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Ironically, while, I keep having to wipe away the blood covering my portfolio this has been a wonderful week in terms of informative articles, insightful tweets, and educational podcasts/vids. So, rather than lamenting short-term price action, delve right into to the ever-fascinating cryptosphere.

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If invested and still plagued by doubt - ponder this:
Has BTC's long-term outlook fundamentally changed?

If you hold only Alts - answer this:
Why?

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## Picks of the Week

This simple [explanation](https://youtu.be/kNw3B15c56c) of the current CPU congestion plaguing the EOS network and this jargon-free [overview](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m64dLRjJ9Bs) of Oracles and their critical role for the future development of blockchain networks. If it's charts you are after - this [site](https://charts.woobull.com/) is a literal treasure trove!

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# Twitter

Explaining BTC to 'normal' folks (recommended):
https://twitter.com/woonomic/status/1196256830743142400

Miners it seems are feeling the pressure (recommended):
https://twitter.com/ColeGarnerBTC/status/1196607463593635840

Crypto writers providing value (highly recommended):
https://twitter.com/MitchellMoos/status/1172590258954752000

Vitalik makes some optimistic promises for Ethereum (recommended):
https://twitter.com/VitalikButerin/status/1196896377877471233

Maker DAI,SAI,DAI?
https://twitter.com/Ivshti/status/1195090264567820298

On LINK as an oracle provider:
https://twitter.com/DLTPandu/status/1195022468739719168

The good old days:
https://twitter.com/CryptoMichNL/status/1195623327559278592

On DeFi (recommended):
https://twitter.com/ercwl/status/1191544850681942016

Just a little debt:
https://twitter.com/ObiWanKenoBit/status/1194673519017086976

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# Articles

Stanford digs into blockchain use-cases (highly recommended):
https://www.gsb.stanford.edu/faculty-research/publications/2019-blockchain-social-impact

Coinbase on Proof of Work:
https://blog.coinbase.com/how-coinbase-views-proof-of-work-security-f4ba1a139da0

Wyoming forges ahead with progressive crypto banking laws:
https://www.coindesk.com/wyomings-new-crypto-banking-law-could-defang-new-yorks-bitlicense

Just when you get to grips with PoW and PoS..along comes Proof of Authority (PoA):
https://cointelegraph.com/news/proof-of-authority-algorithm-use-cases-grow-from-pharma-to-games

Devs aplenty are focused on Bitcoin Improvement Proposals (BIPs):
https://www.coindesk.com/an-army-of-bitcoin-devs-is-battle-testing-upgrades-to-privacy-and-scaling

Key talking points from Dan Larimer at Blocksburg event:
https://www.eosgo.io/news/dan-larimer-key-topics-at-blocksburg-summit

The 2020s seen as an inflection point for the global economy:
https://www.abc.net.au/news/2019-11-13/the-2020s-set-to-be-an-economic-turning-point/11699386

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# Podcast

Learning from the OneCoin scam (highly recommended):

https://podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/what-bitcoiners-can-learn-from-onecoin-scam-jamie-bartlett/id1317356120?i=1000456898865

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# YouTube

Always fun to run-out a BTC prediction:

https://youtu.be/Y7QL73zyytU

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A fix for the EOS CPU issue? Excellent overview of the situation at hand (highly recommended):

https://youtu.be/kNw3B15c56c

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Explaining Oracles (highly recommended):

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m64dLRjJ9Bs

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Learning while you laugh (recommended):

https://www.youtube.com/watch?time_continue=14&v=tvpOdef8CCc&feature=emb_logo

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A look into a baseline encryption algorithm - Rijndael (recommended):

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VYech-c5Dic

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# Infographics

BTC mining difficulty about to turn down:

https://twitter.com/woonomic/status/1196486453699567616

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EIDOS mining model not exactly helping EOS:

https://twitter.com/stellabelle/status/1193162367430987776/photo/1

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# Website / Utility

Bitcoin charts across a wide-array of metrics (highly recommended):

https://charts.woobull.com/

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As you can see, plenty to take-in this week over and above the current price. As always, looking forward to your comments and suggestions.

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**Note on Sources**:

*Twitter & Reddit (cryptos current meta-brains) / Medium / Trybe / Hackernoon / Whaleshares / TIMM and so on/ YouTube / various podcasts and whatever else I stumble upon. The aim is a useful weekly aggregator of ideas rather than news. Though I try to keep the sources current – I’ll reference these articles and podcasts etc. as I encounter them – they may have been published just a couple of days ago or in some cases quite a bit earlier*.

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Also published on [TIMM](https://mentormarket.io/cryptocurrencies/cryptos-decrypted/the-sunday-crypto-recap-down-the-rabbit-hole-56/).

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