Bitcoin

Bitcoin is a cryptocurrency. It is a decentralized digital currency without a central bank or single administrator that can be sent from user to user on the peer-to-peer bitcoin network without the need for intermediaries.

Verizon Communications Files Blockchain Patent Application
Verizon Communications Files Blockchain Patent Application
August 23, 2016  |  Blockchain / Distributed Ledger

Telecommunications provider Verizon Communications has been experimenting with blockchain technology, which is what powers bitcoin and other cryptocurrencies. Get the Full Story Complete the form...

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Tune In To Payments Reality Check!
Tune In To Payments Reality Check!
August 22, 2016  |  Payment Methods

“Reality Check” was a TV show that aired in 1995 about a couple of kids who moved into a house and found a computer that...

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Why Bitcoin And Ransomware Seem To Go Hand In Hand
Why Bitcoin And Ransomware Seem To Go Hand In Hand
August 19, 2016  |  Security & Fraud

As the instances and threat of ransomware continues to wreak havoc on both businesses, governments and individuals around the world, it seems as though bitcoin...

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Bitcoin Soars In Japan, But What’s ‘Synthetic Currency?’
Bitcoin Soars In Japan, But What’s ‘Synthetic Currency?’
August 19, 2016  |  Bitcoin

This week’s Bitcoin Tracker finds Russia’s resource-guarding of the ruble nixed by an acceptance of bitcoin, for now. Other news finds that regulation in Japan...

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UN Looking For Bitcoin Gurus In Africa
UN Looking For Bitcoin Gurus In Africa
August 16, 2016  |  Bitcoin

Bitcoin is going more mainstream in Africa, if the United Nations has anything to do with it. On the United Nation’s OnlineVolunteering.org website, the agency...

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Group Of Hackers Claim To Breach NSA Hackers, Auctioning Off Stolen Data
Group Of Hackers Claim To Breach NSA Hackers, Auctioning Off Stolen Data
August 16, 2016  |  Security & Fraud

NSA’s team of elite hackers has reportedly been compromised, with an anonymous group, calling itself Shadow Brokers, saying it breached the systems used by the NSA’s...

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Cryptsy CEO Denies He Moved Millions Of Dollars In Funds From Service
Cryptsy CEO Denies He Moved Millions Of Dollars In Funds From Service
August 16, 2016  |  Security & Fraud

Paul Vernon, chief executive of now-defunct digital currency exchange Cryptsy, is denying allegations he took millions of dollars in funds from the service and moved...

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Apple Kicking Fake Bitcoin Apps Out Of App Store
Apple Kicking Fake Bitcoin Apps Out Of App Store
August 10, 2016  |  Apple

Apple is reportedly gearing up to stem the influx of counterfeit bitcoin wallets that are showing up in the App Store. According to a report,...

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