Bitcoin press hits, notable sources - page 35.

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Can Bitcoin Replace National Currencies?
David Zweig
2011-09-20

http://www.financialsense.com/contributors/david-zweig/2011/09/20/can-bitcoin-replace-national-currencies

"While this makes it unsuitable in its present form as a national currency, the development of digital currency is still in its infancy, and Bitcoin’s issues involving anonymity may eventually be resolved. "

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http://www.youtube.com/user/vlogwrap#p/u/8/m4vXcwFirDc

say what you will about Bruce, he doesn't talk much. Great discussion of legal issues affecting bitcoin by a professorial lawyer.

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Quote from: geek-trader on September 20, 2011, 07:06:03 PM

Quote from: ercolinux on September 20, 2011, 10:19:35 AM

Just recieved: makeuseof has published a bitcoin manual http://www.makeuseof.com/pages/download-virtual-currency-the-bitcoin-manual

I've don yet read it so don't know the contents

Just started reading it. Looks really good so far. I mean, really good.

yeah it is good, although i'd never heard of makeuseof.... where's ehow or howstuffworks.com ? Cheesy

...i'll email them.

edit: contacted howstuffworks.com but it seems ehow has no suggestions box and it's comment system is 'facebook only'.

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Quote from: ercolinux on September 20, 2011, 10:19:35 AM

Just recieved: makeuseof has published a bitcoin manual http://www.makeuseof.com/pages/download-virtual-currency-the-bitcoin-manual

I've don yet read it so don't know the contents

Just started reading it. Looks really good so far. I mean, really good.

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Just recieved: makeuseof has published a bitcoin manual http://www.makeuseof.com/pages/download-virtual-currency-the-bitcoin-manual

I've don yet read it so don't know the contents

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A brief article in the Financial Chronicle's 'mydigitalfc' in Hyderabad India.

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A Volatile, New Currency

2011-09-19

http://www.mydigitalfc.com/economy/volatile-new-currency-260

"Although Bitcoin trading has flourished in certain niches, its future depends on its adoption as a currency. As Benjamin Friedman, a Harvard economist, explained on National Public Radio in July, the dollar is legal tender, meaning that it must be accepted by all businesses operating in the United States. Since there is no such guarantee backing Bitcoins, a majority of consumers are unlikely to abandon the dollar for the virtual currency."

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Bitcoin being discussed at Sibos 2011:

http://informilo.com/20110914/future-money-391

http://www.sibos.com/conferencedata/pages/speakers_details.page?speakerID=speaker_fea8f7d6-f885-4e8a-ba22-d94d469f51a6

Being taken seriously.

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Bitcoin: Cheat Sheet
The digital currency doesn't glitter but it's like gold...

Natasha Lomas
2011-09-16

http://www.silicon.com/management/finance/2011/09/16/bitcoin-cheat-sheet-39747938/

This is a pretty comprehensive intro!

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This guy is a bit-basher with little understanding of how bitcoin works, referring to it in the past-tense, as though bitcoin was dead

http://blogs.economictimes.indiatimes.com/choicerules/entry/trust-and-bitcoin

Thanks for the eulogy, fool.

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Cybercriminals Have Their Eyes Set on Bitcoin

Michael Tants (Threats Analyst – EMEA Regional TrendLabs)
2011-09-15

http://blog.trendmicro.com/cybercriminals-have-their-eyes-set-on-bitcoin/

"It seems like Bitcoin is gaining popularity not only in the computing industry, but in the threat landscape as well."

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Adrianne Jeffries of betabeat does a roundup of some of the recent publicity and issues surrounding Bitcoin.

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Despite Cyberattacks and Overspeculation, Bitcoin Economy Continues to Evolve

Adrianne Jeffries
2011-09-15

http://www.betabeat.com/2011/09/15/despite-cyberattacks-and-overspeculation-bitcoin-economy-continues-to-evolve/

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Well, the exchange rate is now $5 plus not $7 Sad

Quote from: julz on September 14, 2011, 11:20:19 PM

Yet another Silk Road story. The para quoted below is all there was on bitcoin.

