Bitcoin & Markets

=== BITCOIN & MARKETS === block height 521,720 - 5/8/18Search 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 : $9255 (finney $0.92) 200 SMA : $10092 Mayer Multiple : 0.91 Okex Futures : (Jun) $9451 (spread $200 / 2%) CME Futures : (May) $9280 (Jun) $9335 (open interest 2,548 / 12,740 btc) Bitmex Futures : (Jun) $9417 (Sep) $9549 -------------------- MARKET SIZE and TXS -------------------- Market Cap : $158 B Global Bitcoin MC : $437 B Maximalist Price : $25,675 On chain tx (24h) : 1,294,277 btc ($12 B) Avg tx Val (24h) : 6.08 btc ($56 k) Median tx Val (24h): 0.053 btc ($489) NVT (28d) : 143 Longs / Shorts : 30,200 / 20,600 (1.46) -------------------- SECURITY and BLOCKCHAIN -------------------- Difficulty : +1.8% (last 3: 4%, 9%, 1%) Mining profitability : $0.56 THash/day Blockchain size : 196 GB Mempool : 3MB Median on chain fee : $0.40/tx -------------------- DEVELOPMENT -------------------- Merged PRs : 24 Closed issues : 7 -------------------- LIGHTNING -------------------- Capacity : 17.9 - 16 btc Channels : 5988 - 5771 Nodes : 1923 - 1789 Channels/node : 3.11 - 3.22 -------------------- GOOGLE TRENDS -------------------- 12 Mo. : 13 /100 30days : 68 /100 Trend : slightly lower -------------------- NEWS -------------------- Eltoo https://blockstream.com/2018/04/30/eltoo-next-lightning.html Samourai's do work https://twitter.com/SamouraiWallet/status/992036400374648833 Lightning apps are gathering into a storm https://bitcoinmagazine.com/articles/future-bitcoin-what-lightning-could-look/ Bcash bug https://www.bitcoinabc.org/2018-05-07-incident-report/ Did the ethereum SEC meeting happen or not? Bitcoin is fresh tech for the youth. They get it instinctually. Bye bye fiat. 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 and Ozzie Beats

=== BITCOIN & MARKETS === block height 520,563 - 4/30/18Search 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 : $9272 (finney $0.93) 200 SMA : $9941 Mayer Multiple : 0.93 Okex Futures : (Jun) $9296 (spread $0 / 0%) CME Futures : (May) $9275 (Jun) $9270 (open interest 2,066 / 10,330 btc) Bitmex Futures : (Jun) $9289 (Sep) $9329 CBOE http://cfe.cboe.com/cfe-products/xbt-cboe-bitcoin-futures -------------------- MARKET SIZE and TXS -------------------- Market Cap : $157 B Global Bitcoin MC : $430 B Maximalist Price : $25,301 On chain tx (24h) : 1,173,806 btc ($10.8 B) Avg tx Val (24h) : 6.34 btc ($59 k) Median tx Val (24h): 0.052 btc ($479) NVT (28d) : 150 Longs / Shorts : 26,500 / 22,600 (1.17) -------------------- SECURITY and BLOCKCHAIN -------------------- Difficulty : +3% (last 3: 4%, 9%, 1%) Mining profitability : $0.54 THash/day Blockchain size : 195 GB Mempool : 1MB Median on chain fee : $0.43/tx -------------------- DEVELOPMENT -------------------- Merged PRs : 37 Closed issues : 8 -------------------- LIGHTNING -------------------- Capacity : 16 - 15.8 btc Channels : 5771 - 5418 Nodes : 1789 - 1661 Channels/node : 3.22 - 3.25 -------------------- GOOGLE TRENDS -------------------- 12 Mo. : 15 /100 30days : 62 /100 Trend : searches generally flat -------------------- NEWS -------------------- Vitalik calls out CSW and Consensus 2018 but not any Ethereum scams Binance in Bermuda https://themerkle.com/binance-group-plans-to-create-40-jobs-in-bermuda/ NASDAQ to trade bitcoin https://www.cnbc.com/2018/04/25/nasdaq-is-open-to-becoming-cryptocurrency-exchange-ceo-says.html Defining Bitcoin Defning bitcoin is hard, but it helps to step back and state facts, starting with the fact that there's 21 million bitcoin. Bitcoin is consensus. It's almost a schelling point itself. Miners Run the Network Fallacy There's an effort to change history. segwit2x is empirical evidence against it. Confusion is created through another fallacy, the Bcash is Bitcoin Fallacy. Miners run bcash, so of course miners are in charge of bitcoin, too. Miners very clearly were told not to do 2x. Vortex LN debate https://youtu.be/6VeeUJawEak Calling LN bitcoins altcoins is just lazy. 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, Chill Children w/ KVN

