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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

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...
Bitfinex: DOJ seizes over 94,000 BTC related to 2016 exchange hack, arrests couple
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10 February, 2022

Bitfinex: DOJ seizes over 94,000 BTC related to 2016 exchange hack, arrests couple

The arrests, reportedly linked to the 2016 Bitfinex hack, "show that cryptocurrency is not a safe haven for criminals" according...

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