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Bitcoin Core version 0.9.1 has been released to update the core OpenSSL library to the bugfixed version 1.0.1g. The Bitcoin Core security update to version 0.9.1 comes less than 24 hours after an announcement of the discovery of the Heartbleed Bug. Specifically, the OpenSSL Heartbleed Bug could reveal partial memory contents related to an encrypted […]

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Day two of Inside Bitcoins NYC saw notable talks from serious players in Wall Street and Congress.

Jeremy Gardner and his peers just might convince top universities to start accepting Bitcoin for donations, tuition payments and more

The Mt Gox announcement on February 10th, of this year, that ‘Hackers’ had stolen some 850,000 bitcoins, simply does not add up. Of the 850,000 bitcoins that Mt Gox claims to have lost, some 750,000, or 88%, belonged to customers. On the day the bitcoins were announced to be missing, the price of an individual bitcoin […]

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The success of dogecoin has changed the way that miners view scrypt. And that's bad, according to Charlie Lee.

The success of dogecoin has changed the way that miners view scrypt. And that's bad, according to Charlie Lee.

US Congressman Steve Stockman of Texas is preparing to introduce a new bill recognizing digital currencies as legal tender.

Ottawa, ON – Locally owned and operated BitAccess announced today that it will be appearing before the Canadian Senate’s Standing Committee on Banking, Trade and Commerce on April 9th, 2014. Co-founder Haseeb Awan is expected to present the ATM’s unique capabilities and assist Senator Irving Gerstein in purchasing some bitcoin from the machine. Mr. Awan will also be discussing the benefits of their technology. The in-person demonstration by BitAccess to key government decision makers is expected to educate the Senate committee on bitcoin’s accessibility and ease of use. This will mark BitAccess’ first global showcase of their latest, 3rd generation, two-way ATM that both buys and sells bitcoin. “[The Bitcoin] industry will flourish with regulations in place, however everyone involved […]

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Last Wednesday, the Committee on Small Business held a hearing aimed at exploring Bitcoin, the benefits and risks for small businesses. The hearing was attended by financial, legislative, economics and leading Bitcoin professionals. “Bitcoin: Examining the Benefits and Risks for Small Businesses,” was one of the first hearings to be entirely focused on how Bitcoin can affect small business. Those appearing at the hearing to give testimony were Jerry Brito, Senior Researcher at the Mercatus Center; Adam White, Director of Business Development and Sales at Coinbase; Mark Williams, Master Lecturer in Finance at Boston University School of Management; and L. Michael Couvillion, Ph.D., Associate Professor of Economics at Plymouth State University. Wednesday’s hearing was overseen and moderated by Missouri Republican […]

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La Fondation Bitcoin ouvrira un bureau à Londres dans les prochaines semaines pour promouvoir Bitcoin auprès des entreprises.    L’association à but non lucratif a été fondée en 2012 aux Etats-Unis et a pour mission la standardisation, la protection et la promotion de la crypto-monnaie sur le plan international. Aujourd’hui, la Fondation Bitcoin compte plus de 500 […]

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This was written by Vinny Lingham , the CEO and co-founder of Gyft.com and originally posted at https://medium.com/p/ba5f3fcce103. As Bitcoin stabilizes below $500 for the first time since its eye-popping run to over $1,000 in November 2013, many crypto pundits are scratching their heads and trying to make sense of the current weakness — especially given the excitement & innovation that we are seeing within the global Bitcoin community. Venture capital has also been pouring into Bitcoin startups at a rabid pace (north of $100m so far this past year). However, over the past couple of days, I’ve had numerous friends contact me asking the same question : “What’s happening with Bitcoin?” Bitcoin is currently trying to finding an equilibrium point — at least at the […]

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Dos de las cryptomonedas con más volumen monetario y seguidores del panorama de las monedas virtuales, son Litecoin y la más reciente, Dogecoin. Esta última fue creada como mofa en base a un popular meme y poco a poco ha ido creando tracción e involucrándose en varios proyectos muy populares, como patrocinar deportistas en los […]

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Dos de las cryptomonedas con más volumen monetario y seguidores del panorama de las monedas virtuales, son Litecoin y la más reciente, Dogecoin. Esta última fue creada como mofa en base a un popular meme y poco a poco ha ido creando tracción e involucrándose en varios proyectos muy populares, como patrocinar deportistas en los […]

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Bitcoin ATM , Bankomaty dla kryptowalut cały czas tanieją wraz z pojawianiem się na rynku nowych firm zajmujących się tą dziedziną. Cena jest zależna od miejsca produkcji, techniki oraz konkretnego modelu. PayMaq, Europejska firma zajmująca się produkcją takich urządzeń zapowiedziała jak na razie najtańszy model oferowany przez tego rodzaju firmy. Już za 4000pln (€1,000) możesz […]

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US Attorney General Eric Holder believes bitcoin criminals pose a new set of challenges for law enforcement.

