{"version":1,"type":"rich","provider_name":"Libsyn","provider_url":"https:\/\/www.libsyn.com","height":90,"width":600,"title":"&quot;Not a Bubble&quot; - 12\/19\/2017","description":"Bitcoin &amp;amp; Markets Update 12\/19\/17---New to bitcoin? Looking for more info? Do your own research! Start here. http:\/\/bitcoinandmarkets.com\/resources --- 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. ---- PRICES Bitstamp: $18,150 1 finney: $1.81 Mayer Multiple: $5412 = 3.3, No change, (blowoff tops happen around 7) 3M Futures: $20,070 spread: + $2000 CME Futures 3M - $18,435 http:\/\/www.cmegroup.com\/trading\/equity-index\/us-index\/bitcoin.html MARKET SIZE and METRICS Market Cap: $304 B Global MC: $607 B Maximalist Price: $36,325 Avg on-chain tx value: $12,361 BTC dollar value tx'ed on-chain (24h): $4.8 B NETWORK STATS Difficulty: +17% yesterday, another +11% est in 11 days http:\/\/fork.lol\/pow\/retarget - New stats and look, I like it. https:\/\/cryptothis.com\/diff\/ Mempool: 29MB - This is about the perfect size https:\/\/tradeblock.com\/bitcoin\/ 40MB of 1 sat\/byte txs. Spam for sure. https:\/\/jochen-hoenicke.de\/queue\/#3m The 6 sat\/byte theory. https:\/\/twitter.com\/JoshuaJBouw\/status\/941625444700270592 Merged PRs: Bitcoin: https:\/\/github.com\/bitcoin\/bitcoin\/pulse Geth: https:\/\/github.com\/ethereum\/go-ethereum\/pulse Bcash: https:\/\/github.com\/bitprim\/bitprim\/pulse https:\/\/github.com\/paritytech\/parity-bitcoin\/pulse https:\/\/github.com\/bitcoinxt\/bitcoinxt\/pulse https:\/\/github.com\/Bitcoin-ABC\/bitcoin-abc\/pulse https:\/\/github.com\/BitcoinUnlimited\/BitcoinUnlimited\/pulse Blockstream is responsible for only 8% https:\/\/twitter.com\/_jonasschnelli_\/status\/859389367105851392 OTC VOLUME Localbitcoins: $100.7M\/wk Paxful: $8.3M\/wk LedgerX: $6.0M\/wk http:\/\/data.ledgerx.com\/ Total public OTC data: $115.0M - $111M\/wk last PSA: Centralized exchanges are invasive, slow and outside your control. Check out p2p exchanges like https:\/\/bisq.network\/ (hit $226k in volume!) --- Bubble, bubble, bubble Pyramid schemes and ponzi schemes, Pain is a good teacher, these people aren't going away, they're here to stay. Why Coinbase, BitPay and BCi are not implementing Segwit ZeroLink https:\/\/medium.com\/@nopara73\/zerolink-massive-scale-coinjoin-is-about-to-be-deployed-participate-in-the-final-test-and-earn-6225939d15fb Please participate!! Testing on 20 Dec. Download and setup, all the instructions are on the medium post. Craigslist http:\/\/www.businessinsider.com\/craigslist-added-a-button-to-accept-cryptocurrencies-as-payment-2017-12 I think this is kind of big, but not because I think people will use it, people will see it, it'll jog their memory of hearing about it before. --- Host on twitter: @AnselLindner https:\/\/twitter.com\/AnselLindner and the show: @btcmrkts https:\/\/twitter.com\/btcmrkts --- We're on YouTube! https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/channel\/UCxWJc6ZVFJDjI6eh7MU68Tg --- Thank you bitcoin. We are all Satoshi. Run a Full Node. Music by Joakim Karud and Kontekst","author_name":"Bitcoin &amp; Markets","author_url":"https:\/\/bitcoinandmarkets.com","html":"<iframe title=\"Libsyn Player\" style=\"border: none\" src=\"\/\/html5-player.libsyn.com\/embed\/episode\/id\/9482450\/height\/90\/theme\/custom\/thumbnail\/yes\/direction\/forward\/render-playlist\/no\/custom-color\/87A93A\/\" height=\"90\" width=\"600\" scrolling=\"no\"  allowfullscreen webkitallowfullscreen mozallowfullscreen oallowfullscreen msallowfullscreen><\/iframe>","thumbnail_url":"https:\/\/assets.libsyn.com\/secure\/content\/40472939"}