Block Digest #167 - Bitcoin Core And The Mythical Man-Month

Welcome to episode #167 of Block Digest! (Sunday, March 24th 2019)

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Credits
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Shinobius - https://twitter.com/brian_trollz
Janine - https://twitter.com/J9Roem
Rick - https://twitter.com/cryptorick
Nopara - https://twitter.com/nopara73

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Links
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Lightning Labs Drops “Lightning Loop”
https://blog.lightning.engineering/posts/2019/03/20/loop.html

Major Consistency Problems With Blue Wallet
https://github.com/BlueWallet/LndHub/issues/3
https://github.com/BlueWallet/LndHub/commit/d3100a1390830db555658af3f4091946d3fc8dd4
https://github.com/BlueWallet/LndHub/issues/4
https://github.com/BlueWallet/LndHub/commit/0fed216b32b04530b67705de237f3bf4299d61cf

Bitcoin Core Is Rocket Science
https://old.reddit.com/r/Bitcoin/comments/b4itqy/i_feel_those_words_working_on_bitcoincoreorg_can/

Square Hiring Open-Source Development in Bitcoin & Crypto
https://twitter.com/jack/status/1108487911802966017

Bitcoin Core Wallet and Node Separation
https://www.reddit.com/r/Bitcoin/comments/b3qqtn/wallet_separated_from_node_in_bitcoin_core/

Bitwise says 95% of Reported Volume is Fake
https://twitter.com/BitwiseInvest/status/1109114656944209921

Japanese Regulators Cap Margin Trading
https://bitcoinmagazine.com/articles/japan-introduces-stricter-regulation-crypto-margin-trading/

Bank of Mexico Issues Troubling Circular
https://coincenter.org/entry/new-regulation-would-effectively-ban-crypto-exchanges-in-mexico
https://bitcoinmagazine.com/articles/mexicos-proposed-crypto-laws-create-new-barriers-for-exchanges-adoption/

Review of Wall Street Journal’s ShapeShift Claims By… Who?
https://medium.com/cipherblade/how-truth-disappears-into-the-black-hole-of-shoddy-journalism-bbff158cd271
https://twitter.com/ahcastor/status/1109118615272464384
https://davidgerard.co.uk/blockchain/2019/03/24/sha..