A Message to the Class of 2018: Consider Cryptocurrency

By Ugene CheungNews

By April 15, which was a few short days ago, most high school seniors had already submitted their statement of intent to register (SIR) to the college of their choice. Since then, they have turned their eyes toward the fall semester and what they will elect to study there. This decision, of course, is not…

April 25, 2014

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Web 3.0 – A Chat With Ethereum’s Gavin Wood

By Ugene CheungNews

Six months ago Ethereum was an ambitious white paper committed to a thorough re-imagining of the ‘Bitcoin 2.0’ space. With a sincere desire to mould the blockchain in his own image Vitalik Buterin, our resident tech. wizz, penned the concept. Since inception the project has benefited from some key strategic partnerships and an unparalleled press…

April 25, 2014

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Jeff Garzik wants to protect Bitcoin and its network… in space

By Ugene CheungNews

It is one small step for the BitSat project, but one giant leap for Bitcoin. Jeff Garzik’s Dunvegan Space Systems and the company Deep Space Industries Inc. just signed a preliminary design contract to develop a Bitcoin-related orbital system. The first payment to the space contractor was made in digital money via the payment processor BitPay. The…

April 25, 2014

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First Pot, Now Porn. Can Bitcoin Save the Adult Industry?

By Ugene CheungNews

Oversexed and underbanked? Chase Bank recently informed hundreds of porn performers that the bank will close their accounts by mid-May. Apparently Chase has a history of discriminating against sex workers and the adult industry. When banks pulled the same thing on Washington and Colorado’s state-legal marijuana dispensaries, they quickly moved to bitcoin. Banks claimed to…

April 25, 2014

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