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A Week in Review

Dash:  An Honest Assessment of Dash, Today’s Hottest Cryptocurrency
https://medium.com/@EricRSammons/an-honest-assessment-of-dash-todays-hottest-cryptocurrency-908603b7a2a3#.7u89njqel

Sia:  Decentralization in Light of the Recent Amazon S3 Downtime
https://blog.sia.tech/decentralization-in-light-of-the-recent-amazon-s3-downtime-2e0f3496aaae?source=collection_home---5------0----------

Zcash:  A Shielded Ecosystem
https://z.cash/blog/shielded-ecosystem.html

Hey guys, here is this weeks updates.  I really hate it when I miss a big move in trading.  In this case it was Dash.  I saw the signals and I ignored, thinking it will be one of my recent trades where I profited really small, broke even or lost small.  And with Bitcoin still surging past ATH, I'm more biased to take on more short positions than long.  I was wrong.  I wish I was more open that anything can happen.  Congrats Dash holders.

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A Week in Review

Dash:  Digital Currency DASH Rallies to $51 Following DDoS Attack on P2P Infrastructure; 12% of Nodes Taken Offline
http://www.razor-forex.com/2017/03/digital-currency-dash-rallies-to-51.html

Long Live Dogecoin: Why Developers Won't Let the Joke Currency Die
http://www.coindesk.com/dogecoin-is-the-joke-that-wouldnt-die-finally-dying/

Zcash:  New Release: 1.0.7
https://z.cash/blog/new-release-1-0-7.html

There you go, this week's updates.  There's not much to say except for the news about Dogecoin.  It's sad to see such a much loved project dying.  I can see how its community are attached to it and I think if someone in that community has the spare time to develop and update it further, they should.  And where is Jackson Palmer and what's he doing these days?

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A Week in Review

LBRY:  Watch LBRY Program Live & Beta Updates
https://lbry.io/news/great-week-for-lbry-developer-beta

Litecoin:  Bitcoin Hard Fork, Litecoin adding SegWit & More Cryptocurrency Talk with Charlie Lee, Creator of Litecoin
https://www.crushthestreet.com/videos/live-interviews/bitcoin-hard-fork-litecoin-adding-segwit-cryptocurrency-talk-charlie-lee-creator-litecoin

Monero:  Monero Gui Beta 2 Released
https://getmonero.org/2017/03/29/monero-gui-beta-2-released.html

Sia:  XT, Classic, BU: Escaping the Cycle of Hardfork Contention (with Trustless Governance)
https://blog.sia.tech/xt-classic-bu-escaping-the-cycle-of-hardfork-contention-with-trustless-governance-996b6e503d7b?source=collection_home---5------0-----------


There's not much updates in the POW coins for the past two weeks, I deliberately skipped a week of updating last week because there wasn't any interesting new content about them out there worth posting.

Anyway the blog by David Vorick seems interesting.  I'm not sure if it's really possible because most of the people in the cryptocurrency/blockchain space talks out of their asses a lot.  So I'm gonna ask around and see what's really up with that one.

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There have not been that many updates on the Proof of Work currencies listed in the OP which make me question if some (actually one) of them could be considered 'dead'.  Yep, I'm talking about Dogecoin.  From a development standpoint, is Dogecoin dead?  I don't think there's anything more in store for it unless it joins the Segwit bandwagon like VTC and VIA.

And how is their community after throwing their Founder, Jackson Palmer, out after exposing the Moolah scam.  He was actually trying to help but none believed him.

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A Week in Review.  POW Version

Dash:  Why Bitcoin Disincentivizes Community Harmony
https://www.dashforcenews.com/bitcoin-disincentivizes-community-harmony/

Litecoin:  Bitcoin Dev Says he will Join LTC if Segwit Activates
https://twitter.com/johnsonlau01/status/854213772684046337

Monero:  Monero's Third Birthday: A Complex History, Promising Future
https://btcmanager.com/moneros-third-birthday-a-complex-history-promising-future/

Zcash:  Zcash in Brazil and South Africa
https://z.cash/blog/zcash-in-brazil-and-south-africa.html


Interesting development on Litecoin.  This could be a start of a whole new trend where Bitcoin developers start flocking to Litecoin with their tech and their wares to continue development of the second oldest cryptocurrency.  IF Segwit is activated that is.  There are rumors that the the anti Segwit Chinese miner Jihan Wu is taking the battle to Litecoin as well by giving it's own mining pool more hashing power to deny Segwit activation.  Interesting times for crypto...

Btw, the article on Monero is a good read.

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A (bi) Week in Review.  POW Version

Dash:  Dash Hires Six New Full-Time Evolution Developers In 2017 Sprint
https://www.dashforcenews.com/dash-hires-six-new-full-time-evolution-developers-in-2017-sprint/

Litecoin:  Live on Coinbase
https://www.reddit.com/r/litecoin/comments/6919n5/litecoin_live_on_coinbase_no_troll/

Monero:  Is Aeon to Monero What Litecoin is to Bitcoin?
https://www.reddit.com/r/Monero/comments/690v19/is_aeon_to_monero_what_litecoin_is_to_bitcoin/


Here's a quote that made me interested on Aeon.

aeon is a real world testnet for monero. aeon has been testing monero's pruning code for nearly a year now

How are the developers at Aeon doing with the 'pruning code'?  Is it even going anywhere?  I feel really if there was a very efficient and a really effective way to prune the blockchain, the devs of Bitcoin should have developed one by now.  But if Smooth and the rest do figure it out, it would be a god-send.  Good luck to them.

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Hey guys.  I need all your opinions on Game Credit, Steem and Decred.  I'm thinking of adding them in the watchlist since they have been climbing up to having a healthy (enough) market cap just by looking at CMC right now.

