The Bitcoin News Show for the week of Sep 30th with your host @theonevortex and panelists: @thunderMimble, @CitizenBitcoin and @duganist Quick bits: I had a live debate this week with David Gerard author of the attack of the 50 foot blockchain on the topic of Will bitcoin become the world's reserve currency https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bycLGLaNCB8 CZ on twitter claims to want to activate segwit by end of 2019 https://twitter.com/cz_binance/status/1179370462268276736 Executive Departures Roil Crypto Firm Blockchain https://www.theinformation.com/articles/executive-departures-roil-crypto-firm-blockchain?shared=382eeb98f3ecd5e6 Bitcoin Trading in Hong Kong Spikes, Reaches Highest Levels Recorded https://bitcoinmagazine.com/articles/bitcoin-trading-in-hong-kong-spikes-reaches-highest-levels-recorded Secure the Bag: Cutting Transactions in Half to Resolve Bitcoin Network Congestion https://bitcoinmagazine.com/articles/secure-the-bag-cutting-transactions-in-half-to-resolve-bitcoin-network-congestion Fold Launches New App to Provide Sats Back for Fiat Purchases https://bitcoinmagazine.com/articles/fold-launches-new-app-to-provide-sats-back-for-fiat-purchases Bottle Pay Raises $2M to Expand Lightning Network Tips Across the Web https://bitcoinmagazine.com/articles/bottle-pay-raises-2m-to-expand-lightning-network-tips-across-the-web Tokyo-based crypto exchange Coincheck has launched a program that will allow users to pay for gas using bitcoin (BTC). https://bitcoinist.com/coincheck-rolls-out-bitcoin-btc-payment-for-gas/ Oct 1st marks Ross Ulbricht's 7th year in prison with his petition for clemency now reaching over 200,000 signatures and steadily climbing https://bitcoinist.com/ross-ulbricht-starts-his-seventh-year-in-prison/ #Bitcoin Donations Feeding Thousands in Venezuela via bitcoinvenezuela.com (@btcven) https://bitcoinist.com/bitcoin-btc-donations-feeding-thousands-in-venezuela/ Blockstream has begun a series diving into plugins for their Lightning Network implementation c-lightning https://medium.com/blockstream/c-lightning-plugins-01-the-summary-plugin-64db922ef7fa Understanding Bitcoin’s Price Volatility by Nik Bhatia https://www.opennode.com/blog/understanding-bitcoin-price-volatility/?utm_source=InstitutionalCrypto&utm_medium=Email&utm_campaign=2019-10-01 Trezor has released a Bitcon only firmware https://blog.trezor.io/sources-say-orange-coin-good-new-bitcoin-only-firmware-now-available-47be0b611a4d Topics: ProofOfKeys.com less than 100 days away! https://www.proofofkeys.com/ https://twitter.com/TraceMayer/status/1071870548421066753 ICOs Dead, SEC going after remains https://www.longhash.com/news/the-ico-is-well-and-truly-dead?f=r https://twitter.com/AnselLindner/status/1178840112509136897 https://twitter.com/theonevortex/status/1180544897675218944 Bitcoin Is 2019’s Best-Performing Asset, Even After Recent Price Downturn https://www.coindesk.com/bitcoin-is-2019s-best-performing-asset-even-after-recent-price-downturn -Audio stream https://www.spreaker.com/user/cryptocastnetwork -Support the channel with bitcoin! https://www.smartbit.com.au/address/31hRbR3YjnWvkxVx1wqTZmUko113AE7Shs -Helpful links https://btcinformation.org https://lopp.net https://bitcoinops.org/ Crypto Cast Network: http://cryptocast.network https://twitter.com/cryptocastnet #bitcoin #blockchain