"Bitcoin Not Bombs" - 4/14/2018

=== BITCOIN & MARKETS === block height 518,172 - 4/14/18Search the show on Soundcloud, YouTube, iTunes, and Stitcher Part of the World Crypto Network audio feed on Acast. New to bitcoin? Start here: http://bitcoinandmarkets.com/resources **Disclaimer: This is not investment advice, do your own research.** All sources are below. ========================= SUPPORT THE SHOW! -------------------- Donate BTC, LTC, Paypal : http://bitcoinandmarkets.com/donate Patreon is the best way : https://www.patreon.com/bitcoinandmarkets -------------------- PRICES -------------------- Price : $8014 (finney $0.80) 200 SMA : $9596 Mayer Multiple : 0.83 Okex Futures : (Jun) $8100 (spread $80 / 1%) CME Futures : (Apr) $7890 (Jun) $8075 (open interest 2,097 / 10,485 btc) Bitmex Futures : (Jun) $7990 (Sep) $8008 -------------------- MARKET SIZE and TXS -------------------- Market Cap : $135 B Global Bitcoin MC : $317 B Maximalist Price : $18,712 On chain tx (24h) : 1,034,693 btc ($8.2 B) Avg tx Val (24h) : 5.33 btc ($42 k) Median tx Val (24h): 0.068 btc ($543) NVT (28d) : 153 Longs / Shorts : 29,800 / 24,900 (1.19) Public OTC : ~$92 M Nothing out of the ordinary -------------------- SECURITY and BLOCKCHAIN -------------------- Difficulty : +9.3% (last 3: 1%, 5%, 9%) Mining profitability : $0.55 THash/day Blockchain size : 193 GB Mempool : 19MB Median on chain fee : $0.42/tx -------------------- DEVELOPMENT -------------------- Merged PRs : 57 Closed issues : 21 -------------------- LIGHTNING -------------------- Capacity : 12.7 - 9.1 btc Channels : 4732 - 3788 Nodes : 1533 - 1336 Channels/node : 3.08 - 2.9 -------------------- GOOGLE TRENDS -------------------- 12 Mo. : 15 /100 30days : 60 /100 Trend : slightly lower on both timeframes, but searches generally flat -------------------- NEWS -------------------- There's been a recent effort to brand Lightning Network bitcoin as an altcoin. A network of bitcoin multisig txs is in no way an altcoin. https://twitter.com/paullinator/status/982676892271570944 Very detailed study of LN wallet GUIs. The wallets are moving so fast, it's out of date already, but very interesting for a layperson looking on. https://patestevao.gitbooks.io/lightning-network-ux-research/content/ History of Lightning Network by Aaron van Wirdum https://bitcoinmagazine.com/articles/history-lightning-brainstorm-beta/ REGULAR SOURCES -------------------- Great source : https://bitinfocharts.com/bitcoin/ Mayer Multiple : http://mayermultiple.com CME futures : http://www.cmegroup.com/trading/equity-index/us-index/bitcoin.html NVT Ratio : http://charts.woobull.com/bitcoin-nvt-ratio/ Network stats : http://fork.lol/pow/retarget OTC : https://coin.dance/volume Difficulty : https://bitcoinwisdom.com/bitcoin/difficulty Real time fees : https://tradeblock.com/bitcoin/ Visualization : https://jochen-hoenicke.de/queue/#3m Bitcoin github : https://github.com/bitcoin/bitcoin/pulse Ranking : https://www.coingecko.com LN testnet : https://explorer.acinq.co/#/ LN nodes : https://lnmainnet.gaben.win/# LedgerX : http://data.ledgerx.com/ Gemini Auction : https://gemini.com/auction-data/ Google trends "bitcoin": https://trends.google.com/trends/explore?q=bitcoin -------------------- FOLLOW -------------------- Host: @AnselLindner https://twitter.com/AnselLindner Show: @btcmrkts https://twitter.com/btcmrkts THANK YOU LISTENERS! -------------------- Music by Joakim Karud, Reach and Beamon