03-21-2026 
Jon Southurst
Author
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
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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.
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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...
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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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