in Y, and adding feature A will result in B, as if these features are added in isolation without any second order effects or trade-offs. Indeed, they claim there is a positive feedback loop to adding more and more features. In fact, every feature has a trade-off and adds to the complexity of the whole. This dynamic is actually a negative feedback loop. 3) Interoperability and anonymity - central banks can only give lipservice to these two things. They cannot truly be interoperable, because that opens them up to monetary competition and gives sanction to speculative attacks. One thing legal tender laws do is to close down monetary competition. Anonymity as well is an obvious plus, so they consider it here, but it fact central planners cannot offer anonymity else they'd lose control. 4) Many of these things are already possible and don't need a special new solution by the central bank. In the real world, these solutions are squashed by regulation, not some technical limitation. There is a reason those regulations where put in place (whether you agree with it or not), and providing a new solution effectively routes around those inefficiencies that are part of the regulation process. The central banks would be undermining their very own regulations in other words if they solved for these things in a CBDC. 5) Interoperability, anonymity, censorship resistance, and being a bearer instrument are products of decentralization. A CBDC is by definition centralized around the central bank, so cannot provide these things. Links ECB 2021 Annual Report  Hypothesis link world Lagarde conviction  A Get The Bitcoin Dictionary! Bitcoin jargon demystified. Over 180 Bitcoin terms, concepts, and idioms.  The Best Free Bitcoin Newsletter! Don't miss another issue.  Subscribe to the Pod!  &nbsp;| &nbsp;  &nbsp; | &nbsp; &nbsp;| &nbsp; &nbsp;| &nbsp; &nbsp;| &nbsp; The Show Needs Your Support  We’re a small operation and producing quality content people find valuable. Check out our  of ways to help the show Affiliates  Chart Like A Pro With  The Best WordPress Theme I’ve Ever Used!   And Get 2 FREE Audio Books  Have Feedback? Send it our way. **: This is not investment advice, do your own research.**

Present and Future of the Euro, ECB Annual Report Breakdown - E232

Full show notes with links and charts:  Telegram  Twitter  for Spaces! FREE weekly newsletter    In this episode, I start with the bitcoin chart (you can find at bitcoinandmarkets.com/e272/). I try to quickly move through the S&amp;P 500, Oil, Treasury yields, and the US dollar index (DXY) charts. The main part of the show is reading through and commenting on the ECB's latest hit piece on bitcoin. Overall, this hit piece may market the bottom for bitcoin. Links        #bitcoin #macro #geopolitics ---- Disclaimer: The content for Bitcoin & Markets shall not be construed as tax, legal or financial advice. Do you own research.

The ECB is on the Road to Irrelevance - Daily Live 11.30.22 | E272

Live streams YouTube:  Rumble:  Twitter  Links and charts:  Telegram  FREE weekly newsletter  Fountain app:  LIKE AND COMMENT!!   In this episode, I readthrough this week's Fundamentals Report, with associated tangents. Headlines include the upcoming ETF approval deadlines, Ripple update, major institutional shift toward Bitcoin and Bitcoin mining, altcoin drama including Uniswap delisting HEX and Ethereum centralization. I give a preview to this week's CPI from the US. Run through the Bitcoin price, specifically how low the volatility has been, focusing on an upcoming move. I touch on Bitcoin mining news and statistics. Lastly, I explore if it matters if Lightning nodes are relatively centralized on hosting services. Enjoy. Links   /      --- Got value from the show? Support directly! Strike:  Cash App:  --- Disclaimer: The content of Bitcoin &amp; Markets shall not be construed as tax, legal or financial advice. Do you own research.  #bitcoin #macro #geopolitics

Bitcoin ETF Imminent, Industry Update, Big Move Coming! - E362

Live streams YouTube:  Rumble:  Twitter  Links and charts:  Telegram  FREE weekly newsletter  Fountain app:  LIKE AND COMMENT!!   In this episode, I readthrough this week's Fundamentals Report, with associated tangents. Headlines include Argentina's Presidential primary and Javier Milei's victory, ETF updates, anti-cycle narrative, US CPI and China's crashing economy. Next, I discuss the new stablecoin called Bitcoin in the price section. Lastly, is mining news and metric updates from the network, like difficulty, mempool and ordinals. Enjoy. Links   /      --- Got value from the show? Support directly! Strike:  Cash App:  --- Disclaimer: The content of Bitcoin &amp; Markets shall not be construed as tax, legal or financial advice. Do you own research.  #bitcoin #macro #geopolitics

