TheBitcoineconomyistrulylikeaminiatureWallSt.FirsttherewastheBitcoinflashcrash;soonexchangeswilloffershortsellingandotherderivativesBitcointrading.AndnowwehaveourfirstIPO!EliSklar,aTelAviv-baseddeveloper,isworkingonanewBitcoinclient.Hewantstoraise$100,000fortheproject.Sohe’sextendedatentativeBitcoininitialpublicoffering.InBitcoin,preferably.“Apar…
MezeGrill,atastyMediterraneanlunchspoton8thAve.and55thSt.inMidtown,wasthefirstManhattanrestauranttoblazetheBitcointrail;sincethen,othershavefollowedsuit.ThelatestisHudsonEatery,at601W.57th.Beware,theirwebsiteautoplaystrancemusic.ThereasontherearetworestaurantsacceptingBitcoinsoclosetogetherisTheBitcoinShowhostandgeneralBitcoinevangelistBruceWager,w…
Duringaninterviewyesterday,oneBitcoininvestordescribedtheburgeoningeconomyas“aMexicansoapopera–there’salwayssomekindofdrama.”Indeed!Let’sreviewthefreshestcrises:ChileandSanFrancisco-basedTradeHillclaimse-paymentsplatformDwollahasbeenreversingtransactions[TheBitcoinShow].Dwollarespondsbychangingitstermsofservicestosay“receivingpartymaybesubjec…
THEBESTWAYTOFINDserioustradersofthedigitalcurrencyBitcoinistologontoInternetRelayChat—thatbare-bones,plain-textexperiencethathasn’tchangedmuchsinceitscreationin1988—aroundmidnight,andjumpintooneofthemanyconversationsdedicatedtothephenomenon.Bitcoin,adecentralizedpaymentsystemthatapproximatescash,hasbeenquicklygainingpopularitysinceMay,whenitsbit…
WhoisTomWilliams?MyBitcoin.com,whichdisappearedwithoutexplanationfromtheinternetaboutaweekago,isbackupwithamessages“FromthedeskofTomWilliams,operatorofMyBitcoin.com.”Thestatement,labeledan“incidentreport,”istheonlylivepageonthesite.MyBitcoinnoticedalargeamountofBTCmissing,thestatementsays,realizeditssecurityhadbeenbreached,andpulledthesiteimmed…
Despitethevagariesoffiguringoutwhoshouldregulateadigitalcryptocurrencythatmayormaynotendupdisruptingtheglobalfinancialsystem,NERDrreportsthattheU.S.federalcourtsarerampinguptheirinvestigationintoBitcointhisweek,whichbegsthequestions:Whoshouldtheygoafterfirstandhow?BetweentheBitcoinMiners,BitcoinExchanges,BitcoinCommerce,NERDrthinksBitcoinWalletOwne…
ItwasatweetfromastrangerthatcrystallizedtheconceptofBitcoinforBruceWagner.“IcanexplainthebenefitofBitcoininfourwords,”oneofMr.Wagner’s12,000-someTwitterfollowerswrote.“Briefcasesfullofcash.”Atthetime,briefcasesfullofpenniesseemedmoreapt—oneunitofthenewvirtualcurrencywasthenworth$0.06.Then,inoneday,thepriceofaBitcoinjumpedto$0.22.Mr.Wagner,afo…
ThepopularBitcointransactionprocessorthatdisappearedfromtheinternetabout10daysago,takingatleasttensofthousandsofBitcoinsinuserdepositswithit,hasbeencommunicatingviastatementspostedtothesite.Inessence:Wescrewedup.Wewerehacked.WehaveenoughBTCtorefundsomeofthelostBitcoins,andthenwe’redone.“ItappearstobehumanerrorcombinedwithamisunderstandingofhowBit…
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fjbit 日期:2011-08-14 04.53.08
ThefirstBitcoinConferenceandWorldExpoismovin’up–organizerBruceWagner,hostofTheBitcoinShow,justannouncedavenuechange.Insteadofhostingtheeventathisstudio,attendeeswillgatheratthechicMidtownRooseveltHotelat45thandMadisonfromAugust19to21.SomebodytheremustlikeBitcoin.Peopleareflyinginfromallovertheworldtoattend,Mr.Wagnersays,includin...
secretivedrugbazardeliveringhardcorehighstoAmericanschoolkidsisbadenough.Butwhenitsoperatingusingtheun****aceabledigitalcurrencyknownasbitcoin,politicianshavetotakeaction.“Literally,itallowsbuyersanduserstosellillegaldrugsonline,includingheroin,cocaine,andmeth,andusersdosellbyhidingtheiridentitiesthroughaprogramthatmakesthemvir…