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…
[caption id="attachment_292" align="alignleft" width="300"] Scumbag Bitcoin Miner[/caption] For most Bitcoiners, it is a well known fact that there is a significant risk in the decentralized peer-to-peer currency pertaining to hashing…
Your ISP is going to spy on you starting July 12, 2012. One year ago, the RIAA and the MPAA organized a project with the largest internet service providers in…