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10 Projects to Liberate the Web
Venessa Miemis
2011-10-04
http://www.shareable.net/blog/10-projects-to-liberate-the-web
Venessa Miemis
2011-10-04
http://www.shareable.net/blog/10-projects-to-liberate-the-web
Topic: Bitcoin press hits, notable sources - page 33. (Read 430946 times)
Just a relatively obscure blog (+ video) - but I think it makes an interesting point about the business community's current (mis)perception of Bitcoin.
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BitCoin usage rejected because they "could" be used for illegal activity.
2011-10-05
http://mrmoneyhustler.blogspot.com/
2011-10-05
http://mrmoneyhustler.blogspot.com/
NPR mentions Bitcoin in relation to the Occupy Wall St protests.
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Occupy Wall Street Gets Union Backing; Approval Rating Tops Congress
Bill Chappell
2011-10-05
http://www.npr.org/blogs/thetwo-way/2011/10/05/141089001/occupy-wall-street-gets-union-backing-approval-rating-tops-congress
"And in a sign of technical sophistication, the group also has its own Bitcoin address, where it's accepting donations. "
Bill Chappell
2011-10-05
http://www.npr.org/blogs/thetwo-way/2011/10/05/141089001/occupy-wall-street-gets-union-backing-approval-rating-tops-congress
"And in a sign of technical sophistication, the group also has its own Bitcoin address, where it's accepting donations. "
Some more press hits related to the new yorker piece:
http://www.betabeat.com/2011/10/04/did-the-new-yorkers-joshua-davis-nail-the-identity-of-bitcoin-creator-satoshi-nakamoto/
http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20111003/17560716191/new-yorker-reporter-may-have-uncovered-secretive-bitcoin-creator.shtml
http://gizmodo.com/5846604/the-new-yorker-tries-to-flush-out-bitcoin-creator
http://thedailyattack.com/2011/10/04/did-a-reporter-just-solve-the-satoshi-nakamoto-bitcoin-mystery/
Silicon Angle thinks Bitcoin 'has its own version of Batman'.. that's funny, I thought he/she was a ninja. Oh well - close enough.
http://siliconangle.com/blog/2011/10/04/has-a-new-yorker-reporter-found-bitcoin-creator-satoshi-nakamoto/
2011-10-06
http://www.americanbanker.com/morningscan/Morning-Scan-1042905-1.html
http://www.betabeat.com/2011/10/04/did-the-new-yorkers-joshua-davis-nail-the-identity-of-bitcoin-creator-satoshi-nakamoto/
http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20111003/17560716191/new-yorker-reporter-may-have-uncovered-secretive-bitcoin-creator.shtml
http://gizmodo.com/5846604/the-new-yorker-tries-to-flush-out-bitcoin-creator
http://thedailyattack.com/2011/10/04/did-a-reporter-just-solve-the-satoshi-nakamoto-bitcoin-mystery/
Silicon Angle thinks Bitcoin 'has its own version of Batman'.. that's funny, I thought he/she was a ninja. Oh well - close enough.
http://siliconangle.com/blog/2011/10/04/has-a-new-yorker-reporter-found-bitcoin-creator-satoshi-nakamoto/
2011-10-06
http://www.americanbanker.com/morningscan/Morning-Scan-1042905-1.html
Satoshi Cat Knows..
Another mention of the New Yorker Magazine article on Bitcoins through NPR.org
http://www.npr.org/blogs/money/2011/10/03/141011155/did-a-reporter-just-solve-the-bitcoin-mystery
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http://www.npr.org/blogs/money/2011/10/03/141011155/did-a-reporter-just-solve-the-bitcoin-mystery
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Popular Moscow based news website lenta.ru reports that rusleaks.org is closed and asking for money via bitcoin.
rusleaks.org is apparently somewhat similar to wikileaks in nature, and is hosted outside of Russia.
Apparently the Russian Federal telecommunications department (RSKOMNADZOR) is trying to shut it down.
The site currently states (translated via google):
It's not clear to me the exact nature of what the material rusleaks is/was leaking. Perhaps some russian speaking bitcoiners can clarify.
(please start a new thread in Bitcoin Discussion if you want to talk about this item)
rusleaks.org is apparently somewhat similar to wikileaks in nature, and is hosted outside of Russia.