=== BITCOIN & MARKETS === Search 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 -------------------- JW Weatherman is the author of the Bitcoin Threat Model which is a milestone for professional development of bitcoin. You can find it at https://btcthreats.com. Follow JW on twitter, @weathermanIam, https://twitter.com/weathermaniam See him on Block Digest: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCb53lXz2IzEFT5JNHSbdvPg JW'S READING LIST -------------------- The Bitcoin Standard by Saifedean Ammous https://www.amazon.com/Bitcoin-Standard-Decentralized-Alternative-Central/dp/1119473861 Cyphernomicon by Tim May https://www.cypherpunks.to/faq/cyphernomicron/cyphernomicon.html For a New Liberty by Rothbard https://mises.org/library/new-liberty-libertarian-manifesto You can see his threat models of top tier cryptocurrencies here: https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/1A6F91F12TbfP6e11X4e7h4Eel5PyPY4m -------------------- Thanks for the interview JW. Keep up the fight for liberty. Music by Ocean Ave

=== BITCOIN & MARKETS === block height 519,245 - 4/21/18Search 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 : $8724 (finney $0.87) 200 SMA : $9737 Mayer Multiple : 0.89 Okex Futures : (Jun) $8772 (spread $50 / 1%) CME Futures : (Apr) $8555 (Jun) $8540 (open interest 2,290 / 11,450 btc) Bitmex Futures : (Jun) $8741 (Sep) $8769 -------------------- MARKET SIZE and TXS -------------------- Market Cap : $148 B Global Bitcoin MC : $375 B Maximalist Price : $22,041 On chain tx (24h) : 1,443,949 btc ($12.5 B) Avg tx Val (24h) : 6.59 btc ($57 k) Median tx Val (24h): 0.065 btc ($566) NVT (28d) : 158 Longs / Shorts : 29,000 / 24,100 (1.2) Public OTC : ~$92 M -------------------- SECURITY and BLOCKCHAIN -------------------- Difficulty : +10.8% (last 3: 9%, 1%, 5%) Mining profitability : $0.56 THash/day Blockchain size : 194 GB Mempool : 19MB Median on chain fee : $0.17/tx -------------------- DEVELOPMENT -------------------- Merged PRs : 24 Closed issues : 19 -------------------- LIGHTNING -------------------- Capacity : 15.8 - 12.7 btc Channels : 5418 - 4732 Nodes : 1661 - 1533 Channels/node : 3.25 - 3.08 -------------------- GOOGLE TRENDS -------------------- 12 Mo. : 14 /100 30days : 63 /100 Trend : searches generally flat -------------------- NEWS -------------------- Localbitcoins KYC requirement http://bitcoinist.com/bye-anonymity-localbitcoins-id-kyc/ Ethereum upgrade/voting for parity bailout Kraken Disses NY AG https://www.coindesk.com/kraken-ceo-crypto-exchange-wont-comply-with-new-york-inquiry/?utm_content=buffer3c51a&utm_medium=social&utm_source=twitter.com&utm_campaign=buffer 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, Tennyson and Shinobi Fountain

=== 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

=== BITCOIN & MARKETS === block height 516,750 - 4/5/18Search 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 : $6792 (finney $0.68) 200 SMA : $9443 have to watch this. If price can't break 200MA Apr '14 downward sloping Mayer Multiple : 0.72 Okex Futures : (Jun) $6700 (spread $90 / 1.3%) CME Futures : (Apr) $6860 (Jun) $6875 (open interest 1,661 / 8,305 btc) Bitmex Futures : (Jun) $6662 (Sep) $6689 -------------------- MARKET SIZE and TXS -------------------- Market Cap : $115 B Global Bitcoin MC : $257 B Maximalist Price : $15,175 On chain tx (24h) : 1,396,902 btc ($9.5 B) Avg tx Val (24h) : 7.45 btc ($50 k) Median tx Val (24h): 0.085 btc ($577) NVT (28d) : 145 Longs / Shorts : 33,800 / 29,900 (1.13) Public OTC : ~$92 M -------------------- SECURITY and BLOCKCHAIN -------------------- Difficulty : +7.5% in 9 days (last 3: 1%, 5%, 9%) Mining profitability : $0.51 THash/day Blockchain size : 192 GB Mempool : less than 1MB Median on chain fee : $0.13/tx -------------------- DEVELOPMENT -------------------- Merged PRs : 39 Closed issues : 33 -------------------- LIGHTNING -------------------- Capacity : 9.1 btc Channels : 3788 Nodes : 1336 Channels/node : 2.8 -------------------- GOOGLE TRENDS -------------------- 12 Mo. : 19 /100 30days : 83 /100 Trend : remaining constant, shallow dip on 12 mo, slight higher on 30 days, mixed. -------------------- NEWS -------------------- Deconomy Vitalik had a tweet storm from the conference. He called CSW a fraud. lulz Halong miners have started getting delivered. It's an evolutionary process. https://www.bitsonline.com/halong-dragonmint-t1-miner-review/ More Reg Arb Finex to Switzerland https://bitcoinmagazine.com/articles/cryptocurrency-exchange-bitfinex-plans-move-switzerland/ Saifedean Ammous's book the Bitcoin Standard is coming out. Out on Kindle. 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 and Vowl

