Challenges Prove the Vitality of Bitcoin
And yet another article likens Bitcoin to the Wild West. Not just the Wild West, really, but the Wild Wild West, a campy sixties TV show featuring two secret service agents traveling the west post-Civil War and fighting baddies…
The Wild West of Bitcoin According to Joseph Cafariello
Jeffrey Cafariello sure can spin a gripping yarn. In a recent piece for Wealth Daily, he paints a picture of the Wild West of Bitcoin. In his vision, every Bitcoin trader is a steely-eyed gunslinger facing off with hackers. At…
Bitcoin Media Roundup: Tulip Crazes and Ponzi Schemes
In the last year, Bitcoin has started to become a somewhat popular thing to write about in the general media. It is interesting to peruse the mainstream media in order to find useful information about what is happening in the…
Verso Cards Brings Swiss Banking to Bitcoin
As more and more people get into Bitcoin, the question of how to hold and use them securely is going to be one of the real make-or-break issues surrounding Bitcoin. The new cryptocurrency is not something that you can hold…
Vermont Lanterns: Lighting the Way with Bitcoin
Vermont Lanterns, an online retailer of exclusive solid brass Oil Lamps & Lanterns is now accepting Bitcoin payments! One of the owners, Kirtan Carr said the company was excited to add Bitcoin payments for their products. “Since we first…
What’s Down at Mt. Gox: Clearing the Way for Bitcoin Growth
For a significant part of the last three years, Mt. Gox was the Bitcoin exchange. In the spring of 2013, they advertised themselves as hosting more than 80% of Bitcoin exchange transactions. They set the standard for other exchanges, and…
9 Reasons the Middle Class is in Trouble and 5 Ways Bitcoin Will Help
On February 5, Barrack Obama signed a farm bill further cutting food stamps for the nation’s most vulnerable. Five years ago, the nation suffered an unnecessary financial shock that sent not only the country’s, but the world’s economy reeling. If…
The Need for a Disruptive Force Like Bitcoin
National Security Agency (NSA) documents taken by Edward Snowden and obtained by NBC News reveal that the British spy unit known as the Joint Threat Research and Intelligence Group (JTRIG) developed and deployed offensive strategies that included hacking…
“One for All, All for One”: Adopting the Swiss Rule of Politics on Behalf of Bitcoin
In the world of Bitcoin, today, we are all Swiss. Hardly a rallying cry of 1776, 1789, 1917 or 1989, but a call to action just the same; because in a time of fierce partisanship and extremist rhetoric, in the…
What Has Trickle-down Economics Done to Us
It’s getting harder by the day to listen to what passes for intelligent public discourse. Driving home from work yesterday, I grabbed a few minutes of not-so-fresh air on Wisconsin Public Radio’s “Central Time” news program, one of whose guests was…