Bitcoin News #32 - China oversight, Coinbase now likes SegWit, Lightning Alpha

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Channel: World Crypto Network · 2017 · Science & Technology

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Bitcoin news for the week of Jan 9th with your hosts @theonevortex @tonevays @AnselLindner @MrChrisEllis sharkybit and special guest @AlenaSatoshi 

Questions for special guest:
-For tone and Alena, how is the conference going?
-How did you first get into bitcoin
-What makes trezor unique among the hardware wallets?

Topics:
-China's increased oversight and how this rally is different from 2013
-Is Bitcoin digital gold or digital cash?
-Coinbase now supporting segwit and still fighting IRS
-Lightning Alpha Released
-Will 2017 prove blockchain was a bad idea?

Special shout out to Andrew DeSantis @desantis: We hope you are doing well. 

Links:
https://cointelegraph.com/news/scaling-in-2017-coinbases-brian-armstrong-lends-support-to-segwit
https://medium.com/@barmstrong/coinbase-and-the-irs-c4e2e386e0cf#.tndxtc722
http://www.coindesk.com/lightning-strikes-early-version-bitcoins-big-scaling-solution-finally/
http://www.coindesk.com/2017-will-prove-blockchain-bad-idea/
https://medium.com/@tuurdemeester/bitcoin-digital-gold-or-digital-cash-both-382a346e6c79#.fs7l8qmi0

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