The Bitcoin News Show for the week of Jan 7th with your host @theonevortex and panelists: @MustStopMurad @BitcoinErrorLog @cryptonomista Quick Bits: Overstock’s Patrick Byrne Says tZERO Will Launch Next Week https://www.coindesk.com/overstocks-patrick-byrne-says-tzero-will-launch-next-week Bitcoin Price Volatility Is Down 98% Year-on-Year https://www.coindesk.com/bitcoin-price-volatility-is-down-98-year-on-year Bitcoin Node Count Stabilizes – Back Up Over 10K in Past 3 Months https://bitcoinist.com/bitcoin-nodes-10k-reachable/ Bitcoin Mining Getting More Decentralized As Bitmain Loses Dominance From Bitaps.com: "Last 24 hours distribution. The mining distribution is almost such that the miner's share is no more than 10%, and, accordingly, 6 network confirmations provide complete protection against a double spend attack." https://bitcoinist.com/bitcoin-mining-getting-more-decentralized-as-bitmain-loses-dominance/ https://twitter.com/bitaps_com/status/1085642389291761664 Thousands of US Grocery Stores to Sell Bitcoin At Coinstar Kiosks https://bitcoinist.com/coinstar-coinme-buy-bitcoin/ Alex Bosworth has a great new video out, produced by chain code labs, called Lightning channel Management https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HlPIB6jt6ww Jack Mallers of the Zap lightning wallet has put together a site for his meetup that allows anyone to buy some beer with Lightning! Buyabeerwithlightning.com https://twitter.com/JackMallers/status/1086774464325378048 Coincenter demonstrated the Bitcoin Lightning Network to Congress in conjunction with the Congressional Blockchain Caucus this week. https://coincenter.org/link/we-demonstrated-the-bitcoin-lightning-network-in-congress Yan Pritzker has a brand new book about bitcoin out entitled "Inventing Bitcoin". https://twitter.com/skwp/status/1086271827675090944 Dan held's amazing twitter thread on bitcoin as a store of value. https://twitter.com/danheld/status/1084848063947071488 Topics: New Bitrefill Service Aims to Make Lightning Payments Easy https://www.coindesk.com/new-bitrefill-service-aims-to-make-lightning-payments-easy https://bitcoinmagazine.com/articles/bitrefill-channel-opening-service-makes-accepting-lightning-payments-easy/ Debate: What metrics do you use to measure bitcoin's value? Debate: To use alt coins to fund bitcoin infrastructure, or not? https://twitter.com/theonevortex/status/1086980846735638536 -Audio stream https://cms.megaphone.fm/channel/cryptocastnetwork -Support the channel with merch! https://www.amazon.com/s/ref=w_bl_sl_s_ap_web_7141123011?ie=UTF8&node=7141123011&field-brandtextbin=Crypto+Cast+Network -Support the channel with bitcoin! https://www.smartbit.com.au/address/3BTbsNttiaUfVQ4NQJjwpw32XFDex4Jf2d -Helpful links https://btcinformation.org https://lopp.net https://bitcoinops.org/ Crypto Cast Network: http://cryptocast.network https://twitter.com/cryptocastnet #bitcoin #blockchain

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