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Mainstream media would have you believe that Bitcoin is under constant threat of shut down. Find out why that's completely absurd.

We review the most informative BitCoin Tweets of the week

Bitmessage is a protocol that implements some of the ideas of Bitcoin into communications.

Conducting transactions in mBTC, or 1/1,000th of a bitcoin, would drive greater acceptance and adoption of Bitcoin, some say.

Reddit users can now use the site's bitcointip bot to offer a financial thumbs-up to fellow redditors on any subreddit.

The Electronic Frontier Foundation has received a donation of 726 bitcoins from the community

Lawyers for Bitcoin-24 say the seizure of the European exchange's German accounts has been lifted by the public prosecutor's office in Berlin.

Fans of irony will not have missed the way that Arthur Budovsky, head honcho at Liberty Reserve had his own liberty severely reserved earlier this week.

Chamath Palihapitiya, founder of The Social+Capital Partnership, and a former Facebook exec, sees Bitcoin as "schmuck insurance."

If mobile phone communications, the internet or the power grid should fail -- whatever the reason -- Bitcoin could have a problem.

Money isn't what it used to be, writes Minyanville macroeconomics regular "Professor Pinch." And it probably won't ever again be what it used to be.

A company called Gold Silver Bitcoin is touting its commodities of choice as a way for students and graduates to hedge their often-huge student debts.

Mt. Gox will no longer accept anonymous accounts - the company is determined not to end up the next target of US secret service action.

In 2012 use of cash for shopping fell 10 per cent - and the rate of decline is accelerating.

Purveyor of an open web, Mozilla (known for its Firefox browser) is contemplating accepting bitcoins in its fundraising efforts.

Starting today, some 375 taxi cabs in San Francisco will start playing the "We use coins" Bitcoin-promoting video on their seatback monitors.

Part of Bitcoin's appeal is that it is a real-life example of a concept in science fiction: an advanced, universally accepted form of currency.

CryptoCurrent has put its business on hold while it investigates the cost of getting properly licensed.

American actress Roseanne Barr has tweeted cryptic support for Bitcoin.

OKPay - the payment processing company - has told customers it will stop processing bitcoin transactions.

Liberty Reserve, a Costa Rica-based private currency exchange with its own digital currency, has shut down and its founder charged with money laundering.

John Law explores the past week of Bitcoin news, from Rosicrucians and credit unions to overheated hardware and the new generation of swashbucklers.

Canada comes out on top in the number of Bitcoin downloads per capita so far this year, followed by Australia, the UK, the US and Germany.

Rumours suggesting the Chinese government was moving to block Bitcoin related traffic on its networks have been dismissed.

The Seasteading Institute shares many of Bitcoin's ideals.