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Can Hobbyist Bitcoin Miners Still Make a Buck?

Is a perfect storm of rising difficulty and falling bitcoin prices killing home-based hobbyist mining? Some industry experts think so.Ravi Iyengar, founder and CEO of CoinTerra , said that his company used to sell equal numbers of ASIC mining units to individual investors and institutional…
cinerama
November 8, 2014
Where In The World Is Satoshi Nakamoto

The Search for Satoshi

In his new book, Bitcoin: the Future of Money?, Dominic Frisby looks at bitcoin’s Cypherpunk roots and considers the exciting future that is opening up for blockchain tech. In this excerpt, he is on the search for bitcoin's creator, Satoshi Nakamoto. One of the first places where…
cinerama
November 8, 2014
Bitcoin Politics

MIT Undergrads Can Now Claim Their Free $100 in Bitcoin

Half a million dollars-worth of bitcoin is being given away to undergraduates at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology as part of a scheme to encourage use and awareness of the digital currency.From yesterday, each MIT undergrad became eligible to claim $100 in bitcoin ( 0.290272 BTC at press time) by completing a survey hosted…
cinerama
October 30, 2014
Bitcoin Politics

Poland’s InPay Lets Crowdfunders Buy Equity With Bitcoin

Poland-based bitcoin payment solutions provider InPay S.A. has launched an equity crowdfunding campaign that makes it possible to buy company stock with bitcoin.The public offering claims to have secured the approval of Poland’s Financial Supervision Authority ( KNF ), the country’s equivalent of the US Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC),…
cinerama
October 28, 2014
Bitcoin Politics

Bitcoin Gaining a Foothold in Brazil

SHA256 ALGORITHM HASHRATE: 291.3 Ph/s Many things that can be said about Brazil, but income equality is not one of them. The recent troubles during the World Cup demonstrated that the great majority of the population has been anything but happy at the government’s (mis)management…
cinerama
October 25, 2014
Bitcoin Politics

Is Bitcoin the Red Pill? Unplugging the Matrix.

Is Bitcoin the Red Pill? Unplugging the Matrix. The premier decentralized digital currency Bitcoin has gained widespread mainstream attention over the last year. While many are embracing this new peer-to-peer payment system, others have voiced strong suspicion and offer stinging criticism. The divergence of opinion…
cinerama
October 24, 2014
Bitcoin Politics

IdentityMind Global Partners With Lamassu to Beef Up ATM Compliance

IdentityMind Global Partners With Lamassu to Beef Up ATM Compliance Freshly announced: Fraud prevention company IdentityMind Global  has partnered up with Lamassu Bitcoin Ventures  in order to integrate IdentityMind’s compliance platform into Lamassu bitcoin ATMs scattered around the world.According to IdentityMind, “The integration includes built-in…
cinerama
October 23, 2014
Bitcoin Politics

Lamassu Partners with IdentityMind to Offer Enhanced ATM Compliance

Lamassu website Bitcoin ATM manufacturer Lamassu Bitcoin Ventures has announced a new partnership with e-commerce compliance specialist IdentityMind Global.First revealed informally on 5th October , the integration with IdentityMind will provide Lamassu bitcoin ATM owners with built-in anti-fraud and know-your-customer (KYC) services, automated suspicious activity report (SAR)…
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October 23, 2014
Bitcoin Politics

Independent Reserve Launches New Bitcoin Exchange

Independent Reserve Launches New Bitcoin Exchange ForexMinute.com – In times when cryptocurrency exchanges are coming on the verge of being closed due to security threats, traders are always searching for a better and secure alternatives to safeguard their online wallets and accounts. At the same…
cinerama
October 21, 2014

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