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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

Steve Shadders on state of BSV network: Look to SPV, LiteClient program to deal with BSV’s rapid growth
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5 October, 2021

Steve Shadders on state of BSV network: Look to SPV, LiteClient program to deal with BSV’s rapid growth

Steve Shadders, Technical Director of the Bitcoin SV Infrastructure Team, gave his customary "state of the network" speech to open...
How can BSV still flourish in China under new restrictions?
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1 October, 2021

How can BSV still flourish in China under new restrictions?

The BSV industry in China needs to build applications aimed at enterprise-tier data users, rather than creating tradeable tokens and...
What has happened in China since the latest ‘Bitcoin bans’?
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30 September, 2021

What has happened in China since the latest ‘Bitcoin bans’?

The latest "Chinese Bitcoin ban" consisted of a statement from the central bank, followed by supportive edicts from several other...
Uber could be better without Uber Inc.
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28 September, 2021

Uber could be better without Uber Inc.

Dr. Craig Wright and sCrypt founder Xiaohui Liu continue to expand on "aspects of Bitcoin that people don't think about...
China bans Bitcoin—even more this time
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24 September, 2021

China bans Bitcoin—even more this time

China's digital asset industry, which was once one of the world's largest, has been largely sidelined over the years as...
BTC users lose money as Bitcoin.org portal hacked by scammers
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23 September, 2021

BTC users lose money as Bitcoin.org portal hacked by scammers

Instead of the usual front page, visitors were greeted with an invitation to send BTC to the "Bitcoin Foundation" with...

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