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27 May 2014 / ExitEvent – A government public information officer and a medical device salesman may not sound like the most obvious pair to host the region’s first Bitcoin conference. But their interest in the controversial cryptocurrency is symbolic of its evolution from a little understood

27 May 2014 / Forbes – When Bitcoin emerged five years ago, it was the payment system many geeks and enthusiasts had dreamed of: an international, decentralized, anonymous, and transparent virtual currency that could potentially replace inefficient traditional ones. But even though Bitcoin remains very far from

24 May 2014 / Independent Business Times – Popular digital currency bitcoin is expected to overtake e-commerce giant eBay’s payment processor PayPal in terms of US dollar transactions in the near future. California-based hedge fund Laureate Trust says that bitcoin is fast establishing itself as the currency

23 May 2014 / Money News – Just as cryptography is planting the seeds of a revolution in payment systems, bitcoin and other cryptocurrencies are planting the seeds of a revolution in currency. First, there are three main characteristics of a currency: 1) it can be used

23 May 2014 / Tech Crunch – Meet Lighthouse, a bitcoin-powered app to create and manage your own crowdfunding campaign on your computer. Bitcoin core developer Mike Hearn showcased the app at the Bitcoin 2014 conference in Amsterdam. And Lighthouse is a great example of how you

22 May 2014 / ARSTechnica – There are at least a couple of problems for anybody who wants to run a Bitcoin miner in their home, especially if you buy hardware that’s powerful enough to make some money.

“Miners don’t make very good roommates,”

22 May 2014 / Review Journal – A tall blue box tucked in the rear of The D casino in downtown Las Vegas could soon shake up the gambling industry. That’s the hope of Derek Stevens and Jordan Kelley, who met Wednesday on the casino floor as

22 May 2014 / ABC News – Who knew buying a hungry guy pizza could make you a millionaire? The first Bitcoin transaction, according to Internet lore, was for two Papa John’s pizzas delivered to a guy in Florida named Laszlo Hanyecz, who ponied up 10,000 bitcoin

21 May 2014 / EuroPac Blog – We are excited to announce that through a new partnership with BitPay, we now accept bitcoin payments! We are the largest precious metals dealer in the world to do so. Speak with one of our Precious Metals Specialists today for