One of the traditional strengths of Bitcoin, the peer-to-peer cryptocurrency , has been its decentralization. Because no one is in charge of the network, users place their trust in the security of the Bitcoin protocol rather than in any specific institution. Yet decentralization also ...
Early in the month, we reported that the top US Bitcoin exchange, Bitfloor, had a security breach that resulted in a theft of Bitcoins worth $250,000 . At the time it was very much up in the air as to whether Bitfloor would be able to resume operation, but today it has announced that ...
In a Google+ post , founder Roman Shtylman has confirmed that the exchange is now back up and running after nearly a month out of action and sought to reassure users that security has been improved and that he plans to refund those left out of pocket. Thieves managed to steal around 2...
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Your UpTweet account is your Twitter account, and when you publish a post on UpTweet, you are making a tweet summarizing and linking to the post as well. When you reply to a post or comment on UpTweet, you are also replying to the tweet corresponding to that comment or post on Twitter...
Early in the month, we reported that the top US Bitcoin exchange, Bitfloor, had a security breach that resulted in a theft of Bitcoins worth $250,000 . At the time it was very much up in the air as to whether Bitfloor would be able to resume operation, but today it has announced that ...
“GIVE me control of a nation’s money supply, and I care not who makes its laws.” So said Mayer Amschel Rothschild, founder of the Rothschild banking dynasty. What would he make of Bitcoin, an online currency with no issuing authority whatsoever? Despite being written off following a s...
I like to make a comparison between traditional credit/debit card processing and Bitcoin for this one, since it's one of the few areas where they truly are quite similar. Both start out life as reasonably secure products - though Bitcoin is WAY more secure by default - and then get un...
I realised that it was over ten years ago when I started banging on about mobile payments and tablet computing. It struck me particularly when I revived this video that I made back in 2000. From Chris Skinner 's videos on Vimeo Some would say that video was / is visionary. I would say...
I am pleased to announce that Bitfloor has reopened for trading. This is currently the best way forward for Bitfloor in terms of both rebuilding trust in the community and showing our commitment towards finding a way to recover the stolen funds. In reopening, a number of improvements ...
Why Facebook Page Likes Are Bogus and How to Focus on What Matters Aviary hits 1 billion photos edited one year after going mobile TechWomen and my experience at Twitter After $250,000 theft, Bitcoin exchange Bitfloor reopens The 10 Pages That Lost the Most Fans From Facebook’s Purge ...
Blackmailers make $50 on Romney's tax returns September 28, 2012 Earlier this month, hackers claimed they had stolen Mitt Romney’s tax returns , and threatened to release the documents unless they were paid $1 million. Although neither Romney nor his financial representatives at Price...
On September 4th, an anonymous poster claimed to have obtained copies of presidential candidate Mitt Romney's tax returns. They offered to either immediately release the returns or never release them, at the discretion of whomever first paid them one million dollars in the form of bit...
In a Google+ post , founder Roman Shtylman has confirmed that the exchange is now back up and running after nearly a month out of action and sought to reassure users that security has been improved and that he plans to refund those left out of pocket. Thieves managed to steal around 2...
I am an e-Money researcher and crypto economist focused on expanding the circulation of nonpolitical digital currencies. My career has included senior influential posts at Sumitomo Bank, VISA, VeriSign, and Hushmail. "Free-market protagonists, such as Matonis, regard cybercash as bett...
NFL: Arizona Cardinals will beat Miami Dolphins on 09/30/2012 USA NFL The Cardinals won their first three games as underdogs to open the 2012 NFL season, but they will kick off as home favorites against the Dolphins on Sunday. Arizona Cardinals will beat Miami Dolphins too? Info Openi...
Uno de los campos en los que los Bitcoins están pegando fuerte es, sin duda, el de la publicidad virtual. O sea, servicios que te ofrecen la posibilidad de colocar anuncios en tu blog, web, foro o lo que sea y también, lógicamente, contratar publicidad para anunciar lo que quieras. Y ...
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Bitcoin Boosters Form Foundation to Advance Digital Currency American Banker (subscription) A group of entrepreneurs, advisers and funders have launched the Bitcoin Foundation, which will work to promote acceptance of the currency. The group aims to help Bitcoin users and software dev...
