Bitcoin press hits, notable sources - page 23.

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I guess country by country we'll eventually see these 'silk road' drug articles rehashed for the locals...

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Kiwis use secret internet ‘supermarket’ to get drugs

Callum Valentine
2011-12-14

http://www.newswire.co.nz/2011/12/silk/

IT’S been described as the Amazon of acid and the E-bay of ecstasy– and it ships to New Zealand.
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Bruce discovered Silk Road through internet research about Bitcoin, a new digital crypto-currency which makes the drug-market’s supposed anonymity possible.
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Despite its draw-backs and unsecure future, where Bitcoin does succeed is its ability to allow seamless international transactions, and it has been hailed by libertarian supporters as a way to opt out of the traditional banking structure.

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Slovenian tech-site article on Bitcoin

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The real virtual money

2011-12-12

http://www.mojmikro.si/v_srediscu/tehnologije/pravi_navidezni_denar

http://translate.google.com.au/translate?hl=en&sl=sl&u=http://www.mojmikro.si/v_srediscu/tehnologije/pravi_navidezni_denar&ei=OGnnTtO5BaKjiAebq-HOCA&sa=X&oi=translate&ct=result&resnum=1&ved=0CCsQ7gEwAA&prev=/search%3Fq%3Dbitni%2Bkovanci%2Bali%2Bnavidezni%2Bkovanci%26hl%3Den%26safe%3Doff%26biw%3D1494%26bih%3D729%26prmd%3Dimvns

"Decentralized monetary system is both its strength and its weakness. If he will be the breakthrough will have many opponents."

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Brooklyn-Based Bitcoin Startup BitInstant Raises Seed Round

2011-12-13
Adrianne Jeffries

http://www.betabeat.com/2011/12/13/brooklyn-based-bitcoin-startup-bitinstant-raises-seed-round/

Brooklyn-based BitInstant, a startup that provides temporary credit in order to make Bitcoin transactions faster, has raised an undisclosed sum of seed funding from an angel investor.
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And soon–maybe even this week–BitInstant will offer cast deposits at five major banks, instant PayPal withdrawals and will start serving Virwox.com and CyryptoXchange.com.

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It seems the above article stems from an earlier piece Czech Position did on Rick Falkvinge, which includes the recent video of him at the Hard Rock Cafe (during the 2011 European bitcoin conference)
(sorry once again for the google-translated titles - Czech bitcoiners - please beat me to it next time!)

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Dad Pirates: The Internet Inter boss music industry, banks and false policy
With the end mediators, said in an exclusive interview with the founder of the Swedish Pirate Party Rickard Falkvinge.

2011-12-03
Petr Matějček

http://www.ceskapozice.cz/zahranici/geopolitika/tata-piratu-internet-pohrbi-bossy-hudebniho-prumyslu-banky-i-falesne-politiky

http://translate.google.com/translate?sl=cs&tl=en&js=n&prev=_t&hl=en&ie=UTF-8&layout=2&eotf=1&u=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.ceskapozice.cz%2Fzahranici%2Fgeopolitika%2Ftata-piratu-internet-pohrbi-bossy-hudebniho-prumyslu-banky-i-falesne-politiky&act=url

CZECH POSITION: Yes. But before we get on this topic, tell why you came to Prague.
Falkvinge: Is there a European conference Bitcoin , which aims to build a decentralized network, where it will be possible to carry out financial transactions and verify the new digital currency. The advent of the Internet means that the already mentioned mediators lose their power. In this case the bank. In the next ten to fifteen years, the banking industry collapse, just as is now crumbling record industry. Bitcoin technology has huge potential to change the future.

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An article in the Czech Republic website "Czech Position"

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"The most dangerous project history." Dominate the internet world currency?

2011-12-10
Peter Matějček

http://www.ceskapozice.cz/byznys/finance/%E2%80%9Enejnebezpecnejsi-projekt-historie%E2%80%9C-ovladne-internetova-mena-svet?page=0,0

http://translate.google.com/translate?sl=cs&tl=en&js=n&prev=_t&hl=en&ie=UTF-8&layout=2&eotf=1&u=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.ceskapozice.cz%2Fbyznys%2Ffinance%2F%25E2%2580%259Enejnebezpecnejsi-projekt-historie%25E2%2580%259C-ovladne-internetova-mena-svet%3Fpage%3D0%2C0&act=url

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What is ČESKÁ POZICE/CZECH POSITION?

an elite information website for discerning readers;
it contains separate Czech and English versions;
it focuses on the decisive issues of Czech politics, business and society;
exclusive information from direct sources; analysed and published in what is effectively real time and with extreme reliability;
it uses the work of an international team of experienced professionals and an extensive network of qualified correspondents from the Czech Republic and abroad.

