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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.

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Automation yes, AI no: Craig Wright and Xiaohui Liu talk DFA and financial contracts
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10 May, 2021

Automation yes, AI no: Craig Wright and Xiaohui Liu talk DFA and financial contracts

The episode's title is "DFAs and Financial Contracts." DFA are "deterministic finite automata," and Dr. Craig Wright says "I've put...
Craig Wright and Xiaohui on extending Bitcoin addresses—in many ways
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5 May, 2021

Craig Wright and Xiaohui on extending Bitcoin addresses—in many ways

Knowing what information to process on-chain and what to process off-chain is a key theme of the Bitcoin Class series,...
Singapore gov’t offers millions to modernize RegTech solutions in financial industry
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4 May, 2021

Singapore gov’t offers millions to modernize RegTech solutions in financial industry

The Monetary Authority of Singapore has pledged S$42 million towards modernizing the country's financial digital infrastructure, including a new regulatory...
What do regulators have planned for blockchain developers? The Bitcoin Bridge talks to Ian Lee of Merkle Science
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3 May, 2021

What do regulators have planned for blockchain developers? The Bitcoin Bridge talks to Ian Lee of Merkle Science

Ian lee, now VP of business development at Merkle Science, tells The Bitcoin Bridge the story of how he started...
Bitping Explorer gives an animated, real-time view of network performance—and earnings
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29 April, 2021

Bitping Explorer gives an animated, real-time view of network performance—and earnings

The Explorer is a very attractive, animated display of Bitping metrics detailing node locations, the number of tasks performed, and...
Bitcoin Class with Satoshi talks about the Semantic Web, fair games and verifiable proofs
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29 April, 2021

Bitcoin Class with Satoshi talks about the Semantic Web, fair games and verifiable proofs

Episode 2 of Bitcoin Class with Satoshi touches on Semantic Web applications, provably fair gaming, verifiable proofs and zero-knowledge proofs.

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