Archive for the mining Category

19 Jun 2014 / Heartland Blog – Bitcoin has seen remarkable success over the past year. More and more people have been using it, and more and more businesses have become willing to accept it as a payment method. As the first widespread cryptocurrency, many people in

05 June 2014 / CNBC – It’s not surprising Apple is rethinking its policy to allow its apps to accept virtual currency payments. Retailers, including Lord & Taylor, Overstock and TigerDirect, are syncing operations to make it easier for consumers with digital wallets to transact business with

04 June 2014 / Boing Boing – Andreas Antonopoulos explains what bitcoin is, and how you can start using it. Q. How does bitcoin work? Bitcoin is a peer-to-peer network, a set of protocols (standards for interoperability), client interfaces (called wallets) and a currency that operates on

31 May 2014 / Data Center Knowledge – Cryptocurrency businesses can now use Bitcoin to purchase large chunks of data center space for their mining operations. Wholesale data center developer Server Farm Realty and colocation specialist C7 Data Centers each announced this week that they will accept

02 May 2014 / SiliconANGLE – There are seven ways you can get Bitcoins: (1) buy them; (2) sell something and get paid in Bitcoins; (3) someone you know graciously donates Bitcoins to you; (4) beg people to donate Bitcoins to you because you really, really want

26 Apr 2014 / The Spokesman-Review – When two Stanford University grads wanted to start a bitcoin company, they looked for the lowest power rates in the country. A map comparing energy rates led them to Central Washington, where hydroelectric dams churn out electricity that costs industrial customers