The Receita Federal, Brazil's tax authority, has said it will treat bitcoin and other digital currencies as financial assets.

Update: The hacker has moved the coins from the above address to this address: 1687v9NexfUC6U6G1xBrEkLWYi3WSDn4qL. BTCJam’s user login is down.  BTCJam is asking for individual claims to be submitted, and they have pulled the Heartbleed plug from their site.   Check out this Bitcoin Address: 1JBBbQkwR6qVmxyPq22VsfygeLdFYgqhmP. Over the last hour, Bitcoin has been pouring into that address. […]

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Welcome to the age of crypto-ownership, where any kind of data can be encrypted and managed by a decentralized network of computers.

A Reason-Rupe survey suggests that educating people about bitcoin is key to mass acceptance.

We know how many pounds of carbon a bitcoin makes. How does it compare to the broader financial sector?

Bitcoin miner maker Butterfly Labs (BFL) is facing a class action suit, brought by customers from across the US.

They drove mobile, they drove freemium, and now they are proving that everything is better by the byte.

In today's autocatalytic, technology-driven world, where every change accelerates the speed and frequency of the changes to follow, gamers are the virtual canaries in the coalmine. The disruptive innovations and the market transformations that gamers' behaviors consistently predict ripple across virtually every industry sector. In other words, as gamers go so goes the rest of the world.

It was the gamers’ rapid abandonment of expensive, bulky and static gaming consoles (Playstation and Xbox) in favor of light, portable, and mobile devices that not only built companies like Zynga into almost overnight market leaders, but, much more significantly, presaged the world’s online migration from the desktop to the mobile world. Mobile today is everything and everywhere, and our smartphones are the direct descendants of yesterday's handheld gaming devices.

The actions and choices being made by gamers (of all ages) will continue to change the ways that businesses price their products and services--and the manner in which they interact with prospects and customers. We're looking at the end of fixed pricing for anything and entering a permanent a la carte world. Bulk packaging, bundled products, and even bargain pricing are all breaking down in favor of a single consumer demand driven by a desire for choice and flexibility: They want "everything by the byte" whenever and wherever they want it. And it's gamers who have shown us exactly how these demands are impacting every business.

To understand this phenomenon it's helpful to look at which approaches didn't work in the gaming space, and why.

First and foremost, subscriptions and long-term commitments haven't achieved anywhere near the scale or penetration that was anticipated. The fundamental reasons are fairly clear--commitments of any kind and continuing obligations are out. Any online game company will tell you that the most active participants won't commit to spend a dollar in advance, but will spend ten dollars, a dime at a time, all day long.

Second, fixed pricing, downloadable paid games and pay-per-play models have also failed. The only companies making real money today (more than a million dollars a day in virtual sales) are the companies deploying freemium games, where players are charged for upgrades, increased weaponry, powers/skills, or other virtual goods.

What are the lessons for the rest of us? Three basic propositions underlie the gamers' decision-making process, and these ideas are already on their way to your market and your products and services--if they're not already there.

The best and smartest games let the users set the effective price of each session or game each time they play. Some days it's a little bit and some days it's a bundle. The point is that the customer is in control. Your pricing strategy needs to incorporate and demonstrate the same kind of flexibility.

The best and smartest games let the users decide how much or little they want to spend each time they play. Some days it's a lot of time or money (each being a material kind of a commitment) and some days it's just a quick bit of time-killing. If you do things right, you can be all things to all people all of the time. But your products and services need to be accessible across a broad spectrum of pricing and consumer choices, not a simple set of fixed offerings.

The best and smartest games let the users decide on exactly how much the experience is worth to them each time they choose to play or continue to play. All the market research and pricing guidance in the world doesn't compare to letting the customer determine the value of the experience. If your products or services provide real benefit and value, you will discover over time (and over the lifetime of a continued customer relationship) that your best customers will actually pay up for the right experiences rather than try to be bargain-basement buyers.

Focusing on the value of the experience is doubly significant because today no one under the age of 30 really cares about possession or, frankly, about owning anything. Everything is about utility and experience, social and sharing. Ownership (buying "stuff") is a burden today, not simply because so much of the readily disposable technology we see and use every day is outmoded and obsolete in roughly the time it takes us to master it, but also because we would just as soon not assume the obligations and the commitments that come as part of the package.

I know that "one size, one model, one strategy" will never work for everyone, but one thing is true beyond question: Your best buyers will tell you that everything is better by the byte.

In comments to reporters, the head of Japan's central bank indicated he has concerns about bitcoin's safety and stability.

