Bitcoin ATM to demo this week at Bitcoin 2013
Robocoin Kiosk, a machine that lets people buy and sell bitcoins, will be demonstrated at the #Bitcoin2013 conference this weekend.
Robocoin Kiosk, a machine that lets people buy and sell bitcoins, will be demonstrated at the #Bitcoin2013 conference this weekend.
Bitcoin companies might think they're smarter than the online gamblers and have better connected investors but US authorities have rules of their own.
An order from the US Department of Homeland Security is preventing Dwolla users from transferring funds to and from the Mt. Gox bitcoin exchange.
Today -- May 15 -- is the deadline for bitcoin miners and merchants to upgrade their bitcoin client or be left out of sync with the rest of the network.
The goal of the Digital Currency Fund is to start providing the resources necessary to fuel the digital currency ecosystem, says Liberty City Ventures.
Google Ventures and China-based IDG Capital Partners place a bet on OpenCoin, the company behind Bitcoin exchange Ripple.
Talking to people who use bitcoin on Silk Road reveals the site is likely not creating criminals.
Californian firm TerraHash is promising customers huge mining rigs using Avalon ASIC chips from designer BitSuncom.
Gamers are able to purchase Steam games using Bitcoins, taking advantage of differences in regional pricing.
Bitcoin London conference will be held July 1st 2013. It is an invitation only event with an expected 200 attendees. CoinDesk readers get a 20% discount.
Police officers, spies and tax collectors from Her Majesty's Revenue and Customs met in London yesterday to discuss approaches to alternative currencies.
Are we in the midst of a bitcoin bubble? Perhaps, but that doesn't necessarily mean prices are on the verge of collapse.
Is the bitcoin network the most powerful distributed computing system -- hence, the most powerful computer, period -- on Earth?
As the bitcoin economy attracts increasing attention from regulators, it's fitting that one business now accepting the digital currency is a law firm.
Bitcoin is due to change the face of finance, but could have interesting social effects too, according to a leading security researcher.
Amazon has handed 500 "Amazon Coins" to each of its US-based Kindle Fire customers.
A team of software developers is releasing a new bitcoin client, designed as an alternative to the original software that implemented the Bitcoin protocol.
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
An aggrieved user has started a petition to force Apple to approve bitcoin wallet applications for its shiny iPhones.
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.
As interest in bitcoin grows, so too does the number of Twitter accounts related to the digital currency.
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.
California-based Gyft, a digital gift card platform serving the US, announced it has partnered with BitPay to accept bitcoin payments from customers.
Mike Caldwell first introduced physical bitcoins for purchase in 2011. He coined the name “Casascius” from an acronym for “call a spade a spade.”
Bitcoin isn't the only form of electronic money being mined, traded and spent these days.
New services aim to help bitcoin traders stay up to date with the digital currency's prices.
Neither Dropbox nor bitcoin has been around for even a decade yet, but fans of the cloud-based storage site and the digital currency are eagerly pushing for the young twosome to get together.
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?