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Following Bitcoin Cash on its rise to global reserve currency.

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Saturday, 22nd July 2023

#88:

BCH Argentina

& FedNow Launch

feat. Leo Beltran

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Leo Beltran

BCH Argentina

https://twitter.com/Leo_Bitcoin

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BCH retraces a little

USD $244.13 (down). 1 BTC = 122.5 BCH (slightly down).

1 ETH = 7.7 BCH (flat).

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Selene Update

  • v1.0.11 released
    • Translations to 25 languages
      • Thanks to Marius Kjaerstad for adding Swedish, Danish & Norwegian
      • Thanks for ~ for fixes to Hindi
      • Community commits begin!
    • Haptic feedback
  • Over 400 downloads
  • Selene features in new Bitcoin Cash Hardware preview from fshinetop

https://selene.cash/

https://twitter.com/BitcoinCashHW/status/1682146336093749250

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BCH in Argentina

  • What’s the local adoption like in Argentina?
  • Is inflation getting worse?
  • How is crypto being perceived by the regular people?
  • What is it like to travel as an Argentinian and observe the differences with other localities?

https://flipstarter.bcharg.com/en

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BCH Argentina Flipstarter

  • Targeting 350 local merchants onboarded
    • Commerce boxes for merchants
    • Point of sale is a great place to build consumer confidence
  • Developing a new website to help connect consumers with merchants
  • Influencer marketing & sponsorships

https://flipstarter.bcharg.com/en

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Peter shitcoins in Argentina

  • Peter McCormack visits Argentina to film a documentary
  • Discovers BTC isn’t really that useful
  • People are using Tether on “shitcoin” networks instead
  • Tells the mob “I’m just reporting the facts”

https://twitter.com/PeterMcCormack/status/1681626945400782849

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FedNow Goes Live

  • Federal Reserve instant payments network “FedNow” has gone live
  • Not accessible by retail consumers
  • Banks & Credit unions in the US can join
  • Technically not a CBDC, but the path is being paved one brick at a time
  • We’re running out of time

https://www.federalreserve.gov/newsevents/pressreleases/other20230720a.htm

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https://twitter.com/KDM2718/status/1681344682951950346

Meme of the week

It’s really just us vs CBDC

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Bigger BCH Blocks

  • Should BCH increase the blocksize?
    • What would be the tradeoffs of doing so?
    • Is it necessary now?
    • Is hardware & software ready?
  • Thoughts on the automatic blocksize limit CHIP?
    • Still being refined by Bitcoincashautist
    • Possibly 2024 or 2025 upgrade

https://coin.dance/blocks/transactions

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https://twitter.com/LTCUnderground/status/1682765290680066048

Community comment of the week

LTC Underground knows

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MESSAGE TO

THE COMMUNITY

Open platform to speak to the Bitcoin Cash community, with any thoughts, advice, feedback, criticism, encouragement, story or point of view you feel should be more prominent or appreciated.

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Donators!

Patrons

  • Ricky
  • HP

Sponsors!

  • General Protocols
    • Check out bchbull.com

Flipstarter (Eps 86 - 95)

  • New flipstarter coming soon!

Supporter Appreciation

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That's called obsession

It's something that you live

The only single thing that matters

After your wife and your kids

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Cos if you can't learn to float

Then you sink or you swim

Start guide, FAQs, links at www.bitcoincashpodcast.com

Shoutouts for the show

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Thanks for watching!

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