CryptoCoins News, 1/1/0001 12:00 AM PST As the world prepares to say goodbye to another year and Bitcoin nears its sixth birthday, we look back at one of the more memorable and eventful year of Bitcoin’s history. A year in which Bitcoin began to mature and, just like a six year old child going to school for the first time, left his […] The post 2014 – The Best and Worst Year for Bitcoin so Far appeared first on CryptoCoinsNews. |
CryptoCoins News, 1/1/0001 12:00 AM PST A new programming language, called Ur/Web, lets developers write Web applications as self-contained programs. Ur/Web provides guaranteed security; certain kinds of security vulnerability are impossible. A production web application developed with Ur/Web is the Bitcoin Merge Mining Pool, which allows users to merge mine for a number of different bitcoin-derived virtual currencies. The post Ur/Web, A Simple and Powerful Language For Secure Web Applications appeared first on CryptoCoinsNews. |
CoinDesk, 1/1/0001 12:00 AM PST Brawker says it allows users to buy "almost anything" with bitcoin. But does it really live up to the claim? CoinDesk's Dan Palmer investigates. |
CryptoCoins News, 1/1/0001 12:00 AM PST It’s hard to argue to passionately for anything related to cryptocurrency beyond that it is good for humanity, it is liberating, and it is a huge part of the future, financial and otherwise, of humanity. There are some who have made a great deal of money from Bitcoin, who argue passionately for Bitcoin exclusivity. Vitalik […] The post Brian Sovryn Says ‘Altcoins Are Bullshit,’ Provides Weak Argument appeared first on CryptoCoinsNews. |
CryptoCoins News, 1/1/0001 12:00 AM PST It’s hard to argue to passionately for anything related to cryptocurrency beyond that it is good for humanity, it is liberating, and it is a huge part of the future, financial and otherwise, of humanity. There are some who have made a great deal of money from Bitcoin, who argue passionately for Bitcoin exclusivity. Vitalik […] The post Brian Sovryn Says ‘Altcoins Are Bullshit,’ Provides Weak Argument appeared first on CryptoCoinsNews. |
CoinDesk, 1/1/0001 12:00 AM PST Members of the bitcoin community had a big impact on the digital currency this year. Here are CoinDesk's 10 most significant influencers 2014. |
CryptoCoins News, 1/1/0001 12:00 AM PST In a recent article appearing on SecurityWeek.com, the author David Holmes discussed virtual currency around the world in all its current forms. The article also discussed M-PESA, an SMS based system through which mobile subscribers in Kenya and a growing number of countries can send virtual money through a mobile operator’s phone number. Either by […] The post Bitcoin and M-PESA are Quite Complementary, Mr Holmes appeared first on CryptoCoinsNews. |
CryptoCoins News, 1/1/0001 12:00 AM PST Not every child can have the life they truly deserve; one with happiness and the basic needs to not just survive, but thrive. In today’s world, more than 400 million children can barely grasp on to the survive portion of living as they sit in extreme poverty. That’s the portion where ChildFund International wants to […] The post ChildFund, One of the World’s Largest Childen’s Aid Groups, Now Accepts Bitcoin appeared first on CryptoCoinsNews. |
CryptoCoins News, 1/1/0001 12:00 AM PST A comment/question was raised on yesterday’s article that deserved reply, as well as clarification here. The question centered upon the difference between trading and investing. There is a big distinction between trading and investing. IMHO investors should feel very comfortable buying at these levels and ignoring the ups and downs that happen each day and week. […] The post Bitcoin Price – Trading vs Investing appeared first on CryptoCoinsNews. |
CoinDesk, 1/1/0001 12:00 AM PST Online payment solutions company Stripe's bitcoin service will come out of beta in January, the company has advised. |
CryptoCoins News, 1/1/0001 12:00 AM PST Just prior to the height of the holiday spirit, Namecoin developers got a special surprise in their wallets courtesy of not-so-secret Santa, Discus Fish. Also known as F2Pool, Discus Fish provided the developers with 20,000 Namecoins to fund a reimplementation based on mainline Bitcoin. According to the developer blog, Christmas officially came early for Namecoin. […] The post Namecoin Receives Early Christmas Present – Discus Fish Donates 20,000 Namecoins for Funding appeared first on CryptoCoinsNews. |
CryptoCoins News, 1/1/0001 12:00 AM PST Just prior to the height of the holiday spirit, Namecoin developers got a special surprise in their wallets courtesy of not-so-secret Santa, Discus Fish. Also known as F2Pool, Discus Fish provided the developers with 20,000 Namecoins to fund a reimplementation based on mainline Bitcoin. According to the developer blog, Christmas officially came early for Namecoin. […] The post Namecoin Receives Early Christmas Present – Discus Fish Donates 20,000 Namecoins for Funding appeared first on CryptoCoinsNews. |
CoinDesk, 1/1/0001 12:00 AM PST Ziftr, a New Hampshire-based e-commerce company, is hosting a month-long crowdsale for its new altcoin, ziftrcoin. |