The crypto community is expanding with new currencies centered around Bitcoin 2.0, some of which are increasing the possibilities of the Bitcoin ecosystem. Many of these cryptocurrencies give the possibility of the creation of contracts, surplus sharing and many more, built completely on the Blockchain. One of these is Permacredits, a completely green credit that is creating an ecosystem to support permaculture and the future economy. Much like other Bitcoin 2.0 currencies, Permacredits are attempting to solve a problem. Xavier Hawk, a leader in permaculture and staunch supporter of cryptocurrency, is using Permacredits to create an ecosystem where anyone can enter into it. In combination with Hawk’s founding of eco-village Colony Earth, Permacredits and Bitcoin will eventually be used to […]

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Dos de las cryptomonedas con más volumen monetario y seguidores del panorama de las monedas virtuales, son Litecoin y la más reciente, Dogecoin. Esta última fue creada como mofa en base a un popular meme y poco a poco ha ido creando tracción e involucrándose en varios proyectos muy populares, como patrocinar deportistas en los […]

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Dos de las cryptomonedas con más volumen monetario y seguidores del panorama de las monedas virtuales, son Litecoin y la más reciente, Dogecoin. Esta última fue creada como mofa en base a un popular meme y poco a poco ha ido creando tracción e involucrándose en varios proyectos muy populares, como patrocinar deportistas en los […]

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Venture capitalists will raise big money in 2014, the Blackberry marketplace will decompose faster than imagined and it's better to think of Bitcoin as a commodity than a currency, according to Silicon Valley VC firms Foundation Capital and Bain Capital Ventures.

Bitso, the first Mexican exchange, opens for trading tomorrow. Currently this is the only local platform on which to exchange bitcoins for Mexican Pesos. Interested parties will be able to register at bitso.com. The company emphasises that its platform has been designed with ease of use and power in mind. The company already has over 1,000 pre-registered users. It expects these parties to gradually begin using the new exchange platform from tomorrow. It is expected that trading activity will increase as participants become more comfortable with the exchange and the company, and as they get to know more about Bitcoin. During its beta period Bitso will be offering 0% commission on trades. The platform is currently a standard exchange service […]

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W ostatnich dniach dużym echem odbiło się zagubienie milionów Blackcoinów  przez CryptoRush. Teraz dotarliśmy do byłego pracownika który ujawnia jak doszło do wycieku i jak zareagowało na to CryptoRush. Załączył również screenshot który ma udowadniać, że giełda jest w posiadaniu tylko niewielkiej liczby niektórych monet zdeponowanych przez użytkowników. Były pracownik ukrywający się pod pseudonimem ‘DogeyMcDoge’ […]

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Die größte Herausforderung für Bitcoin & C0. besteht darin, die Massen auf die virtuellen Währungen aufmerksam zu machen. In den letzten Tagen wurden immer mehr Neuerungen veröffentlicht, die die Cryptowährungen auf ihrem steinigen Weg unterstützen. +++Ebay vereinfacht den Verkauf von CryptoWährungen.+++ Viele werden es nicht bemerkt haben, aber durch die neue Kategorie “Virtuelle Währungen” kann […]

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aže se da valja krenuti od početka. Imajući u vidu da je ovo novi projekat, krenuću sa tematikom polako. Prvih nekoliko tekstova će biti uvod u Bitcoin. Cilj mi je da približim Bitcoin i kriptovalute široj populaciji, i u tom duhu prva serija tekstova biće posvećena osnovama. Ukoliko već sve ovo znate, bez brige.  Uporedo […]

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Startup Cryptex has launched a bitcoin debit card that lets users withdraw cash from standard ATMs.

Charlie Lee, creator of Litecoin, yesterday publicly disclosed communication from him to Jackson Palmer, the co-creator of Dogecoin.  In the message, Lee makes the case for merged mining of Litecoin and Dogecoin. “Its unfortunate the dogecoin kept the same mining algorithm as litecoin,” Lee states, ” as we are now competing for miners.” Lee goes on, “What […]

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A major security flaw affecting over half the internet could have a disproportionate impact on vulnerable bitcoin services.

Andresen's move to the Bitcoin Foundation hands the lead developer role to colleague Wladmir van der Laan.

Discovery of a memory leak bug in OpenSSL means that each and every internet user is likely to have been affected either directly or indirectly. Dubbed the “Heartbleed Bug”, this vulnerability allows stealing of information that usually would be encrypted by secure SSL/TLS sessions over the internet. Whilst everyday Bitcoin client operation does not directly […]

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What is Einsteinium? Einsteinium is an altcoin using a Scrypt PoW algorithm with approximately 300 million coins, short named as EMC2. Einsteinium is unique on its own due to a very interesting halving system, and the mining itself is divided in what they call as Epochs. An epoch lasts for 36000 blocks as well as 25 days. The mining […]

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Day one of Inside Bitcoins NYC drew a large crowd with an even larger diversity of interests and opinions.