Wikileaks Editor-in-Chief Julian Assange featured the Bitcoin Blockchain in his most recent public appearance, a live-streamed Reddit AMA hosted by Twitch.tv. The Bitcoin Blockchain is the ultimate timestamping software, and…
Ethel Hülst had saved for some old-age luxury all her life, cash-in-mattress style, and wanted to exchange her old-issue-note savings for new-issue banknotes. Faced with demands of proving where her…
There is a "war on cash" going on from the central banks, trying to reduce the usage (and personal storage) of cash. This is something that makes sense as a…
The nearly 75 million residents of Turkey will be unable to use PayPal to pay for online goods starting June 6th, 2016. PayPal’s decision to pull out of Turkey resulted…
The crowdfunding to the investment company "The DAO", which has exceeded one hundred million US dollars and counting, has the old world in confusion. "How can something leaderless run a…
Innovation, more often than not, comes from the bottom. A want arises in the community and against all institutionalized pressures to the contrary, said want eventually makes its way into…
The following statements are opinions of my own. "Nothing in all creation is hidden from God's sight. Everything is uncovered and laid bare before the eyes of him to whom…
As you start using bitcoin, you start questioning the nature of money - or the nature of central bank money, anyway. If you go deeper down the rabbit hole, you…
It didn't take long after the Paris terror attacks for police state hawks to demand more police powers. Bans on encryption have been suggested, as well as regulation of bitcoin…
An exciting new service lets private individuals buy bitcoin directly from the bitcoin mines for the first time. The obvious advantage of doing so is the accompanying gains in privacy:…