Bitcoin President in Argentina! China Collapse, ETF Update - E363

Live streams YouTube:  Rumble:  Twitter  Links and charts:  Telegram  FREE weekly newsletter  Fountain app:  LIKE AND COMMENT!!   In this episode, I readthrough my recent blog post titled The Coming Multipolar World. In it discuss how the standard theories are too rigid around monolithic nation states. In my synthesis, I break out several internal conflicts within the US and the West, sprinkle in some demographics, realism, and classic geopolitics. Enjoy. Links   /      --- Got value from the show? Support directly! Strike:  Cash App:  --- Disclaimer: The content of Bitcoin &amp; Markets shall not be construed as tax, legal or financial advice. Do you own research.  #bitcoin #macro #geopolitics

The Coming Multipolar World - E364

Live streams YouTube:  Rumble:  Twitter  Links and charts:  Telegram  FREE weekly newsletter  Fountain app:  LIKE AND COMMENT!!   In this episode, I readthrough This week's Bitcoin Fundamentals Report with all associated tangents. I get into bitcoin cycles, the price dip, China woes and what they mean geopolitically, a price analysis of Bitcoin, update you on the mining sector with headlines from there as well as network stats, and finally talk about Tether going to RGB and Lightning. Enjoy. Links   /      --- Got value from the show? Support directly! Strike:  Cash App:  --- Disclaimer: The content of Bitcoin &amp; Markets shall not be construed as tax, legal or financial advice. Do you own research.  #bitcoin #macro #geopolitics

Bitcoin Dip, China Crash, Weekly Update - E365

Live streams YouTube:  Rumble:  Twitter  Links and charts:  Telegram  FREE weekly newsletter  Fountain app:  LIKE AND COMMENT!!   This episode is an excerpt from Fed Watch last week. We are discussing Tornado Cash's latest legal action. I have a quite strong opinion on this because we have given up the cypherpunk ethos to whining about obvious government crackdown. Do something about it. Be Satoshi. Launch your stuff without profiting from it. If you build a business around it, it's not decentralized and you should expect to get taken down. It's not right, but there is a reason these things are decentralized. Enjoy. Links   /     --- Got value from the show? Support directly! Strike:  Cash App:  --- Disclaimer: The content of Bitcoin &amp; Markets shall not be construed as tax, legal or financial advice. Do you own research.  #bitcoin #macro #geopolitics

Tornado Cash Suit is not about Privacy - E366

Live streams YouTube:  Rumble:  Twitter  Links and charts:  Telegram  FREE weekly newsletter  Fountain app:  LIKE AND COMMENT!!   In this episode, I read through this week's Bitcoin Fundamentals Report. We cover topics like lack of bitcoin volatility, BIP300, ETF updates, macro Q3, BRICS expansion, price analysis, Blackrock gets into mining, and Lightning Funds. Enjoy. Links   /      --- Got value from the show? Support directly! Strike:  Cash App:  --- Disclaimer: The content of Bitcoin &amp; Markets shall not be construed as tax, legal or financial advice. Do you own research.  #bitcoin #macro #geopolitics

Quiet Before the Storm for Bitcoin - Weekly Update - E367

Live streams YouTube:  Rumble:  Twitter  Links and charts:  Telegram  FREE weekly newsletter  Fountain app:  LIKE AND COMMENT!!   In this episode, I discuss Grayscale beating the SEC to open the way for the first spot Bitcoin ETF. Enjoy. Links   /          --- Got value from the show? Support directly! Strike:  Cash App:  --- Disclaimer: The content of Bitcoin &amp; Markets shall not be construed as tax, legal or financial advice. Do you own research.  #bitcoin #macro #geopolitics

Reaction to Grayscale WIN! - E368

Live streams YouTube:  Rumble:  Twitter  Links and charts:  Telegram  FREE weekly newsletter  Fountain app:  LIKE AND COMMENT!!   In this episode, I readthrough this week's Bitcoin Fundamentals Report. Check out the Live stream if you missed it. Main topics are flat price action, bitcoin's energy efficiency, the BIP 300 debate breakdown, price analysis, mining news, and Liquid open sourcing their code. Enjoy. Links        --- Got value from the show? Support directly! Strike:  Cash App:  --- Disclaimer: The content of Bitcoin &amp; Markets shall not be construed as tax, legal or financial advice. Do you own research.  #bitcoin #macro #geopolitics

BIP300 Debate and Other News, Weekly Bitcoin Update - E369

Bitcoin &amp; Markets: Macro, money, geopolitics and news LIKE and COMMENT!!   In this episode, I talk about bitcoin's "security budget" and get to the bottom of the persistent fallacy behind ever-decreasing bitcoin security. Enjoy. Links            Thanks for listening. If you are reading this, hit the like and subscribe button in your podcast app or on Youtube or Rumble!&nbsp; Links Full write up and charts  YouTube:  Rumble:  Twitter  Telegram  FREE weekly newsletter  Value 4 Value: Fountain app:  Strike:  Cash App:  --- Disclaimer: The content of Bitcoin &amp; Markets shall not be construed as tax, legal or financial advice. Do you own research.  #bitcoin #macro #geopolitics

