Wednesday, December 24, 2014

BitPay Announces Large-Scale Improvements to Bitcore, the JavaScript API


BitPay just announced major improvements to Bitcore, the new API for developing Bitcoin projects in JavaScript.
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Vimeo’s Stripteasers Need Bitcoin QR Codes ASAP (NSFW)


You watch a striptease like “Hyena” by Sweet Lips on Vimeo, and you can’t help but want to tip her.
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Tuesday, December 23, 2014

What If Bitcoin Could Replace SIM Cards?


Naturally, Bitcoin plays a major role in this thought experiment. The title boldly proclaims, “Bitcoin Poised To Make SIM Cards Obsolete.” We know that Bitcoin has a range of uses, but is this one of
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Students Could Save 17% on Loans by Paying with Bitcoin


A new service plans to help students use Bitcoin to reduce their student debt by as much as 17%. Brawker, in combination with Tuition.io, is offering tuition gift cards to students.
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Xapo: ‘Without Security, Nothing Else Matters’


One name on the lips of many at present is Xapo, a secure Bitcoin storage and payment facilitator which has seen much publicity. From initial praise to recent backlash from community commentators, CSO
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New BTMs: 10 Machines Go Live Across North America and Europe


Coin ATM Radar, CoinTelegraph’s partner in covering the ever-growing worldwide BTM network, just released an iOS app that will let you find your nearest Bitcoin ATM while you are moving about Toronto,
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Ho-Ho-Ho! Have a Merry Bitcoin Christmas Compliments of Virtex, EgoPay


The December 14 deadline has come and went. Now, with only a few days before Christmas, we are currently keeping a close eye on the price on Virtex.com, which we will compare with the flood of predict
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VC Investor Keith Gilabert: Dollar ‘Tracking Bitcoin’ Will Mean Price and Usage Rises


Prominent venture capital investor Keith Gilabert has stated his belief in the “sharp” rise in the value of Bitcoin in the near future.
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Monday, December 22, 2014

The Tor Onion Is Under Attack and Rapidly Disintegrating


Tor founder Roger Dingledine has reported today that some of the network specialized servers have been compromised.
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Filipinos Can Now Withdraw Money from 450 Bank ATMs, Thanks to Bitcoin Firm


Coins.ph has a new service that allows recipients to instantly withdraw money from a bank ATM.
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Op-Ed: A Business Case for Privacy in a Crypto Economy


For centuries, governments with a global presence have always thought that they could benefit the world if only they were given more time and more money.
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MoneyGram: ‘Bitcoin Really is Not Being Used for Remittance’


Increasing awareness of the Bitcoin remittance market has put mounting pressure on extant fiat-based money transmitters to adapt their business models. Western Union has received much negative attenti
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