Bitcoin prices are up -- bitcoin mining is more difficult -- Cypress? -- MadBitcoins! (#007)
Bitcoin prices continue to go up, even as Gigahash miners are being introduced, making mining difficult. Was the $250 spike caused by Cypriots trying to find safe haven from their economic collapse?
July 31, 2013 -- Syndey, Australia -- I'm on a Hedonic treadmill hoping that my small numbers game will help me survive scarscity. -- Here are Today's MadBits: Bitcoin prices continued to rise, with a Last of $110, a High of $111 and a Low of $101, Volume at 46,997.
1.) Bitcoin, others set up standards group
http://www.washingtonpost.com/business/technology/bitcoin-industry-leaders-set-up-standards-group/2013/07/30/8ce4d73c-f94c-11e2-afc1-c850c6ee5af8_story.html
2.) And Now, the First Ever Bitcoin Charity
http://betabeat.com/2013/07/and-now-the-first-ever-bitcoin-charity/
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Melbourne, Australia -- I'm taking a big bath and my cost of carry is the new normal -- here are today's MadBits:
1.) Brazil and China see explosive growth in Bitcoin!
https://btcglobal.net/blog/post/english-speaking-countries-lead-bitcoin-saturation-china-and-brazil-lead-in
2.) The Napster Effect: why Bitcoin really matters
http://memeburn.com/2013/05/the-napster-effect-why-bitcoin-really-matters/
3.) Could Bitcoin Help Everyone Else Avoid Taxes Like Apple?
http://motherboard.vice.com/blog/could-bitcoin-help-everyone-else-avoid-taxes-like-apple
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Cape Town, South Africa -- I'm hoarding hyperinflation and I'm coming in for a hard landing. -- Here are today's MadBits: Bitcoin prices are steady. near the $100 mark. With a Last of 102, a High of 104 and a Low 102 and a low Volume of 9,898 BTC.
1.) Bitcoin Black Market Competition Heats Up, With Pro Marketing And Millions At Stake
http://www.forbes.com/sites/andygreenberg/2013/06/26/bitcoin-black-market-competition-heats-up-with-pro-marketing-and-millions-at-stake/
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2.) The DEA has Seized it's first Bitcoins
http://letstalkbitcoin.com/post/53700133097/users-bitcoins-seized-by-dea
3.) More Small Businesses Embrace Bitcoin!
A slightly postive story about bitcoin, balanced with a fair share of FUD.
http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424127887323300004578559941389131384.html
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Bitcoin Prices are up slightly, with Coindesk BPI reporting a Last of $529, a High of $543 and a Low of $519. Feathercoin was up to 8 cents a coin. Go feather go! Litecoin at $11.28
This episode of MadBitcoins is sponsored by Feathercoin! Feathercoin is the original coin of tipping -- the original welcoming community of goodwill in the see of anti-social bitcoiners, the oxford original -- the Feathercoin!
1.) The First In-Casino Bitcoin ATM Launches in Las Vegas
http://www.coindesk.com/first-casino-bitcoin-atm-launches-las-vegas/
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2.) Using Bitcoin To Send Money To Your Brother In Uganda Would Be Awesome, If It Actually Worked
http://www.forbes.com/sites/kashmirhill/2014/05/22/using-bitcoin-to-send-money-to-your-brother-in-uganda-would-be-awesome-if-it-actually-worked/
3.) Hacker Plans Holy Marriage of GitHub and Bitcoin
http://www.wired.com/2014/05/gitchain/
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CNET founder eyes bitcoin wallet in India
http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/business/india-business/CNET-founder-eyes-bitcoin-wallet-in-India/articleshow/47144109.cms
Exciting news as former CNET, former Grand Central (now Google Voice) founder Halsey Minor is back again with his latest venture BitReserve. BitReserve allows you to hold USD, Pounds, Euros or Gold, Silver and Platinum as easily as you hold bitcoin. And not just hold. Also spend. Hold Gold and Spend Bitcoin. It’s a match made in heaven. And now they’re talking about expanding into India. Exciting news, from BitReserve.org
BitGo Accused of Seeking Patent of Bitcoin Multisig Technology
http://www.newsbtc.com/2015/05/01/bitgo-accused-of-patenting-bitcoin-multisig-technology/
excuse me, let me read that headline again in reddit speak:
WTF!! BitGo is trying to Patent Bitcoin Multisig [Boycott]
http://www.reddit.com/r/Bitcoin/comments/34gi9m/wtf_bitgo_is_trying_to_patent_bitcoin_multisig/
Of course, after the enormous hubub that transpired following that reddit post (people even accused me of being a journalist after linking to the article! Imagine putting people in jail for a link! no wait, that’s already happened, happening. anyway.) After the hubub,
BitGo announced that they’re adopting a “Innovator’s Patent Agreement”
http://bitgoinc.com/bitgo-adopts-innovators-patent-agreement/
Now whether they planned to do this anyway or choose to do this because of the public outcry over BitGo plans to patent Multisig wallets, we’ll never know.