The Truth About Bitcoin's Security Budget - E371

Bitcoin &amp; Markets: Macro, money, geopolitics and news LIKE AND COMMENT!! In this podcast, I have a little pre-show chat with my Telegram channel talking about Ethereum and general market things, then I get into the FOMC press conference reaction at the 15:30 mark. I react to Jerome Powell's answers to the financial press's questions. He seemed very unsure of himself, did not inspire confidence, and came off as confused. Thanks for listening. If you are reading this, hit the like and subscribe button in your podcast app or on Youtube or Rumble!&nbsp; Links Full write up and charts https://bitcoinandmarkets.com/e382 YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@btcmarketupdate Rumble: https://rumble.com/c/BTCandMarkets Twitter https://twitter.com/AnselLindner Telegram https://t.me/bitcoinandmarkets FREE weekly newsletter https://tinyurl.com/2chhbnff Value 4 Value: Fountain app: https://www.fountain.fm/show/vDnNMS9zY6Ab2ZAMsMJ2 Strike: https://strike.me/ansellindner Cash App: https://cash.app/$AnselLindner --- Disclaimer: The content of Bitcoin &amp; Markets shall not be construed as tax, legal or financial advice. Do you own research. https://bitcoinandmarkets.com/disclaimer/ #bitcoin #macro #geopolitics

Federal Reserve is losing credibility, Insights on the FOMC press conference 3/20/24

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6:45 - SWIFT
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23:30 - Italian elections and the 5 Star Movement
32:45 - Marine Le Pen in France
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E034: "Season of Chaos" - 2/9/2017

PoW! Bitcoin Market Update
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Shaolinfry,
Luke Dash Jr.,
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James Hilliard,
Samson Mow,
Rodolfo Novak,
MrHodl,
Alphonse Pace,
Slush pool,
Tone Vays,
Dan Darkpill,
John Light

Countless people and projects running 148 nodes like:
Bisq,
Samourai,
Trezor,
Electrum,
Bitonic,
Microsoft,
Bitfury,
Bitfinex

Thanks also to all the people that bought hats, changed their twitter names, and gave their general support.

We all made this happen. We are very near to having Segwit, it's locked in, but don't let up quite yet.
 
The next fight is the HF, but that can wait while we celebrate Segwit.
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PoW Bitcoin - Thank You Segwit - 7/22/2017

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SEC enters the game. They are watching ICOs and have the ability to go after ICOs they define as Securities. Users and exchanges dealing in illegal securities are not immune.
https://www.sec.gov/litigation/investreport/34-81207.pdf

Big news on the MtGox and other hacks connected to a recent arrest in Greece and BTC-e. I hope they come back online.
http://blog.wizsec.jp/2017/07/breaking-open-mtgox-1.html?m=1

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PoW Bitcoin - Resilient Bitcoin - 7/27/2017

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PoW Bitcoin: "Bitcoin In Space" - 8/17/2017

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Prices
Bitstamp - $4080
3M Futures - $4054
spread - $25

Market Cap - $66B
Global MC  - $140B
Maximalist Price - $8470

Difficulty - -3% or 3%
https://bitcoinwisdom.com/bitcoin/difficulty
http://fork.lol/pow/retarget

Mempool - 3MB

Avg Tx Value on chain - $2936 - I'd like to see this higher

Localbitcoins - $59M transacted last week

Paxful volume hit $9.9M for the first time last week
Total over $70M public OTC

Falkvinge tweet rant
https://twitter.com/Falkvinge/status/912676219036028929
I'm sick of weak freedom fighters, limp wristed anarchists, hermit old men stacking silver and gold.
Bitcoin is going to swallow all of that.
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DXY - 93.37

Gold - $1289

SPX - 2496

EURUSD - 1.174 - called the small head and shoulders w/ invalidation above 1.205. Never got that high. Pattern complete at ~1.150.

Catalonia
The spanish govt went around the region and grabbed all the paper ballots. Which is funny, because technology will set you free. They could just design a website, host it internationally, give access to polling places only.

Kurdish Referendum is more important that Catalonia
Initial reports out of the region are that yes won. Turkey quickly threatened to cut off their pipeline to the region. I think Erdogan is in a hard place. I remember a conversations about 10 years ago 30k ft over Iraq, hearing that a Kurdistan State is a nightmare for regional powers.

