In what appears to be a publicity stunt, a Bitcoin transfer service has offered to waive its fee for Romney to convert $1,000,000 USD to Bitcoin for free. Why is the $1,000,000 amount important? An anonymous group of hackers is claiming to have obtained Mitt Romney’s tax returns. The ...
The hashes aren't just to make life difficult for the miners. Because it takes so much computing power to find a hash that follows the rules, a would-be hacker trying to change the contents of a block would have to find a new hash that fits those rules again. Because he's trying to re...
Die Bitcoin-Börse Bitfloor ist offenbar gehackt worden, wobei die Angreifer rund 24.000 Bitcoins erbeuten konnten, was laut dem Kursrechner Preev derzeit ungefähr 207.000 Euro entspricht. Möglich wurde der Raub laut dem Börsenbetreiber Roman Shtylmann durch einen Zugriff auf unverschl...
More information on http://www.weusecoins.com This video is a short animated introduction to Bitcoin, made possible with donations from the Bitcoin community. We'd like to thank: - Donators for the Bitcoin Animated Movie Bounty - Bitcoin users and miners around the world - Everyone fr...
This is a bitcoin miner that can be included on any website so that your visitors will mine bitcoin for you. New: There is now a WordPress plugin that you can use on your blog. Quick Start Guide Add this code to your website, replacing [email protected] with your Bitcoin Plus emai...
La question n'est pas de savoir si une monnaie est "garantie" par un état ou une banque ou quelque autre moyen coercitif que ce soit (l'Etat lève l'impôt..., la banque se fera renflouer par l'Etat...). La question n'est pas de savoir non plus si on peut utiliser une monnaie comme BitC...
Die „Occupy Wall Street-Bewegung“ nutzte sie, um Spendengelder zu generieren, genau wie die Initiatoren der Enthüllungsplattform Wikileaks. Es ist unabhängiges Geld, das durch ein kompliziertes rechnerisches Verfahren über verteilte Ressourcen im Internet entsteht, absolut anonym und ...
Virtual currency provider BitCoin is in big trouble after a security blunder resulted in the theft of $250,000. The heist at the BitFloor "exchange" came after operators did the online equivalent of leaving the keys in the door. The idea behind BitCoin is to create a currency that isn...
The Bitcoin Conference 2012 is coming to London 15-16 September 2012. The event features leaders from the Bitcoin development community across a range of subjects, from social activists and progammers to representatives in finance and government at large. With hundreds of expected att...
Digitales Zahlungsmittel Bitcoin Virtuelle Währung macht Ärger Bitcoin-Börsen wurden zuletzt häufig gehackt. Jetzt taucht die digitale Währung in einem Epressungsfall um Mitt Romney auf. von Wendelin Sandkühler In letzter Zeit waren Bitcoin-Tauschbörsen für Hacker ein beliebtes Angrif...
Die Bitcoin-Börse Bitfloor ist offenbar gehackt worden, wobei die Angreifer rund 24.000 Bitcoin erbeuten konnten, was laut dem Kursrechner Preev derzeit ungefähr 207.000 Euro entspricht. Möglich wurde der Raub laut dem Börsenbetreiber Roman Shtylmann durch einen Zugriff auf unverschlü...
More on the Mitt Romney tax return extortion plot More on the Romney tax-return blackmail plot because I find it interesting if preposterous. Apparently PricewaterhouseCoopers does not believe that its systems have been compromised, but the Williamson County, Tenn., Republican and Dem...
Bitcoin exchange Bitfloor reportedly suffered a virtual heist of 24,000 BTCs, worth a cool quarter-million U.S. dollars. The incident not only raises questions about the long-term viability of the digital currency but also highlights how seemingly minor lapses in IT security judgment ...
Each block validates the block behind it, so if you've got 0 confirmations it means your transaction hasn't made it into a block yet. If you've got 1 confirmation it means your transaction is in the most recent block. If you've got 2 transactions it means that after your transaction m...
David Perry - Bitcoin Mining In Plain English A blog post by David Perry (@KJ6CCZ ) gives a thorough explanation of how mining works without any of the specific details that “might scare the non-techies”. Excerpts: Core concepts and terms: Hash: I tell you that I added two numbers tog...
David Perry - Bitcoin Mining In Plain English A blog post by David Perry (@KJ6CCZ ) gives a thorough explanation of how mining works without any of the specific details that “might scare the non-techies”. Excerpts: “Core concepts and terms: “Hash - I tell you that I added two numbers ...
For most people, dealing with the government is limited to transactions like applying for a driver's license, paying taxes, or getting pulled over. Much beyond such necessary inconveniences, an interaction with the government is a sign that something has gone wrong. Nonetheless, many ...
A number of Byzantine Generals each have a computer and want to attack the King's wi-fi by brute forcing the password, which they've learned is a certain number of characters in length. Once they stimulate the network to generate a packet, they must crack the password within a limited...
State Rep Views Bitcoin As Legitimate Currency Competitor Email Share It’s been a turbulent week for the digital currency known as Bitcoin. First, we saw Bitfloor, the fourth-largest Bitcoin exchange, fall victim to a $250,000 hacking theft. Next we heard Bitcoin used as part of a bla...