But then, just the next day, Bitcoin API provider Blocktrail discovered a bug in BitGo that causes all of BitGo’s Bitstamp information to be publicly identifiable on the blockchain. Karma’s a bitch, ain’t it?
http://cointelegraph.com/news/114146/bitgo-bug-reveals-bitstamp-deposit-and-withdrawal-information
Meet the company that wants to put a bitcoin miner in your toaster
http://ftalphaville.ft.com/2015/04/30/2127543/meet-the-company-that-wants-to-put-a-bitcoin-miner-in-your-toaster/
And finally it took subscription-only newsletter The Financial Times (strangely allowing me to read this article without any popups demanding twenty-five cents) to reveal what everyone already knew: that the secretive but well financed company 21 (who was doing nothing but hiring mining engineers) turns out to be a play for the “put a bitcoin miner in everything”, an idea discussed many times on this show, but still very confusing.
I guess if you’re dumb enough to get a free toaster from 21 in exchange for mining for bitcoins for the company forever, I’ve got some beachfront property in Arizona to sell you and personally I’m filing a patent for a screen door on a submarine. My engineers assure m
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With a goofy hat and goggles, MadBitcoins delivers cryptocurrency news in a daily six-minute digest.
By David Lumb, FastCoLabs
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The world of Bitcoin is growing and traditional media can't make heads or tails of it. But Bitcoin's value continues to rise and new cryptocurrencies join the fold every day. A community of enthusiast bloggers, podcasters, and YouTube channels have emerged to tell Bitcoin's story--and the Mad Hatter of Bitcoin wants to make your education as zany as possible.
With a puffy top hat, bug-eyed goggles, and mesmerizing monotone, Thomas Hunt spouts the news from every corner of the Bitcoinverse in a daily video digest. Like the stage persona of his hero Stephen Colbert Hunt's MadBitcoiner gives the news an appropriately weird edge. And like Colbert, Hunt believes the zany edge makes his viewers absorb more news in between laughs.
In the nascent ecosystem of Bitcoin reporting, Hunt saw a lot of long coverage but no bitesized digest--and he found his niche. Lasting the length of two or three songs, each episode of MadBitcoins is less daunting than other cryptocurrency shows like the hour-long Let's Talk Bitcoin podcast. While other shows debate the logistics and ethos of Bitcoin, MadBitcoins is content to deliver a bulleted list of cryptocurrency headlines.
Hunt is no economist. He doesn't need to be. He takes his role as a silly newsman with more responsibility than reverence. After missing out on the spike last April that saw Bitcoin leap from $200 to $250 in a day, Hunt posted the first episode
of MadBitcoins to clue people in on the Bitcoin game.
And folks might keep missing out if they don't start paying attention. Bitcoins are currently hovering around $650. Hunt sees his regret for missing Bitcoin's early days mirrored in the public scramble for Bitcoin-inspired altcoins they hope will similarly spike in value. While he discusses his altcoin preferences and purchases in the show, Hunt refuses to endorse or tell his viewers to buy or sell. Bitcoin pundits who do recommend particular coins could be pumping and dumping, encouraging viewers to buy a certain altcoin so the pundit (and friends) can sell their stock at an artificial high.
The smaller and newer the altcoin, the easier it is to pump, Hunt says. And with names like Litecoin, Mastercoin, and Coino, it's easy to mistake one coin for another. But even the flashy new coins with wildly uncertain futures have a leg over Bitcoin.
While individual computer CPUs mined Bitcoins in the early days, dedicated industrial-scale farms of ASIC and FPGA processors now rule the Bitcoin mining game. Many altcoins, including the recently released MaxCoin by financial journalist Max Keiser, have int
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