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…
"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 America supervisor echoed in our…
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…
New York City has launched a free public WiFi service at 10 different payphone locations, with more to come soon. The initial locations can be found on Foursquare. You can…
[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…
[caption id="attachment_375" align="aligncenter" width="418"] Some rights reserved by pragdave (Flickr)[/caption] History is in the making. Although this is not a major announcement pertaining to Bitcoin directly, today may be one…
[caption id="attachment_364" align="alignleft" width="300"] UK Flag: Target locked. Cameras on.[/caption] If you live in the UK, as unreal as this sounds, Big Brother is coming, and he has access to…
[caption id="attachment_338" align="alignleft" width="300"] Big Brother is Watching You[/caption] If CISPA or other privacy-busting legislations pass, every detail of our personal lives will be at risk - and you'll want…
In March, two of our articles were featured on the frontpage of both Hacker News and Slashdot. After reading a recent post on HN with details of a post mortem…