Bitcoin heralds great promise to break that symbiosis between banks and governments that enable erosion of our financial privacy. But in the absence of banks, bitcoin comes with its own…
At Private Internet Access, we’ve always been very interested in forward-thinking payment methods. We were one of the first VPN providers to officially accept Bitcoin (BTC/XBT), and additionally, we were…
TL;DR: Our Vanilla Forum installation was hacked, but our VPN system was completely unaffected. Forum users should change their passwords if they are used on other sites. Today, on November 18, 2013, on or about 5AM, we discovered a message posted…
Throughout the western world, politicians appear keen on eliminating cash as a concept. There are many reasons on the surface - preventing armored car robberies, combating organized crime, making money…
We understand that there have been a number of questions discussed regarding the recent disclosure of the NSA's PRISM program. A number of our customers have expressed concern about whether…
tl;dr Ripple (XRP) is a new decentralized Bitcoin-like currency that doesn’t require a blockchain or mining. The Ripple network also supports sending and trading between any currency enabling true decentralized…
[caption id="attachment_476" align="aligncenter" width="337"] BoA[/caption] "I can assure you that they would not be able to do that with the Bank of America security." The words of the Bank of…
SAN FRANCISCO, CA - Brian Armstrong (Previously AirBnB) founded the first YC backed Bitcoin company. Now, he's reached an even bigger milestone. Coinbase (YC S12) is now officially the first…
Today, we received an invoice for one of our expenses. To send the payment, I logged into Bank of America's website to use their ACH (Automated Clearing House) system. Once…
[caption id="attachment_400" align="alignleft" width="179"] Bitcoin and VPN. A match made in crypto.[/caption] It was once thought that the Internet’s most talked about deflationary crypto-currency would give way to massive hoarding…