Article also appears here: http://www.investicniweb.cz/univerzita/zajimavosti/2011/12/12/clanky/internetova-mena-kaslete-na-eura-nebo-dolary-platte-bitcoiny/

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Dwolla Will Unveil Paradigm Shift in Business on December 15th

Kit Dotson
2011-12-12

http://siliconangle.com/blog/2011/12/12/dwolla-will-unveil-paradigm-shift-in-business-on-december-15th/

For some time now, Dwolla has been hinting at an instant-transaction mechanics within their finance network. In March 2011, many thought that the service would be brining that with instant ACH bank-to-bank transfers with FiSync.

If the payment network company does come out with instant-transfer finance mechanisms it will bring about a revolution of rapid-liquidity for Bitcoin transactions.

Discussion thread here: https://bitcointalksearch.org/topic/dwolla-to-unveil-something-big-on-december-15-54531

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Please do not use this thread for discussion.

If you want to discuss a particular item in this thread - please start a new thread, and PM whoever posted the hit here asking them to edit their post to link to the thread.

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Quote from: julz on December 11, 2011, 11:54:56 PM

A mention of Bitcoin by Forbes blogger Andy Greenberg

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On The Anniversary Of Cutting Off WikiLeaks, PayPal Slaps Christmas Charity Project

2011-12-06

http://www.forbes.com/sites/andygreenberg/2011/12/06/on-the-anniversary-of-cutting-off-wikileaks-paypal-slaps-christmas-charity/

"It’s little wonder members of the hacker group Anonymous and others have called for PayPal’s boycott. For those who want an alternative, check out WePay, Skrill, Ukash, Dwolla, Amazon Payments, Google Checkout, or the decentralized crypto-currency Bitcoin."

A meta-article on this.. with a bit of a dig at bitcoin at the end(?).

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This Christmas, Forbes Magazine Suggests Bitcoin

2011-12-11

http://getoffmyinternets.net/2011/12/11/this-christmas-forbes-magazine-suggests-bitcoin/

After promoting a five-month old Boycott of PayPal – the one that Regretsy and its members ignored — Greenberg closes with this gem:

For those who want an alternative, check out WePay, Skrill, Ukash… or the decentralized crypto-currency Bitcoin.

Ah, Skrill. Which prominently serves a list of the states in which it’s legal via a domain that doesn’t match its rebranded name. Or Ukash, whose most recent news entry (from six months ago) contains the phrase “DO NOT SEND UKASH.” Leaving Bitcoin which, like all decentralized peer-to-peer services, surely provides awesome customer service in a pinch.

What we need is a shameless stock tout like James Cramer to come out for Bitcoin, then we will know to sell into any resulting tulip time, for his recommendation is the original Kiss Of Death

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A mention of Bitcoin by Forbes blogger Andy Greenberg (as already posted by AgoraMutual above - oops!)

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On The Anniversary Of Cutting Off WikiLeaks, PayPal Slaps Christmas Charity Project

2011-12-06

http://www.forbes.com/sites/andygreenberg/2011/12/06/on-the-anniversary-of-cutting-off-wikileaks-paypal-slaps-christmas-charity/

"It’s little wonder members of the hacker group Anonymous and others have called for PayPal’s boycott. For those who want an alternative, check out WePay, Skrill, Ukash, Dwolla, Amazon Payments, Google Checkout, or the decentralized crypto-currency Bitcoin."

A meta-article on this.. with a bit of a dig at bitcoin at the end(?).

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This Christmas, Forbes Magazine Suggests Bitcoin

2011-12-11

http://getoffmyinternets.net/2011/12/11/this-christmas-forbes-magazine-suggests-bitcoin/

After promoting a five-month old Boycott of PayPal – the one that Regretsy and its members ignored — Greenberg closes with this gem:

For those who want an alternative, check out WePay, Skrill, Ukash… or the decentralized crypto-currency Bitcoin.

Ah, Skrill. Which prominently serves a list of the states in which it’s legal via a domain that doesn’t match its rebranded name. Or Ukash, whose most recent news entry (from six months ago) contains the phrase “DO NOT SEND UKASH.” Leaving Bitcoin which, like all decentralized peer-to-peer services, surely provides awesome customer service in a pinch.

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This is a little late, but doesn't seem to have been reported here back in October.

Just one mention in this document, and it's a strange one.
What on earth do they mean by 'digital anonymous currency often double spent' ??
I hope this is just a mistake in the document and doesn't reflect the level of (mis)understanding that law enforcement types have about Bitcoin.

