This is part of a series that retraces the growth narrative in the cryptocurrecy asset class in 2016-2018.
Your Crypto Kitty isn’t forever — Why DApps aren’t as decentralized as you think
Link: Luke Zhang, Medium
Battle for ‘True’ Bitcoin Is Just Getting Started
Link: Yuji Nakamura, Bloomberg
LOCALBITCOINS SETS BIGGEST GAIN EVER AS VENEZUELANS EXIT FIAT
Link: Wilma Woo , Bitcoinist
Bitfinex Hires Law Firm to Challenge Critics
Link: Marc Hochstein, Coindesk
Ethereum's blockchain is jamming up because of a new game that lets people buy virtual cats
Link: Frank Chaparro, Business Insider
The Male Obsession With How Near the Singularity Is
Link: John McDermott, Medium
Is It Time to Regulate Bitcoin?
Link: James Mackintosh, Wsj
This Mining Company Soared 159% After Saying It’s Buying a Crypto Firm
Link: Camila Russo, Bloomberg
Traders on a $1 billion cryptocurrency exchange say they can't withdraw money and are left in the dark about why
Link: Oscar Williams-Grut, Business Insider
Trump Team to Slash Budget, Staff at Financial-Data Office
Link: Ryan Tracy, Wsj
Lightning Spec Electrifies Bitcoin with Release Candidate
Link: Christian Decker, Blockstream
Celebrating Lightning Development
Link: Rusty Russell, Medium
Bank of America Wins Patent for Crypto Exchange System
Link: Nikhilesh De, Coindesk
Point by point refutation of misguided disinformation video about how the Lightning Network is a Blockstream conspiracy
Link: Fresheneesz, Reddit
Is Bitcoin Just a Brilliant Wealth Redistribution Scheme?
Link: Valentin Schmid, theepochtimes
Apple's Latest Patent Doesn't Fall Far From The Blockchain Tree
Link: Jeremy Nation, Ethnews
awesome-lightning-network
Link: hbasria, github
I am quitting Ethereum Classic.
Link: Dave, web.archive.org
Simplicity and Michelson
Link: Philip Wadler, Iohk.io