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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

Building and governing CBDCs on blockchain: The Bitcoin Masterclasses #7 with Dr. Craig Wright
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31 July, 2023

Building and governing CBDCs on blockchain: The Bitcoin Masterclasses #7 with Dr. Craig Wright

In this Masterclasses series, Dr. Craig Wright says CBDCs' concept isn't particularly novel, but it still takes some technological and...
Twitter, now ‘X,’ needs an ‘everything blockchain’ to become the ‘everything app’
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26 July, 2023

Twitter, now ‘X,’ needs an ‘everything blockchain’ to become the ‘everything app’

Web3's "everything app" must run on the world's only trustable blockchain: BSV, which also happens to be the only blockchain...
Bongbong Marcos: Filipinnovation and digitalization at the heart of Philippines’ economic development
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25 July, 2023

Bongbong Marcos: Filipinnovation and digitalization at the heart of Philippines’ economic development

In his second State of the Nation address, the Philippines’ President Ferdinand “Bongbong” Marcos Jr. presented the concept of "Filipinnovation"...
Will AI news reporters replace humans? Will anyone even notice… or care?
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24 July, 2023

Will AI news reporters replace humans? Will anyone even notice… or care?

It's possible to extrapolate and predict that most of the content we read and view in the future will be...
How BSV blockchain solves problems like paywalls, a la carte content, and ‘commenting on the headline’
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17 July, 2023

How BSV blockchain solves problems like paywalls, a la carte content, and ‘commenting on the headline’

Paywalls and advertising weren't supposed to be how the internet economy worked, and with BSV blockchain technology available right now,...
Blockchain games are ‘boring,’ says Sega exec—is he right or wrong?
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13 July, 2023

Blockchain games are ‘boring,’ says Sega exec—is he right or wrong?

Sega's COO revealed it was backing away from developing its own blockchain, Web3, and P2E games, and would cease licensing...

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