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Categories: General, Guest BlogThe First 3 Generations of Bitcoin Mixing
February 21st, 2014 by
Visiting Author Bitcoin isn't completely anonymous, but there are steps that bitcon users can take in order to help become more anonymous when a public ledger is used where anyone can see these transactions. One of these steps is mixing your bitcoins with other bitcoins. Kristov Atlas shares the history of mixing services, and what's coming in the future for such a service. Read More -
The Future of Bitcoin Exchanges
February 20th, 2014 by
Let's Talk Bitcoin! Bitcoin is a protocol, a set of rules really. Bitcoin exchanges on the other hand do not have the luxury of being merely a good idea, and as the recent turmoil at MT.Gox reaches fever pitch we at the LTB Editorial staff are happy to share todays piece with you. Richard Myers shares the state of exchanges, and their decentralized future. Read More -
Bitcoin and App.net
February 19th, 2014 by Visiting Author App.net is a social application platform with microblogging, private messaging, chat, and other features. They are looking to see if users are interested in accepting bitcoin as a payment for their premium service. Joel Kepler tells us how we, as a bitcoin community, can help a company start accepting bitcoin. Read More -
The Greatest Case For Bitcoin
February 18th, 2014 by
Hayden Gill The greatest case for Bitcoin is not a matter of writing an elegant equation. We have no Einstein for such matters, though we have Doctors of Economics aplenty. Thankfully, there is one individual, himself a doctor, whose words reveal the folly of fiat money and the thievery of inflation. The doctor is none other than Dr. Evil. Hayden Gill reports. Read More -
Bitcoin as Competitive Governance
February 16th, 2014 by
Jeff Fong Bitcoin has been referred to as a protocol, a payment system, and of course, a currency. But Bitcoin is also a brand new form of governance and a valuable tool for breaking the monopoly on humanity’s most important type of technology—its political institutions. Jeff Fong takes a hard look at the problem of stagnant governance through the lens of a competitive, free market. Read More -
Who Says Money Doesn't Grow on Trees?
February 13th, 2014 by Visiting Author Solarminer makes bitcoin mining as affordable and sustainable as photosynthesis Bitcoin, the revolutionary new digital currency, is taking the world by storm and beginning to attract serious investors. According to MSN Money, "The hottest investment in 2014 will be the virtual currency, Bitcoin." Read More -
Update From the Core Developers at Bitcoin!
February 12th, 2014 by Visiting Author Bitcoin core developer, Mike Hearn, released a short video on YouTube, bringing us all up to speed on what the core developers at the Bitcoin Foundation are working on. Security, stability, and keeping Bitcoin transactions inexpensive are the primary focal points. Read More -
The World of Physical Bitcoins
February 11th, 2014 by Visiting Author The world of physical bitcoin is nothing new. Mike Caldwell started selling his Casascius physical bitcoin in 2011 and there are close to a dozen people or groups minting physical bitcoin today. While I believe that physical bitcoin is a very important part of the Bitcoin ecosystem, I also believe that none of these physical bitcoin minters are keeping up with needs of this growing community. Read More -
Service with a (Virtual) Smile!
February 9th, 2014 by Hayden Gill In the world of Bitcoins, we can win the loyalty of merchants, banks, countries and consumers by learning from the late Steve Jobs's example. Does this mean we should, even the Android and PC users amongst us, become masters of media and cult-like figures of unflinching devotion? Please. LTB Columnist Hayden Gill submits this piece. Read More -
It Wouldn't Matter If Bitcoin WAS "Evil"
February 8th, 2014 by Visiting Author Paul Krugman is a popular mainstream pundit whose ideas and columns are challenged more than most by the ascent of distributed currencies. Indeed, the mainstream economic paradigm is one built on the idea that centralized control is not only desirable but simply required for the mechanics of daily life to grind forward another cycle. Kyle Torpey has other ideas. He presents his findings. Read More -
And Yet It Moves
February 5th, 2014 by Hayden Gill In the war being fought for the future of Bitcoin, words are fiercely powerful and often poorly managed weapons. Hayden Gill weighs in today with another thought provoking piece, this time on how Galileo's experiance of running headlong into the astronomical status quo can be instructive to Bitcoin supporters. Read More -
CGAP: Bitcoin Not Helping the Poor
February 2nd, 2014 by
Brian Cohen Bitcoin will have its greatest, most lasting impact on the six billion humans living outside the western world... Or so we've been told! World Bank & Gates Foundation sponsored "Consultative Groups to Assist the Poor" has taken a look at the subject and they just don't agree.
Investigative journalist Brian Cohen dug into their study and submits this report for your perusal.
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