Bitcoin Spam Attack / AlphaBay Permanently Closed / Poloniex Withdraw Problem (The Cryptoverse #304)

On today's episode of The Cryptoverse:

  1. And Is Poloniex having trouble with withdrawals?
  2. It looks like AlphaBay has closed for good
  3. There’s evidence that the Bitcoin network has been under sustained spam attack

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