The Bitcoin News Show for the week of Feb 5th with your host @theonevortex and panelists @alexbosworth @danrobinson @MartyBent @francispouliot_ and special guest Simon Dixon (@SimonDixonTwitt)! Quick Bits: Tuur Demeester tweet: "Chancellor on the brink... #slipperyslope" https://twitter.com/TuurDemeester/status/962749467958104064 Peter McCormack's Bullish News List https://twitter.com/whatbitcoindid/status/960854040342089728 https://twitter.com/g_durst/status/960696142445998080 https://www.coindesk.com/greg-maxwell-taproot-bitcoin-contracts-life-after-blockstream/ Some Observations from Satoshi Roundtable by Caitlin Long Former chairman & president of Symbiont.io & 22-yr Wall St veteran https://caitlin-long.com/2018/02/09/10-observations-from-satoshi-roundtable/ BTCPay server, the open source Bitpay alternative, is allowing lightning payments https://twitter.com/BtcpayServer/status/961158825385406464 Ripple is centralized, most important data request comes from ripple.com's server https://twitter.com/BitMEXResearch/status/960686999433703424 Elon launches Tesla Roadster in space https://twitter.com/Excellion/status/961250479857549317 Topics: CFTC, SEC Testimonies https://twitter.com/theonevortex/status/960897373617586177 Bitfury launches Crystal https://www.coindesk.com/bitfury-enters-bitcoin-crime-fighting-business-crystal-launch/ Arizona Senate Passes Bill To Allow Tax Payments In Bitcoin https://cointelegraph.com/news/us-arizona-senate-passes-bill-to-allow-tax-payments-in-bitcoin