There is a great video on the subject here.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u7J_uHlXa48

Turkey reaction
http://www.independent.co.uk/news/business/news/kurdish-referendum-oil-prices-rise-latest-turkey-pipeline-iraq-iran-cut-off-two-year-high-a7967356.html
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PoW Bitcoin: "Breakout Time" - 9/27/2017

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*** Momentum is definitely slowing. But I expect good news to outweight bad for the rest of the week. Could test $4k before breaking $4500.

Prices
Bitstamp - $4301
3M Futures - $4225
spread - -$75

Market Cap - $71B
Global MC  - $144B
Maximalist Price - $8702

Avg Tx Value on chain - $2874 - I'd like to see this higher

Difficulty Last change was 1.85%. Fork.lol was closer.
-2.2% or +35%
https://bitcoinwisdom.com/bitcoin/difficulty
http://fork.lol/pow/retarget

Mempool - <1MB
My theory didn't hold on this last round of difficulty swap with Bcash and bitcoin. The blocks slowed down so much, the mempool got above 12MB for a few hours. I'm still watching this relationship. If you guys have any ideas about this, comment or twitter.

Localbitcoins - $52M transacted last week
Paxful volume hit $10.1M
Total over $62M public OTC
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Goldman Sachs is considering a bitcoin trading desk
https://www.coindesk.com/report-goldman-sachs-considering-bitcoin-services-clients/
Don't let the big boys dilute you.

Bizcoin, ticker $BIZ
Charlie Lee talked about what he sees is coinbase's likely plan. Offer both.
	
There's no user led movement for 2x. It's obviously a corporate take over when only CEOs are speaking out about it.

Jeff Garzik got schooled yesterday, trying to say a block increase was written by Satoshi.
	
They are looking at doing covert signaling for 2x, due to 0.15's new banning of nodes that propogate signaling for 2x. We'll see how they push out a simple fix. There's only 203 btc1 nodes.
	
BTW Coin.dance's node page for bcash still isn't up. I wonder how many nodes they have. 50?
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PoW Bitcoin: "Bizcoin" - 10/3/2017

Bitcoin & Markets Update 11/8/17
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Prices
Bitstamp - $7501
The Finney: $0.75
3M Futures - $6958
spread - $550

Market Cap - $124.5B
Global MC  - $204B
Maximalist Price - $12,247
Avg on chain tx value - $5440
BTC $ val tx'ed on chain (24h): $2.5B

Difficulty: -29% or -5%
https://bitcoinwisdom.com/bitcoin/difficulty
http://fork.lol/pow/retarget

Dan Robinson - The Cost of Supporting the B2X Fork https://medium.com/@danrobinson/the-cost-of-supporting-the-b2x-fork-how-to-lose-100m-in-ten-days-6797f7ef52da

Mempool: 10MB
https://tradeblock.com/bitcoin/

OTC
$10M (1400) in the last 24 hours on localbitcoins.
Last week
Localbitcoins: $65M/wk - nearly an ATH, only 1 week higher 71M
Paxful: $9M/wk
LedgerX: $2.4M/wk - New. These are next day fully collaterized swaps. On track for $2.5M
Total public OTC data: $76.4M/wk
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Parity shut down - "I accidentily killed it."
https://imgur.com/KDi7xyI
https://np.reddit.com/r/ethereum/comments/7bgbep/it_is_not_the_ethereum_foundations_responsibility/

Tuur vs Vitalik - https://medium.com/@tuurdemeester/critique-of-buterins-a-proof-of-stake-design-philosophy-49fc9ebb36c6
https://medium.com/@tuurdemeester/re-buterins-criticism-of-my-pos-piece-4ee70d6fd289

Centralized Bcash forks - https://www.bitcoinabc.org/november

Great watch Block Digest - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hDWjo-j9taM
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PoW Bitcoin: "I Accidently Killed It" - 11/6/2017

Bitcoin & Markets Update 11/16/17
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Prices
Bitstamp - $7410
The Finney: $0.74
3M Futures - $7320
spread - $90

Market Cap - $125B
Global MC  - $220B
Maximalist Price - $13,171
Avg on chain tx value - $8545
	As mempool filled, avg tx size increased, showing the quality filter of fees.
BTC $ val tx'ed on chain (24h): $2.3B

Difficulty: -30% or -6% - I estimate about -5%
https://bitcoinwisdom.com/bitcoin/difficulty
http://fork.lol/pow/retarget

Mempool: 13MB
down from a high of 50MB during the latest attack. Half of unconfirmed txs were 1 sat/b
https://tradeblock.com/bitcoin/
https://jochen-hoenicke.de/queue/#2h

OTC
Localbitcoins: $62M/wk
Paxful: $9M/wk
LedgerX: $2.6M/wk
But HUGE volume this week on LedgerX, $4.2M in first three days, more options for options contracts being offered as well.
http://data.ledgerx.com/
Total public OTC data: $73.6M/wk
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Micropayment Channel Networks
https://www.tik.ee.ethz.ch/file/a20a865ce40d40c8f942cf206a7cba96/Scalable_Funding_Of_Blockchain_Micropayment_Networks%20(1).pdf

