{"id":10989,"date":"2018-01-08T09:17:20","date_gmt":"2018-01-08T08:17:20","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blockchainslovakia.sk\/2018\/01\/08\/issue-4-january-8th\/"},"modified":"2018-01-08T09:17:20","modified_gmt":"2018-01-08T08:17:20","slug":"issue-4-january-8th","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blockchainslovakia.sk\/en\/2018\/01\/08\/issue-4-january-8th\/","title":{"rendered":"Issue #4 – January 8th"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Happy New Year!\u00a0Hope you will have a great one!<\/p>\n

The Christmas time is over so finally we all can relieve and feel less guilty when spending time on crypto, and not with our families, right? Just kidding\u00a0– I knew you guys did not feel any guilt. But in case, you really spent time with your loved ones and neglected crypto, you certainly want to catch up. So let’s roll! Here are the\u00a0theses<\/a>\u00a0for 2018!<\/p>\n

Bitcoin:<\/strong><\/u><\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n

– If you didn’t know, Santa brought us some new Bitcoin forks, some of them you can already redeem on exchanges,\u00a0see how.<\/a>
\n–\u00a0Segwit2x<\/a>\u00a0revived, but with different team and\u00a0smelling fishy.
\n– Merrill Lynch\u00a0is\u00a0blocking their clients<\/a>\u00a0from trading bitcoin-related investments.
\n– Rootstock network\u00a0launched their Beta<\/a>, thus\u00a0Ethereum-like smart contracts might be soon on Bitcoin too!
\n– Peter Thiel has been\u00a0investing<\/a>\u00a0heavily into Bitcoin in the past months.
\n– Increasing Segwit adoption slowly\u00a0drops<\/a>\u00a0the transaction fees.
\n– Jimmy Song is crafting a new\u00a0open source book<\/a>\u00a0on programming BTC.
\n– Egypt\u00a0announced<\/a>\u00a0the prohibition of Bitcoin transactions
\n– There is an ongoing discussion on the further development of the BTC protocol – Schnorr signatures are planned for the future –\u00a0but what is it<\/a>?
\n– Now you can practice trading with BTC futures via\u00a0simulator<\/a>\u00a0launched by CME.
\n– Wikipedia published their annual chart of\u00a0top 50 searched words<\/a>\u00a0in 2017 – guess what number belongs to Bitcoin?<\/div>\n
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Ethereum:<\/strong><\/u><\/p>\n<\/div>\n

– Vitalik\u00a0tackles questions<\/a>\u00a0on Sharding on Reddit. An overview of Sharding you can find\u00a0here<\/a>.
\n– Casper Alpha launched –\u00a0here<\/a>\u00a0you can find testnet instructions.
\n– Also, a new Dapp browser called\u00a0Toshi<\/a>\u00a0was launched by Coinbase. Check it out, it’s very interesting!
\n– In 2017 we could catch a glimpse of what’s coming in the future –\u00a0digibles<\/a>!
\n– What is an\u00a0ERC721\u00a0<\/a>standard? PS: Used by Cryptokitties.
\n– Now you can learn to code ETH Dapps via interaction with\u00a0Zombies<\/a>.<\/div>\n
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Altcoins:<\/strong><\/u><\/p>\n<\/div>\n

–\u00a0Blockstream’s Andres Poelstra explains\u00a0Mimblewimble<\/a>\u00a0– one of the most awaited developments in the crypto space.
\n– Goldman Sachs will\u00a0offer<\/a>\u00a0crypto trading for their clients!
\n– As it\u00a0turns out,<\/a>\u00a0it won’t be so serious\u00a0with Verge’s privacy after all.
\n– Detailed\u00a0analysis<\/a>\u00a0of two very ambitious projects built on ETH – Request Network and OmiseGo.
\n– Cardano had a decent pump, and many ask how it works and how it compares to NEO or Ethereum –\u00a0here you go<\/a>!
\n– Maidsafe launched their Alpha 2. Here is a\u00a0walk-through<\/a>.
\n– And another\u00a0analysis<\/a>, this time\u00a0how IOTA compares against RaiBlocks!
\n– Venezuela\u00a0plans to start<\/a>\u00a0their own coin!
\n– Dogecoin\u00a0reached\u00a0<\/a>the market cap of 1 billion dollars. Don’t worry I can’t believe that either.
\n– If you think, that the crypto bubble is about to burst – worry not –\u00a0big investors are coming!<\/a><\/div>\n
ICOs:<\/strong><\/u><\/div>\n
– ICOs have become already an established phenomenon – look on the\u00a0review<\/a>\u00a0not only the past year, but also the years before.
\n–\u00a0New, unusual way<\/a>\u00a0of doing an ICO.<\/div>\n
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Blockchain & Tech:<\/strong><\/u><\/p>\n<\/div>\n

–\u00a0Bulletproofs<\/a>\u00a0are the new black in crypto!
\n– Shocking\u00a0revelation<\/a>\u00a0of a hardware bug that affects most of the devices on the planet! As long as you have HW wallet for your crypto, you can stay calm!
\n– Brazilian government\u00a0plans<\/a>\u00a0to move its operations on the blockchain!
\n– VISA\u00a0pressures WaveCrest<\/a>, a debit card issuer,\u00a0to close all prepaid crypto debit cards.
\n– So what are the\u00a0most exciting blockchain technologies<\/a>\u00a0for 2018?
\n– Erik Vorhees has become one of the\u00a0top crypto influencers<\/a>, according to Coindesk.
\n– Very\u00a0technical article<\/a>\u00a0on consensus mechanism as seen in Rchain.<\/div>\n
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I will be always happy to read your feedback, and suggestions on possible topics to include to the newsletter. If you would like to share some with me, please do so at\u00a0stancel@blockchainslovakia.sk<\/a>.<\/em><\/p>\n

In case you want to show me some crypto love:<\/p>\n

BTC<\/strong>:\u00a03M5bzL8GDhDJoJ2RoRFcza917L1tEcPp3P
\nETH<\/strong>:\u00a00x62cE83a2C24686957d769bFd940B69ff568E760A
\nLTC<\/strong>:\u00a0MVrjVKmQ5sGoMHJ1Np8Q2YEqWMCqkuu1yz
\nPIVX<\/strong>:\u00a0DMJxf4ce3Le4qUyDVSA5TS2CRwFuatec75
\nDASH<\/strong>:\u00a0XpQCnerF4wq1fQk9FVCjKE22juyYgqUMUo<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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