The Weekend Interview With Gavin Andresen: Bitcoin vs. Ben Bernanke — The chief scientist for the digital currency talks about its appeal—and pitfalls—in a world of fiat money. — Could a virtual currency created by an anonymous Internet hacker someday replace the U.S. dollar?
The Weekend Interview With Gavin Andresen: Bitcoin vs. Ben Bernanke — The chief scientist for the digital currency talks about its appeal—and pitfalls—in a world of fiat money. — Could a virtual currency created by an anonymous Internet hacker someday replace the U.S. dollar?
What's Important, What's Untrue: A Hacker-Entrepreneur Cuts Through the Bitcoin Hype — Bitcoin. Everybody's talking about it. What's true, and what's hype? Perhaps the only thing that's clear about Bitcoin is that it's not going away anytime soon. Who am I to say?
What's Important, What's Untrue: A Hacker-Entrepreneur Cuts Through the Bitcoin Hype — Bitcoin. Everybody's talking about it. What's true, and what's hype? Perhaps the only thing that's clear about Bitcoin is that it's not going away anytime soon. Who am I to say?
Study: 45 percent of Bitcoin exchanges end up closing … A study of the Bitcoin exchange industry has found that 45 percent of exchanges fail, taking their users' money with them. Those that survive are the ones that handle the most traffic — but they are also the exchanges that suffer...
— Bitcoin, the world's first open source cryptographic currency, which has been on a tear since the beginning of this year, set a new record for itself yesterday afternoon as the price listed on the largest online exchange rose past US $92.
Mega update: Dotcom's service now accepts Bitcoin, will expand into email, chat, voice, video, and mobile — Kim Dotcom knows how to stir up a storm on Twitter. On Saturday, he announced Bitcoin support for his cloud storage service and also sent out a slew of tweets suggesting Mega …
Bitcoin-based casino rakes in more than $500,000 profit in six months — Sadly, you can't spend actual bitcoins like these (non-digital ones) at a digital casino. — CASASCIUS — As various tech companies report their fourth-quarter 2012 earnings numbers this week, so are two gray-market …
App Store Tops 40 Billion Downloads with Almost Half in 2012 — Apple® today announced that customers have downloaded over 40 billion apps*, with nearly 20 billion in 2012 alone. The App Store has over 500 million active accounts and had a record-breaking December with over two billion...
App Store Tops 40 Billion Downloads with Almost Half in 2012 — Apple® today announced that customers have downloaded over 40 billion apps*, with nearly 20 billion in 2012 alone. The App Store has over 500 million active accounts and had a record-breaking December with over two billion...
Bitcoin: Making Online Gambling Legal in the U.S.? — Michael Hajduk had sunk one year and about $20,000 into developing his online poker site, Infiniti Poker, when the U.S. online gambling market imploded. On April 15, 2011, a day now known in the industry as Black Friday …
Bitcoin: Making Online Gambling Legal in the U.S.? — Michael Hajduk had sunk one year and about $20,000 into developing his online poker site, Infiniti Poker, when the U.S. online gambling market imploded. On April 15, 2011, a day now known in the industry as Black Friday …
Paul Kedrosky / @pkedrosky : @danprimack That piece of yours is a really roundabout way of saying you agree that SEC rules are antiquated. Dave McClure / @davemcclure : @hunterwalk @danprimack SEC creates more silos than public forums. FB, G+, TW are all steps in the RIGHT direction. ...
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Samsung CEO Said To Speak With Apple Today About Suit — Samsung Electronics Co. (005930)'s chief executive officer will talk with his counterpart at Apple Inc. to see whether they can resolve their smartphone patent dispute before a U.S. jury begins deliberating, according to a person...
Samsung CEO Said To Speak With Apple Today About Suit — Samsung Electronics Co. (005930)'s chief executive officer will talk with his counterpart at Apple Inc. to see whether they can resolve their smartphone patent dispute before a U.S. jury begins deliberating, according to a person...
