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Monday, November 17, 2014

Genecoin Developers on Storing DNA with Bitcoin and ‘Growing Blockchain Creatures’

Enter Genecoin. The developers of the mysterious project have proposed storing DNA on the blockchain. Storing DNA with Bitcoin sounds especially odd to people who aren't familiar with Bitcoin's intere

Bitcoin Analysis: Week of Nov 16 (Arbitrage)

Bitcoin Analysis from Tone Vays on CoinTelegraph.

Uniting Separated Families with ‘Rebittances’: Interview with Filipino Company, Satoshi Citadel Industries

John Bailon is Co-Founder and CEO/CTO at Satoshi Citadel Industries (SCI), a Filipino Bitcoin startup aiming to improve the lives of Filipinos with smart and innovative products related to Bitcoin.

Brawker, the BTC Store for Everything, Implements Multisig

Brawker, the site that connects Bitcoiners who want to purchase things currently only available for fiat with willing buyers, has just implemented multisignature escrow as a default for all transactio

Spain’s Bankinter Makes Pioneering Investment in Bitcoin exchange Coinffeine

Spanish Bank Bankinter has made history in becoming one of the first banks in the world to invest directly in a Bitcoin business, in this case in domestic decentralized exchange Coinffeine.

Sol Noctis Coins As The First Collectible Bitcoins

Latin for “Nighttime Sun,” Sol Noctis is the first series of real proof collectible coins denominated in bitcoins. The first coin of the series got the name of the Binary Eagle. It’s a pure silver coin of proof quality with a built-in 0.01 bitcoin (XBT) value that is set to attract coin collectors and bitcoin enthusiasts around the world.

The Binary Eagle is a silver collectible coin minted of 1 oz .999 pure silver in proof quality with the face value of .01 BTC. Bitcoin, the world’s first digital currency, was launched in 2009 as a peer-to-peer payment system that allows users to send and receive payment without credit cards or bank accounts. As bitcoin’s popularity has grown and its usage is constantly expanding beyond the limits of a payment system, it was soon spotted by collectors of modern coins.

The Binary Eagle was struck by the Mint of Poland, one of the leading manufacturers of coins and collector’s items in the world. The Binary Eagle coin design incorporates complex elements and security features that make it truly unique. Each coin is embellished with a majestic eagle, a symbol of the freedom the bitcoin technology provides.

Bitcoin value was attached to the coin by applying a sticker with bitcoin wallet keys printed on it, and protected by a holographic image. A special technique of E-Beam NanogramTM was applied to create a hologram with maximum protection against counterfeit. Thanks to it, four levels of security features are embossed into the holographic foil with a resolution of 550,000 dpi. A Private Key, which is needed to redeem the face value, is located under the coin’s protective holographic layer. It is automatically printed and is not stored by the manufacturing company, which means only the owner of the Sol Noctis coin has access to it and thus can realize the face

value of the coin at any time. As a result, the world’s first collectible proof quality coin with detachable face value was produced. The total quantity of the coins minted will not exceed 2009 pieces.

“We created Sol Noctis to mark the point where two worlds meet: traditional numismatics and a payment system of the future, and so to push the limits of both of them. It’s a thrill to integrate such a unique and universal cryptocurrency into a high quality physical product. The Binary Eagle is the also the first official coin that is manufactured maintaining the highest standards of the reputable Mint,” said Danylo Knysh, general manager of TopWorldCoins GmbH.

Binary Eagle coins will be available for retail purchase at selected retailers starting from November/December 2014. More details at www.solnoctis.com

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The conference, which will take place at Espaces Cap 15, will explore the growth of crypto currencies, FinTech, business trends, investment strategies, tools and much more. Don’t miss your opportunity to explore where the industry is today and what business opportunities and threats are in the horizon, with keynotes from Nicolas Cary, CEO, Blockchain.info, and Bernard Lietaer, Research Fellow, Advisor to Jetcoin Institution, Center for Sustainable Resources of the University of California at Berkeley, as well as two days of seminars by industry leaders. See the full roster of speakers here!

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Decentralized Technologies: Lifeboats for Society

Sound Wallet: How to Create a Cold Storage Wallet Out of Sound

International Review: Bitcoin Stories from Across the Globe

Moving Towards a Bitcoin Society

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A Hack Free Internet? IAB Motions to Encrypt All The Things

A major standard-setting body has called for all Internet applications to be encrypted by default. Heeding this advice would make it difficult for unauthorized parties to scoop up data.

Sunday, November 16, 2014

Decentralizing Sex: Cindy Gallop Makes Love Not Porn

Cindy Gallop is the founder of MakeLoveNotPorn, a site dedicated to establishing the difference between porn and “real world” sex, while further enabling people to share and profit from their own love

Weekend Roundup: Bitcoin Processing for SMEs, The Counterparty/Ethereum Partnership, and Ukraine Takes a Stance on Digital Currencies

New weekend roundup from CoinTelegraph

Saturday, November 15, 2014

Nordea, Other Swedish Banks Closing Bitcoin Companies’

Gustav Nipe of New Technology Today indicated that the Swedish banking system is extremely resistant to new technologies, despite the many problems that it has been experiencing, such as the policy of

'Instead of Using KYC, We Prefer to Use Our Own Model: TYC (Trust Your Customer)’ - Bitcoin-Wave CCO, G. Heni

G. Heni is Chief Communication Officer at the newly launched French Bitcoin exchange Bitcoin-Wave. In an interview with CoinTelegraph, the executive shares his company incentives and motivations, and