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Bitcoin intro and talks in Berlin (11th May at 20:00)

May 8, 2012
By Amir Taaki (genjix)

c-base is holding a day on p2p technologies on the 11th. From 20:00 will be the section on Bitcoin. If you want to do a talk, then email me (genjix@riseup.net) and I’ll add you to the schedule. 11th May (Friday) at 20:00. For help, you can call +49 1577 1826 806. View Larger Map

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Market volatility has gone down

May 5, 2012
By Amir Taaki (genjix)
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Here is a graph of the historical market volume. If we compare this to the historical price, we see there is not really any causal link between them. Therefore, drawing tenuous links between is risky without evidence. If you look closely at the graph,...

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Patronage, Bitcoin and Scientific Music: My Story

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PayPal, well renowned as a major headache for many online retailers, has been less than ideal for this business model, in part due to their percentage cut and questionable business practices. New technologies have always had a way of changing people’s lives in unforeseen...

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Sex and the Bitcoin

April 29, 2012
By Amir Taaki (genjix)
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“The future of sexuality is here, and boy it’s predictably sad and weird: girls stripping for Bitcoin tips, a virtual currency that’s not really worth anything. Start mining yer...

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Off-Planet Economics

April 28, 2012
By Sy Nejem
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With the recent announcement of a potential joint-effort to mine asteroids, in combination with the acceleration in efforts toward commercial space-flight, some interesting tertiary considerations arise – especially in...

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Gold is a physical element, Bitcoin is an abstract protocol

April 27, 2012
By Sy Nejem
Gold is a physical element, Bitcoin is an abstract protocol

There’s been all kinds of speculation about what Bitcoin is and how it works. What about where it fits, in our insane, worldwide dynamic?

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First Licensed Advanced Trading Platform For Bitcoin

April 24, 2012
By Donald Norman
Traders work on the main floor of stock exchange market in Sao Paulo

A Bitcoin trading platform has announced this week that it is the world’s first fully-licensed advanced trading platform for Bitcoins. Bitcoinica was developed by a 17 year old Chinese...

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FBI seized server from my email provider

April 20, 2012
By Amir Taaki (genjix)

Another mundane day to day example of how trusting external services leaves you open to abuse. Props to Riseup collective for operating these services and the foundational work they...

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Laybit donation buttons!

April 20, 2012
By Amir Taaki (genjix)

Laybit have created an interesting system where users can micro donate, and if they have javascript disabled it will fallback to Bitcoin URI links. At Laybit people are able...

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The IRC bootstrap method is flawed

April 16, 2012
By Amir Taaki (genjix)

Jeff Garzik pointed out that Bitcoin-Qt no longer operates using the IRC bootstrap, and on inspection he’s right. This mainly applies to older versions of bitcoin. Bitcoin-Qt maintains an...

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Evil of elsevier: disintermediation in science and the death of publishers

April 11, 2012
By Amir Taaki (genjix)

Four months ago I wanted to read a science paper on Ada Lovelace. As a non-academic, all the download sites were behind paywalls where I had to pay $60...

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Roadmap for the revolution: the future

April 8, 2012
By Amir Taaki (genjix)
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One year ago when we formed the Bitcoin Consultancy, we formulated a theory that encapsulated our view of how bitcoin would grow. All of our decisions and action...

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