Core 0.15.1 is released in the middle of a civil way Core devs march on. Thanks to all the contributors.
https://lists.linuxfoundation.org/pipermail/bitcoin-core-dev/2017-November/000048.html

BCASH update
Ver moved coins to bitfinex, looks like he was sell small pieces in 2000 btc blocks. It'd be plain stupid to sell all his BTC. There is no question about which coin will "win" he must know that or he's stupid.
https://www.reddit.com/r/Bitcoin/comments/7cefom/roger_ver_just_sent_25k_btc_to_bitfinex/

Jihan tweeted a few times telling bcash community to be nice to other altcoins. I asked if he'd commit his anti-competitive patents to a defensive patent pool like BS, but no answer.
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PoW Bitcoin: "Bitcoin Is So Entertaining" - 11/16/2017

Bitcoin & Markets Update 12/13/17
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PRICES 
Bitstamp: $16,558  
1 finney: $1.65 
Mayer Multiple: $4938 = 3.3, (blowoff tops happen around 7) 
3M Futures: $17450 - New contract in 1 day
spread: + $900 

MARKET SIZE and METRICS
Market Cap: $284 B 
Global MC: $498 B 
Maximalist Price: $29,746 
Avg on-chain tx value: $15,443 
BTC dollar value tx'ed on-chain (24h): $5.7 B 

NETWORK STATS
Difficulty: est 13% in 5 days 
http://fork.lol/pow/retarget - New stats and look, I like it. 
https://cryptothis.com/diff/ 

Mempool: 28MB - This is about the perfect size
https://tradeblock.com/bitcoin/
https://jochen-hoenicke.de/queue/#3m
 
OTC VOLUME
Localbitcoins: $97.0M/wk 
Paxful: $7.5M/wk 
LedgerX: $6.5M/wk 
http://data.ledgerx.com/ 
Total public OTC data: $111.0M - $101M/wk last 
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Govcoin can't be a thing. It's less efficient than what they have now.

Cboe futures prices and maturities
http://cfe.cboe.com/cfe-products/xbt-cboe-bitcoin-futures

The Cold Card by Coinkite
http://blog.opendime.com/coldcard-annoucement/

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"Fundamentals and Maximalism" - Bitcoin and Markets - 12/13/2017

Bitcoin & Markets Update 12/19/17
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PRICES 
Bitstamp: $18,150  
1 finney: $1.81 
Mayer Multiple: $5412 = 3.3, No change, (blowoff tops happen around 7) 
3M Futures: $20,070
spread: + $2000 
CME Futures 3M - $18,435
http://www.cmegroup.com/trading/equity-index/us-index/bitcoin.html

MARKET SIZE and METRICS
Market Cap: $304 B 
Global MC: $607 B 
Maximalist Price: $36,325 
Avg on-chain tx value: $12,361 
BTC dollar value tx'ed on-chain (24h): $4.8 B 

NETWORK STATS
Difficulty: +17% yesterday, another +11% est in 11 days
http://fork.lol/pow/retarget - New stats and look, I like it. 
https://cryptothis.com/diff/ 

Mempool: 29MB - This is about the perfect size
https://tradeblock.com/bitcoin/
40MB of 1 sat/byte txs. Spam for sure.
https://jochen-hoenicke.de/queue/#3m
The 6 sat/byte theory.
https://twitter.com/JoshuaJBouw/status/941625444700270592

Merged PRs:
Bitcoin: https://github.com/bitcoin/bitcoin/pulse
Geth: https://github.com/ethereum/go-ethereum/pulse
Bcash: https://github.com/bitprim/bitprim/pulse
https://github.com/paritytech/parity-bitcoin/pulse
https://github.com/bitcoinxt/bitcoinxt/pulse
https://github.com/Bitcoin-ABC/bitcoin-abc/pulse
https://github.com/BitcoinUnlimited/BitcoinUnlimited/pulse

Blockstream is responsible for only 8% https://twitter.com/_jonasschnelli_/status/859389367105851392
 
OTC VOLUME
Localbitcoins: $100.7M/wk 
Paxful: $8.3M/wk 
LedgerX: $6.0M/wk 
http://data.ledgerx.com/ 
Total public OTC data: $115.0M - $111M/wk last 
PSA: Centralized exchanges are invasive, slow and outside your control. Check out p2p exchanges like https://bisq.network/ (hit $226k in volume!)
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Bubble, bubble, bubble
	
Pyramid schemes and ponzi schemes, Pain is a good teacher, these people aren't going away, they're here to stay.

