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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

‘Task Force KleptoCapture’ to target digital asset industry in Russia sanctions enforcement
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3 March, 2022

‘Task Force KleptoCapture’ to target digital asset industry in Russia sanctions enforcement

U.S. AG Merrick B. Garland is targeting "individuals and entities" seeking to evade economic sanctions on Russian businesses with the...
BTC’s ‘CoinPool’—scaling solution or fancy coin mixer?
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23 February, 2022

BTC’s ‘CoinPool’—scaling solution or fancy coin mixer?

CoinPool promotes itself as a way to increase "coin onboarding and transactional scaling by orders of magnitude," but in reality,...
A reminder that if you’re not creating blocks, you’re not a node on the Bitcoin network
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18 February, 2022

A reminder that if you’re not creating blocks, you’re not a node on the Bitcoin network

Dr. Craig S. Wright has hit out again at the notions of "non-mining nodes" and "routing nodes," saying they have...
BSV Academy introduces new course on digital signatures for Bitcoin developers
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16 February, 2022

BSV Academy introduces new course on digital signatures for Bitcoin developers

The course is divided into four stages, discussing the concept of digital signatures, pre-requisites to understanding ECDSA, technical aspects of...
New US bill aims to make small profits with digital assets tax-exempt
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14 February, 2022

New US bill aims to make small profits with digital assets tax-exempt

A bipartisan group in the U.S. Congress has proposed the "Virtual Currency Tax Fairness Act," which aims to make smaller...
AnonSurvey’s blockchain e-voting app now available for use
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14 February, 2022

AnonSurvey’s blockchain e-voting app now available for use

The AnonSurvey online app has been soft-launched to highlight its privacy functions, and to see what new use cases a...

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