BitCasino.io Launches World’s First Bitcoin Branded Blackjack Game
Bitcoin Press Release: The world’s first licensed and regulated online Bitcoin gaming platform Bitcasino.io have announced a new Bitcoin blackjack table: another world first in Bitcoin gaming. Adding to their inventory of 200+ HD Bitcoin gaming offerings; BitCasino.io is pleased to announce…
Tackling the Difficult Bitcoin Market in the US: A Talk with Trucoin’s Brent James
When I first got interested seriously in Bitcoin, it was pretty hard to get. Many people were buying their bitcoins by sending money orders to addresses in Albania or Russia and hoping, based on the reputation the seller might have…
Negative PR Techniques At Work: An Attack on CryptoNote
By James Bolivar September 28, 2014 It is amazing that people pay so much attention to gossips while they have so many opportunities for growth and self-improvement. One would think, indeed, what is so interesting about Barbra Streisand’s…
The Reality of Inflation – Time for Plan B
It you look at the official inflation rate for the US right now, it’s 1.7%. For the cash-strapped American worker, this would seem to be one less thing they have to worry about. That is, unless you realize that this…
Hurdles to Crytocurrency Adoption
Written by Richard Lyons via the Digital Currency Council. As the awareness and popularity of digital currency advances there are a number of barriers emerging, which in the short term may limit how and where Bitcoin may be used. While the understanding of…
90% Tax Rate for the 1%
A 90 percent tax rate on the top 1 percent of American earners wouldn’t just significantly reduce income and wealth inequality and boost government tax revenues. It would also be the optimal level for Americans’ welfare, according to a new paper…
Laura Poitras: Edward Snowden and the Golden Age of Spying
Laura Poitras at PopTech 2010 conference in Camden, Maine. (Photo: PopTech /flickr CC 2.0) Here’s a Ripley’s Believe It or Not! stat from our new age of national security. How many Americans have security clearances? The answer: 5.1 million, a figure that reflects the explosive growth…
Plutus Miners: ASIC Scrypt Mining for Everyone
— Sponsored Post – In January of 2009 the first Bitcoin block was mined by Satoshi Nakamoto, kicking off the mining race that is still going on. People started off mining with their regular computers, then upgraded to mining with…
A Talk with Adam Krellenstein of Counterparty
Five years into its development, despite the huge strides Bitcoin has made, it is in many ways still more promise than reality. Barely realized are the promises of mass micro-transactions, cheap and easily convertible remittances, self-executing contracts, and decentralized systems…