The Bitcoin News Show for the week of Apr 23rd with your host @theonevortex and panelists @lopp @WeathermanIam @paullinator @udiWertheimer Quickbits: Thanks so much to everyone who came out and saw us at the Denver Meetup at the Grid co-working space! The bcash team built a transaction visualizer, but it backfired by showing that there are hardly any cars on the bcash freeway, and a constant stream of traffic on BTC https://txhighway.com/ Recent article on bloomberg states that The best performing ICOs are the ones without working products https://twitter.com/TheStalwart/status/940528777829998592 It's official, #bitcoin is now the 5th largest economy in the world. In 2017, the BTC on-chain economy had a nominal GDP of $3.6 trillion. https://twitter.com/chartingbitcoin/status/989637134482051073 It has been reported that Bitcoin was the ninth most read Wikipedia article last year, coming out ahead of cultural sensations like Wonder Woman, Elon Musk, and Star Wars. https://bitcoinist.com/bitcoin-mainstream-popular-star-wars-elon-musk-2017/ The 17 Millionth Bitcoin Is About to Be Mined https://www.coindesk.com/17-millionth-bitcoin-mined-means-matters/ Rumor: Nasdaq May Launch Bitcoin Trading in October 2018 https://twitter.com/theonevortex/status/990211233818198016 Topics: 600+ Bitcoin Users Seek Lawsuit Against Bitcoin.com & CEO Roger Ver https://bitcoinist.com/bitcoin-lawsuit-bitcoin-com-ceo-roger-ver/ Both Wikileaks and CheapAir were left hanging by coinbase, but now WikiLeaks Store has since secured a new payment processor, coinpayments.net https://nz.finance.yahoo.com/news/wikileaks-store-secures-payment-processor-200153161.html?guccounter=1 Lightning Network Debate with Paul Puey