March 14, 2016

Microsoft Monday: Cross-Network For Xbox One/PS4, Instagram Windows 10 Mobile App, Upgrade Ads In IE

“Microsoft Monday” takes a look back at the past week of news related to Microsoft. This week, “Microsoft Monday” includes details about Microsoft acquiring more companies in 2015 than other tech companies, Instagram beta now available for Windows 10 Mobile, a “Quidditch Mode” for Halo…

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BIP75 to Improve Bitcoin Payments Protocol

Bitcoin has grown into a promising payments platform which is being increasingly adopted by both big and small-time e-commerce players. There are select brick and mortar shops too which accept bitcoin payments for goods and services sold. As people become familiar with the concept of…

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Arcade City, Decentralized Disruption of Ride Sharing with Ethereum

Public transport involving taxi cabs are becoming more personal these days. Gone are the days when people were forced to go out on the street to hail a yellow or black taxi cab. Now, all one needs is a smartphone with the right application installed.…

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Unlocking blockchain for the underbanked

As 2015 came to a close and the new year began, many thought leaders in the financial technology space made their predictions on the trends and innovations that will get us excited in 2016. One of the most prominent technologies that repeatedly appeared on these…

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Microsoft Apologizes: Bitcoin Still Accepted

In a day when the major bitcoin headline was that of Microsoft seemingly cutting ties with Bitcoin, the company has now been forced to apologize for what it deemed as “inaccurate information”. Bitcoin will continue to be supported. Technology giant Microsoft had suggested in a…

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Ethereum Blockchain Project Launches First Production Release

Next-generation blockchain platform Ethereum has released 'Homestead' the first production release of its software, which was implemented at block 1,150,000 today. The introduction follows Frontier , Ethereum 's inaugural release, which was released to developers in July 2015. Further, it comes on the heels of…

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New York Bitcoin User Charged With Unlawful Money Transmission

A New York man has been charged with operating an unlawful money transmitting business in connection with the sale of bitcoins, the US Department of Justice announced on Friday.The government said last week that it was charging Rochester, New York, resident Richard Petix with illegally…

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Researchers Propose RSCoin, a Permissioned Blockchain Currency Controlled by Central Banks

In September Bitcoin Magazine reported that Andrew G. Haldane, chief economist at the Bank of England (BoE), hinted at the possibility that the U.K. government might issue a digital currency.“What I think is now reasonably clear is that the distributed payment technology embodied in Bitcoin…

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Can BitTeaser’s Blockchain Ad Network Disrupt ‘Pay-Per-Click’ Market?

Advertising is big business and as increasing activity moves online, so too do the marketing dollars. While 2015 saw an estimated $170.5 billion (bn) spent on online advertising globally, this figure is projected to mushroom almost 50% by 2018 to $252bn. But can anyone apart…

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Dragon’s Tale – A Casino World of Mini-Games

Dragon’s Tale is a unique game, and the first of its kind. Dragon’s Tale was the first Bitcoin Casino game to offer its users the chance to play a role play game where they can complete tasks, engage the community and earn some real bitcoins.Dragon’s…

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Can Bitcoin Redefine Democracy?

In 2010, Laszlo Hanyecz convinced someone to accept the 10,000 Bitcoins he had mined in exchange for two pizzas. In those distant days, Hanyecz estimated that each Bitcoin his computer had earned through mining was worth a fraction of a cent. Today, 1 Bitcoin equals…

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Goldman Sachs to Buy Honest Dollar, a Small Plan Start-Up

Goldman Sachs is adding a little robo to its investment management business, buying Honest Dollar, a digital retirement savings tool aimed at millions of small-business employees who do not have access to traditional employer-sponsored savings plans.Honest Dollar, a year-old start-up based in Austin, connects employees…

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Next BTC Scam Wants You: What Makes People Fall Into Financial Traps

