The Bitcoin News Show 2 Hour Special for the week of Feb 12th with your host @theonevortex and panelists @LightningRamp @nopara73 @francispouliot_ @TuurDemeester @DecentralizedTV and special guest Trace Mayer (@TraceMayer)! Quick Bits: Microsoft research says on-chain scaling reduces/degrades decentralization and fails to meet capacity needs. Further Microsoft stated that layer 2 solutions are necessary for blockchains to scale. https://cloudblogs.microsoft.com/enterprisemobility/2018/02/12/decentralized-digital-identities-and-blockchain-the-future-as-we-see-it/ Ellen introduces millions to bitcoin https://bitcoinist.com/ellen-degeneres-introduced-bitcoin-viewers/ Switzerland's finance regulator has published new guidelines that indicate it will treat some tokens sold during initial coin offerings as securities. https://www.coindesk.com/switzerland-will-treat-some-icos-as-securities-finance-regulator-says/ CoinTippy made a tip-bot for Twitter, Reddit and Telegram that accepts mainnet LN deposits https://twitter.com/alexbosworth/status/963157813538074624 Coinbase suffered double spend issues draining some users accounts. Visa then owned up to the issue but coinbase was the only company effected. https://bitcoinist.com/visa-owns-up-to-erroneous-error-says-coinbase-isnt-to-blame-for-draining-accounts/ Bitcoin fees have been lower than BCash fees https://twitter.com/verretor/status/964467054056214528 Trace tweeted out that the Federal Reserve have 'Discontinued' publishing the interbank loans charts. https://twitter.com/TraceMayer/status/964620893107511298 Calendar launched - Come out and meet me! http://theonevortex.com/#calendar Topics: More Blockchain friendly legislation https://bitcoinist.com/wyoming-bitcoin-industry-blockchain-friendly-bills/ Mining to explode in Quebec and Iceland https://www.coindesk.com/hundreds-crypto-miners-said-descending-quebec/ https://btcmanager.com/instead-selling-natural-gas-canadian-company-will-mine-bitcoin/ https://bitsonline.com/iceland-bitcoin-mining-energy/?utm_source=twitter&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=SocialWarfare New app to allow lightning use with Coinbase https://bitcoinist.com/new-app-links-coinbase-lightning-network-frustration-continues/ Is bitcoin becoming more private/fungible? We discuss some upcoming tech. https://medium.com/@nopara73/anonymous-bitcoin-1fae5d1e33b7