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Michigan Cyber Summit 2011
Hosted By Michigan Governor Rick Snyder
Track #4 - Law Enforcement
Stopping Cybercriminals and Cyberterrorists in Their Tracks

2011-10-07

http://www.michigan.gov/documents/cybersecurity/Stopping_Cybercriminals_Panel_FINAL_367497_7.pdf

"Do you have any suggestions as to how law
enforcement can more effectively combat
BitCoin (digital anonymous currency often
double spent) and Zeus/SpyEye (a banking
Trojan middleman) attacks?"

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the oddly familiar world of bitcoin economics

2011-12-10
Greg Fish

http://worldofweirdthings.com/2011/12/10/the-oddly-familiar-world-of-bitcoin-economics/

About Greg Fish:
"Greg Fish is a computer science grad student and science blogger whose work appears on BusinessWeek, Discovery News and The Panda’s Thumb, and featured on Bad Astronomy, SEED, and io9. He specializes in writing about unusual cutting edge science and promoting skepticism and sound scientific education."

Discussion thread: https://bitcointalksearch.org/topic/the-oddly-familiar-world-of-bitcoin-economics-54390

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Needs more jiggawatts

There's an interview with me today (friday 2011.12.09) in the Norwegian business paper Dagens Næringsliv ("Business Today"), on page 24, about BitMinter.com and bitcoins in general. There's also a side article about Meze Grill. If you understand Norwegian you can buy a copy of today's paper at http://www.dn.no/avis/bestilling/dagens/eavis?execution=e1s1

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This is a bit of a preliminary 'hit' - This academic legal paper is apparently being submitted to 'Several Tech. and Economic Law journals',
so please report if/when you see it cited or in other contexts.

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Bitcoin: Tempering the Digital Ring of Gyges or Implausible Pecuniary Privacy

Matthew Elias
2011-10-03 (revised/released 2011-12-07)

http://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=1937769

Bitcoin is a product of the internet, and therefore bears an intimate relationship to level of
anonymity one is able to obtain therein. Functionally ineffective regulation directed at the
internet and its subsidiary technologies may continue into the foreseeable future. As it relates to
Bitcoin and cryptocurrencies generally, regulation should strive mediate the ongoing melding of
the internet and money as mediums of communication
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discussion thread here:
'[Available for Download] Academic legal paper re: Bitcoin & Anonymity'
https://bitcointalksearch.org/topic/available-for-download-academic-legal-paper-re-bitcoin-anonymity-40783

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small mention of bitcoin,

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Emergent online currencies such as Bitcoin are causing a big splash among tech-geeks and hackers worldwide, …

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Chinese edition of "The rise and fall of BitCoin", added a tail "Been accused as A Ponzi scheme"
http://tech.sina.com.cn/i/2011-12-05/19476429922.shtml

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Bitcoin mentioned as a PayPal alternative at the bottom of this Forbes article as PayPal back-pedals on freezing Regretsy.

On The Anniversary Of Cutting Off WikiLeaks, PayPal Slaps Christmas Charity Project

Atheros

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Quote from: MoonShadow on December 06, 2011, 10:05:37 PM

And again right after that...

The public key serves as an address to which Bitcoins can be sent,"

(the address contains a hash of the public key, and a checksum of that hash, but not the public key itself, which is not disclosed until funds are sent away from that address. I'm sure someone will correct me if I wrong here.)

You have it right but if ever I was interviewed by a member of the media and they said that, I wouldn't correct them.

ribuck

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Bitcoin was mentioned briefly twice in the paper edition of The Times today (7 December). The mentions were on pages 14 and 15 of the Raconteur supplement on the future of mobile payments.

The Raconteur supplements lean towards advertorial, and are only included with English editions of The Times. The supplement will soon be archived online here:

Raconteur Archive
http://www.raconteurmedia.co.uk/ARCHIVE.htm

It's not much of a mention, and there is a typo (the highest Bitcoin exchange rate was given as $432 instead of $32), but it's the first time I've seen Bitcoin mentioned in the paper edition of a major daily newspaper.

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Quote from: MoonShadow on December 06, 2011, 10:05:37 PM

And again right after that...

The public key serves as an address to which Bitcoins can be sent,"

(the address contains a hash of the public key, and a checksum of that hash, but not the public key itself, which is not disclosed until funds are sent away from that address. I'm sure someone will correct me if I wrong here.)

Well, the public key is used to make the hash, which is encoded in Base58 to make the address, so in a sense the public key serves as an address. When the guy says "the public key serves as an address", it does not necessarly mean litterraly.

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Quote from: netrin on December 07, 2011, 01:51:00 AM

Of course it is supposed to be a technical journal for programmers, but perhaps you are too critical, considering that same paragraph is filled with other loose analogies such as ATM PINs?:

...are transfered between users via exchange of keys
...are transfered between users after the exchange of keys
...are transfered between users after the sender receives the recipient's key
...are transfered between users after the sender receives the hash value of the recipient's key

No, because the loose analogies are presented as such.

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