Bitcoin & Markets

Hello Bitcoiners! I'm back with a short discussion of the Tron vs ETH2.0 debate. Is Tron better or the always delayed ethereum centralized ethereans? I give you a quick rundown of the situation and a based assessment. Bitcoin is King, Eth is a scam, Tron is a scam. We are seeing the beginnings of the scam coin conflict.

Website: https://bitcoinandmarkets.com/e200

Article: https://cryptoslate.com/why-are-some-of-twitters-biggest-bitcoin-maximalists-shilling-tron/

NVK's tweet: https://twitter.com/nvk/status/1225980826325790720?s=20

I go through as article from Coindesk that is very misleading about ETH2.0. Don't believe the hype. This is only phase zero they are trying to launch this year. Phase zero does nothing to immediate scale ethereum, it's only a preliminary step in an overly complex 5 year plan for ETH2.0.

Website: https://bitcoinandmarkets.com/e199

Article link: http://archive.ph/jCyKw

Annotated article: https://hyp.is/go?url=http%3A%2F%2Farchive.ph%2FjCyKw&group=__world__

Parity client DAO: https://decrypt.co/14857/parity-steps-back-from-ethereum-moving-client-codebase-to-dao

https://ethernodes.org/

Phase 0 details: https://docs.ethhub.io/ethereum-roadmap/ethereum-2.0/eth-2.0-phases/

Marty's thread: https://twitter.com/MartyBent/status/896775534658686979

In this episode I go through Federal Reserve Governor Brainard's recent speech on Central Bank Digital Currencies (CBDCs). I cover all aspects but focus on money versus means of payment, free market value versus central planner force / central banker legal tender laws.

Link: https://www.federalreserve.gov/newsevents/speech/brainard20200205a.htm

In this episode I discuss the bitcoin price in and where it's going. Bitcoin is in the big leagues and part of every important panel discussions and on the lips of every powerful financial person in the world today. Next, I talk about the upcoming bitcoin upgrade called Taproot.

Show notes: https://bitcoinandmarkets.com/e197

Links:

Taproot

Taproot explanation

In this episode I discuss recent price movements and how they corresponded to the tense Iranian over the last week. I look into recent developments of State-sponsored stablecoins and detail the Baidu beta launch. Then I dive into the drama behind Nakamoto,com. Altcoiners using the term "pro-bitcoin" in a desperate attempt to extent their ponzi schemes. Lastly, I quickly talk about the halvening not being priced in.

Links: https://bitcoinandmarkets.com/e196

Baidu network https://xchain.baidu.com/

New York Ledger https://decrypt.co/16155/new-yorks-lawmakers-are-pushing-for-its-own-cryptocurrency

Nakamoto,com is a propaganda site https://twitter.com/Karalhoin/status/1213515397477150721

Veblen good https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Veblen_good

Efficient Market Hypothesis https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Efficient-market_hypothesis

99% of altcoin volume is fake https://medium.com/swlh/how-to-better-estimate-bitcoins-true-trading-volume-by-fiat-currencies-and-against-altcoins-41623ddc9827

Discussion about the coming year and more for Bitcoin and this ecosystem.

Topics include: The Halving Mining Tons on Lightning Altcoins Central Bank Digital Currencies

Part 2 with discussion about the dollar and China can be found on my https://Patreon.com/bitcoinandmarkets

PRICE had 3 phases this year, 1) consolidation, 2) huge rally, 3) mini bear market

FEES were very low all year, blocks full

LIGHTNING First full year of mainnet wallets >3x growth Lightning Torch Watchtowers added to Lightning Loop in added to lightning Multi-part Payments added to lighting Hodlonaut Lightning bugs

PLUG-N-PLAY NODES The rise of the plug and play node

PRIVACY debates, privacy was enhanced in 2019

MISC QuadrigaCX Twitter and Square, Jack Dorsey #DeleteCoinbase Binance hack Tether and bitfinex CSW faketoshi sues everyone and gets owned in court Liquid tokens Plus token China block chain

FUTURES Bakkt ErisX Binance/FTX Crypto Facilities/Kraken BitMEX seychelles

CUSTODY Fidelity Coinbase/Xapo Bitgo/Kingdom Trust Swiss bank Vontobel

GOV CRACKDOWN FINCEN threatens KYC IRS and other tax agencies start asking direct questions FBI says Bitcoin is a growing issue for them

LIBRA and STABLECOINS CBDCs

REPO market and the Fed

We are seeing the slow motion collapse of Ethereum in front of our eyes. I debrief the Adam Back comparison of Ethereum to Theranos and Vitalik's toxic reply to me of "ok bitcoiner". Short but dense episode.

Show notes: https://bitcoinandmarkets.com/e193

Vitalik tweet https://twitter.com/VitalikButerin/status/1199820134275145728

Dense episode today. We talk about the recent bitcoin price drop and how or if China had anything to do with it. China has come out with massive support for "blockchain" yet they are cracking down on cryptocurrency exchanges. Are we in crazytown or are they serious? We've seen this before. The Central Bank Digital Currency (CBDC) is just the latest incarnation of altcoins, but this time, because they are feeling the heat.

https://bitcoinandmarkets.com/e192

In this episode, I skip the price talk for the most part and talk about some news items. I take a deeper dive into Lightning Network for Bitcoin and the hot new app for private chat called Whatsat. Then go after Bianco the Chief of FinCEN and his comments quoted in Reuters. Lastly, I discect OMFIF-IBM's report on DLT. Don't want to miss it!

https://bitcoinandmarkets.com/e191

Links:

Whatsat https://www.bitcoinlightning.com/whatsat-send-private-messages-via-the-lightning-network/

IBM OMFIF report https://bitcoinist.com/ibm-central-bank-issued-cryptocurrency-five-years/

FinCEN chief thug https://www.reuters.com/article/us-crypto-currencies-fincen/u-s-to-strictly-enforce-anti-money-laundering-rules-in-cryptocurrencies-fincen-chief-idUSKBN1XP1YR