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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

The problem with Twitter’s new Bitcoin emoji
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6 February, 2020

The problem with Twitter’s new Bitcoin emoji

Twitter’s Bitcoin emoji has been controversial, mainly because it appears automatically when users type the Bitcoin and BTC hashtags, but...
Here’s the transaction that locked in Genesis
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5 February, 2020

Here’s the transaction that locked in Genesis

The Bitcoin SV Node team has published a more detailed explanation of the February 4 hard fork that activated Bitcoin...
Genesis Activated: In the beginning, thank-yous for Satoshi
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4 February, 2020

Genesis Activated: In the beginning, thank-yous for Satoshi

Bitcoin's base protocol has now returned to Satoshi Nakamoto's original vision and functionality, and miners activated “Genesis” with messages of...
Clueless pundits don’t understand Bitcoin
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3 February, 2020

Clueless pundits don’t understand Bitcoin

Bitcoin's 700,000 transactions per day is evidence of "price manipulation" and "fake activity," according to two observers.
Bitcoin v1.0.1 released, an optional upgrade for large volume nodes
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29 January, 2020

Bitcoin v1.0.1 released, an optional upgrade for large volume nodes

The Bitcoin SV node team has issued an optional upgrade to the Bitcoin protocol: v1.0.1, aimed at nodes intending to...
BCH developer fee explained: Tax or security?
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27 January, 2020

BCH developer fee explained: Tax or security?

The proposal to subsidize development with a 12.5% cut of miners' block rewards has seen mixed reactions from those inside...

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