Block Digest #220 - Make Bitcoin Magic Again

<p>Welcome to episode #220 of Block Digest! (Saturday, May 16th 2020)</p><p><br></p><p>Join us: https://dragonsden.io/</p><p>Follow us on Twitter: https://twitter.com/blockdigest</p><p><br></p><p>Credits</p><p>========</p><p>Shinobius - https://twitter.com/brian_trollz</p><p>Janine - https://twitter.com/J9Roem</p><p><br></p><p>Intro Song: DVNZXL - [fried_noodles] https://youtu.be/w28NKJJHPZM</p><p><br></p><p>This video is licensed under Creative Commons (CC BY 4.0): https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/</p><p><br></p><p>Links</p><p>=====</p><p> </p><p>Hashrate Hits All-Time High On Halving Day | https://twitter.com/hodlonaut/status/1260083397055123457</p><p><br></p><p>Message in Halving Block Calls Back to Genesis Block Motif | https://blockstream.info/block/000000000000000000024bead8df69990852c202db0e0097c1a12ea637d7e96d, https://twitter.com/lopp/status/1259929075902222345</p><p><br></p><p>YouTube Cancels CoinTelegraph's Halving Livestream as "Harmful Content" | https://twitter.com/BitcoinMemeHub/status/1260064408346284037</p><p><br></p><p>Scratch For Miniscript (Magical Bitcoin Update) | https://twitter.com/MagicalBitcoin/status/1260236440862183425</p><p><br></p><p>New Atomic Swap Protocol | https://twitter.com/SomsenRuben/status/1259880539907129347</p><p><br></p><p>Ex Coinbase CTO Balaji Srinivasan Says "Government surveillance is a necessary evil" for COVID-19 Policing | https://decrypt.co/28507/ex-coinbase-cto-government-surveillance-is-a-necessary-evil, https://quillette.com/2020/05/11/covid-19-and-the-normalization-of-mass-surveillance/, https://twitter.com/baobaofzhang/status/1260574527555350530, https://twitter.com/jsrailton/status/1260583121969438720</p><p><br></p><p>Intel/TSMC Look At More US Manufacturing? | https://twitter.com/Reuters/status/1259580349757247488</p><p><br></p><p>Lightning Loop Update - Multi-Loop | https://twitter.com/lightning/status/1261019739935191047</p><p><br></p><p>Zcash Developer Alliance | https://twitter.com/zooko/status/1259956605464035328, https://archive.is/mvs