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# Tulip Mania
### Episode 23: Follow the Technology

Up. Down. Up. Down... Watching the price couldn’t be more boring which is why this week Josh and Mike found a handful of exciting developments to discuss, including:

- John Oliver’s HBO segment devoted entirely to Bitcoin
- Abra app introducing a multi-sig smart contract based exchange on Bitcoin and Litecoin networks
- The town of Plattsburgh, NY banning commercial Bitcoin mining for 18 months
- Monero developers altering Proof-of-Work to try and combat ASIC mining
- Lightning Labs released their beta software for the Lightning Network
- The evolution of community supported protocols and platforms

[Listen Here](https://media.zencast.fm/tulip-mania/23.mp3)

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