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Earlier this week, BitcoinTalk users began raising questions about premined CannabisCoins that remained unallocated. In response to the controversy, CannabisCoin developer DeltaNine burned the coins to an unspendable address. Also Read: Dopecoin Price on a Bad Trip CannabisCoin Lights Up Premined Coins via Proof of Burn Last week, CannabisCoin made news due to a massive […]

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One of the newest advertisement method for Bitcoin companies is to send out free bitcoins to Bitcoin addresses, including those that belong to Bitcoin websites. It seems great; who doesn’t love free money, right? However, it’s been causing some problems for websites that require bitcoin deposits. See, these sites require confirmations on deposits. The bitcoin microtransaction […]

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Financial crime journalist Jeffrey Robinson speaks to CoinDesk about his latest book, 'BitCon: The Naked Truth About Bitcoin'.

The Luxembourg startup The Yallet Initiative announced the launch of a Bitcoin wallet focused on ease of use in order to appeal to the newest users of the virtual currency. “The Bitcoin technology will lead to evolutions which will impact the general public, but also the economy in general and the financial world.” It is […]

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Bitcoin in the eyes of US Congress members is vastly different. When might they create policy around it?

Several months ago, Feathercoin developer Pete Bushnell announced the coin would transition to the newly-developed NeoScrypt hashing algorithm, which is resistant to ASIC miners. On October 26, Feathercoin will undergo a hard fork to make the official transition. The Feathercoin price has increased in anticipation of the update. CCN analyzes this altcoin price movement. Also […]

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Several months ago, Feathercoin developer Pete Bushnell announced the coin would transition to the newly-developed NeoScrypt hashing algorithm, which is resistant to ASIC miners. On October 26, Feathercoin will undergo a hard fork to make the official transition. The Feathercoin price has increased in anticipation of the update. CCN analyzes this altcoin price movement. Also […]

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 Strange, interesting, and wildly ambitious things are afoot in the world of Bitcoin and blockchains. I give you Zerocash, a completely anonymous currency; Ethereum, an blockchain platform designed to decentralize much of the Internet; and Sidechains, a proposal to accelerate the evolution of Bitcoin itself. Any one of these could conceivably become a very big deal. All three? Prick up your ears. Read More

On Friday, a UK judge granted Syscoin’s emergency injunction against Moopay LTD and former Moolah CEO  Ryan Kennedy (also known as Alex Green). The injunction bars Kennedy and Moolah from selling the 750 bitcoins Syscoin raised during its initial coin offering and entrusted to the company’s escrow service. If Kennedy violates the injunction, he could […]

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Aaron, your project, the Bitfilm Festival, sounds really interesting.  Can you tell me why you started this project? The Bitfilm Festival started in 2000 as a festival about 3D animation and digital effects, then expanded to show films made for mobile screens, films made with computer games or real time demos. So the name “Bitfilm” is much older than “Bitcoin”, it just stands for digital film. We have been organising the festival for thirteen years, on the Internet and in various cities such as Hamburg, Barcelona, Tel Aviv, New York and Tokyo, and we have always been looking for new stuff. In the last two editions we already experimented with Bitcoin by using it as prize money and as a […]

It was just last month that IBM’s plans for an “Internet of things” architecture that would feature Bitcoin blockchain technology were revealed. IBM’s planned project, called Adept, utilizes three distinct technologies including the blockchain, TeleHash, and BitTorrent. IBM’s head of mobile and internet Paul Brody is the “VP of the Internet of Things” and is […]

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BitPay, a Bitcoin payment processing company, has announced that they are partnering up with SurfEasy so that SurfEasy customers can pay for a no-log VPN service with Bitcoin. SurfEasy specializes in privacy and focuses on making the internet safe, secure, and private for users. SurfEasy does not keep any personal information about customers or what […]

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BitLendingClub, a Bulgarian Bitcoin crowd lending platform, has announced that they have received a €200,000 seed investment from the European VC fund LAUNCHub. Launchub is a seed fund that invests in European digital startups. BitLendingClub is a peer-to-peer platform that allows Bitcoin lenders to lend Bitcoin borrowers. Loans are offered to borrowers when the interest […]

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Jeffrey Robinson, an American financial crime author, has released a new book titled, Bit Con: The Naked Truth About Bitcoin. Robinson has previously exposed money laundering of epic proportions in the pharmaceutical industry as well as the banking industry. In his most recent book, Robinson spent a year researching bitcoins and has still come to the conclusion […]

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