=== BITCOIN & MARKETS === block height 515,525 - 3/28/18Find us on iTunes, YouTube, Soundcloud and Stitcher 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 : $8061 (finney $0.80) 200 SMA : $9319 Mayer Multiple : 0.86 Okex Futures : (Jun) $7926 (spread $150 / 1.4%) CME Futures : (Mar) $8055 (Jun) $? (open interest 1,615 / 8,075 btc) Bitmex Futures : (Mar) $8021 (Jun) $7970 -------------------- MARKET SIZE and TXS -------------------- Market Cap : $137 B Global Bitcoin MC : $307 B Maximalist Price : $18,121 On chain tx (24h) : 1,011,618 btc ($8.1 B) Avg tx Val (24h) : 5.4 btc ($43.7 k) Median tx Val (24h): 0.066 btc ($537) NVT (28d) : 140 Longs / Shorts : 37,500 / 24,500 (1.53) Public OTC : ~$90 M -------------------- SECURITY and BLOCKCHAIN -------------------- Difficulty : +1.6% in 3.9 days (last 3: 5%, 9%, 4%) Mining profitability : $0.59 THash/day Blockchain size : 191 GB Mempool : less than 1MB Median on chain fee : $0.15/tx -------------------- DEVELOPMENT -------------------- Merged PRs : 32 Closed issues : 28 -------------------- LIGHTNING -------------------- Capacity : 6.5 btc Channels : 2551 Nodes : 1094 Channels/node : 2.3 -------------------- GOOGLE TRENDS -------------------- 12 Mo. : 14 /100 30days : 63 /100 Trend : trend is reflecting lower prices, but interest is remaining constant. -------------------- NEWS -------------------- Blockstream 7 days of Lapps https://blockstream.com/blog/ - Filebazaar - Lightning Publisher - Nanotip - Paypercall - NanoPOS - Ifpaytt Zap wallet looks great https://twitter.com/JackMallers/status/978504084658507777 Satoshi Vision conference Huge joke, extrememly orchestrated You could tell there was some discontent in the bcash camp Binance moves to Malta https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2018-03-23/the-world-s-biggest-cryptocurrency-exchange-is-moving-to-malta Earn/21 possible acquisition Emerging themes of 2018 - ICO/altcoin crackdown - price consolidation - acquisitions - regulatory arbitrage - lightning apps 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 YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/c/bitcoinandmarkets THANK YOU LISTENERS! -------------------- Music by Joakim Karud and Chill Children and KVN

Bitcoin & Markets 3/19/18On iTunes, YouTube, Soundcloud and Stitcher.-------------------- New to bitcoin? Start here: http://bitcoinandmarkets.com/resources -- THIS SHOW IS SUPPORTED BY LISTENERS LIKE YOU! Donate bitcoin, litecoin or via paypal: http://bitcoinandmarkets.com/donate Or support me on patreon: https://www.patreon.com/bitcoinandmarkets -- **Disclaimer: This is not investment advice, do your own research.** All sources at below. PRICES -------------------- Bitstamp: $8500 / 1 finney: $0.85 Mayer Multiple: Spot/200 MA ($9157) = 0.92 (1) 3M BTC Settled Futures (Jun): $8514 / spread: $0 or 0% - (Mar): $8457 / spread: -$50 or 0.5% CME Futures: Mar18 $8485 / Jun18 $8430 (2) Bitmex Futures: Mar18 $8465 / Jun18 $8478 MARKET SIZE and TRANSACTIONS -------------------- Market Cap: $144 B Dominance Index: 100% Global Bitcoin MC: $327 B NVT (Network Value/Transaction): 159 (3) Maximalist Price: $19,320 USD value tx'ed on-chain (24h): $7.46 B Avg tx Val (24h): $40.0k SECURITY -------------------- Difficulty: est. +3.5% in 12 days (4)(5) We just had another healthy difficulty retarget of +5.23%. I estimate it costs an avg of $6-7k to mine a bitcoin in the US. https://www.marketwatch.com/story/in-one-chart-heres-how-much-it-costs-to-mine-bitcoin-in-your-state-2017-12-15 FEES -------------------- Mempool:

