- How/why we switched - The cancellation of segwit2x - Divergence/split of bitcoin community - Problems with LN: --- Opening a channel cannot happen instantly --- Closing a channel cannot happen instantly --- User must be online to receive a payment --- Security: Cannot do cold storage lightning network --- Use must continuously be online to monitor for old commitment transactions --- Payment channels can be in weird states: Micropayment cannot be first payment across a channel due to fees/dust --- Payments can fail --- Wallet requires much more state than normal bitcoin wallet - 10x as much code leads to more bugs --- Must use weird modern web technologies - "Why we chose Bitcoin Cash over Litecoin": https://www.yours.org/content/why-we-chose-bitcoin-cash-over-litecoin-2cb321dec039/ ... https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ew2MWVtNAt0

Aphorism: Bitcoin is private, not anonymous. Explanation: Bitcoin is private because your identity is firewalled from the blockchain. Your identity exists, but you don’t tell everyone what your identity is. You only tell the people you are transacting with. And even then, you only tell them if you want or need to. Bitcoin is not anonymous, because anonymous means your identity is not known or cannot be proved by anyone. Everyone needs privacy. No one needs anonymity. Bitcoin is private, not anonymous. ... https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jLrwfl6b7P4

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* Hard Fork ETA -1 Days. Aug 2. * Bitcoin Cash Survival Challenge - 1/14. Can Bitcoin Cash survive until Aug 15? * Music playlists: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCM79h4ZvA23l3n0uWwROA4g * Music: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=80AQnasBfIU * CoinMarketCap: Bitcoin at $44 billion, Bitcoin Cash at $10 billion. * Bitcoin Cash Block Explorer: http://blockdozer.com/insight/ * 12 new blocks including forking block. No new block in 12 hours. * 1.9 MB block http://blockdozer.com/insight/block/000000000000000000651ef99cb9fcbe0dadde1d424bd9f15ff20136191a5eec * Clemens tweets about mempool size of BCC vs. BTC https://twitter.com/clemensley/status/892486484971855872 * Gavin Andresen will refer to Bitcoin Cash as “bitcoin” if it has the most hash power, i.e. is the longest chain: https://twitter.com/gavinandresen/status/892717872442683392 * Gavin’s blog post: http://gavinandresen.ninja/a-definition-of-bitcoin * What will it take for Yours to adopt Bitcoin Cash? * Kraken: Trading Bitcoin Cash now live https://twitter.com/krakenfx/status/892378360583606274 * ViaBTC pool https://pool.viabtc.com/ * Erik Voorhees: Bitmain is probably still mining segwit2x as planned https://twitter.com/ErikVoorhees/status/892424109958676480 * User guide for claiming your BCC and selling it. https://bitcoinmagazine.com/articles/beginners-guide-claiming-your-bitcoin-cash-and-selling-it/ * BitConnect puts out a press release to clarify they own the “BCC” ticker symbol https://bitconnectcoin.co/press-release/90/Cryptocurrency-Symbol-BCC-Belongs-to-BitConnect-Coin-not-Bitcoin-Cash ... https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=izXagN6v7dw