# Summary of #hplusroadmap IRC Log (September 20, 2014)

• Discussion about Bitcoin's future potential in microtransactions, with observations that many people are hoarding BTC as speculators rather than using it for transactions, and that recent changes in US law making international wire transfers more difficult could increase Bitcoin adoption.

• Sony announced a new monochrome green display technology, prompting a brief discussion about display color preferences among technology enthusiasts.

• A visualization tool for multisig Bitcoin transactions was shared (http://p2sh.info/multisig), showing increasing usage of this security feature in the Bitcoin ecosystem.

• A Brookings Institution report on the legal and policy implications of human augmentation technologies was shared (http://www.brookings.edu/research/reports2/2014/09/cyborg-future-law-policy-implications).

• A discussion about cryptocurrency economics included the argument that hoarding altcoins reduces purchasing power due to opportunity costs, suggesting that the optimal behavior is to immediately sell altcoins for Bitcoin when there's a positive market price.

• Sonic-Pi (http://sonic-pi.net/#examples), a live coding music platform for educational purposes, was shared as a resource.