Why Coinbase, BitPay and BCi are not implementing Segwit

ZeroLink
https://medium.com/@nopara73/zerolink-massive-scale-coinjoin-is-about-to-be-deployed-participate-in-the-final-test-and-earn-6225939d15fb
Please participate!! Testing on 20 Dec. Download and setup, all the instructions are on the medium post.

Craigslist
http://www.businessinsider.com/craigslist-added-a-button-to-accept-cryptocurrencies-as-payment-2017-12
I think this is kind of big, but not because I think people will use it, people will see it, it'll jog their memory of hearing about it before.

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"Not a Bubble" - 12/19/2017

Bitcoin & Markets Update 12/26/17
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PRICES 
Bitstamp: $15,297 
1 finney: $1.52 
Mayer Multiple: $5600 = 2.5, 
3M Futures: $16,455
spread: + $1200 - 7.8% 
CME Futures 1M - $15,400
http://www.cmegroup.com/trading/equity-index/us-index/bitcoin.html

MARKET SIZE and METRICS
Market Cap: $259 B 
Global MC: $583 B 
Maximalist Price: $34,736 
Avg on-chain tx value: $11,006 
BTC dollar value tx'ed on-chain (24h): $2.5 B Over Xmas no less!

NETWORK STATS
Difficulty: +0% est in 6 days
http://fork.lol/pow/retarget - New stats and look, I like it. 
https://cryptothis.com/diff/ 

Mempool: 10MB - On tradeblock by filtering the most ill-intended txs out. 200MB on JoHoe's site.
https://tradeblock.com/bitcoin/
https://jochen-hoenicke.de/queue/#3m

Merged PRs: 21 Merges and 17 closed issues over the last 7 days, even over xmas.
https://github.com/bitcoin/bitcoin/pulse
 
OTC VOLUME
Localbitcoins: $133.9M/wk 
Paxful: $9.8M/wk 
LedgerX: $3.9M/wk 
http://data.ledgerx.com/ 
Total public OTC data: $147.6 - $115.0M/wk last 
PSA: Centralized exchanges are invasive, slow and outside your control. Check out p2p exchanges like https://bisq.network/ (hit $291k in volume!)
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Coinbase
#FireArmstrong
#LeaveCoinbase
#Conbase
Coinbase is in the big leagues now. They've been a bad actor in bitcoin for years, with Armstrong as a total tool.

OXT.me aquired by Samourai
http://blog.samouraiwallet.com/post/168785913782/samourai-oxt

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"Metrics and Externalities" - 12/26/2017

Bitcoin & Markets Update 12/31/17
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PRICES 
Bitstamp: $13,200 
1 finney: $1.32 
Mayer Multiple: $6102 = 2.1  
3M Futures: $14,000
spread: + $700 or 5% 
CME Futures 3M - $14,470
http://www.cmegroup.com/trading/equity-index/us-index/bitcoin.html

MARKET SIZE and METRICS
Market Cap: $238 B 
Global MC: $588 B 
Maximalist Price: $35,065  
BTC dollar value tx'ed on-chain (24h): $3.9 B 

NETWORK STATS
Difficulty: +3% 15 hours 
http://fork.lol/pow/retarget - New stats and look, I like it. 
https://cryptothis.com/diff/ 

Mempool: 9MB, JoHoe's site says 175MB, big discrep but has to do with size of fee
https://tradeblock.com/bitcoin/
https://jochen-hoenicke.de/queue/#3m

Merged PRs: 5 merged PRs and 17 closed issues
https://github.com/bitcoin/bitcoin/pulse
 
OTC VOLUME
Localbitcoins: $133.9M/wk 
Paxful: $9.8M/wk 
LedgerX: $3.9M/wk 
http://data.ledgerx.com/ 
Total public OTC data: $147M/wk last 
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Ripple
Centralized supply
Centralized control over dev
Centralized validation
Roger Ver is always involved with these malicious altcoins
https://bitcoinmagazine.com/articles/ripple-labs-fined-700000-fincen-will-institute-transaction-monitoring-across-ripple-protocol-1430883659/
FINCEN mandated KYC/AML layer
https://www.fincen.gov/sites/default/files/shared/Ripple_Remedial_Measures.pdf

Fees don't matter, because ripple is burned
There's no fundamental value to xrp
XRP is supposed to be used as a fee to carry other tokens from banks and stuff
Ripple isn't a cryptocurrency, it's a bankster coin

Theory
Ripple could be an innocent altcoin pump, but I doubt it.
If I were a bank or govt with a printing press, I'd try to confuse people by pumping altcoins. Bitcoin is what I'm worried about.
If Ripple had any value, the banks would fork it and run it themselves. They can't lose control of their transactions to a decentralized system.