Bitcoin & Markets 3/9/18--------------------New to bitcoin? Start here: http://bitcoinandmarkets.com/resources -- THIS SHOW IS SUPPORTED BY LISTENERS LIKE YOU! https://www.patreon.com/bitcoinandmarkets or bitcoin, litecoin or paypal http://bitcoinandmarkets.com/donate -- **Disclaimer: This is not investment advice, do your own research.** Sources at below. -------------------- PRICES -------------------- Bitstamp: $8746 / 1 finney: $0.87 Mayer Multiple: Spot/200 MA ($8569) = sub 1.0 (1) 3M BTC Settled Futures (Mar): $8811 / spread: -$100 or 1.7% CME Futures: Mar18 $8780 / Jun18 $8520 (2) Bitmex Futures: Mar18 $8814 / Jun18 $8901 MARKET SIZE and TRANSACTIONS -------------------- Market Cap: $148 B Dominance Index: 100% Global Bitcoin MC: $332 B NVT (Network Value/Transaction): 108 (3) Maximalist Price: $21,267 USD value tx'ed on-chain (24h): $8.8 B Avg tx Val (24h): $47k SECURITY -------------------- Difficulty: est. +9% in 9 days (4)(5) Difficulty has been just fine and shows that all the drama is just drama. FEES -------------------- Mempool: 4MB, ~2 sat/b (6)(7) Mempool is very empty and transactions are fast. DEVELOPMENT -------------------- Merged PRs: 51 merged PRs and 75 closed issues (8)(9) Lightning Network: 4.5 btc capacity, 1822 open channels, 985 nodes - 1.8 channels/node (10)(11) GOOGLE TRENDS (14) -------------------- We are lower on google trends again. Showing 18, off from a yearly high of 100. The point I make here is that this recent drop in price wasn't accompanied by a big drop in google trends. NEWS -------------------- Follow @BitcoinMerges: https://twitter.com/BitcoinMerges Gox coins in 2000 btc addresses: http://gaelb.alwaysdata.net/MTgox_watch_CW/index.html Bcash Woes O'Dell's Tweet: https://twitter.com/matt_odell/status/970850312071405568 Olivier's Tweet about merge mining: https://twitter.com/olivierjanss/status/970788289593651200 Cobra: https://twitter.com/CobraBitcoin/status/970736614275153926 ASICBoost: https://bitcoinmagazine.com/articles/breaking-down-bitcoins-asicboost-scandal-solutions/ Regulations will hit ICOs and altcoins hard, but leave bitcoin relatively unscaved. This will leave room for legacy interests to coopt the "blockchain" meme, ICO and altcoin narratives. Bitcoin unaffected. SOURCES -------------------- 1. Mayer Multiple: http://mayermultiple.com 2. CME futures: http://www.cmegroup.com/trading/equity-index/us-index/bitcoin.html 3. Network Value to Transaction Ratio: http://charts.woobull.com/bitcoin-nvt-ratio/ 4. Network stats: http://fork.lol/pow/retarget 5. Difficulty: https://bitcoinwisdom.com/bitcoin/difficulty 6. Real time fees: https://tradeblock.com/bitcoin/ 7. Visualization: https://jochen-hoenicke.de/queue/#3m 8. Bitcoin github stats: https://github.com/bitcoin/bitcoin/pulse 9. Ranking: https://www.coingecko.com 10. LN testnet: https://explorer.acinq.co/#/ 11. LN nodes: https://lnmainnet.gaben.win/# 12. LedgerX: http://data.ledgerx.com/ 13. Gemini Auction: https://gemini.com/auction-data/ 14. Google trends "bitcoin": https://trends.google.com/trends/explore?q=bitcoin FOLLOW -------------------- Host: @AnselLindner https://twitter.com/AnselLindner Show: @btcmrkts https://twitter.com/btcmrkts We're on YouTube! https://www.youtube.com/c/bitcoinandmarkets THANK YOU LISTENERS! -------------------- Music by Joakim Karud and Kontekt

