Welcome to episode #212 of Block Digest! (Friday, March 20th 2020) Join us: https://dragonsden.io/ Follow us on Twitter: https://twitter.com/blockdigest Credits ======== Shinobius - https://twitter.com/brian_trollz Janine - https://twitter.com/J9Roem Rick - https://twitter.com/cryptorick Intro Song: DVNZXL - [fried_noodles] https://youtu.be/w28NKJJHPZM This video is licensed under Creative Commons (CC BY 4.0): https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ Links ===== Mass Data Collection Push Begins In US | https://twitter.com/NBCNews/status/1240451128548089856?s=20 Amazon Only Restocking Warehouses With Essentials | https://twitter.com/TruNews/status/1240050082164215808?s=20 Fortress Investment Group is the CSW of Companies; Coronavirus Patent Trolling | https://www.techdirt.com/articles/20200316/14584244111/softbank-owned-patent-troll-using-monkey-selfie-law-firm-sues-to-block-covid-19-testing-using-theranos-patents.shtml, https://www.coindesk.com/fortress-will-buy-mt-gox-creditors-claims-for-900-per-bitcoin-owed Ethereum Network Congestion Disrupting MakerDAO | https://twitter.com/lopp/status/1240251570064949250, https://twitter.com/lex_node/status/1239216671782395905 Square Now FDIC Approve De Novo Industrial Bank | https://twitter.com/FDICgov/status/1240378051411705857?s=20 Updated Watchtower Spec Proposal | https://github.com/sr-gi/bolt13/blob/master/13-watchtowers.md Non-Interactive Payment Channel Proposal (Jeremy Rubin) | https://utxos.org/uses/non-interactive-channels/ BTCPay Server VR Meetup | https://twitter.com/udiWertheimer/status/1240275893198749696?s=20 New Joinmarket Release | https://github.com/JoinMarket-Org/joinmarket-clientserver/blob/master/docs/release-notes/release-notes-0.6.2.md Sendwyre Integrates With Opera Browser Crypto Wallet | https://twitter.com/CoinDesk/status/1239831488977424399?s=20 Former Coinbase Legal Appointed to OCC Chief Operating Officer | https://occ.gov/news-issuances/news-releases/2020/nr-occ-2020-33.html Halvening And Price Crash, What Next? | https://www.blockwaresolutions.com/research-and-publications/2020-halving-analysis | https://bitinfocharts.com/comparison/bitcoin-hashrate.html Donate to Block Digest with bitcoins: 3NG9TkTztxUEg44Mcby4Uk3poNn9s6pYjV