Apparently the Russian Federal telecommunications department (RSKOMNADZOR) is trying to shut it down.
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Creators RusLeaks site was closed and asked for money
2011-10-04
http://lenta.ru/news/2011/10/04/rusleaks/
http://translate.google.com/translate?sl=ru&tl=en&js=n&prev=_t&hl=en&ie=UTF-8&layout=2&eotf=1&u=http%3A%2F%2Flenta.ru%2Fnews%2F2011%2F10%2F04%2Frusleaks%2F&act=url
"The creators have also published RusLeaks account number in an anonymous payment system Bitcoin and asked for their support. Earlier in his correspondence with " Finam.FM "they indicated that they intend to organize a fundraiser users."
2011-10-04
http://lenta.ru/news/2011/10/04/rusleaks/
http://translate.google.com/translate?sl=ru&tl=en&js=n&prev=_t&hl=en&ie=UTF-8&layout=2&eotf=1&u=http%3A%2F%2Flenta.ru%2Fnews%2F2011%2F10%2F04%2Frusleaks%2F&act=url
"The creators have also published RusLeaks account number in an anonymous payment system Bitcoin and asked for their support. Earlier in his correspondence with " Finam.FM "they indicated that they intend to organize a fundraiser users."
The site currently states (translated via google):
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Website paused, so it does not take those functions for which it was created.
We need your help: 1724LaPgjMDVHWLsMxz2FJyuYGmHKn4hvb (Bitcoin).
Thanks to everyone who has supported us!
We need your help: 1724LaPgjMDVHWLsMxz2FJyuYGmHKn4hvb (Bitcoin).
Thanks to everyone who has supported us!
It's not clear to me the exact nature of what the material rusleaks is/was leaking. Perhaps some russian speaking bitcoiners can clarify.
(please start a new thread in Bitcoin Discussion if you want to talk about this item)
I encourage everyone to find the full article or the magazine somewhere. Perhaps buy it! That was absolutely the best Bitcoin article I've ever seen, by far. Joshua Davis has been researching this for months.
i think almost everyone with a higher profile in the bitcoin community would laugh like that when being asked if they were satoshi, and react in a similar way, so it doesnt prove anything obviously
That guy isn't in the bitcoin community (unless he is satoshi I guess) as far I understand. He was questioned because he is English and at a crypto conference.
But still not answering and laughing doesn't mean anything. Even saying that "I wouldn't tell you if I was" doesn't mean anything. I thinking speaker obviously means that Satoshi wouldn't tell you, and obviously he wouldn't.
i think almost everyone with a higher profile in the bitcoin community would laugh like that when being asked if they were satoshi, and react in a similar way, so it doesnt prove anything obviously
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The Crypto-Currency
Bitcoin and its mysterious inventor.
Joshua Davis
OCTOBER 10, 2011 (print edition date) - 2011-10-02 ? (web abstract only)
http://www.newyorker.com/reporting/2011/10/10/111010fa_fact_davis
Bitcoin and its mysterious inventor.
Joshua Davis
OCTOBER 10, 2011 (print edition date) - 2011-10-02 ? (web abstract only)
http://www.newyorker.com/reporting/2011/10/10/111010fa_fact_davis
Mentioned on NPR Planet Money - http://www.npr.org/blogs/money/2011/10/03/141011155/did-a-reporter-just-solve-the-bitcoin-mystery
Thanks, missed that.
Is that the real article?
It's just an abstract . Hence the "ABSTRACT" prefix.
Is that the real article? (The New Yorker one.) Parts of it read like a hurriedly assembled summary of an article. 
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Then, in April, 2011, he sent a note to a developer saying that he had “moved on to other things.” He has not been heard from since. Tells about failed attempts to hack the bitcoin encryption code. Writer tries to deduce Nakamoto’s true identity from clues in his posts and his code. Describes the Crypto 2011 conference of cryptographers, where the writer went looking for Nakamoto. Writer speaks with two possible candidates, Michael Clear and Vili Lehdonvirta, both of whom deny that they are Nakamoto. Also tells about Kevin Groce, who runs a bitcoin-mining operation in Kentucky.
Not the standard of writing I'm used to seeing over there. Quote
The Crypto-Currency
Bitcoin and its mysterious inventor.
