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A New Peer-to-Peer Bitcoin Exchange: An Interview with Coingrounds’ Saif Altimimi

Editors Note: As has happened all too often, Coingrounds fell victim  to a falling out between its partners and also a hack. The project is now defunct. Although this site never saw the light of day, Bitcoin Warrior remains committed…

Opinion

The American Dream 2013: Surviving

When survival is touted as a job goal, self-sacrifice becomes a virtue. These people– A lawyer, a computer scientist, a military analyst, and a teacher–have something in common that fifteen years ago would’ve been unimaginable; they are trained…

Crowdfunding a TV Series with Bitcoin: An Interview with Bracey Smith

If I were doing a long-term donation based project, including Bitcoin would be on the top of the priority list. -Bracey Smith When starting out, how can an aspiring director finance a movie? In the past, the answer has often been…

Bitcoin and Solar Power

  The Oil Crisis I remember the autumn of 1973. I leaned up against the back of the living room sofa and looked out the window at the line of cars going down the street to the Esso station that…

Dwolla Suspends Bitcoin: The On Ramp is Closed!

I recently came on an interesting article by an economics student. The clearly anti-Bitcoin author noted a few of the common criticisms of Bitcoin before launching into her big finale. She claimed that even if Bitcoin where to supplant fiat…

A Bitcoin Warrior Profile of Cups and Cakes Bakery

One Bitcoin accepting merchant that has been getting a lot of press recently is Cups and Cakes Bakery located in San Francisco. Cups and Cakes Bakery was started by Jennifer Emerson after she ran out of cake mix and decided…

Hangtime with Bitcoin: An Interview with Paul Puey of Hangtime Climbing Company

Matthew Childs, in his Ted Talk 9 Life Lessons  from Rock Climbing, lays out how lessons learned in rock climbing can apply to life. Some of the lessons he talks about struck me as being applicable to the Bitcoin community…

Bitcoin and the College Student – An Interview with Students For Liberty

In his article The Libertarian Case for Bitcoin, Alex Mayyasi made a claim that Bitcoin is a currency made for libertarians. The argument goes that even banks expect that we will all be using digital currency sooner or later. This…

The Bitcoin Warrior Story Competition — Win .35 Bitcoin!

The Bitcoin Warrior Bitcoin Story Contest: We are giving away .35 bitcoins for the best Bitcoin Story.  If you have an entertaining story involving Bitcoin, send it to [email protected] and you’ll get a chance to receive .35 bitcoins. Terms &…

Bitcoin and Africa: An Interview with the Virtual Doctor Project

Florence was admitted as an inpatient to Chanyanya Rural Health Clinic in very poor health, with swelling on her face and neck. She had recently been diagnosed as HIV positive and so had only been taking antiretroviral medication for two weeks….