Bitcoin & the Blockchain – O’Reilly Radar Summit
Bitcoin & the Blockchain is the first of a series of O’Reilly Radar Summits, one-day events on disruptive technologies that are on the cusp of commercial viability. This first …
Giulio Prisco
Science writer, software developer, Bitcoin/crypto enthusiast.
Cointerra Cloud Mining Goes Into Default; Sued by C7
Cointerra, a Bitcoin mining company, based in Utah, is shutting down operations as they work with lenders on a potential restructuring of it financing, according to CEO Ravi Iyengar. …
Mining Bitcoin Is Big Business – The Economist
The prestigious magazine The Economist has an article titled “The magic of mining.” Mining Bitcoin has become a big, ruthlessly competitive business. Bitcoins, The Economist says, have three useful …
Bitstamp to resume trading later on Friday
Bitstamp, one of the largest exchanges for the digital Bitcoin currency, said it would resume trading later on Friday after suspending operations because of a security breach on Sunday, …
Sparkasse Bank Blocks All Bitcoin Related Bank Transfers
German bank Sparkasse is blocking any incoming and outgoing bank transfers related to cryptocurrency since a few days, Cryptoarticles reports. The Anycoin Direct exchange in The Netherlands is unable …
Bitstamp Testing Redeployment in San Francisco, Relaunch in 24-48 Hours
Yesterday Bitstamp co-founder Damijan Merlak said that the Bitstamp is testing a duplicate of their entire infrastructure in San Francisco and plans to resume its operations in the next …
Bitstamp to Resume Operations in the Next 24 Hours
Bitstamp co-founder Damijan Merlak said that Bitstamp plans to resume its operations in the next 24 hours. Bitstamp service was temporarily suspended service as a result of a Bitcoin …
Bitcoin Price Falls Below $300
So, it happened. After some time moving in a narrow range in the low $300s, Bitcoin price has plunged below $300. This new Bitcoin price crash at the beginning …
Happy Birthday Counterparty!
On January 2 Counterparty, the peer-to-peer financial platform built on top of the Bitcoin blockchain, announced the celebration of its 1st Year Anniversary. On January 2, 2014, Counterparty emerged …
‘YouTube for virtual reality’ Vizor Launches Bitcoin Crowdsale
When Wendell Davis started building Vizor.io three years ago it was merely a tool for creating high-end web graphics. Then, three months ago on a trip to Helsinki with …
The First Bitcoin-Only Porn Website
Bacchus Entertainment, produced by Saffron and Dennis Bacchus, who love to make high-quality niche fetish porn, is according to its creators the world’s first Bitcoin-only porn membership site. Also …
Will Bitcoin Collapse in 2015? – Financial Times
The Financial Times is running a story titled “FT Predictions: the world in 2015” where Financial Times writers offer their forecasts for the year ahead, from the oil price …
Forget Bitcoin Price and Bet on Bitcoin Killer Apps
Ukraine’s political problems and de-facto war with Russia hit the value of the national currency badly in 2014. But the hryvnia, so Ukraine’s national currency is called, wasn’t the …
Indian Reserve Bank Governor: Bitcoin is Fascinating
New Delhi Television Limited, one of India’s largest TV networks, aired a show featuring an interview with the Governor of Reserve Bank of India (RBI), Raghuram Rajan. The show, …
Cody Wilson: I Will Wrestle the Bitcoin Foundation to its Suicide
Two months ago we reported that crypto-anarchist Cody Wilson disclosed that he would run for a board seat on the Bitcoin Foundation for no other reason than to disband …
Greece May Soon Exit The Eurozone – A Role for Bitcoin?
European shares and periphery Eurozone bonds tumbled on Monday after the Greek parliament rejected the government’s presidential candidate, setting the stage for an election that anti-austerity party Syriza could …
The Second-Worst Currency in 2014 is Ukraine’s – The Worst Is Bitcoin
The world’s second-worst currency this year is Ukraine’s hryvnia. Being at war with a nuclear-endowed superpower is an expensive business, and Ukraine’s economy is crippled even after an international …
Bitnation Announces a Decentralized Application for Basic Income Based on Bitcoin 2.0 Technology and Voluntary Fees
The Decentralized Application (DApp) basicincome.co will be hosted on the Bitnation core platform – Bitnation Pangea – after its release in 2015. Basicincome.co will be a first experimental attempt …
First Demo and Trial of Coinffeine’s Revolutionary P2P Bitcoin Exchange Technology
Spanish Bitcoin startup Coinffeine has presented the Trial version of their innovative P2P application in Madrid (Spain). The open-source software allows you to buy and sell bitcoins anonymously and …
Business is Thriving at the First Bitcoin Supermarket
Three weeks ago we wrote about the first supermarket where you can pay in Bitcoin in Arnhem, the Netherlands. Spar Arnhem Centraal, opened in March 2014, is a relatively …
Charlie Shrem Sentenced to Two Years in Prison
Bitcoin advocate and entrepreneur Charlie Shrem was sentenced to two years in prison on Friday for indirectly helping to send $1 million in the digital currency to the Internet …
Bitcoin Fintech Accelerator to Open in Cayman Islands
The Cayman Islands, a British Overseas Territory in the western Caribbean Sea and a major world offshore financial center, are betting on new financial technologies based on the Bitcoin …
Bitcoin in 2014: Bad Investment for Speculators, Good Investment for VCs
Compared to other investments Bitcoin has been a bad performer of 2014, losing 52 percent against the US dollar, The Verge reports. But that’s good news, because the less …
MIT Students Are Experimenting with Innovative Bitcoin Applications
In November MIT undergraduates who signed up for the MIT Bitcoin Project each received the equivalent of $100 in the cryptocurrency. Now that they have it, they are beginning …