TechCrunch, 1/1/0001 12:00 AM PST
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CoinDesk, 1/1/0001 12:00 AM PST Merchants who use the payments software platform Braintree in the US can enable bitcoin payments through Coinbase from today. |
CoinDesk, 1/1/0001 12:00 AM PST Bill Gates has commented on bitcoin's possible future ahead of the release of the Bill and Melinda Gate Foundation's annual letter. |
Bitcoin Magazine, 1/1/0001 12:00 AM PST Jan 22. 2015 for BitcoinMagazine.com Those within the industry understand that one of Bitcoin’s most important features—and perhaps its true core innovation—is its decentralized structure. Bitcoin has no central control: no central repository of information, no central management, and, crucially, no central point of failure. And yet, most of the actual services and businesses built within the Bitcoin ecosystem are centralized. They are run by specific people, in specific locations, with specific computer systems, and they are susceptible to specific legal entanglements. This situation creates tension and certainly a little irony—we have a decentralized technology, yet most things existing upon it are centralized. To a casual observer, and even more to a cynical one, it may appear that the claim […] The post Is Bitcoin Truly Decentralized? Yes – and Here Is Why It’s Important appeared first on Bitcoin Magazine. |
CoinDesk, 1/1/0001 12:00 AM PST BitFury Group has signed an agreement to acquire technology cooling solutions provider Allied Control. |
CoinDesk, 1/1/0001 12:00 AM PST Bitcoin payments provider Paymium has partnered with one of the world's largest point-of-sale (POS) providers to allow European brick-and-mortar retailers to accept the digital currency. Specifically, Paymium has created an app that is being hosted on the Telium Tetra Marketplace, a payment application suite developed by Ingenico Group solely for its POS terminals. The app allows merchants to accept bitcoin payments […] |
CryptoCoins News, 1/1/0001 12:00 AM PST Bitcoin price is advancing in intermittent surges punctuated by hesitant consolidations. This analysis is provided by xbt.social with a 3 hour delay. Read the full analysis here. Bitcoin Value and Price Analysis Time of analysis: 14h00 UTC Bitfinex 15-Minute Chart The Bitfinex 15-minute chart shows the massive reverse divergence (magenta) that had occurred between price […] The post Market Trading Back Bitcoin Value appeared first on CryptoCoinsNews. |
CryptoCoins News, 1/1/0001 12:00 AM PST Paymium announced today a partnership with Ingenico, the world leader in the payment terminal industry. This new move from the Bitcoin startup is likely to be a huge step towards bitcoin adoption among merchants. Merchants: A World To Conquer Also read: BitPay Plans to Have “One Million Merchants Taking Bitcoin by the End of 2016″ […] The post Paymium Teams Up With Payment Terminal World Leader Ingenico appeared first on CryptoCoinsNews. |
Engadget, 1/1/0001 12:00 AM PST
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CoinDesk, 1/1/0001 12:00 AM PST Multi-billion-dollar retailer Rakuten is including a panel of bitcoin industry representatives at its first financial conference next month. |
CryptoCoins News, 1/1/0001 12:00 AM PST The Silk Road trial of founder Ross Ulbricht in New York is gathering a lot of media attention. Negative attention for any Bitcoin-related issues is not uncommon in the mainstream, but RT America has discovered some issues with the prosecution’s case that could easily favor an acquittal for Ross Ulbricht. Screenshots and Hacks are what […] The post Shaky FBI Evidence may lead to Ross Ulbricht Case Dismissal appeared first on CryptoCoinsNews. |
CryptoCoins News, 1/1/0001 12:00 AM PST The renowned Bitcoin forum bitcointalk.org is currently down due to disk failure. Some rumored that they were attacked with DDoS like last year, but their twitter account sent out the following update today: Some disks seem to have failed. Expect extended downtime They also sent out a tweet saying: Posts made in the last 9 […] The post Bitcoin Forum Bitcointalk is Down due to Disk Failure – Data Lost appeared first on CryptoCoinsNews. |
Wired, 1/1/0001 12:00 AM PST![]() A Bitcoin exchange operator who pled guilty to supplying $1 million in digital currency to people buying drugs on Silk Road was sentenced to four years in prison Tuesday. Robert Faiella, who used the name BTCking online, had been arrested last year and charged with conspiracy to commit money laundering and operating an unlicensed money […] The post Bitcoin Exchange Operator Sentenced to 4 Years for Silk Road Transactions appeared first on WIRED. ![]() |