TradeFortress of CoinLenders Making Restitutions from 2013 Hack
In 2013, shortly after I first got involved in Bitcoin, I found a great way to accrue interest on my meager holdings: CoinLenders. Run by an individual who I still only know by the moniker “TradeFortress,” CoinLenders advertised itself as…
The New TREZOR Model-T: The Better Way to Be Your Own Bank
One of the best things about bitcoin is that you can be your own bank. No longer do you have to go through those middlemen, wondering what they are tracking, wondering what they are telling the government or other organizations…
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…
CoinLenders: RIP
UPDATE: 11/08/2013 Unfortunately, Coinlenders’ sister site, Inputs.io has been hacked and 4,100 bitcoin have been stolen. This appears to be the end of both Coinlenders and Inputs.io. It is unfortunate, but alas expected, that criminals will exploit any weakness to…