The Role and Future of Altcoins

Just the name “altcoin” evokes a sense of disdain–altcoin, as in “alternative to Bitcoin,” a copycat late to the scene. Why do we persist in using such terminology when altcoins and Bitcoin are all cryptocurrencies of the same basic category? Many long-time Bitcoiners accuse altcoin developers of pump and dump schemes, longing to be early…

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SatoshiPoint Bitcoin ATMs UK

More Bitcoin ATMs for the UK Bitcoin now has multiple dedicated Bitcoin ATMs in London, allowing the public to buy and sell Bitcoin for cash. This makes London one of the leading cities for these machines globally. UK Bitcoin based startup SatoshiPoint has just announced the installation of three Robocoin ATMs that will be live…

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Bitcoin is on Speed

Eight hours of sleep is too long to be disconnected from the ever-changing crypto landscape. Currency urgency permeates business dealings, investor interests and journalistic pursuits. We are literally involved in a world that is changing at a truly phenomenal rate. Try to keep up, will you? The Speed of Business If “The Social Network” taught…

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Twenty Mind-Bending Secrets About Bitcoin

This article will introduce some of bitcoin’s Mind-Bending amazing abilities only few people know. As you read this list, remember your favorite so can impress your friends with your new incredible bitcoin knowledge.   1.  Fun with programmable money     Bitcoin wallets are like personal debit cards that you can create and assign yourself to store your bitcoin.…

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Putting the Blockchain to Work For Science!

Buried beneath the myriad of indistinguishable pump-and-dump altcoins, every now and then a cryptocurrency is born that truly revolutionizes the field. While this doesn’t necessarily obsolete Bitcoin–the protocol can be upgraded at any time–it’s important to examine these new coins in order to keep up the pace of innovation. Take Gridcoin, for example. Some background:…

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BloomNation – Disrupting the Flower Industry

Businesses that accept Bitcoin are blooming up everywhere. Sometimes it can irk me that some businesses accept Bitcoin but do nothing to promote it; however, this is not the case for the co-founders of the budding flower marketplace, BloomNation.com. I spoke with two of the co-founders, Farbod Shoraka & David Daneshgar; unfortunately their other co-founder,…

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Bitcoin 2014 Roundup

Well I attended Bitcoin 2014 in Amsterdam and it was a blast. I met lots of people who I’ve been emailing/skyping with over the last six months so that’s always fun. The conference had a few keynote talks for all and all the rest was broken out into four parallel tracks, which is always annoying…

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