A little while back I reported on a fascinating project I had been following. I have continued to follow this project with interest. As the world’s first Bitcoin-powered pay-per-character publishing platform, Bitcoin Megaphone peaked my interest. Truly innovative and original ideas in the space can be difficult to come by, even with so much happening.…
DetailsThe popular Bitcoin mining pool GHash.IO – famous for raising concern about a possible ’51% attack’ on the Bitcoin ecosystem twice in the last year – has promised that in the future it will “not exceed more than 39.99% of the overall Bitcoin hashrate”. The news was revealed during a recent summit organized by GHash.IO. The event,…
DetailsJULY 16, 2014 – Bitcoin Magazine and the College Cryptocurrency Network (CCN) are pleased to announce the first ever, “Back-to-School with Bitcoin” issue this coming September! Guest-edited by CCN Executive Director, Jeremy Gardner, this issue of the magazine will be dedicated to covering youth in bitcoin, perhaps the most important demographic in bringing blockchain technology to…
DetailsThe Atlanta-based company, BitPay, has been hard at work developing solutions for businesses and individuals in the bitcoin space, and from this, recently released a beta of their new multi-signature wallet, Copay. The wallet is completely open-source and aims to provide a multi-signature transaction that occurs on the blockchain and allows complete control of user…
DetailsCurious about cryptocurrency? Everyone is invited to learn the what and the how of bitcoin when The North American Bitcoin Conference descends on Chicago, July 19-20. The North American Bitcoin Conference and the College Cryptocurrency Network will present the Bitcoin Beginners Workshop, hosted by Pamela Morgan (Empowered Law), Will Pangman (Tapeke), and David Silva Smith (So…
DetailsOpen source technology is fundamental to the cryptocurrency movement, and that’s a good thing. Bitcoin wouldn’t have the same appeal if it were copyrighted by a company, or if any of the underlying code were hidden from the public. The free and transparent nature of open source projects was necessary for the success of Bitcoin, and…
DetailsThe Japanese retail giant Rakuten might start accepting Bitcoin soon, according to an announcement made this Monday (14th) by the company’s CEO, Hiroshi Mikitani. According to the newspaper Mainichi Shimbun, Mikitani said that his company will probably accept Bitcoin “sooner or later”. Rakuten owns Japan’s biggest and most important online retail group, working with a network composed…
DetailsThe fact that Yahoo and Google – via its Finance service – decided to add Bitcoin data to their finance pages during last month. However, Google search results are now showing the cryptocurrency’s price. The news will surely put a smile on the face of thousands of Bitcoiners spread across the world. A search for…
DetailsA new Finnish project is about to accomplish its ambitious mission within the Bitcoin ecosystem: the Koodilehto KryptoRadio project wants to broadcast Bitcoin-related transactional data around the world using digital television transmissions or, in other words, Digital Video Broadcasting – Terrestrial (DVB-T) networks. According to the project’s website, the signal will transmit Bitcoin transaction data in real time, creating…
DetailsIn an unexpected marketing move, the Bitcoin mining hardware manufacturer Butterfly Labs anonymously bought the well-known website Buttcoin.org. The domain is famous for its criticism and funny approach on serious cryptocurrency-related matters, but the situation seems to have changed with the recent acquisition. The biggest example is the change in one of Buttcoin.org’s most famous stories: previously an online search…
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