Dell.com is now the largest electronic merchant to accept Bitcoin

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A recently established partnership with Coinbase is now allowing the giant Dell to accept Bitcoin payments through its website. All the items available on Dell.com, including the Alienware line, can now be bought with cryptocurrency. According to Coinbase, so far Dell is the largest ecommerce company to officially accept Bitcoin. The brand makes nearly $60 billion…

 
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Cable TV Joins Digital Currency Network, DISH Network to Accept Bitcoin

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Bitcoin, a digital currency once described by critics as unusable, unreliable and even a scam, has defied those remarks as it becomes accepted by a company maintaining over 14 million subscribers and employing 34,000 workers. DISH executive vice president and chief operating officer, Bernie Han, said beginning in July the satellite TV company will accept…

 
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Online Education Meets Bitcoin with Skilljar

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Skilljar (www.skilljar.com), a Seattle-based online courseware platform, announced today that instructors using its course platform are now accepting payments in Bitcoin. Skilljar is used by online education instructors to deliver classes directly from their own websites, with topics ranging from yoga to computer programming.   Bitcoin Comes to Online Courseware Instructors on Skilljar’s platform are automatically…

 
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New York releases draft for unique and innovative BitLicense

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The New York Department of Financial Services (NY-DFS) is changing the way the American authorities see cryptocurrency: the department released this Thursday (18th) a draft that shows how the state’s BitLicenses will look like. The most surprising – or maybe not – point informs that anyone using a New York-sanctioned Bitcoin or cryptocurrency service will…

 
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Bitcoin Explained to the Retired Folks

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This article is intended as an introduction to the concepts of bitcoin that might be of interest to those people that are retired. The reader is expected to have only basic internet web browsing and email knowledge.  The questions and answers are given in “layman” terms. What is Bitcoin ? Bitcoin is a new kind of…

 
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Bitcoin Megaphone and Anonymous Affiliates

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A little while back I reported on a fascinating project I had been following. I have continued to follow this project with interest. As the world’s first Bitcoin-powered pay-per-character publishing platform, Bitcoin Megaphone peaked my interest. Truly innovative and original ideas in the space can be difficult to come by, even with so much happening.…

 
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GHash.IO promises to establish 40% hashrate limit to prevent ’51% attack’

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The popular Bitcoin mining pool GHash.IO – famous for raising concern about a possible ’51% attack’ on the Bitcoin ecosystem twice in the last year – has promised that in the future it will “not exceed more than 39.99% of the overall Bitcoin hashrate”. The news was revealed during a recent summit organized by GHash.IO. The event,…

 
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Bitcoin Magazine and College Cryptocurrency Network Team Up for Special Back-to-School Issue

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JULY 16, 2014 – Bitcoin Magazine and the College Cryptocurrency Network (CCN) are pleased to announce the first ever, “Back-to-School with Bitcoin” issue this coming September! Guest-edited by CCN Executive Director, Jeremy Gardner, this issue of the magazine will be dedicated to covering youth in bitcoin, perhaps the most important demographic in bringing blockchain technology to…

 
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BitPay Releases Copay Beta – A New Multi-signature Wallet

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The Atlanta-based company, BitPay, has been hard at work developing solutions for businesses and individuals in the bitcoin space, and from this, recently released a beta of their new multi-signature wallet, Copay. The wallet is completely open-source and aims to provide a multi-signature transaction that occurs on the blockchain and allows complete control of user…

 
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The North American Bitcoin Conference Welcomes Bitcoin Novices

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Curious about cryptocurrency? Everyone is invited to learn the what and the how of bitcoin when The North American Bitcoin Conference descends on Chicago, July 19­-20. Coinbase and the College Cryptocurrency Network will present the Bitcoin Beginners Workshop, hosted by Pamela Morgan (Empowered Law), Will Pangman (Tapeke), and David Silva Smith (So What’s Bitcoin). This…

 
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