Joshua Davis
OCTOBER 10, 2011 (print edition date) - 2011-10-02 ? (web abstract only)
http://www.newyorker.com/reporting/2011/10/10/111010fa_fact_davis
Bitcoin and its mysterious inventor.
Joshua Davis
OCTOBER 10, 2011 (print edition date) - 2011-10-02 ? (web abstract only)
http://www.newyorker.com/reporting/2011/10/10/111010fa_fact_davis
The article gets a positive mention in nypost:
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This week’s New Yorker offers at least two signals that our nation is indeed gurgling down the drain: 1) The government of North Carolina has essentially been bought by a fat-cat millionaire named Art Pope, and 2) this supposedly stuffy and sophisticated magazine has devoted no less than 10 pages to a profile of 21-year-old country songstress Taylor Swift, not including the gauzy full-page portrait. On the positive side, a piece on the very mysterious creator of the Internet currency bitcoin is more intriguing than it first appears.
http://www.nypost.com/p/news/business/bobbing_for_angles_Ty6bYpDJQVUKGg4FuzxyCJ#ixzz1ZhcyDzNc
http://www.nypost.com/p/news/business/bobbing_for_angles_Ty6bYpDJQVUKGg4FuzxyCJ#ixzz1ZhcyDzNc
Apparently the 2nd 'suspect' is from Finland - so the New Yorker story has hit the Finnish press (tietoviikko.fi - A Finnish IT magazine)
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Finnish researchers suspected Bitcoin-inventor of money
[2011-10-04
http://www.tietoviikko.fi/kaikki_uutiset/suomalaista+tutkijaa+epaillaan+bitcoinrahan+keksijaksi/a697067
http://translate.google.com/translate?sl=fi&tl=en&js=n&prev=_t&hl=en&ie=UTF-8&layout=2&eotf=1&u=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.tietoviikko.fi%2Fkaikki_uutiset%2Fsuomalaista%2Btutkijaa%2Bepaillaan%2Bbitcoinrahan%2Bkeksijaksi%2Fa697067&act=url
"This suspect is a 31-year-old Finnish Technology Research Institute researcher George Lehdonvirta . He has studied virtual currencies, and he is a programmer background. He is also involved in other things, privacy issues, focused on the Electronic Frontier Finlandin (Effi) operation."
[2011-10-04
http://www.tietoviikko.fi/kaikki_uutiset/suomalaista+tutkijaa+epaillaan+bitcoinrahan+keksijaksi/a697067
http://translate.google.com/translate?sl=fi&tl=en&js=n&prev=_t&hl=en&ie=UTF-8&layout=2&eotf=1&u=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.tietoviikko.fi%2Fkaikki_uutiset%2Fsuomalaista%2Btutkijaa%2Bepaillaan%2Bbitcoinrahan%2Bkeksijaksi%2Fa697067&act=url
"This suspect is a 31-year-old Finnish Technology Research Institute researcher George Lehdonvirta . He has studied virtual currencies, and he is a programmer background. He is also involved in other things, privacy issues, focused on the Electronic Frontier Finlandin (Effi) operation."
... some in the Irish media seem keen to claim Satoshi !
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The secret Irishman likely behind bitcoin the internet currency code
JAMES O'SHEA
2011-10-04
http://www.irishcentral.com/news/The-secret-Irishman-likely-behind-bitcoin-the-internet-currency-code-131039168.html
"The mysterious figure who created a new currency called bitcoin on the net that has intrigued millions around the globe is very likely a 23-year old Irish student named Michael Clear ‘The New Yorker’ magazine has revealed."
"The new currency called bitcoin on the net was invented by an Irishman"
JAMES O'SHEA
2011-10-04
http://www.irishcentral.com/news/The-secret-Irishman-likely-behind-bitcoin-the-internet-currency-code-131039168.html
"The mysterious figure who created a new currency called bitcoin on the net that has intrigued millions around the globe is very likely a 23-year old Irish student named Michael Clear ‘The New Yorker’ magazine has revealed."
