Tuesday, April 7, 2015

‘The Bitcoin Protocol Does Not Exist’


Recently someone going by the name “patio11” on the Hacker News forums summarized a chat among Bitcoin developers.
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Monday, April 6, 2015

Silk Road is a Blessing in Disguise (Op-Ed)


Within the shadowly depths of the darkweb lurks characters of questionable motives. However, there also exist services which have hidden benefits unbeknownst to the average user.
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APR 6 DIGEST: Google Ventures-Backed Buttercoin Shuts Down, Pay Your Mortgage in Bitcoin


Digital currency exchange Buttercoin has announced it is shutting down its operations; CoinShark.io seeks to disrupt the mortgage industry with a bitcoin mortgage payment service and more news.
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BitLendingClub to Take on Trillion Dollar Loans Market, Encouraging ‘Good Borrowers’


Cross-border peer-to-peer (P2P) bitcoin lending platform BitLendingClub, is looking to disrupt the growing lending industry with a unique model that should oust bad players while providing a better fr
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Bitcoin Price Analysis: Week of APR 5


Bitcoin Price Analysis from CoinTelegraph
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Sunday, April 5, 2015

Interview with Javier Dutan: Restaurant Automation ‘à la Bitcoin’


While technological innovation is seldom heard of in the restaurant industry, New York City-based entrepreneur Javier Dutan saw a chance to innovate using Bitcoin.
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Understanding the Bitcoin Ecosystem


Bitcoin price patterns by themselves are relevant, but many things affect the price. By learning about the variables, we may catch a glimpse of how price is determined.
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Dutch Bitcoin Companies Establish New Association to Represent Shared Interests


Seven Dutch Bitcoin companies have collaborated to establish an association in order to counter fraud and collectively represent their shared interests.
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Weekend Roundup: US Agents Charged with Bitcoin Theft, IBM Invests US$3 Billion into 'Internet of Things'


Weekend roundup from CoinTelegraph
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Beer! Belgium! Bitcoins! Ghent to Host a Crypto Crawl


Following the likes of Amsterdam and Madrid, the city of Ghent, Belgium is the newest Bitcoincity, a commerce center where a variety of merchants accept the cryptocurrency as payment.
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Jay: A Decentralized and Open-Source Web Wallet for NXT


Jay, a javascript wallet framework developed for NXT, has just released their open-source, trustless web wallet, which may be the easiest way to make NXT transactions yet.
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Saturday, April 4, 2015

Bitcoin Foundation Is 'Effectively Bankrupt'


Newly elected board member of the Bitcoin Foundation Olivier Janssens has gone to Reddit to post an extensive critique on the foundation.
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