Photo by Ken James Although the latest statements made by the giant Amazon revealed the company was not inclined to accept Bitcoin in the near future, a new patent awarded to one of the world’s biggest the e-commerce platforms might change that. The patent refers to a new payment system developed to work with Amazon’s…
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May 2014 Contact: M.K. Lords Email: mksilent.h@gmail.com Website: bitcoinnotbombs.com FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Bitcoin in the Beltway Conference to Make Waves in Washington D.C. (Washington, D.C.) This year has seen a rise in the amount of Bitcoin conferences, but one in particular is priding itself on featuring the most radical movers and shakers in the Bitcoin…
DetailsIf there is a villain to bitcoin, Mark Williams would likely be named. He infamously made the prediction, in December 2013, when he declared bitcoin was not an innovation but a “smoke and mirrors deception”. At the time, bitcoin was still trading near $1,000.00. He went on to predict that by mid-year 2014 the price of…
DetailsThe well-known brand DISH has just turned into the first subscription model pay-TV provider to accept Bitcoin, thanks to a partnership with Coinbase. Watching premium television programs and paying the bill with digital money is now possible, as the American direct-broadcast satellite service provider recently partnered with the payment processor Coinbase. DISH will be using the platform’s…
DetailsThere’s a simple reason as to why strippers in the USA get more tips than strippers in Canada: the dollar bill. Canadian strippers miss out on gain because throwing coins is impractical, and giving up a fiver is too much. This doesn’t just stop in the strip club. The USA generally has a richer tipping…
DetailsMIT’s students have made the news again. Dan Elitzer, president and founder of MIT’s Bitcoin Club, and Jeremy Rubin, a sophomore in Electrical Engineering and Computer Science, have organized the MIT Bitcoin Expo which will be held this Saturday, May 3rd at MIT’s Compton Laboratories Building 26-100. The talks start at 12:00pm and will feature…
DetailsA single-page blog called “The Willy Report” (removed in the meantime) has recently denounced an alleged plot to manipulate the price of Bitcoin through the use of bots. According to the report, authored by a cryptocurrency trader who claims to have analyzed several trading logs starting from November 2013, a bot named Willy is the one…
DetailsSo far, the crypto-space has had some major home runs, some fizzles, and fair number of outright scams. For folks who’ve been in any successful project for any considerable amount of time, the overall returns have been massive. This is because, once a few issues are ironed out, the crypto-world offers possibilities that are far…
DetailsLong-time Bitcoin skeptic Peter Schiff is embracing the future of cryptocurrency as a valuable form of payment. Late last year Schiff made his skepticism known when comparing the value of bitcoin to gold. He was very outspoken towards this view, but this news makes it seems that his outlook may have changed and is now…
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