Sealand to adopt bitcoin?
This may be the first time we've seen a country adopting it as a currency. The Principality of Sealand has expressed an interest in adopting bitcoin.
This may be the first time we've seen a country adopting it as a currency. The Principality of Sealand has expressed an interest in adopting bitcoin.
The following trailer offers a sneak preview of the coming documentatry, "The Rise and Rise of Bitcoin," which is still in production but was previewed at Bitcoin 2013.
Anyone who’s spent more than 12 seconds browsing the Bitcoin forums could be forgiven for concluding that the digital currency is inherently a guy thing.
A new venture that aims to connect Bitcoin technology startups with investors calls itself the "world's first distributed veteran entrepreneur and angel investor group."
Online content delivery is all about speed, but for one content delivery network provider, it's also about keeping developers happy by accepting bitcoin.
CoinDesk sat down with Gavin Andresen, chief scientist for the Bitcoin Foundation and lead developer for the Bitcoin open-source project.
Fancy a little bitcoin wager? Online games are now appearing designed to let people play with bitcoins, in the hope of winning big.
Satoshi Nakamoto remains a mystery, but Ted Nelson has thrown another hat into the ring - a Japanese mathematician - Professor Shinichi Mochizuki.
Whenever he pays for something, be it a stick of gum or a hotel room, investor and entrepreneur Roger Ver asks the same question: "Do you accept bitcoin?"
The Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF) -- an organization focused on global digital rights -- is now accepting donations in bitcoins again.
An ICT recruitment firm based in the Netherlands is offering its employees holiday pay in the form of bitcoins, according to Dutch news sources.
The Coindesk Weekly Review: May 13th-17th. The week kicked off with the news that bitcoin fever had created the world's most powerful computer....
Mobile comms company Gliph is backing Bitcoin - anyone using its mobile applications can now send, and receive, Bitcoins.
Citing legal advice, Bitcoin gaming site SatoshiDice is closing to US players, moving to block all US-based IP addresses from the website.
If you're worried about the centralization of bitcoin exchanges, you might soon be able to start your own for a couple hundred dollars.
So exactly what is in that court order that the US Department of Homeland Security used this week to clamp down on Dwolla-Mt. Gox transactions?
The goal of the Digital Currency Fund is to start providing the resources necessary to fuel the digital currency ecosystem, says Liberty City Ventures.
Are we in the midst of a bitcoin bubble? Perhaps, but that doesn't necessarily mean prices are on the verge of collapse.
Bitcoin is due to change the face of finance, but could have interesting social effects too, according to a leading security researcher.
Cash might not be bitcoin's biggest challenge ... the big battle might come with the launch of closed-source, corporate currencies.
For those for whom just figuring out how to use bitcoins isn't challenge enough, there's now Bitcoin Riddle.
Digital currency has many mysteries. Our man John Law explores them all in this edition of the CoinDesk Weekly Review
A Texas nonprofit that produced the first 3D printed gun -- and raised funds in bitcoins for the project -- has removed the blueprints from its website.
It’s the newest bitcoin exchange and the first to be incubated at a university. BitBox launched with the CEO promising innovation from the get-go.
Mike Caldwell first introduced physical bitcoins for purchase in 2011. He coined the name “Casascius” from an acronym for “call a spade a spade.”
New services aim to help bitcoin traders stay up to date with the digital currency's prices.
Are we ready to take the next step in digital currency? That is, to use the digital medium itself as the measure and store of value, as well as the channel for exchange?
In what was billed as the first open-air marketplace for bitcoin, a small group of traders gathered in a New York City park on Monday to trade the digital currency.
Citing strong interest in the digital currency, London-based options broker anyoption has announced plans to offer bitcoin derivative trading.
Bitcoin has a lot of potential, but it won't end lawsuits, greed, pettiness or other human foibles. Breathe.