Bitcoin News #21 Show Notes

Bitcoin News #21 Show Notes
Mondays at 8pm pst.
Next episode: https://blab.im/vortex-bitcoin-news-3fq9ia
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The halvening
-Went off without a hitch
-No death spiral

Ethereum Hard Fork Creates Competing Currencies as Support for Ethereum Classic Rises
http://www.coindesk.com/ethereum-hard-fork-creates-competing-currencies-support-ethereum-classic-rises/
-Ethereum hard forks
-Ethereum split into two chains
-Ethereum classic now on the two big ethereum exchanges @Poloniex @bitfinex @shapeshiftio over 2000btc in last 24/hours
-Ethereum DOW funds have mostly been returned but millions still remain

New Digital Currency Steem Provokes Doubt of Market Observers
http://www.coindesk.com/steem-provokes-doubt-market-observers/
-Is SteemIt a Scam as it seems easy to get alot of money in and not easy to get money out
-Will it last

Bitcoin's 'Nervous System' Gets an Upgrade With FIBRE Network
http://www.coindesk.com/bitcoins-nervous-system-getting-upgrade/
-Bitcoin scaling with ln, falcon, fibre and more