Amir Taaki and Vitalik tweets
https://twitter.com/AmirPolyteknik/status/945693434500829184
https://twitter.com/VitalikButerin/status/945988644661207040

Blockchains are just a part of a balanced system. If you don't have a value token, PoW, decentralization or a need for government resistance, you don't need a blockchain.
Blockchains are INEFFICIENT. They are dumb solutions, unless you have all four of the conditions above.

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"End of Year Market Conditions and Ripple" - 12/31/17

Bitcoin & Markets 1/26/18
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PRICES 
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Bitstamp: $10,454 / 1 finney: $1.04 
Mayer Multiple: Spot/200 MA ($7503) = 1.4 
3M BTC Settled Futures (Mar): $10,700 / spread: + $250 or 2.3% 
CME Futures: Jan18 $10,345 / Mar18 $10,345 / Jun18 0 vol (1) 
Bitmex Futures: Mar18 $10,677 / Jun18 $11,130

Futures are not manipulating this price. 139 contract (695 coins) open interest on the contracts expiring today. 144 (720 coins) offset positions today. 
Self fulling prophecy.

MARKET SIZE and TRANSACTIONS
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Market Cap: $177 B 
Global Bitcoin MC: $514 B 
Maximalist Price: $30,386 
USD value tx'ed on-chain /24h: $2.1 B 
Avg tx Val /24h: $8,974  

SECURITY
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Difficulty: 18% increase yesterday. est. 1% to +9% in 12 days (2)(3)

FEES
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Mempool: 10MB, ~15 sat/b (4)(5) 
105MB if you measure everything
Lightning scared the spammers. What I said about the spammers pushing lightning forward.

DEVELOPMENT
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Merged PRs: 18 merged PRs and 18 closed issues (6)(7) 
Lightning Network: 3.2 btc capacity, 662 open channels, ? nodes - ? channels/node (8)(9) 
 
OTC VOLUME
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Localbitcoins: $131M/wk then a weird week of $66M 
Paxful: $11M/wk ATH then a weird week of $5M 
LedgerX: $1.2M/wk (10) 
Gemini Auction: $11M/wk (11) 
Total public OTC data: $156.2M/wk 
PSA: Support p2p exchanges like https://bisq.network/. Not free from privacy concerns. 

http://otcbtc.com/ 


NEWS
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Explained the metrics

On the Bitcoin News Show
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dHwfMYJ35Mk&t=5838s
many of the topics today can be tied into privacy

Talk about Lightning. 

Dollar, Syria, stocks and bonds. 
		

Substatum is probably like 95% of ICOs
https://medium.com/@YagamiLight/the-technical-red-flags-of-the-substratum-network-sub-1f34e8b5ffcb

Saving the stock market or the dollar

SOURCES
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1. CME futures: http://www.cmegroup.com/trading/equity-index/us-index/bitcoin.html
2. Network stats: http://fork.lol/pow/retarget 
3. Difficulty: https://cryptothis.com/diff/ 
4. Real time fees: https://tradeblock.com/bitcoin/ 
5. Visualization:  https://jochen-hoenicke.de/queue/#3m 
6. Bitcoin github stats: https://github.com/bitcoin/bitcoin/pulse 
7. Ranking: https://www.coingecko.com 
8. LN capacity: https://p2sh.info/dashboard/db/lightning-network?orgId=1 
9. LN nodes: https://lnmainnet.gaben.win/# 
10. LedgerX: http://data.ledgerx.com/ 
11. Gemini Auction: https://gemini.com/auction-data/ 

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"Lightning Network and Price Manipulation" - 1/26/2018

Bitcoin & Markets 2/7/18
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PRICES 
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Bitstamp: $8248 / 1 finney: $0.82 
Mayer Multiple: Spot/200 MA ($8122) = 1.01 (1) 
3M BTC Settled Futures (Mar): $8136 / spread: + $0 or 0% 
CME Futures: Feb18 $8115 / Mar18 $8110 / Jun18 $7440 - most volume daily candle closed at $8755 on the way down (2) 
Bitmex Futures: Mar18 $8166 / Jun18 $8286
Bitfinex was ~$1-200 higher on the way down, and is now $100 lower than bitstamp. Good sign imo.

