London Photographer Embarks on Bitcoin-Only Challenge
• http://www.coindesk.comLondon photographer Abby Scarlet has embarked on a six month challenge during which she will only accept work from clients willing to pay her in bitcoin.
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Boost VC-backed Bitcoin Smart Contract Startup Hedgy Raises $1.2 million
• https://bitcoinmagazine.comThe Boost VC Tribe 4 graduate Hedgy completed a $1.2 million funding round from investors including Tim Draper, Salesforce CEO Marc Benioff and Sand Hill Ventures.
Western Union Exploring 'Pilot Settlement Project' With Ripple Labs
• https://bitcoinmagazine.comThe global remittance giant Western Union might use the digital currency ripple in a pilot program.
Maxim Group Bids $1.7M for GBTC Shares
• https://bitcoinmagazine.comInvestors are increasing the pressure to acquire shares of the Bitcoin Investment Trust (GBTC) with a bid for 50,000 at $35 per share by the Maxim Group.
Leaked Chainalysis Roadmap Angers Bitcoin Community
• https://bitcoinmagazine.comChainalysis offers a service that provides financial institutions with the means to obtain regulatory compliance through real-time analysis of the blockchain.
Make an Impact: Donate Bitcoin to Projects on the Ground in Nepal
• https://bitcoinmagazine.comNatural disasters shake not just the core of our communities, but also the core of our humanity.
Overstock Files Crypto Stock Exchange Prospectus with the SEC
• https://bitcoinmagazine.comThe new stock exchange could sidestep traditional stock exchanges such as NYSE and NASDAQ and issue corporate stock directly over the Internet.
Coin Center Issues a Flexible Template for Bitcoin Regulation
• https://bitcoinmagazine.comLast week, lead Bitcoin developer Gavin Andresen and other Bitcoin Core developers joined the recently established MIT Digital Currency Initiative.
Canada Takes a Careful, Community-driven Approach to Bitcoin Regulation
• https://bitcoinmagazine.comLike many other countries, Canada has been wrestling with the issue of whether to regulate digital currencies and, if so, how and to what extent.
Overstock Files to Offer Stock That Works Like Bitcoin
• Wired.comOverstock.com is one step closer to offering a new kind of stock intended to remake the stock market in much the same way the bitcoin digital currency remade our money system.
Isle of Man Official: Country Will Offer "Freedom to Flourish" to Bitcoin Companies
• https://bitcoinmagazine.comIn March, Bitcoin Magazine reported that the Isle of Man wants to become a leading Bitcoin hub.
Canada Takes a Careful, Community-driven Approach to Bitcoin Regulation
• https://bitcoinmagazine.comLike many other countries, Canada has been wrestling with the issue of whether to regulate digital currencies and, if so, how and to what extent.
BITCOIN IS THE FUTURE: PAYPAL CHANGES TERMS OF SERVICE TO TAKE...
• https://www.cryptocoinsnews.com, Evander SmartBITCOIN IS THE FUTURE: PAYPAL CHANGES TERMS OF SERVICE TO TAKE YOUR CONTENT
CASH BANS GROW AS CENTRAL BANKERS PLAN CENTRALIZED FUTURE...
• https://www.cryptocoinsnews.com, Evander SmartCASH BANS GROW AS CENTRAL BANKERS PLAN CENTRALIZED FUTURE: BITCOIN TO THE RESCUE?
POST BITCOIN DEVCORE: EXCLUSIVE INTERVIEW WITH PATRICK MURCk
• https://www.cryptocoinsnews.com, Joel DalaisPatrick Murck, until very recently, the Executive Director of the Bitcoin Foundation, where he has served as General Counsel and continues to advise as it undergoes its recent changes.
5 Revelations about Bitcoin from the ING 2015 Mobile Banking Survey
• Bitcoin MagazineThe report has some sobering insights into how Bitcoin adoption is going in the West, including what consumers see as the biggest benefits and problems of mobile payments.
Bankymoon Introduces Bitcoin Payments to Smart Meters for Power Grids
• Bitcoin MagazineSouth African Bitcoin startup Bankymoon has built the world's first blockchain smart metering solution for modern power and utility grids, VentureBurn reports.
BitcoinFax: a Simple and Efficient Use Case for Bitcoin Micropayments
• Bitcoin MagazineWhile Internet citizens find it strange that fax machines still exist, everyone still needs to send faxes at times – often to large legacy organizations, banks and public administrations that still live in the 20th century.
Isle of Man Official: Country Will Offer "Freedom to Flourish" to Bitcoin Companies
• Bitcoin MagazineIn March, Bitcoin Magazine reported that the Isle of Man wants to become a leading Bitcoin hub. The government of the tiny island is pushing forward a new regulatory framework to create a true paradise for digital currencies.
MIT to Take Over Funding of Three Bitcoin Core Developers
• http://cointelegraph.com,The three Bitcoin core developers who were, up until now, funded by the Bitcoin Foundation will join the MIT Media Lab's newly established Digital Currency Initiative.
Joining the MIT Media Lab Digital Currency Initiative
• http://gavintech.blogspot.com, Gavin AndresenI'm pleased to announce that I've joined the MIT Media Lab's newly launched Digital Currency Initiative to continue my work on the Bitcoin project. I'm looking forward to working with all the amazing people associated with the initiative.
MIT Digital Currency Initiative Welcomes Bitcoin Foundation Members
• newsbtc.comBitcoin core developers Gavin Andresen, Cory Fields and Wladimir van der Laan have joined the MIT Digital Currency Initiative in full-time positions.
Bitcoin is Not a Honey Badger
• Julia Tourianski - BraveTheWorldPublisher: "What she said".
A Video Platform for Art and Soul Using Bitcoin
Doug ScribnerWatchMyBit.com is challenging the Advertising Model currently used for most media delivery today. We are trying a new model that rewards the art, not the ads.
rEvolution of transit: From Taxi, to Uber, Lyft, and now LaZooz
Michael BaysekThe La'Zooz network is a fully decentralized version of a ride sharing network. Through the use of smartphones’ incipient technology, it allows riders and drivers to meet voluntarily without having a trusted third party or company involved, thereby
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04-17-15 -- Dean Dunbar and Harris Dagha (MP3 & VIDEO LOADED)
Program Date:Dean Dunbar and Harris Dagha (Developers of Bitwave; a Decentralized web browsing application built on top of blockchain technology) talks about the application of Bitwave; they were also winners of the Texas Bitcoin Conference's Million Dollar Hacka
MIT Thinks It Can Get You to Use Bitcoin
• http://motherboard.vice.comBitcoin is everywhere, but the fledgling virtual currency still has a long way to go before your grandparents are using it too.
Reserve Bank of Australia Favors Hands-off Approach for Bitcoin Regulation
• https://bitcoinmagazine.comThe Reserve Bank of Australia (RBA) will not intervene in oversight of digital currencies such as bitcoin at the moment, The Australian Business Review reports.
Barry Silbert Shares Vision for Bitcoin Industry Professional Development
• https://bitcoinmagazine.comThe success of the Digital Currency Council (DCC) is exciting and timely for everyone involved in, and everyone who will become involved in, the digital currency economy.
New Bitcoin Foundation Executive Director Bruce Fenton Shares Vision for Future
• https://bitcoinmagazine.comIn a vote consisting of five ayes and one abstention, the Bitcoin Foundation Board has elected lifetime member Bruce Fenton to the position of Executive Director, replacing interim director Patrick Murck who held the position for the five months foll
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