May 2013
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April 2013
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Dating Site OkCupid Now Accepting Bitcoins →
Mike Isaac, allthingsd.com Good news, cur­ren­cy nerds! OkCu­pid, the pop­u­lar data-driven dat­ing site, is jump­ing on the Bit­coin band­wag­on, now accept­ing the alter­na­tive form of money that has risen so quick­ly to promi­nence. Good luck, how­ev­er, try­ing to find…
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Bitcoins gain traction in Argentina | beyondbrics →
Apr 16, 2013 9:25pm by Jude Webber, ft.com Argen­tines would love to save in dol­lars rather than a peso rav­aged by infla­tion and whose value is on the skids, but the gov­ern­ment w …
Apr 17th
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Bitcoin Dreams Endure to Savers Crushed by CPI:... →
bloomberg.com Banned from buying dollars and confronted by the fastest inflation in the Western Hemisphere, some Argentine savers are seeking refuge in bitcoin as a store of value even after the virtual currency’s …
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Bitcoin Is A Disruptive Technology →
Timothy B. Lee, forbes.com A finan­cial net­work is a tech­no­log­i­cal plat­form that peo­ple build busi­ness­es on top of. And the tra­di­tion­al bank­ing and cred­it card net­works are closed plat­forms. If you want to build an e-com­merce site, a pay­ment net­work like…
Apr 15th
Bitcoin: Is the virtual currency the new gold... →
independent.ie The virtual currency has been making waves since 2009, but the financial crisis in Cyprus has seen people rushing to invest. Are these encrypted files really the future of cash? Chris Beanland reports.
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Bitcoin: Roller Coaster of Love →
Thomas L. Knapp, c4ss.org It’s up, it’s down. It’s the future of commerce one day, just another Internet bubble the next. It’s the end of government-controlled currency and banking … but wait, the US government’s Financial Crimes Enforcement Network has something to say ab…
Apr 14th
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The Bitcoin depression needs its John Steinbeck.... →
Tabatha Southey, theglobeandmail.com Bit­coin surged to a record high this week before drop­ping down and los­ing near­ly half its value in six hours, caus­ing many to believe the bub­ble has burst. Bit­coin is a decen­tral­ized cur­ren­cy, mean­ing that it’s not over­seen by an…
Apr 14th
USA TODAY →
usatoday.com Rick Bowmer, AP by Jon Swartz, USA TODAY, @jswartz Updat­ed: 04/14/2013 11:23am SAN FRAN­CIS­CO — Pure gold or Fool’s gold? Bit­coin, “vir­tu­al cur­ren­cy” that isn’t rec­og­nized by any nation or bank in the world, was once dis­missed a…
Apr 14th
Meet the Bitcoin Millionaires →
businessweek.com Meet the Bit­coin Mil­lion­aires By Max Raskin April 10, 2013 8:40 PM EDT Many peo­ple have lost some data while refor­mat­ting a com­put­er hard drive. Jered Kenna lost more than that. In 2010 he erased …
Apr 13th
Meet the Bitcoin Millionaires →
businessweek.com Meet the Bit­coin Mil­lion­aires By Max Raskin April 10, 2013 8:40 PM EDT Many peo­ple have lost some data while refor­mat­ting a com­put­er hard drive. Jered Kenna lost more than that. In 2010 he erased …
Apr 13th
Washington Post →
By Brad Plumer„ washingtonpost.com What Bitcoin teaches us about the Internet’s energy use Pub­lished: APRIL 12, 4:41 PM ET Over at Bloomberg, Mark Gimein calls Bit­coin — yes, Bit­coin — an “envi­ron­men­tal disaster.” Why? Because all that pro­cess­ing power used to mine fo…
Apr 13th
Winklevosses Turn Up in Bitcoin Turmoil →
go.com The Win­klevoss twins, whose legal bat­tles with Face­book co-founder and CEO Mark Zucker­berg were made famous by the movie “The Social Network,” are now in the news for spend­ing some of that set­tle­ment money on bit­coins. Bit­coin is a…
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How vulnerable is Bitcoin payment processor BitPay... →
maxkeiser, maxkeiser.com Although the bit­coin design is very good and descen­tral­ized, the exchanges are all vir­tu­al­ly depen­dent of one sin­gle one: MtGox. Any other exchange are all shad­ows reflect­ing MtGox prices. All …
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Bitcoin's History of Crushing Speculators →
Dan Caplinger, The Motley Fool, fool.com Beware before you get into the buying frenzy.
Apr 5th
Seeking Alpha →
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Apr 1st
VIDEO: Could virtual cash replace money? →
bbc.co.uk Virtual currency Bitcoin has trebled in value, as the financial crisis in Cyprus and beyond shakes consumer confidence in traditional banks.
Apr 1st
‘Challenging The Dollar’: Bitcoin Total Value Tops... →
RT, albanytribune.com Already bigger than many sovereign currencies, Bitcoin has broken the $1 billion in value mark this week. In the wake of continuing economic crises and liquidity shortages, this new virtual currency is poised to challenge the euro and US dollar. B…
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He Is Risen Video →
From Shift Worship, skitguys.com All the indi­vid­ual videos on SkitGuys.com are dig­i­tal videos. What does this mean? When you pur­chase a video, you can instant­ly down­load it in the for­mat of your choice. Open it, drop it in yo …
Apr 1st
Our Good Shepherd: The Life of Christ Video →
From The Skit Guys, skitguys.com All the indi­vid­ual videos on SkitGuys.com are dig­i­tal videos. What does this mean? When you pur­chase a video, you can instant­ly down­load it in the for­mat of your choice. Open it, drop it in yo …
Apr 1st
Home | World Backup Day — March 31st →
World Backup Day, hello@worldbackupday.com, worldbackupday.com We increas­ing­ly trust tech­nol­o­gy to look after all the impor­tant mem­o­ries in our lives. Your pre­cious baby videos, finan­cial doc­u­ments, love let­ters, busi­ness emails and wed­ding pho­tos …
Apr 1st
Listen to Bitcoin →
Maximillian Laumeister, listentobitcoin.com Realtime Bitcoin transaction and trade visualizer. More Info Works with Chrome and Firefox 19+. No sound in Safari. Most donations get highlighted: 14zoTKB29NdsJRvk4qP3vB9mQZ3dcV3eWk
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March 2013
11 posts
All Alone in the Night - Time-lapse footage of the... →
David Peterson, youtube.com Absolutely amazing footage from the ISS.
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Does the Internet Depend on the Survival of... →
Max Keiser, huffingtonpost.com The mar­ket cap­i­tal­iza­tion for Bit­coin has exceed­ed $1 bil­lion so peo­ple are ask­ing: What’s next? We can see the growth pat­tern for adop­tion of this new vir­tu­al money take off in places where there is finan­cial stress. In Cyprus,…
Mar 31st