The US Congress Examines Bitcoin

The Bitcoin economy will be drastically different a year from now, as it is much different today than it was a year ago. Washington will have a huge effect on what direction the Bitcoin markets move, as Congress and regulators shape the rules Bitcoin stakeholders must adhere to. Additionally, the U.S. is the global financial…

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Fine Art Meets Bitcoin: The Rise of the Aesthetic Paper Wallet

Fine art meets bitcoin cold storage in Troy Fearow’s “labour of love”, CryptoArt, a project that took the fine art dealer 8 months to construct and launch. Troy searches for and commissions high level artists, starting with Alexander Fedosov of the Ukraine, to produce fine art paper wallets in limited editions. These prints are meant…

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PS3 Bitcoin mining: does it really work?

The question was launched back in 2011, when generating Bitcoins was still considered “easy”. Can one really mine Bitcoins with a Playstation 3? Well, you could technically do it, but it’s just not worth the hassle anymore. The debate started on the Bitcointalk.org forum when the user ‘jkminkov’ wrote the following words two years ago: “just…

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Where Do You Bitcoin? BitScan Launches Mobile Applications

Late last month BitScan launched their new mobile applications, including a revamp of the company’s popular iOS application. The app is completely redesigned and streamlined for speed. Furthermore, in response to customer demand, the BitScan team has also launched a mobile application for Android. This launch comes months after the company began its crowd-funding of…

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The Bitcoin Phenomenon

There is a new video that is taking the Bitcoin community by storm. Produced by recently launched internet cable brand SQ1  (pronounced square one), the video titled “The Bitcoin Phenomenon” explores the groundbreaking aspects of digital currency. Filled with interviews with some of the crypto community’s best and brightest, the half-hour long video gives a…

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A Quick History of Cryptocurrencies BBTC — Before Bitcoin

A QUICK HISTORY OF CRYPTOCURRENCIES BBTC — BEFORE BITCOIN by Ian Grigg Before Bitcoin, there was cryptocurrency. Indeed, it has a long and deep history. If only for the lessons learned, it is worth studying, and indeed, in my ABC of Bitcoin investing, I consider not knowing anything before Satoshi’s paper as a red flag.…

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Take a Walk Down Bitcoin Boulevard

We often imagine a world where we can walk down the street and be able to pay using virtual currency everywhere we go. For a small suburb outside of Cleveland, Ohio, this is becoming a reality. Located in the Cedar and Lee district and just ten minutes outside of downtown Cleveland is what will soon…

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Let’s Talk Libbitcoin

Bitcoin’s protocol is open source. So is its narrative. The story and the code evolve. We all contribute. Each pulls in a direction. Themes emerge: engage or disengage with regulators, build for anonymity or transparency, embrace or shun agorist beginnings. There is no one way, just individual frames-of-reference. Bitcoin is greater than the sum of…

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