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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 hashrate and price drop as Chinese mining operations shut down
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22 June, 2021

BTC hashrate and price drop as Chinese mining operations shut down

The BTC token price—and more importantly, the network's hash rate—has continued to plummet following a series of Chinese government actions.
Craig Wright explains his opposition to ‘zero-sat’ transactions
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17 June, 2021

Craig Wright explains his opposition to ‘zero-sat’ transactions

This week's hot topic is the main theme for this week's episode of "Bitcoin Class with Satoshi," the video series...
Exploring new SPV/P2P applications: The 4th Bitcoin SV Hackathon begins
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15 June, 2021

Exploring new SPV/P2P applications: The 4th Bitcoin SV Hackathon begins

The event, sponsored by Bitcoin Association in partnership with nChain, has a total prize pool of US$100,000 and will run...
Testing essential as more data projects look at moving to BSV, says stress test coordinator
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14 June, 2021

Testing essential as more data projects look at moving to BSV, says stress test coordinator

The Scaling Test Network should be used more to push boundaries and demonstrate BSV's big data capabilities, says Big Block...
Stress test pushes 1.88GB onto BSV blockchain in less than 2 hours
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11 June, 2021

Stress test pushes 1.88GB onto BSV blockchain in less than 2 hours

In processing such a large amount of data online, the test proved BSV can handle much larger throughputs than it...
Nassim Nicholas Taleb: A currency must never be a speculative investment
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10 June, 2021

Nassim Nicholas Taleb: A currency must never be a speculative investment

Finance and risk author Nassim Nicholas Taleb came out swinging against BTC in his keynote presentation on Day 3 of...

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