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30 October 2013 | rt.com Hoping to convince the US federal government to block websites it deems harmful to business, the RIAA has submitted its list of “notorious websites” with an especially 
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Since reaching a low of $109 on the Mt. Gox exchange the day of Silk Road incident Oct. 2, prices have climbed nearly $100, reaching as much as $233. Prices haven't fallen below $200 since Sunday.
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The capture of 'Dread Pirate Roberts' has significant implications for the future of the Bitcoin industry.
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Entrepreneur : The crowdfunding platform says it has received multiple requests from users looking to accept Bitcoin payments. And the low transaction costs of Bitcoin payments make them particularly advantageous for international transactions, which can otherwise be ...
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Bitcoin, the global, digital crypto-currency that is independent of any central banking authority, has spread like wildfire around the world.
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Well, first and foremost, all of us should be thrilled as it appears that the rally is on when it comes to Bitcoin. Perhaps the steady increase in Bitcoin value is in part due to the recent Silk Road take down, which resulted in nearly a million black market related individuals taken off the grid. It’s without doubt a definite possibility that consumer trust has been restored to some degree with this latest development. Not to mention that the Government shut down has indeed taken a toll on the public, opening the eyes of people and creating a general concern if better options exist for the economy.
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This short documentary is about how small organic farmers are using bitcoins to reach their customers directly - with no fees and middlemen.
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Four Senators wrote Letters to Congress on behalf of Ms. Hudes in response to her disclosure that the Debt of the U.S.A was headed for collapse- as far back as 2005. She discovered Corruption beyond belief. She said that Americans would be astounded to know what is truly going on behind the scenes - and said our world is run by mobsters and mafia style governments. (My conclusion is that the people cannot see how their life source is nothing more than feeding those at the top. Once your work years are done, you are considered expendable and useless.) Feel free to download and reshare.
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Shocker: Online drug blackmarket with very public marketing campaign closing for
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Criminals are taking your data, tying it up with some major encryption, and then throwing it back at you, saying, “You pay me, and I’ll decrypt your precious information.”
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In the wake of the government shutting down Silk Road, a battle over Bitcoin's future has ensued. (The Civil War Inside Bitcoin: Go Anonymous or Go Mainstream?
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Technology is subversive. Every few years, a new technology threatens the status quo of one industry or another, and a familiar sequence of events follows. Consumers, users, and some savvy technologists win. The folks dominating the status quo—typically rich, powerful, well-connected folks—start to hurt. But dominant players don’t like to lose, so they fight back using every weapon in their arsenal. As a result, while the first chapter in the life of a new technology is its happy launch, the second chapter is invariably a ferocious backlash. This year’s unfolding second chapter involves Bitcoin, an enticingly anonymous “cryptocurrency” designed to wrest the international currency system from the hands of central bankers. Bitcoin Is a Junk Currency, But It Lays the Foundation For Better MoneyNathan LewisContributorBitcoins Are Digital Collectibles, Not Real MoneyLouis WoodhillContributor
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Digital representation of money and mathematical protocols take a lot less space than physical cash and require no brick-and-mortar security.
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Hoping to convince the US federal government to block websites it deems harmful to business, the RIAA has submitted its list of “notorious websites” with an especially notable version which includes a dig at the digital currency bitcoin.
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Backed by Passion Capital and TransferWise chief Taavet Hinrikus, Coinfloor is the first serious Bitcoin trading operation to open in London’s fintech hub. U.S. customers aren’t allowed in just yet, though.
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Today at Disrupt Europe in Berlin, a few major Bitcoin actors in the European Bitcoin community took the stage to share their thoughts about the future of Bitcoin. Michael Jackson(Mangrove Capital Partners), Shakil Khan(CoinDesk) and Nejc Kodric(Bitstamp) are all bullish and have great hopes for the digital currency. Yet, a recurring thought was that the community is still very early in this journey — the average end-user has yet to start using Bitcoins.
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This is a map of every Bitcoin download (that was able to be traced to a country), by operating system. Each dot is an individual Bitcoin download. The yellow dots are a general reference of all Bitcoin downloads ever while the red ones call out a specific OS used in the download.
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I love the concept of separating money from government control and of enabling truly anonymous electronic transactions. I love the fact that it's decentralized and open source. I even love the notion of "mining" Bitcoins. It's so much cooler than, say, printing money, much less having to earn it.
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Still waiting for Bitcoin to be accepted at Amazon and eBay? Forget it. Bitcoin will power the next generation of corporations and the only way to deal with those corporations will be through Bitcoin (that’s right, they won’t, or rather can’t, accept fiat like US Dollar). These ideas may seem futuristic, but they are not more than 5 years away, maybe 10.
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Bitcoin documentaries from around the world. http://t.co/j3ZTsgSWLN
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A bar in the Netherlands is now accepting Bitcoin payments for beer and other beverages.
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The pace of adoption virtual currencies has accelerated over the past few years, and people are continuing to use digital forms of money not backed by governmental institutions for a number of reasons. Corporations are realizing that virtual money entices customers to make more purchases; libertarians and privacy advocates like the idea of a decentralized digital currency because of their wariness of government control; and alternative investors see digital currencies as a new asset class that will not decline in value with the progress of technology.
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As I have maintained on many occasions, reports of the death of Bitcoin have been greatly exaggerated. If anything, the news related to the most popular crypto-currency ever has only gotten considerably more positive in the wake of the raid on Silk Road. The most recent development is that massive web services site Baidu, Inc. has started to accept Bitcoin for its Jiasule service. I wonder if this is in any way related to the recent Chinese calls for a new reserve currency, as I can’t imagine the company would go ahead with accepting BTC without at least some “all clear” from authorities. If this signals implicit approval for Bitcoin by political leaders in China (it’s too early to tell), it would have paradigm-shifting global consequences.
Clayton and Annie's curator insight,
October 16, 2014 4:57 PM
This is political because chIna's government decided to change the currency of the money they use. Bitcoin has been greatLy exaggerated in china.
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To hear Libertarians talk about it, the success of Bitcoin will free us forever from the IRS, Treasury Department, and the Federal Reserve. Bitcoin, as a currency without an associated bureaucracy, is immune to political meddling so no stupid government monetary programs that backfire or don’t work are possible. Bitcoin supposedly protects us from ourselves.
That’s fine as far as it goes, but the Bitcoin algorithm has left no place for compassion, either. Governments and treasuries in times of crisis sometimes make decisions that appear to go against the interests of the state . We saw many of those around 2008 — admittedly heroic measures taken primarily to fix dumb-ass mistakes. Bitcoin, for all its digital purity, makes such policies impossible to implement, taking away our policy safety net.
Versace Versace's curator insight,
October 21, 2013 9:35 AM
The Bitcoin currency is still very confusing to me. The article states that it would be able to protect us from ourselves, but how exactly is that possible? The first paragraph explains that the Bitcoin has no associated bureaucracy, and that they would be immune to any government policies. Yet, the second paragraph argues that it would take away any safety nets from policies. So is the Bitcoin more or less safe for use as a currency?
-Sam Osisek
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We're at the Money2020 conference on new and alternative payment systems in Las Vegas, where representatives from all corners of financial services are discussing the current state of money. This morning, Micky Malka of Ribbit Capital laid out a very straightforward case on why you should be bullish on Bitcoin.
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