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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

SPV Channels opens up new mobile app possibilities with v1.1.0 release
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2 June, 2021

SPV Channels opens up new mobile app possibilities with v1.1.0 release

The Bitcoin SV Infrastructure Team this week released v1.1.0 of SPV Channels CE, bringing functionality to mobile devices and allowing...
Taproot upgrade: Centralized protocol devs appear victorious
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2 June, 2021

Taproot upgrade: Centralized protocol devs appear victorious

BTC's Taproot update, billed as the most significant "upgrade" to the protocol since SegWit activation in 2017, is set to...
SEC charges ‘BTCTre’ Trevon James and others who promoted BitConnect
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31 May, 2021

SEC charges ‘BTCTre’ Trevon James and others who promoted BitConnect

The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission said it will commence action against a group of well-known online "influencers" associated with...
You can do more with SPV than you think: Craig Wright and Xiaohui Liu talks databases and hash chains
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31 May, 2021

You can do more with SPV than you think: Craig Wright and Xiaohui Liu talks databases and hash chains

SPV takes the spotlight again on this week's edition of "Bitcoin Class with Satoshi," a series of technical discussions between...
Real value, hype and insanity in the Bitcoin world: Jon Gordon interviews Kurt Wuckert Jr.
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26 May, 2021

Real value, hype and insanity in the Bitcoin world: Jon Gordon interviews Kurt Wuckert Jr.

An outsider to the digital asset world, Jon Gordon invites CoinGeek's Bitcoin Historian Kurt Wuckert Jr. to the Positive University...
Bitcoin and serious big data business: The Bitcoin Bridge talks to Paul Chiari of MetaStreme
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25 May, 2021

Bitcoin and serious big data business: The Bitcoin Bridge talks to Paul Chiari of MetaStreme

Data volumes, data veracity, long-term data security—Paul Chiari is all about data projects on Bitcoin, and he tells us about...

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