Bitcoin: An African finance revolution?
http://www.africanbusinessreview.co.za/money_matters/bitcoin-an-african-finance-revolution
Topic: Bitcoin press hits, notable sources - page 43. (Read 430946 times)
"The Bitcoin Economy Is Collapsing With No Sign of Recovery"
http://www.theatlantic.com/technology/archive/2011/08/the-bitcoin-economy-is-collapsing-with-no-sign-of-recovery/243253/
How much more sensational could the media get?!
http://www.theatlantic.com/technology/archive/2011/08/the-bitcoin-economy-is-collapsing-with-no-sign-of-recovery/243253/
How much more sensational could the media get?!
Keiser is french if im not mistaken, but yeah...
Max Keiser was born in New Rochelle, N.Y. and went to New York University. 
Falkvinge found a great way to explain Bitcoin.
I enjoyed the contrast between the slow Swedish collected thoughtful speech pattern and the American erratic mania. Falkvinge rambled at times but was typically on the mark. Just a few technical mistakes (such as the implication that one key=bitcoin unit and Max's insistence that Apache=FOSS/internet backbone). It might be worth collecting such well spoken easily received sound clips into a canonical form. But then again, why should we care that some people think bitcoin a drug laundering ponzi scheme. The masses will figure it out when bitcoin is ready for them and when the masses are ready for bitcoin. We shan't be too impatient.
Keiser is french if im not mistaken, but yeah...
Falkvinge found a great way to explain Bitcoin.
I enjoyed the contrast between the slow Swedish collected thoughtful speech pattern and the American erratic mania. Falkvinge rambled at times but was typically on the mark. Just a few technical mistakes (such as the implication that one key=bitcoin unit and Max's insistence that Apache=FOSS/internet backbone). It might be worth collecting such well spoken easily received sound clips into a canonical form. But then again, why should we care that some people think bitcoin a drug laundering ponzi scheme. The masses will figure it out when bitcoin is ready for them and when the masses are ready for bitcoin. We shan't be too impatient.
In this edition of PressTV's (presstv.ir) On the Edge, Max keiser & Rick Falkvinge (falkvinge.net) discuss the Bitcoin Phenomenon.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Bwkw1mYEvuA&feature=youtube_gdata_player
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Bwkw1mYEvuA&feature=youtube_gdata_player
Falkvinge found a great way to explain Bitcoin.
Definitely worth watching to know how to explaining Bitcoin to your friends.
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The Bitcoin Crash
Timothy B. Lee
Aug. 7 2011 - 12:43 am
http://blogs.forbes.com/timothylee/2011/08/07/the-bitcoin-crash/
Timothy B. Lee
Aug. 7 2011 - 12:43 am
http://blogs.forbes.com/timothylee/2011/08/07/the-bitcoin-crash/
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But as the hoped-for rally has failed to materialize, more have gotten discouraged or bored and cash out, pushing the price down further.
This process has been going on for a couple of months, and now it appears to be accelerating. I suspect it’s terminal.
This process has been going on for a couple of months, and now it appears to be accelerating. I suspect it’s terminal.
This is Timothy B Lee enjoying his 'I told you so moment' after earlier writing about 'The Bitcoin Bubble'.
That bitcoin is volatile and risky is hardly a surprise though when it currently has such a relatively small adoption rate.
None of the previous volatility or predictions one way or another leave us any wiser as to how bitcoin would behave if it it had a signifcant market share.
*That* is what is interesting. All the fretting about volatility when the project is only 2 years old just seems like pissing in the wind.
It's I guess an interesting question whether early volatility might impede,stall,(or even promote via speculation) widespread adoption.. but without anything truly comparable to bitcoin in history - it's still anyone's guess where bitcoin will go.
Good video - On the Edge with Max Keiser.
Max and Rick discuss Bitcoin
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oBN9p1qemMA&feature=player_embedded
Max and Rick discuss Bitcoin
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oBN9p1qemMA&feature=player_embedded
In this edition of PressTV's (presstv.ir) On the Edge, Max keiser & Rick Falkvinge (falkvinge.net) discuss the Bitcoin Phenomenon.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Bwkw1mYEvuA&feature=youtube_gdata_player
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Bwkw1mYEvuA&feature=youtube_gdata_player
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Bitcoin: The future of global commerce or ideal drug money?
Updated: Aug 06, 2011 9:00 AM GST
By Tom Ensey
By Kimberly Schupp
http://www.wtol.com/story/15209359/bitcoin-future-of-global-commerce-or-internet-fad
Updated: Aug 06, 2011 9:00 AM GST
By Tom Ensey
By Kimberly Schupp
http://www.wtol.com/story/15209359/bitcoin-future-of-global-commerce-or-internet-fad
Obviously going for the sensationalism re silkroad and drugs.. but does give some balance
e.g
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"Less than 1/2 of 1 percent of Bitcoin users have ever used the 'Silk Road' website," Boyd said via email. "The vast majority of Bitcoin vendors like myself pay our taxes and use Bitcoins to buy everyday, legal items."
