Thomas Trutschel—Photothek via Getty Images Bitcoin had a rough 2014, but there was one silver lining: Over the past year, a steady trickle of large companies have begun taking bitcoin as payment. Ever since Overstock.com announced it would start accepting bitcoin roughly one year ago, a number of major brands, including Microsoft, Dell, and MONEY s own publisher…
I ve been running the bitcoin-qt client for over a week now trying to catch up with the block chain (closer to three weeks if I count the first time I had to synchronize everything). Looking at my bandwidth usage, I m only getting 2-5 kB/s at any given time. I did a ton of Googling and noticed a lot of others were complaining about the long synchronization process…
Volatility is a well-recognized impediment to the success of Bitcoin as a currency. An example of the argument for volatility-based caution about Bitcoin, chosen at random, appears in Professor David Yermack’s December 2013 NBER working paper, “Is Bitcoin a Real Currency? An Economic Appraisal.” Wide swings in the price of bitcoins vis á vis other things will…
The online marketplace revolution Online marketplaces are a massively popular phenomenon. Web sites, such as Amazon and eBay, have been very successful and their success translated into multi-billion-dollar capitalizations. It is known, though, that the biggest room in the world is that for improvement. They were revolutionary for their time, offering the users…
Fidelity Moves into the FinTech Age With New Partnership Fidelity is ending its partnership with credit card company American Express and the Bank of America Corporation, “a 12-year partnership that has generated billions of dollars in fees, ” according to Reuters. This is another blow in a series of setbacks for American Express, which recently lost its partnership…
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Newbies, read through a pile of content about covert actions people use bitcoin for: illegal trade and firearms and tax evasion. Presented in a such a way, bitcoin tends to be something highly suspicious for the most of the people, so they decide to stay away from it. The good news is bitcoin’s ‘criminal nature’ is a myth. In this article you will find five legitimate…
Vancouver s Bitcoin meetup is a space for people who share an interest in bitcoin or crypto-currencies to come together and share stories, ideas, or opportunities. Whether you are a neophyte or an early adopter you are likely to find someone who shares your ideas or is maybe even willing to challenge them. We are open to any respectful people and ideas and…
The 33-year-old’s guilty plea ends his involvement in an investigation into the massive 2014 hack of JPMorgan Chase, which ensnared both Murgio and his father, former Palm Beach County School Board member Mike Murgio, though neither has been directly linked to hacking activities. The Palm Beach Gardens High School graduate is likely to face years in prison when…
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Attendants pose with a bitcoin sign during the opening of Hong Kong s first bitcoin retail store. Reuters/Bobby Yip (Reuters) - Trading volumes at China s three largest bitcoin exchanges have plummeted after the central bank put the virtual currency market under sharper scrutiny a month ago in a move that coincided with official efforts to stem capital outflows…
Mats Henricson, the chairman of the Swedish Bitcoin Foundation, wrote in an official statement that the organization believes OneCoin is a fraud and that users who are relatively new to digital currencies and the cryptocurrency industry must be cautious when approaching OneCoin-related programs. “OneCoin has grown immensely large and billions have been put into…
In the headlong rush to revolutionize modern finance, blockchain enthusiasts are overlooking one potentially costly problem: Their applications, built on open-source code, may actually belong to someone else. Recently, some of the biggest names in business, from Goldman Sachs to Bank of America and Mastercard, have quietly patented some of the most promising…
The popularity of bitcoin as the digital currency has enabled a new economy to flourish in parallel to the existing traditional currency based economy. While bitcoin transactions continue to gain popularity, they have also enabled a new arena for gambling, gaming and lotteries through online bitcoin casinos. (See our video: What is Bitcoin?) What are bitcoin…
Amid China’s Bitcoin price reaching all-time highs on BTCC, contrasting opinions are surfacing as to its role and effectiveness in circumventing the country s capital controls. In a blog post, Bitquant founder Joseph Wang previously described Bitcoin as “pretty much totally and completely useless for getting money out of China.” Bitquant, a FinTech research laboratory…
Bitcoin debit cards and point of sale terminals are coming to Canada. Two Canadian companies - Coinkite and Virtex - are about to offer them, each taking a different approach. The biggest problem getting a physical merchant to accept bitcoin is probably the interface. A lot of small business retailers like the black box nature of a point of sale system. They…
Thom Lachenmann and Parke Shall, advisors at Orange Peel Investments, have invested in bitcoin and suggest investors take a small position in the asset for the long term. Writing in Seeking Alpha, they noted that the Brexit referendum is a sign that bitcoin will become a serious safe haven for investors. The advisors noted they were not quick to take an interest…
In the absence of important changes in the Bitcoin intra-day chart, here is an overview of a medium- and long-term strategy from which Bitcoin holders stand to benefit. As traders, we tend to focus on the next wave, and the direction of trend makes little difference if one is margin trading. However, the decision, whether to hold bitcoin or dollars in your trading…
Bitcoin transactions are mined (processed) by Miners, and Miners want to benefit from their work. By mining transactions with higher fees, they make more money. Some miners can decide to mine all transactions no matter the fee but they still must compete with every other financially motivated miner. Why is it taking so long for my transaction to confirm? If you…
Bitcoin (BTC) is a decentralized cryptocurrency payment system designed by Satoshi Nakamoto. The software-based currency was released to the public in 2009. Since then, updates and improvements have been made by a network of developers, partially funded by the Bitcoin Foundation. It was not until 2013 that Bitcoin became a hot topic of interest. The virtual currency…
If CISPA or other privacy-busting legislations pass, every detail of our personal lives will be at risk – and you’ll want to buy Bitcoins for safety. Although many of our foundations are rooted in anonymity, everything we see, do and buy may soon be exposed. However, technology always evolves, and anonymity is no exception. As many already know, Bitcoin is a…
The following post reflects the opinion of the author and is not to be seen as any investment advice. Whenever investing in Bitcoin (or anything else) you are putting your money at risk and should do this at your own risk. In short, THIS IS NOT INVESTMENT ADICE! Over the past several months bitcoin prices have increased substantially, rising from less than $250…
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Long gone are the days when Bitcoin was considered as this obscure digital currency only used by computer engineers or criminals operating via dark web channels. Nowadays, it seems that the only concern surrounding the crytpocurrency is the fear of hacking attacks or theft that have occasionally occurred in exchange markets, and Bitcoin finally enjoys the trust…
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