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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

Twitter Tips on Lightning Network fizzles out after 1 year due to low demand
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9 December, 2022

Twitter Tips on Lightning Network fizzles out after 1 year due to low demand

Twitter announced it would discontinue its tipping feature, which lacked both awareness and demand, with a worldwide total of just...
Bitcoin SV Node team plans to fix mAPI’s ‘evicted transactions’ problem
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7 December, 2022

Bitcoin SV Node team plans to fix mAPI’s ‘evicted transactions’ problem

mAPI (initially Merchant API) was designed to be an additional service miner that could be offered to merchants accepting Bitcoin...
How to build HandCash apps from scratch with OpenAI and the Connect SDK
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5 December, 2022

How to build HandCash apps from scratch with OpenAI and the Connect SDK

HandCash develops a prototype app using OpenAI and Connect SDK that, according to Brett Banfe, will empower more developers and...
FTX or no FTX, more exchange regulation was always coming
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2 December, 2022

FTX or no FTX, more exchange regulation was always coming

The collapse of FTX will likely lead to more regulation and scrutiny, with the prominence of digital asset exchanges and...
Bitcoin nodes don’t ‘vote’ on rule changes—but developers shouldn’t propose them
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30 November, 2022

Bitcoin nodes don’t ‘vote’ on rule changes—but developers shouldn’t propose them

The question over what decisions miners can/can't make arose again this week with the latest release candidate to BTC's protocol...
Jack Dorsey’s Block sues Bitcoin.com over ‘Verse’ name in Europe
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30 November, 2022

Jack Dorsey’s Block sues Bitcoin.com over ‘Verse’ name in Europe

Legal counsel for Block sent letters to Bitcoin.com in July and August 2022 informing the company it was infringing on...

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