Update on Bitcoin: The Rise & Fall

Update on Bitcoin: The Rise & Fall : Catalyst House

Update on Bitcoin: The Rise & Fall

In the public’s imagination, overnight the bitcoin went from being the currency of tomorrow to a dystopian joke. The Electronic Frontier Foundation quietly stopped accepting bitcoin donations. Two Irish scholars specializing in network analysis demonstrated that bitcoin wasn’t nearly as anonymous as many had assumed: They were able to identify the handles of a number of people who had donated bitcoins to Wikileaks. (The organization announced in June 2011 that it was accepting such donations.) Nontechnical newcomers to the currency, expecting it to be easy to use, were disappointed to find that an extraordinary amount of effort was required to obtain, hold, and spend bitcoins. For a time, one of the easier ways to buy them was to first use Paypal to buy Linden dollars, the virtual currency in Second Life, then trade them within that make-believe universe for bitcoins. As t...

Full article: http://www.catalysthouse.net/update-on-bitcoin-the-rise-f...

Tweets

@christopherhire » 10 Nov '12, 9pm
Virtual #currency RT @CatalystHouse: Update on Bitcoin: The Rise & Fall [link]
@Pranksterbtch » 29 Oct '12, 12am
RT @OccupyEarthNow: Bitcoin rate was $2.40 in March, now at $10.79 RT @LynneaBylund Update on Bitcoin: The Rise & Fall [link]
@OccupyEarthNow » 29 Oct '12, 12am
Bitcoin rate was $2.40 in March, now at $10.79 RT @LynneaBylund Update on Bitcoin: The Rise & Fall [link]
@LynneaBylund » 29 Oct '12, 12am
Update on Bitcoin: The Rise & Fall [link]
@CatalystHouse » 26 Nov '12, 5am
Update on Bitcoin: The Rise & Fall [link]
@CatalystHouse » 10 Nov '12, 9pm
Update on Bitcoin: The Rise & Fall [link]
@CatalystHouse » 01 Nov '12, 6am
Update on Bitcoin: The Rise & Fall [link]
@_nasdaf_ » 29 Oct '12, 12am
RT @OccupyEarthNow: Bitcoin rate was $2.40 in March, now at $10.79 RT @LynneaBylund Update on Bitcoin: The Rise & Fall [link]