Thanks.

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A (Bi) Weekly Review

Dash:  Willy Wu on the Need for Governance on a Protocol Level
https://twitter.com/dangermouse117/status/865472145488437249

LBRY:  LBRY with Jeremy Kauffman
https://www.podcastinit.com/episode-109-lbry-with-jeremy-kauffman/

Monero:  Major Bug in Cryptonote Based Currencies
https://getmonero.org/2017/05/17/disclosure-of-a-major-bug-in-cryptonote-based-currencies.html

Sia:  Reminder to all newcomers. Minebox should start shipping in June
https://www.reddit.com/r/siacoin/comments/6c7rjc/reminder_to_all_newcomers_minebox_should_start/


Hey guys, here's is the (bi) weekly update.

I was expecting Litecoin to be on its way to the moon by now after activating Segwit but it fell a bit and its stalling.  What are we missing here?

In other news, Willy Wu tweeted the need for governance on the protocol level and could be seeing that Dash is on the right track.  Is this gonna be the new trend in crypto?  There's a new project out there developing this sort of thing...   

Enjoy the updates!

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A (bi) Week in Review.  POW Edition

Decred: UPCOMING [Ask Me Anything] With Decred Lead Dev, Dave Collins, and the Decred Team | on Thursday, 8th June
https://www.reddit.com/r/decred/comments/6fhdo6/upcoming_ask_me_anything_with_decred_lead_dev/

LBRY:  Lectures Made Illegal, So We Irrevocably Mirrored Them  <--- LOOOOOL
https://lbry.io/news/20000-illegal-college-lectures-rescued

Shadowbrokers now accept XMR, seems Zcash has not worked for them
https://www.reddit.com/r/Monero/comments/6fcf8a/shadowbrokers_now_accept_xmr_seems_zcash_has_not/

What we are doing about Poloniex withdrawals
https://www.reddit.com/r/siacoin/comments/6er35v/what_we_are_doing_about_poloniex_withdrawals/


The news that made my week has to be the one released by LBRY.  That's definitely one use case that's needed in today's world of censorship and oppression.  I wish Aaron Schwartz was still around.  He'd probably upload all those lectures himself. 

Great job by the LBRY team.  Keep them coming.

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A Week in Review

Dogecoin:  [Breaking News] Russia is going to adapt Doge as their national crypto!
https://www.reddit.com/r/dogecoin/comments/6gzfs1/breaking_news_russia_is_going_to_adapt_doge_as/

Litecoin:  Charlie Lee Leaves Coinbase.  Going Full Time on LTC
https://twitter.com/SatoshiLite/status/873343321296429056

Monero:  Specialization, and the Unapologetic Case for Monero
https://medium.com/@MidasTouch/specialization-and-the-unapologetic-case-for-monero-58a34c246952

Sia:  Growing Pains
https://blog.sia.tech/growing-pains-8e7b01c56f7e?source=collection_home---4------0-----------

 
Well, it looks like Dogecoin beat everyone to become the first ever government backed cryptocurrency.  Check out Vladimir Putin congratulating Dogecoin's CEO in the link above.  Litecoin has no chance, even with Charlie Lee going in deep to focus on LTC.  

The blog about Monero was cool, but possibly the blogger is in it for speculation mostly, and not about the 'project's values'.  Ethereum threw their values out the window awhile ago, yet he supports that.

There's nothing wrong with that.  But it's good to know when you are scamming yourself or not.  I personally have no moral objections in the zero sum game that is trading.  We're trading for money.  It's as simple as that.

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A (bi) Weekly Review

Dash:  How To Enable On-Chain Scaling
https://medium.com/@eduffield222/how-to-enabling-on-chain-scaling-2ffab5997f8b

Decred:  Decred Gets Integrated on Exodus Wallet
https://www.cryptoninjas.net/2017/06/22/decred-now-available-exodus-wallet/

Litecoin:  New York Preschools Accept Bitcoin and Ether for Tuition Payments (and Litecoin
http://www.coindesk.com/new-york-preschools-accept-bitcoin-litecoin-and-ether-for-tuition-payments/


I wonder if the parents of those pre schools in New York are even Bitcoin or crypto holders, or earn their wages in Bitcoin/crypto.  I just don't get it.  Why waste them on getting your kids to school when holding them could potentially make you more money and potentially get your kid some sort of trust fund.

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I wonder if the parents of those pre schools in New York are even Bitcoin or crypto holders, or earn their wages in Bitcoin/crypto.  I just don't get it.  Why waste them on getting your kids to school when holding them could potentially make you more money and potentially get your kid some sort of trust fund.

I wonder too, why spend good and sound money if you can save it and spend fiat, I will like to know the percentage of fee is being pade in Bitcoin.

This is a great public for Bitcoin and Altcoins

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I wonder if the parents of those pre schools in New York are even Bitcoin or crypto holders, or earn their wages in Bitcoin/crypto.  I just don't get it.  Why waste them on getting your kids to school when holding them could potentially make you more money and potentially get your kid some sort of trust fund.

I wonder too, why spend good and sound money if you can save it and spend fiat, I will like to know the percentage of fee is being pade in Bitcoin.

This is a great public for Bitcoin and Altcoins

Thinking about it, at the present price of Ethereum (yes they also accept it), it's a good value proposition to get your kid's education at the current state of the ETH market.  Sooner or later ETH will crash.  The appcoin, ICO model that got its value where it is today is just not sustainable.  It may rise in price still, but it doesn't mean the model is flawed.  If you were lucky enough to buy it at low low prices, it's time to slowly switch to BTC or spend it for real world stuff like your kid's education. 

But I'm biased.  I'm pro ETC.  So think and judge for yourself.