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Thursday, December 11, 2014

Op-ed: Pirate Bay Is Taken Down, Blockchain Could Be Next Target

The US Federal Bureau of Investigation took down The Pirate Bay website on December 9, delivering another blow to the file-sharing community.

Vogogo Places Trust In Two New Exchanges

Signed contracts have been released today declaring a partnership between payment processing specialist Vogogo Inc. (TSX VENTURE:VGO) and Bitcoin exchanges QuadrigaCX and BitMEX.

White Hat Hacker Returns Missing Bitcoins to Blockchain.info

On December 8, Blockchain.info—a Bitcoin web wallet provider and block explorer—announced that they’d misfired a software update. The faulty update resulted in insecure private key generation for “les

Russia Hastens to Fine Bitcoin Users 1 Million Rubles

A group of State Duma representatives are expected to submit their own version of the bill to penalize cryptocurrency users within the next few days

The Customer is Always Wrong?

This story happened back in late 2011. I had my Unionbank VISA card since 2007 at that point and have never had a problem with it, using it for both work and personal purchases. It had a PHP 300,000 l

Wednesday, December 10, 2014

Microsoft Accepting Bitcoin For Digital Goods

Microsoft surprised everyone today by accepting bitcoin without much of an announcement.

Girls Want Gems: App Designed to Grow Bitcoin User Base (Op-Ed)

Just about everyone in the Bitcoin community agrees that there aren't enough women in cryptocurrencies. The developers of the Gems app are betting that “female adoption is a key milestone” for Bitcoin

David Seaman on Bitcoin in the Media, Social Change and the Importance of Altcoins

David Seaman is an independent journalist who has been advocating for civil liberties and the rollback of the unconstitutional post-911, surveillance-state measures such as the National Defense Author

Bitcoin Black Friday 2014: Mixed Fortunes?

Bitcoin Black Friday has come and gone, and the sales results in comparison to 2013 make for interesting reading.

Breaking: Bitreserve Wants You To Hold -- and Spend -- Oil

Bitreserve made waves when it added Gold to its system, soon they will let their customers hold their value in oil.

Bitcoin Education Comes to Ghana

One organization that wants to improve the situation is the Dream Bitcoin Foundation, a non-profit organization created by a young Ghanaian Bitcoin enthusiast, Philip Asare, to empower young crypto en

Torrenters Use ChangeTip to Support Artists Directly

When podcaster Joe Rogan opened a ChangeTip account recently, many of his fans—and Bitcoin fans in general—began sending him microtips over Twitter in appreciation for his work.