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A new survey published by Goldman Sachs found that just over half of the millennials believe they will never use bitcoin.

The Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) believes that it's on the way to creating synthetic organisms capable of terraforming Mars into a planet that looks more like Earth, Motherboard reports.

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A recent article by Filip Martinka delivers a damning characterization of the cryptocurrency world: we are a bunch of cultists, acting against our self-interest, religiously promoting something and trying to draw others into it as a means to expand its influence. The article takes the typical characteristics of a cult and breaks them down alongside the characteristics of Bitcoiners. Here are some of the things that, according to Martinka, make us cultists: The group is preoccupied with bringing in new members. The group is preoccupied with making money. The group has a polarized us-versus-them mentality, which may cause conflict with […]

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Ever wished it didn't require a degree in engineering to update a single component of your phone? Ever thought it was unsustainable the way we have to throw out our old phone just to upgrade some certain feature we now find lacking, such as the camera?

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Cryptocurrency inspires all segments of society, from Wall Street bankers to American country singers. Country singer John Barrett now offers up his own inspiration in his “Ode to Satoshi.” Barrett hails Satoshi Nakamoto, the founder of Bitcoin as someone who “came to save the day.” He dedicates the song to famous country singer Pete Seeger and bitcoin evangelist Andreas Antonopoulos. Barrett croons about the inevitability of the currency: “I know you’re going to reign…til everybody knows…your name.” He purrs about the political implications of bitcoin and how it will “deliver us from age old tyranny.” Climb aboard you all, this train is […]

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Nasdaq has partnered with San Francisco-based bitcoin API startup Chain to implement the Bitcoin blockchain technology in its newly launched marketplace, Nasdaq Private Market. Previously reported by Bitcoin Magazine, Nasdaq announced its plans to implement Bitcoin’s blokchain technology into its pilot test, where shares of private companies are handled and traded as smart assets on the blockchain. Unlike other decentralized asset trading platforms, Nasdaq plans to utilize the colored coin protocol Open Assets based on the Bitcoin blockchain instead of developing an alternative blockchain or digital currency. “I am a big believer in the ability of blockchain technology to effect fundamental change in the infrastructure of the financial services industry,” said Bob Greifeld, CEO of Nasdaq. “Clearinghouses are a wonderful […]

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BitInka, a bitcoin platform that operates in Peru, Venezuela, Bolivia and Brazil will soon expand its services throughout Argentina, Colombia and Chile, to become South America’s first universal bitcoin platform targeted for the unbanked. Founded in 2013 by Roger Gabriel, BitINKA is one of the only companies in South America which implemented bitcoin trading to create a bitcoin exchange that allows its users to convert/withdraw bitcoin for many local currencies of South America, including the Peruvian Nueva Sol and the Argentinian peso. Through its international and instant bitcoin exchange platform, the bitcoin startup aims to penetrate mainstream bitcoin adoption by implementing bitcoin in day-to-day finances and to provide a platform for users without any prior knowledge about the currency. Since […]

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Blockchain infrastructure company BitFury has selected a number of high-profile figures to serve on its advisory and technical advisory boards.

BitFury has announced today that it has brought on two people with long careers to its board of directors, Dr. James Newsome and Hernando de Soto. Newsome is more of a regulatory heavyweight, having previously served under President Bill Clinton as Chairman of the Commodities Futures Trading Commission. He's also held the leading position at the New York Mercantile Exchange (NYMEX). De Soto is currently the president of Institute for Liberty and Democracy, a rather influential thinktank based in Peru. In both cases, BitFury seems to be aiming to add some of that hard-won knowledge one can only find in […]

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The CryptoCurrency Certification Consortium (C4) has added two high-profile names to its Board of Directors: Andreas M. Antonopoulos and Pamela Morgan. Antonopoulos’ role will be to assist in both the Certified Bitcoin Expert (CBX) and the CryptoCurrency Security Standard (CCSS) projects. The popular speaker and author of Bitcoin’s definitive book, Mastering Bitcoin, will work to ensure that C4’s more technical projects achieve their requisite levels of quality. “C4 fosters the cryptocurrency community’s effort to develop standards, through an open, transparent and participatory organization,” says Antonopoulos. “These standards provide a benchmark by which organizations and individuals can demonstrate their professionalism. I have contributed to and implemented these standards myself and I am delighted to join the board of C4 to further […]

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An anonymous Reddit user who self-identifies as bank employee posted a warning saying that his bank received a memo from the national financial institute, with instructions to report anyone who receives more than €1,000 that may be linked to Bitcoin. The five-page memo outlines how surveillance works, how the network is monitored and says that some bitcoin exchanges have been unwilling to cooperate with the authorities. The memo is accompanied by a report, issued by E.U. law enforcement agency Europol, stating that 84 accounts in the country (which hasn’t been disclosed) have been flagged as suspect, and 52 are under surveillance and investigation. The poster says that an earlier related report from the national financial institute is available online. The […]

