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Friday, January 9, 2015

MadBitcoins Joins the CoinTelegraph Media Group!

CoinTelegraph is proud to unveil MadBitcoins as the latest addition to the CoinTelegraph Media Group.

How Pey Got 50 Merchants to Accept BTC and Create Hannover's Bitcoin Boulevard

Fifty shops in Hannover have signed up to Pey's beacon powered merchant and customer Bitcoin system. The app and hardware system is fighting to make Bitcoin payments easier for both parties to process

CoinSpark Developer Gideon Greenspan on His Mission to Build a 2.0 Platform for the Average User

Bitcoin is often called a currency, but eyes are opening to its may uses: moving assets around, notarization, storing data. “Bitcoin 2.0” is all the rage. CoinSpark, backed by venture capitalists, is

Coinbase Updates User Agreement to Access Customers’ Credit History

Coinbase has updated its User Agreement to allow the company, either directly or through third party intermediaries, to collect credit histories from its 1.9 million users.

Thursday, January 8, 2015

Paycoin Attempts To Explain Away Pay Floor, But Deleted Statements Appear To Tell A Different Story.

Paycoin has issued a statement attempting to explain why the US $20 pay floor everyone was never promised, but previous comments have some wondering if they changed their stories.

The Drum Beat of Deflation is Growing Louder: The Intermarket Picture

The global macroeconomic picture is sending out a message and that is one of deflationary forces starting to take hold.

No More Burners: Using BitSMS and ChiliPhone Together Can Eliminate The Need For Disposable Phones

For those who exist in the gray and darker areas of the legal spectrum, pre-paid “burner” phones offer a convenient, workable way to avoid surveillance. Buy a phone at a gas station with some prepaid

Lighthouse Beta Launch To Challenge Bitcoin Foundation's Control of Core Funding

Mike Hearn one of the Bitcoin project's core developers is preparing to launch the beta of the Lighthouse crowdfunding platform, one which looks set to change how core Bitcoin development is funded.

Kickstarter Ditches Amazon for Stripe for a 'Simpler, Faster and Easier Checkout Process'

American crowdfunding platform Kickstarter, leaves Amazon for Stripe, an online payment service known for its flexibility and ease of setup. Stripe is currently running beta test of Bitcoin support, w

Clearing the Air Over MaidSafe’s Patent Request: An Interview with COO Nick Lambert

A recent article published on CoinTelegraph, entitled MaidSafe Founder Seeks Monopoly on ‘Distributed Network System,’ caused some unintended controversy.

Wednesday, January 7, 2015

My Experience in ‘Bitcoin City’ Arnhem

While on vacation in the Netherlands during the holiday break, I decided to bring my bitcoin-filled digital wallet and pay a visit to Arnhem Bitcoinstad, a city with a population of just over 150,000