As the legal tussle between Apple and the FBI continues, the head of UK intelligence agency Government Communications Headquarters (GCHQ) has called for more collaboration between academics, civil society, government, and the tech industry to find a
We've entered the most profound era of change for financial services companies since the 1970s brought us index mutual funds, discount brokers and ATMs.
Every year, migrants send hundreds of billions of dollars worth of remittances back to friends and family in their home country. And there's a massive industry that facilitates these payments -- and has for more than a century.
BITNATION provides the same services traditional governments provides, from dispute resolution and insurance to security and much more but in a geographically unbound, decentralized, and voluntary way.
We live in a world in which more and more things happen electronically. It is now possible to buy all your clothes online, all your books, all your food, and have them all delivered to you. Online communication allows us to communicate with almost an
Although scalability (the block size limit) has been the main topic of conversation in the Bitcoin community over the past year, this controversy has also brought up another important subject for the peer-to-peer digital cash system: governance.
The UN Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC) has published a report examining digital currencies and how they can be used to address regional payments issues.
Content theft has persisted as one of the worst ills of the internet generation. Data breaches and identity thefts have always left victims with a sour taste. Bitcoin wallets have been hacked and owners' wealth stolen on several cases. Are there wa
Former Secret Service agent Shaun Bridges was re-arrested on Thursday of last week, just a day before he was scheduled to turn himself in at a Baltimore prison to begin serving a 71-month prison sentence.
This week, 16 states got tired of waiting for the Feds to do something and introduced their own legislation that would provide new privacy protections for student data, employee social media accounts, location tracking, and more.
Not so long ago, the Silk Road was not only a bustling black market for drugs but a living representation of every cryptoanarchist's dream: a trusted trading ground on the Internet where neither the government's laws nor the Drug War they've sp
The Bitcoin software park is enriching with upcoming apps that convert fiat currency to BitcoinCT r: 10, transfer it and reconvert it to fiat, all in a single step. Who needs a money transfer service, when you can just download an app?
MGA (Malta Gaming Authority) and other gaming regulators will possibly recognize Bitcoin in 2016. That step will help popularize BitcoinCT r: 10 among both online casinos and gamers. It will also attract to Bitcoin casinos that use fiat money.
Bitcoin isn't the only way of sending digital money across the Internet. There's also Ripple. And Stellar. And Litecoin. And Ethereum. And so many others. Bitcoin is by far the most popular.
identity via RFID hacking(NaturalNews) The last thing you're probably thinking about as you wrap up your holiday shopping is the possibility that identity thieves might be trying to steal your credit and debit cards, drivers license or other personal
The proposed roadmap currently being discussed in the bitcoin community has some good points in that it does have a plan to accommodate more transactions, but it fails speak plainly to bitcoin users and acknowledge key downsides. The roadmap summary
Fungibility is often held as a crucial characteristic of sound money. But what happens when money has a public record of every transaction, and morally questionable trades can be identified? Is bitcoin headed for a break in fungibility?