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A shadowy figure - either an individual, but most likely numerous individuals - has apparently taken over enough shares in BitShares, the Bitcoin 2.0 technology, to considerably steer the project. So much so, in fact, that, in response, a BitShares 2.0 project has been launched this month.  Inner turmoil has seemingly undermined the expansion of the BitShares project, which has suffered the negative effects of not only a dilution of BitSharesX (BTSX), but also the negative impacts of publicized inner-strife, beginning with the evidence that the original BitShares white paper is no longer online. As natter in Bitcoin and BitShares forums […]

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Game-changing or not, the cryptocurrency is anything but a joke to a growing number of entrepreneurs

Four pervasive habits may be derailing your business - here's how to identify and fix them.

As America’s highly controversial global tax law reaches its first birthday, almost half of Americans who live overseas would support a presidential candidate who vowed to move to repeal it, reveals a new survey by one of the world’s largest independent financial advisory organizations. In a global poll, deVere Group recently asked more than 370 of its American expatriate clients: Would you vote for a presidential candidate that opposed FATCA (the Foreign Account Tax Compliance Act) and pledged to seek its repeal? 48 per cent said ‘yes’, 29 responded ‘no’, and 23 per cent ‘didn’t know.’ There are a reported […]

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Just like in the real world, some Internet activities come with serious consequences, sometimes leading to legal action by authorities. This list presents fifteen ways people have been arrested using the Internet for relatively benign actions. From posting rap lyrics to dancing, after reading this list, you may never interact with the Internet the same way again.

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A gambling platform Cryptogames has expanded its range of provably fair cryptocurrency games with online 3-reel classic slots. Cryptogames offers an online version of well-known slots machines that are so popular among gamblers. After entering the bet amount to the corresponding field at the bottom of the machine, a user is ready to hit the spin and get an instant result. Auto-spin is also available in the Cryptogames slots, and allows playing the machine as many times as wanted whilst the balance is enough. Every spin is random and independent of all past spins. It means that sequence of symbols […]

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Properly implementing cryptography in communications technologies is a problem for many developers. Cryptography itself is a study to become an expert on, and learning its ways and means can be like learning a programming language all on its own.

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xbt.social analysis has been biased to a decline below $240 for the past week. Yesterday, Bitcoin price dipped below this important support level twice before retreating again this morning. Following a pullback, it is anticipated that the market will return price to this level - a break below it implying decline to at least $235. Readers are alerted to a new analysis update schedule: starting today, daily Bitcoin price analysis will be published at the start of the day (UTC). Articles will be updated with major market events, during the course of the day, where appropriate. This analysis is provided […]

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The US Federal Trade Commission has penned a new blog post aiming to give advice to consumers who may pay for products with digital currency.

BTCJam is the peer-to-peer lending platform where, when things are working properly, those in need of extra capital can get funded by those with Bitcoin to spare, and those with Bitcoin to invest can earn a healthy return. When things are working properly, which needs to be stressed. Because although the platform has methods of verifying people's identities and their income, it's very easy for people to walk away from their debts there. Often, when they do so, it is without consequence. Until now. Perhaps the first known case has been settled in a Kentucky courtroom. A man Breathitt County, […]

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If you've been following the disastrous launch of Warner Bros. and Rocksteady's Batman: Arkham Knight on PC, you already know that it's one of the most crippled PC ports to be released in years. A 30fps lock, significant stuttering, crashing, and a subpar hardware-to-performance ratio have made the game unplayable for many AMD and Nvidia users, even those with high-end graphics cards. Eurogamer even discovered that basic graphical enhancements present in the PlayStation 4 version like Ambient Occlusion have been omitted from the PC version.

At a Financial Times event Wednesday evening, the paper's editor interviewed Microsoft co-founder Bill Gates. The two reportedly talked extensively about the economy, robots, Uber, and Silicon Valley.

FT Alphaville writer Izabella Kaminska, who often writes about these issues, went on a long tweetstorm after relaying the conversation.

With regards to robots, the economy, and logistics, the takeaway seems to be that Gates thinks we're in the fastest period of innovation ever, and it's still unclear how that will affect the economy.

But there's still quite a way to go. Robots "will be benign for quite some time," Gates said. The future of work is not in immediate danger — although the outlook is not good for those who have a high school degree or less. 

Gates was also asked about Uber. He seems to think the real disruption to the driving and logistics industry is not going to come until we have fully driverless cars. That's the "rubicon," he says.

Kaminska relays that currently, Gates thinks that Uber "is just a reorganization of labour into a more dynamic form." However, and this is big, Uber does have the biggest research and development budget out there on the driverless vehicle front. And that's to its advantage.

Here's the tweetstorm (in reverse-chronological order):

Kaminska's tweetstorm about Gates' comments continued on the topics of climate change and philanthropy.

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