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Jon Southurst is based in Tokyo and has reported on the Bitcoin and blockchain industry since 2013. He has worked for a number of crypto news websites, and creates videos on Bitcoin SV for the YouTube channels BitcoinSVtrain and MetaNetTV.

Article by Jon Southurst

BCH mining tax looks dead, but funding problems remain
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5 March, 2020

BCH mining tax looks dead, but funding problems remain

Jiang Zhuoer, who had re-introduced the idea to BCH, said he would use his personally-owned hashrate to vote against the...
Steemit community revolts against Justin Sun
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5 March, 2020

Steemit community revolts against Justin Sun

The brouhaha reflects other famous instances in cryptocurrency history where users and communities have rebelled against protocol developers.
Scam alert: The fake ‘Bitcoin Genesis’ chain split and coin claim
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3 March, 2020

Scam alert: The fake ‘Bitcoin Genesis’ chain split and coin claim

The scam article was published on Medium on February 7, a few days after the hard fork that activated Bitcoin...
BCH mining tax is causing a real mess, as devs threaten chain split
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28 February, 2020

BCH mining tax is causing a real mess, as devs threaten chain split

The Infrastructure Funding Plan would divert 5% of BCH miners' block rewards towards supporting projects considered vital to BCH advancement.
Bitcoin Halving 2020: What does it mean?
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28 February, 2020

Bitcoin Halving 2020: What does it mean?

Jon Southurst explains why it's important to understand all the issues surrounding the Bitcoin ‘halvening’, including those unique to this...
Gilder-Wright Fireside Chat: Bitcoin as digital gold, and the red socks
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22 February, 2020

Gilder-Wright Fireside Chat: Bitcoin as digital gold, and the red socks

The CoinGeek London Conference 2020 finished with a fireside chat between Dr. Craig Wright and George Gilder to a full...

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