As the number of new Bitcoin users and transactions grow, the number and sophistication of scams in the community continues to reach new heights. Why are so many people getting scammed over and over again?There are a lot of reasons that explain the why people…

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Block Size Matters: How The Bitcoin Price Signals What Size Is Right

Block size is a contentious issue. Programmers and businessmen proposed various sizes, without fully clarifying the economic impact. Let’s put the horse in front of the carriage by laying out the economic effects of larger vs smaller block size first, so that Bitcoiners can then…

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Microsoft Drops Bitcoin? Payments Still Live As Reports Cast Doubt

Despite reports surfacing over the weekend that software giant Microsoft is drawing back its support for bitcoin payments, its website is still processing and crediting bitcoin payments. A notice posted by the tech giant said that its Microsoft Store online shop was not accepting bitcoin,…

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Bitcoin Exchange Bitfinex Adds Ether Trading Amid Increasing Demand

In the weeks preceding the release of the Ethereum's production-ready software implementation 'Homestead', the next-generation blockchain project has seen a sharp increase interest from the digital currency community.According to figures from industry data source Coinmarketcap, the market cap for ether (ETH), the platform's publicly traded…

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How Blockchains Can Further Public Science

This is a guest post by Zach Ramsay . Zach is a developer at Eris Industries and a prior academic, where he was successful at teaching toads, then rats to play video games. Making science better with blockchains (and IPFS!) is what keeps him up…

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Bitcoin Price Watch; Winding up for Volatility

In this morning’s bitcoin price watch piece, we outlined the range that we would be focusing on for the early morning session in the bitcoin price market, and noted that an element of indecision across the board (induced by the ongoing debate over the technical…

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Instacoin Develops Hybrid Bitcoin/Ethereum ATM

Instacoin , which operates Lamassu bitcoin ATMs in Quebec, Canada, has tweeted it is going to support Ethereum. With over 16 Lamassu ATMs in Canada (and more coming in 2016), we have plans to support #Ether / #Ethereum / #ETH https://t.co/ByvFbkwnxL The tweet announced that…

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Derivatives Association to Hold Institutional Blockchain Event in London

The latest institutional player to grapple with the effects of blockchain technology on the financial system is the International Commodities and Derivatives Association (ICDA), a long established representative group for global brokers, investment fund managers, commodities trading firms, market information providers, exchanges and clearing houses.…

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Consumers Will One Day Care If Their Bank Uses Blockchain

An assumption popular now in the blockchain space reads that consumers are not interested in blockchain technology and how it works. As this notion has been internalized, product developers and Bitcoin theoreticians have parroted this. But what if it is simply untrue? Many Bitcoiners have…

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Microsoft Puts the Brakes on Bitcoin Payments

Software and hardware giant Microsoft is no longer accepting Bitcoin payments made on the Windows 10 store. The move comes a year after the corporation began accepting Bitcoin via BitPay. Notably, the move hasn’t affected users purchasing credit via Bitcoin on to their Microsoft Xbox…

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Move over Uber – Blockchain Ridesharing Startup Arcade City Plans Driver Ownership – 100 per cent of the Company by 2020

Share with:New driver-owned ride-sharing startup Arcade City launched its mobile app this month to the Apple and Android app stores. Drivers have given more than 1,000 rides to customers in 100+ cities across 27 states, and Australia.Arcade City has begun integrating its service with Blockchain…

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Bter Struggles With Certain Withdrawals

A new report has surfaced about potential trouble brewing over at the Bter exchange. While it is not the first time exchanges dealing with altcoins, face some sort of withdrawal delay, going a week without a payout is rather long. It’s not easy to keep…

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Bitstamp Uncovers Bitcoin-Stealing Chrome Extension

The Slovenia-based Bitcoin trading platform, Bitstamp , revealed in a Tweet that it had uncovered a Google Chrome extension that replaced all QR codes. It linked to BitcoinCT r: 8 addresses and then linked to the thief’s wallet. This is not the first time criminals…

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