Bitcoin & Markets 2/26/18--------------------New to bitcoin? Looking for more info? Do your own research! Start here. http://bitcoinandmarkets.com/resources and here https://bitcoin.org Run a Full Node. -- THIS SHOW IS SUPPORTED BY LISTENERS LIKE YOU! $2-5/mo. https://www.patreon.com/bitcoinandmarkets or to donate bitcoin, litecoin or paypal http://bitcoinandmarkets.com/donate -- **Disclaimer: This is not investment advice, do your own research, this is all psuedoscience. Sources below. -------------------- Hello WCN! PRICES -------------------- Bitstamp: $9747 / 1 finney: $0.97 Mayer Multiple: Spot/200 MA ($8569) = 1.1 (1) 3M BTC Settled Futures (Mar): $9581 / spread: - $150 or 1.7% CME Futures: Mar18 $9,590 / Jun18 $9,420 (2) Bitmex Futures: Mar18 $9660 / Jun18 $9736 The market seems to be in an equilibrium around $10k. There's a lot of consolidation happening. MARKET SIZE and TRANSACTIONS -------------------- Market Cap: $165 B Dominance Index: 100% lol Global Bitcoin MC: $433 B NVT (Network Value/Transaction): 100.65 (3) Maximalist Price: $25,698 USD value tx'ed on-chain (24h): $0.75 B Avg tx Val (24h): $5107 I don't really buy the NVT hypothesis as a P/E ratio for bitcoin totally. But I'll include it here for now. SECURITY -------------------- Difficulty: est. +4% to +7% in 7 days (4)(5) FEES -------------------- Mempool: 30MB, ~14 sat/b (6)(7) We will see more efforts to encourage spending by entreprenuers. DEVELOPMENT -------------------- Merged PRs: 11 merged PRs and 11 closed issues (8)(9) Lightning Network: 3.8 btc capacity, 1482 open channels, 883 nodes - 1.67 channels/node (10)(11) OTC VOLUME -------------------- OTC volume from my sources has fallen hard back to Sept levels. The price explains this, because the number of bitcoins traded is about the same. This is more of a retail investor number, and there's new competition for local bitcoins. GOOGLE TRENDS (14) -------------------- We are lower on google trends again. On a year chart, the term "bitcoin" is at 25 for the most current week. This is out of 100, being the most searched week in the last year. NEWS -------------------- The feeling in bitcoin has changed a little bit imo. Altcoin exuberance has been tempered. Bitcoin HODLers are patient. Bitcoin Core 0.16.0 RC4 https://github.com/bitcoin/bitcoin/blob/v0.16.0/doc/release-notes.md The battle of smart contract platforms is starting. https://twitter.com/AnselLindner/status/966813921129697286 Petro scandal https://www.coindesk.com/petro-debut-learned-venezuelas-cryptocurrency-today/ Now Turkish Crypto? https://www.coindesk.com/turkish-lawmaker-proposes-national-cryptocurrency-creation/ Russia, Venezuela, Turkey, etc etc etc. Very bullish for the reserve currency, bitcoin. SOURCES -------------------- 1. Mayer Multiple: http://mayermultiple.com 2. CME futures: http://www.cmegroup.com/trading/equity-index/us-index/bitcoin.html 3. Network Value to Transaction Ratio: http://charts.woobull.com/bitcoin-nvt-ratio/ 4. Network stats: http://fork.lol/pow/retarget 5. Difficulty: https://cryptothis.com/diff/ 6. Real time fees: https://tradeblock.com/bitcoin/ 7. Visualization: https://jochen-hoenicke.de/queue/#3m 8. Bitcoin github stats: https://github.com/bitcoin/bitcoin/pulse 9. Ranking: https://www.coingecko.com 10. LN testnet: https://explorer.acinq.co/#/ 11. LN nodes: https://lnmainnet.gaben.win/# 12. LedgerX: http://data.ledgerx.com/ 13. Gemini Auction: https://gemini.com/auction-data/ 14. Google trends "bitcoin": https://trends.google.com/trends/explore?q=bitcoin FOLLOW -------------------- Host: @AnselLindner https://twitter.com/AnselLindner Show: @btcmrkts https://twitter.com/btcmrkts We're on YouTube! https://www.youtube.com/c/bitcoinandmarkets THANK YOU LISTENERS! -------------------- Music by Joakim Karud and KVN