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"Bitcoin is not smooth jazz," says Andreas M Antonopoulos, an entrepreneur, author and cryptocurrency expert. "Bitcoin is punk rock." (Publisher Recommended)
Bitcoin's shady image causes people to overlook the extraordinary potential of the "blockchain", the technology that underpins it. This innovation carries a significance stretching far beyond cryptocurrency. Simply, it is a machine for creating
Europe-based bitcoinCT r: 3 services provider Cashila has recently released a Bitwage-like Euro-to-Bitcoin payroll system, allowing European employees to request their wages to be paid in bitcoin through a simple bank or SEPA payment.
The first thing that caught my attention was that this idea was being sold with fear. That, to me, is a huge red flag. If you want to sucker humans - if you want make intelligent people act stupidly - fear is your tool; every serious manipulator
Phoenix, Arizona November 9, 2015 8:00 pm "2 Small Biz Guys" will be interviewing Morpheus Titania, on 1100 AM KFNX call in 602-277-5369. Morpheus is the one of the most prolific Bitcoin Traders in political area commonly known as Arizona.
E-Coin, which Wirex claims has more than 50,000 users and is growing at a rate of around 30% monthly, plans to use the funds to build a dedicated support team and to expand product development.
They (the Government) will not support major currencies that go around borders that they don't have control over...It's just not going to happen.
Encrypted email service provider ProtonMail recently and grudgingly gave in to a ransom demand of 15 bitcoin (approx $6000) to attackers who targeted the service with destructive Distributed Denial of Service (DDoS) attacks.
Bitcoin is back, thanks to its spiraling price, and The Wall Street Journal, the U.S. largest financial newspaper, took note today with a headline proclaiming: "Bitcoin Frenzy Back As Epic Bust Fades."
The block size dispute, perhaps the first ever real political controversy within the Bitcoin community, has raged for years, with no clear long-term solution in sight.
Smart contracts, a feature of "Bitcoin 2.0" technologies such as Ethereum, could soon operate on the Internet of Things (IoT), control objects in the physical world, and power a new decentralized version of the sharing economy, for example
With the recent spike in bitcoin's exchange rate, there has been a surge in transaction volume on the Bitcoin network, too. And while most in the Bitcoin community welcome the significant uptrend, some have also expressed concern.
Over the past few days, leading bitcoin exchange Kraken has tried to implement advanced DDoS protection, after a series of large DDoS attacks were launched by an unidentified group of hackers, directed to disrupt their operations.
The world's largest bitcoin exchange OKCoin has suspended some of its services indefinitely, following a malicious cyber attack from unknown hackers.
It appears a double in a week has prompted - just as we saw yesterday - some more profit-taking in Bitcoin as after topping $500 earlier today, the virtual currency has plunged (considerably more than yesterday) to $368 in late US trading as a high v
It was back in May 2010 that the very first 'real world' Bitcoin transaction was conducted: 10,000 bitcoins traded for two Papa John's pizzas.
Rumours suggesting that Nasdaq - which unveiled its own blockchain-based platform last week - was using the online retailer's blockchain platform to settle trades first surfaced on Reddit earlier today.
Host:
Ernest Hancock
Professor William Irwin (Professor and Chair of Philosophy at King’s College, Pennsylvania) on Capitalism without Consumerism - Doug Scribner (writer, producer, animator) gives an update on WatchByBit.Com, a video platform where creatives can be fa
It is difficult to determine the specific reasons as to why the price of bitcoin is currently trending upwards, but industry observers recently told CoinDesk that it may be related to China's tightening of capital controls and a series of positive ne
The Blockchain Alliance is a new public-private forum between law enforcement and bitcoin executives.
Host:
Ernest Hancock
Tone Vays (trader, risk analyst, blogger; Columnist @ BraveNewCoin) recaps recent conferences - Joel Skousen (Publisher World Affairs Brief; prepper) on geopolitics - Paige Peterson (Communications & Outreach @ MaidSafe) provides an update on the dec
This alliance will serve as a resource for law enforcement to help combat criminal activity involving bitcoin and the blockchain, and has so far engaged with the Department of Justice (including the FBI and the U.S. Marshals Service), the U.S. Secret
Microsoft has partnered with Consensys, a blockchain startup focused on Ethereum technology, The Wall Street Journal reports.
Charlie Shrem uses the prison e-mail system and a man named Bitcoin Jesus to relay messages to his online followers.
Over the past year, the U.S. Marshals Service (USMS ) has auctioned off a large part of the bitcoin that had been confiscated as a result of the Silk Road investigation.
A common criticism often thrown at Bitcoin is its heavy use of computing power, which in turn requires a large amount of energy.
Jon Watts, director of enterprise services at Deloitte, has weighed in on Bitcoin regulatory issues with clear and cogent arguments.
Over-the-counter (OTC) trading provides a way to efficiently trade larger amounts of bitcoin without driving down the overall market price. Traders using the OTC markets to buy and sell bitcoin are matched directly with a counterparty to execute the
"This could lead to a blowoff top and the price collapsing as the move gets more extreme. However, it's hard to tell right now at what price this could happen. Prices tend to go higher than one thinks they will and fall lower than one thinks they
A new project called Bitnation is hoping to help refugees through their transition by setting them up with an emergency digital ID attached to a bitcoin wallet and a visa card.