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Synthetic drug sales booming on Web

LARRY OAKES
2011-09-11

http://www.startribune.com/local/129596073.html?page=1&c=y

"Instead of credit cards -- which are routinely accepted at other sites -- Silk Road accepts only "Bitcoins," an untraceable digital currency available through online currency exchange services. Recently, the exchange rate was around $7 per Bitcoin. "

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Just visited http://maxkeiser.com and found this video on the front page:

http://maxkeiser.com/2011/09/15/is-max-keiser-also-satoshi-nakamoto-creator-of-bitcoin-or-keiser-soze/

Havent fully watched it. There's clearly some miners active in the backround Wink

I don't know what to make of this yet...

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Yet another Silk Road story. The para quoted below is all there was on bitcoin.

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Synthetic drug sales booming on Web

LARRY OAKES
2011-09-11

http://www.startribune.com/local/129596073.html?page=1&c=y

"Instead of credit cards -- which are routinely accepted at other sites -- Silk Road accepts only "Bitcoins," an untraceable digital currency available through online currency exchange services. Recently, the exchange rate was around $7 per Bitcoin. "

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I was a little surprised that Australia's Computer Reseller News (which produces a magazine of the same name) would report on some internet forum being hacked.
I guess they consider Bitcoin and related incidents to be noteworthy to their readers.

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BitCoin forum hacked by donor

Darren Pauli
2011-09-13

http://www.crn.com.au/News/271770,bitcoin-forum-hacked-by-donor.aspx

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Hearing entitled “Road Map to Sound Money: A Legislative Hearing on H.R. 1098 and Restoring the Dollar”

Tuesday, September 13, 2011 2:00 PM in 2128 Rayburn HOB
Domestic Monetary Policy and Technology

http://financialservices.house.gov/Calendar/EventSingle.aspx?EventID=258253

Dr Lawrence H.White mentions Bitcoins at 21Minutes in.

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So removing legal tender status from US treasury coins and Federal reserve notes more generally would simply broaden the freedom to denominate debt contracts in whatever people want, not just dollars, not just gold, but they might want silver, they might want to say the debt is only discharged by cheques or wire transfers of dollars,
or it could be silver coins, or it could be units of foreign currency, claims denominated in consumer index bundles, or wholesale commodity bundles, (ah) or it could be Bitcoins.

Discussion thread here: https://bitcointalksearch.org/topic/bitcoin-mentioned-at-congressional-hearing-43919

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Quote from: julz on September 12, 2011, 06:41:01 AM

Another idiot talks about Bitcoin as if it's history.
Opinions that something won't succeed are one thing - but Gurav Ghos is just making stuff up.
(Perhaps yet another journalist who copies from The Atlantic )

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Trust and Bitcoin

Gaurav S Ghos
2011-09-12

http://blogs.economictimes.indiatimes.com/choicerules/entry/trust-and-bitcoin

"Bitcoin failed in its attempt to become a widespread medium of exchange because it was missing and always would miss a critical element that underpins any currency. That element was trust."

It looks like Gaurav S Ghos accepts critical feedback, if anyone cares to help set the 1.3 billion Indians in the know.

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Moscow-based security firm Kaspersky Lab has detected 35 unique malicious programs that targeted the Bitcoin system.

http://security.cbronline.com/news/large-number-of-malware-targeted-bitcoin-in-august-kaspersky-lab-130911

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Quote from: Current-C on September 12, 2011, 08:02:22 AM

http://www.geeks.com/techtips/2011/bitcoins.asp

Good introductory article without any propaganda.

mostly good, but i had to pick out this particular part:

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each bitcoin itself contains a record of who owned it

i assume newbies may be confused by this statement given the anonymity/privacy potential of the system.

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http://www.geeks.com/techtips/2011/bitcoins.asp

Good introductory article without any propaganda.

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