AirBaltic has decided to honour its title as one of the world’s most innovative airlines: the company announced they are accepting Bitcoin payments in exchange for plane tickets. The good news means that AirBaltic is the first airline ever to directly accept cryptocurrency. Apparently, the new payment option was discovered by a Redditor that shared his…
DetailsWe are living in a new world. As Andreas Antonopoulos put so eloquently, “now that we have crypto-currencies, it’s not sovereignty that determines currency, it’s currency that creates sovereignty.” Bitcoin has helped declare independence for the Internet, and it appears it will continue to disrupt the status quo until that independence is recognized. If we’ve…
DetailsThere is one thing stronger than all the armies in the world, and that is an idea whose time has come. – Victor Hugo. French poet and writer. 1802 – 1885 Historians may look back on these current days with fascination. We may be living through the beginning of one of the biggest paradigm shifts…
DetailsThe Chinese exchange BTC China has confirmed that it is accepting USD and HKD deposits and withdrawals, becoming the first crypto-platform in the country to support three fiat currencies. The exchange is now opening the new trade possibilities to all users, after an invite-only period. “BTC China is thrilled to expand this service to all of its…
DetailsBitcoin is definitely changing the way we see money, but especially the way we see the banking system and the financial market. But there is plenty of room for the world’s most famous cryptocurrency to grow! For now let’s learn more about the differences between Bitcoin and the banking system.
Last month our family spent nearly a month living on the road while spending only Bitcoin. During the course of our travel we were invited via Twitter to make a change to our route so we could experience the cutting edge Bitcoin Boulevard, founded by Nikhil Chand and his amazing wife, Rebecca. The pair has…
DetailsThis past month was the Bitcoin in the Beltway Conference held in Washington, D.C. The event was planned by Jason King, who recently ran 3,214 miles on a tour called “Bitcoin Across America”. The Conference took place at the Marriott Renaissance in Downtown D.C. and proceeds went to King’s organization, Sean’s Outpost, a homeless outreach…
DetailsUncoinventional: the Tour in Review Last month, our family traveled the U.S. spending only bitcoins. We documented our travels for Bitcoin Magazine through a live blog. As we embarked on this journey, I had no idea what I had got myself into. Still, I felt compelled to try. For those of you who weren’t following…
DetailsWelcome to Bitcoin Examiner’s latest weekly round up with the most important news of the last seven days. Butterfly Labs anonymously buys Buttcoin.org to remove “scam article” In an unexpected marketing move, the Bitcoin mining hardware manufacturer Butterfly Labs anonymously bought the well-known website Buttcoin.org. The domain is famous for its criticism and funny approach on serious cryptocurrency-related matters,…
Details