PoW Bitcoin: "Bitcoin Upgrades and the Future" - 8/9/2017

PoW! Bitcoin Market Update -------------------------------- SHOW NOTES with table and links for metrics available http://bitcoinandmarkets.com/p016 ----- SHARE and FOLLOW Host on twitter: @AnselLindner https://twitter.com/AnselLindner and the show: @btcmrkts https://twitter.com/btcmrkts ----- THIS SHOW IS SUPPORTED BY LISTENERS LIKE YOU! $1-5/mo. https://www.patreon.com/bitcoinandmarkets ----- Russia About to Get Into the Bitcoin Mining Game https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2017-08-08/putin-s-aide-seeks-100-million-to-rival-china-in-bitcoin-mining The two most notable gold hoarders, China and Russia, are now seriously talking about bitcoin mining as something in their national interest. Vinny Lingham was on Vortex's Bitcoin Show https://youtu.be/7x5qF7vI-Sc?t=1h31m He was destroyed by Bitcoin Error Log an Gabriel D Vine. Big Tweetstorm by @Soveriegn_ind https://twitter.com/sovereign_ind/status/895036725323608073 He made several good points, like the general consensus claimed by 2x is wack, and Jihan, bitcoincom and ViaBTC have broken the agreement already with BCH. Bitcoin is very healthy here. There's going to be lots of bullish news coming out in the wake of Segwit activation. Call out FUD if you see it. --- Fire and Fury https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1bt4t05m_j0 Trump is just using bombasitic language, right back at Kim Jung Un after his crazy statements. Trump is definitely watching Game of Thrones on his vacation. Fed Discontinues Use of Labor Market Index https://mishtalk.com/2017/08/07/feds-labor-market-index-discontinued/ Yellen's favorite jobs indicator is being abandoned because it doesn't fit the narrative. Another example of the Fed not dealing with reality. ----- Music by Joakim Karud