JupiterBroadcasting TechSNAP 17
http://blip.tv/jupiterbroadcasting/google-s-server-secrets-techsnap-17-5442517
(covers a little about the bitomat incident, mybitcoin and wallet safety at the end of the show)
http://blip.tv/jupiterbroadcasting/google-s-server-secrets-techsnap-17-5442517
(covers a little about the bitomat incident, mybitcoin and wallet safety at the end of the show)
A LAYMAN’S GUIDE TO BITCOIN
AUGUST 4, 2011
KIRA M. NEWMAN
http://techcocktail.com/a-layman%E2%80%99s-guide-to-bitcoin-2011-08#.Tjqg1L8p9-U
Bitcoins - The Next Gold Standard?
August 04, 2011
By Peter Bernstein , Senior Editor
http://financial.tmcnet.com//topics/financial-technology/articles/204518-bitcoins-next-gold-standard.htm
AUGUST 4, 2011
KIRA M. NEWMAN
http://techcocktail.com/a-layman%E2%80%99s-guide-to-bitcoin-2011-08#.Tjqg1L8p9-U
Bitcoins - The Next Gold Standard?
August 04, 2011
By Peter Bernstein , Senior Editor
http://financial.tmcnet.com//topics/financial-technology/articles/204518-bitcoins-next-gold-standard.htm
(with audio from 'Cyber-activist,entrepreneur and founder of the Swedish Pirate Party Rick Falkvinge')
Bitcoin: Can a virtual currency do away with banks?
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/programmes/click_online/9555513.stm
Bitcoin: Can a virtual currency do away with banks?
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/programmes/click_online/9555513.stm
http://www.theawl.com/2011/08/one-socialist-world-currency-understanding-bitcoin
http://www.psfk.com/2011/08/new-currency-exchange-ruxum-saves-digital-currency-bitcoin.html
http://www.observer.com/2011/08/rough-trades-digital-derivatives-hit-the-bitcoin-markets-as-wall-street-bankers-take-interest/
http://seekingalpha.com/article/284595-patent-wars-are-a-major-threat-to-undermine-google-and-the-android-opportunity
http://www.psfk.com/2011/08/new-currency-exchange-ruxum-saves-digital-currency-bitcoin.html
http://www.observer.com/2011/08/rough-trades-digital-derivatives-hit-the-bitcoin-markets-as-wall-street-bankers-take-interest/
http://seekingalpha.com/article/284595-patent-wars-are-a-major-threat-to-undermine-google-and-the-android-opportunity
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Ultimately, I think we may start to see more software created by P2P/hacktivist groups like Anonymous and LulzSec – groups that may be difficult to sue because of their amorphous nature. Innovation by non-state networks is an important trend that I think will generate much value in the coming years. As for how to invest in these black market economies, that remains to be seen. It will likely involve a different approach than participating in publicly traded markets on official exchanges within the nation-state economy. The growing popularity of Bitcoin may be an early step in laying the foundation for such a system.
I took an irreverent look into our unique culture on Slacktory:
http://slacktory.com/2011/08/bitcoin-mining-fun-loss/
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Miners also pretend to first get used to, and then actually prefer the extra heat and vuvuzela-like noise being spawned from their computers...
http://slacktory.com/2011/08/bitcoin-mining-fun-loss/
. . . Kaminsky announced a new tool called BlitCoin that unmasks one or both ends of a BitCoin transaction."
I started a thread about this "blitcoin" here: https://bitcointalksearch.org/topic/blitcoin-unmasks-one-or-both-ends-of-a-bitcoin-transaction-34383
http://searchsecurity.techtarget.com/news/2240039221/Black-Hat-2011-Dan-Kaminsky-reveals-network-security-research-topics
"Among the highlights were new vulnerabilities discovered using the peer-to-peer currency network BitCoin ... "
"BitCoin, a digital, virtual currency system, was the platform for some of Kaminsky’s new research. BitCoin is a payment system that charges a low cost per transaction. Each transaction is digitally signed and broadcast, supposedly anonymously, over a peer-to-peer network. Kaminsky announced a new tool called BlitCoin that unmasks one or both ends of a BitCoin transaction."
http://www.betabeat.com/2011/08/02/digital-derivatives-bitcoin-markets-wall-street-bankers/
Interesting and well written.
Interesting and well written.
Remarkably upbeat given that they lost all their experimental coins in mybitcoin... although the article did end on that note.
http://themonetaryfuture.blogspot.com/2011/07/bitcoin-decentralization-and-nash.html
A bit more technical exploring the forces at play in securing the block chain.
A bit more technical exploring the forces at play in securing the block chain.
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