MARKET SIZE and TRANSACTIONS
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Market Cap: $136 B 
Global Bitcoin MC: $352 B 
Maximalist Price: $22,985 
USD value tx'ed on-chain (24h): $2.2 B 
Avg tx Val (24h): $10,164  

SECURITY
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Difficulty: 10.4% yesterday, est. -17% in 13 days (3)(4)

FEES
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Mempool: 29MB, ~10 sat/b (5)(6) 

DEVELOPMENT
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Merged PRs: 16 merged PRs and 11 closed issues (7)(8) 
compared to ethereum's Go client, 8 merged PRs and 16 closed issues
Lightning Network: 5.4 btc capacity, 1320 open channels, 535 nodes - 2.46 channels/node - 0.004 btc/channel (9)(10) 
 
OTC VOLUME
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Localbitcoins: $95M/wk 
Paxful: $12M/wk 
LedgerX: <$1M/wk (11) 
Gemini Auction: $3.8M/wk - huge day on Feb 2, 202 btc bought at $8475 (12) 
Total public OTC data: $111M/wk 
This is a decent total in USD since the price dropped so much.
PSA: Support p2p exchanges like https://bisq.network/. Not free from privacy concerns. 

NEWS
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CFTC and SEC testimony
https://www.banking.senate.gov/public/index.cfm/2018/2/virtual-currencies-the-oversight-role-of-the-u-s-securities-and-exchange-commission-and-the-u-s-commodity-futures-trading-commission

bitcoin magazine article
https://bitcoinmagazine.com/articles/sec-and-cftc-give-testimonies-senate-hearing-virtual-currencies/


SOURCES
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1. Mayer Multiple: http://mayermultiple.com 
2. CME futures: http://www.cmegroup.com/trading/equity-index/us-index/bitcoin.html
3. Network stats: http://fork.lol/pow/retarget 
4. Difficulty: https://cryptothis.com/diff/ 
5. Real time fees: https://tradeblock.com/bitcoin/ 
6. Visualization:  https://jochen-hoenicke.de/queue/#3m 
7. Bitcoin github stats: https://github.com/bitcoin/bitcoin/pulse 
8. Ranking: https://www.coingecko.com 
9. LN capacity: https://p2sh.info/dashboard/db/lightning-network?orgId=1 
10. LN nodes: https://lnmainnet.gaben.win/# 
11. LedgerX: http://data.ledgerx.com/ 
12. Gemini Auction: https://gemini.com/auction-data/ 

EXTRA LINKS
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"Guess Who's Back" - 2/7/2018

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PRICES 
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Price          : $7657 (finney $0.76) 
200 SMA        : $10289 
Mayer Multiple : 0.74 
Okex Futures   : (Jun) $7740 (spread $90 / 1%) 
CME Futures    : (Jun) $7470 (Sep) $7495 (open interest 2,823 / 14,115 btc) 
Bitmex Futures : (Jun) $7688 (Sep) $7752 
Longs / Shorts     : 31,300 / 20,900 (1.49) 
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MARKET SIZE and TXS
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Market Cap         : $130 B 
Global Bitcoin MC  : $342 B 
Maximalist Price   : $20,049 
On chain tx (24h)  : 983,978 btc ($7.5 B) 
Avg tx Val (24h)   : 5.1 btc ($39 k) 
Median tx Val (24h): 0.053 btc ($443) 
NVT (28d)          : 152   
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SECURITY and BLOCKCHAIN 
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Difficulty           : est. +12.9% (last 3: 3%, 3%, 4%) 
Mining profitability : $0.45 THash/day 
Blockchain size      : 199.6 GB 
Mempool              : 1MB 
Median on chain fee  : $0.15/tx
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DEVELOPMENT
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Merged PRs    : 26 
Closed issues : 8 
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LIGHTNING 
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Capacity      : 21.4 btc 
Channels      : 6511 
Nodes         : 2105 
Channels/node : 3.1 
Cap/channel: 0.0032 or $24.9
Cap/node: 0.010 btc 
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GOOGLE TRENDS 
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12 Mo. : 11 /100 
30days : 73 /100 
Trend  : Still watching this for signs of life. 
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REGULAR SOURCES
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Great source   : https://bitinfocharts.com/bitcoin/
Mayer Multiple : http://mayermultiple.com 
CME futures    : http://www.cmegroup.com/trading/equity-index/us-index/bitcoin.html
NVT Ratio      : http://charts.woobull.com/bitcoin-nvt-ratio/ 
Network stats  : http://fork.lol/pow/retarget 
OTC            : https://coin.dance/volume
Difficulty     : https://bitcoinwisdom.com/bitcoin/difficulty 
Real time fees : https://tradeblock.com/bitcoin/ 
Visualization  : https://jochen-hoenicke.de/queue/#3m 
Bitcoin github : https://github.com/bitcoin/bitcoin/pulse 
Ranking        : https://www.coingecko.com 
LN testnet     : https://explorer.acinq.co/#/ 
LN nodes       : https://lnmainnet.gaben.win/# 
LedgerX        : http://data.ledgerx.com/ 
Gemini Auction : https://gemini.com/auction-data/ 
Google trends "bitcoin": https://trends.google.com/trends/explore?q=bitcoin 
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