"The new currency called bitcoin on the net was invented by an Irishman"
*** Discussion thread here: https://bitcointalksearch.org/topic/the-crypto-currency-new-yorker-magazine-article-46652 ****
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Bitcoin, money hacker learns to speculate
Luke Pautasso
2011-10-02
http://www.linkiesta.it/bitcoin-la-moneta-degli-hacker-impara-speculare
http://translate.google.com/translate?sl=it&tl=en&js=n&prev=_t&hl=en&ie=UTF-8&layout=2&eotf=1&u=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.linkiesta.it%2Fbitcoin-la-moneta-degli-hacker-impara-speculare&act=url
Luke Pautasso
2011-10-02
http://www.linkiesta.it/bitcoin-la-moneta-degli-hacker-impara-speculare
http://translate.google.com/translate?sl=it&tl=en&js=n&prev=_t&hl=en&ie=UTF-8&layout=2&eotf=1&u=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.linkiesta.it%2Fbitcoin-la-moneta-degli-hacker-impara-speculare&act=url
Quote from: wikipedia
Linkiesta is an independent Italian online newspaper of investigative journalism, in-depth analysis and commentary.
Nice to see the Casascius coin images being used!
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Who keeps your secrets: Some VPN anonymity providers sound noble; others are just icky
Kevin Fogarty
2011-09-23
http://www.itworld.com/security/206429/who-trust-your-secrets-some-vpn-anonymity-providers-sound-noble-others-are-just-icky
"AirVPN allows customers to sign up and pay for the service using digital Bitcoin reseller networks and to use the TOR VPN network when buying an account at Bitcoin, to keep from leaving a trail of IP addresses to the point at which you paid."
Same article also in pcworld.
Which VPN Anonymity Providers Keep Secrets
Kevin Fogarty
2011-09-25
http://www.pcworld.com/article/240576/which_vpn_anonymity_providers_keep_secrets.html
Kevin Fogarty
2011-09-23
http://www.itworld.com/security/206429/who-trust-your-secrets-some-vpn-anonymity-providers-sound-noble-others-are-just-icky
"AirVPN allows customers to sign up and pay for the service using digital Bitcoin reseller networks and to use the TOR VPN network when buying an account at Bitcoin, to keep from leaving a trail of IP addresses to the point at which you paid."
Same article also in pcworld.
Which VPN Anonymity Providers Keep Secrets
Kevin Fogarty
2011-09-25
http://www.pcworld.com/article/240576/which_vpn_anonymity_providers_keep_secrets.html
"Though no legislative efforts have yet been undertaken to restrict or ban the usage of Bitcoin digital currency, the United States will perhaps soon see efforts made to stop illegal drug trafficking through placing impediments on the usage of Bitcoin digital currency."
They used very weak reasoning, based on Chuck Schumer's rant about Silk Road. Definitely a plausible scenario, but they give no new evidence for it. Quote
Should Bitcoins Become Illegal Digital Currency?
Attorney Mike Young's Internet Lawyer Blog
2011-09-29
http://mikeyounglaw.com/internet-lawyer/bitcoin-digital-currency/
"Bitcoin digital currency differs from traditional currencies and has become an increasingly prominent method of payment in the world of internet commerce."
"Though no legislative efforts have yet been undertaken to restrict or ban the usage of Bitcoin digital currency, the United States will perhaps soon see efforts made to stop illegal drug trafficking through placing impediments on the usage of Bitcoin digital currency."
Attorney Mike Young's Internet Lawyer Blog
2011-09-29
http://mikeyounglaw.com/internet-lawyer/bitcoin-digital-currency/
"Bitcoin digital currency differs from traditional currencies and has become an increasingly prominent method of payment in the world of internet commerce."
"Though no legislative efforts have yet been undertaken to restrict or ban the usage of Bitcoin digital currency, the United States will perhaps soon see efforts made to stop illegal drug trafficking through placing impediments on the usage of Bitcoin digital currency."
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Never Trust A VPN Provider That Doesn't Accept Bitcoin
Rick Falkvinge
2011-09-27
http://falkvinge.net/2011/09/27/never-trust-a-vpn-provider-that-doesnt-accept-bitcoin/
Rick Falkvinge
2011-09-27
http://falkvinge.net/2011/09/27/never-trust-a-vpn-provider-that-doesnt-accept-bitcoin/
This is interesting as a potential class of service for which Bitcoin is the preferred/only payment method, and therefore a driver for base Bitcoin demand.
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