Bitcoin values slid again in the wake of hacking facilitated by a flaw in the digital currency’s central software systems. If that wasn’t enough, government regulators are moving ahead on…
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In the three-steps-forward-two-steps-back world of any new disruptive technology, Bitcoin has been experiencing the steps back over the past week. It started late in the first week of February, when…
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Back in the early 90s, I presented the keynote address at a National Association of Broadcasters meeting in Orlando. I said that the Internet was going to democratize content creation…
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Elliptic Vault calls its service “deep cold storage” for Bitcoins. The company is so confident that their Bitcoin storage facility is tamper-proof, that they tapped Lloyd’s of London to insure…
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It’s been a fascinating and rocky year for Bitcoins, with the digital tokens taking three steps forward while experiencing at least two significant setbacks. Lately there have been a lot…
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The price of Bitcoins plummeted on global exchanges as China’s largest Bitcoin exchange, YeePay, announced they would no longer accept deposits in yuan, the Chinese currency. The announcement could have…
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One of the qualities that makes Bitcoin attractive as a digital currency is the distributed nature of the transactions. Masked behind highly encrypted systems, the decentralized nature of the trading…
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Recently we discussed why Bitcoins, encrypted digital tokens that can be freely traded across the Internet without going through a bank, are likely to be around for a while. Certainly…
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You can’t find them in any bank. You can’t jingle them in your pocket. You can’t deposit them in the washing machines at your local laundromat. No country regulates them.…
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