Tuesday, September 2, 2014

Canadian Employees Increasingly Preferring Bitcoins over Dollars


Since it implemented its Bitcoin payment option in November 2013, payroll firm Wagepoint says there are a growing number of workers dishing Canadian dollars for bitcoins.
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Monday, September 1, 2014

Op-Ed: Nigeria’s Identification Card Is a Move to Centralize the Nation's Financial Institutions


Nigeria is moving to a MasterCard sponsored National Electronic ID Card that opens up financial institutions to the unbanked, but is it really a good thing?
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Bitcoin: Buenos Aires Details Bitcoin's Rise In Argentina, Crowdfunding Now


A new Documentary detailing Bitcoin's effect on Argentina has been showcasing at Bitcoin expos, now it is crowdfunding on Tilt.
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200+ Bitcoin ATMs Globally and Counting: Grand Rapids, Albuquerque, Budapest and More


According to Bitcoin ATM Map, a website providing a service that tracks Bitcoin or other cryptocurrency ATMS around the world, there are 208 Bitcoin ATMS operating on six continents.
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Congressional Bitcoin Education Day: I Tried To Teach Congress About Bitcoin


Congressional Bitcoin Education Day was this past Friday in Washington D.C. but the important question needs to be asked, did it accomplish anything?
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A Glimpse Into XCurrency’s Mission to ‘Decentralize Everything’


XCurrency on its own is an exciting technology for many people (as the nearly 1,200 pages on its Bitcointalk.org thread demonstrate), so CT reached out to the team’s lead developer, Dan Metcalf, to ge
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Apple Mobile Payment Hype Masks Practicality Issues


Apple’s widely-expected announcement of mobile payments technology is a step closer to confirmation, but once it debuts, just how flexible will the advancement actually turn out?
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Finnish Investor Plans to Turn Estonian Castle Into a Bitcoin Center


In February, Finnish silver investor and Bitcoin millionaire Risto Pietilä, purchased Malla Manor, a 600-year-old castle located in North Estonia. 6 months after, the Bitcoin entrepreneur talks of the
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Catalog Roundup: BTC.sx, CEX.IO, PB Mining, ShapeShift.io, Zeus ltd, ARcoin and many more


Every Friday, CoinTelegraph will do a roundup of all the businesses and the altcoins we have added during the week to our catalogs.
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The BTC Giveaway Experiment: Can the Average Person Use Bitcoin?


Can the Average Person Use Bitcoin?
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U.S. Survey: 43% of Young Respondents Likely to Purchase Bitcoin


Bitcoin has come a long way. Decentralized currency is still largely stigmatized and rarely fails to confuse beginners. But interest has expanded quite a bit since it only touched the radar of skeptic
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Op-Ed: “Obituary” for Hal Finney


When we hear about the early development of Bitcoin we usually think of Satoshi Nakamoto. But the truth is that no one really knows who Nakamoto is but we do know who Hal Finney is and how much he mea
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