About Author: Christie Harkin

Bitcoin Foundation Announces New Executive Director

June 20, 2016 by Christie Harkin at News

The Bitcoin Foundation has a new Executive Director. Llew Claasen, managing partner at Newtown Partners, a venture capital firm based in Cape Town, South Africa, will take the reins from outgoing director, Bruce Fenton who has served in that volunteer position since April of 2015. The announcement was made this...

ChinaLedger Alliance Heralds New Era of Blockchain R&D in China

April 28, 2016 by Christie Harkin at Business, News, Regulation, Tech

With its presence in the Bitcoin mining industry firmly established, China has now taken a bold step forward, gaining a foothold in the territory of blockchain research and development. On the evening of April 19 at the Third Internet Finance Global Summit in Beijing, Bai Shuo, former chief engineer of...

Much Ado About Nothing: The “Rivalry” Between Ethereum and Bitcoin

April 2, 2016 by Christie Harkin at Commentary, Interviews, News, Tech

Everyone knows that the media loves a good, blazing brawl; but oftentimes, where they seem to smell smoke, there is no actual fire. This past week has seen a number of articles in the mainstream media that seem to pit Ethereum against Bitcoin and visa versa. With headlines like "Ethereum...

Feature Interview: Stephan Tual on Slock.it and “The Mother of All DAOs”

March 25, 2016 by Christie Harkin at Business, Interviews, News, Tech

The Slock.it team has a bold vision of the future. Not only is it on a mission to integrate smart contract technology as part of every day items, but it is helping to create the Distributed Autonomous Organization (DAO) that could potentially fund that mission. Stephan Tual, Slock.it’s co-founder and...

“Learn. Apply. Grow:” Toronto to Host Blockchain Training Conference

March 15, 2016 by Christie Harkin at Business, News, Tech

As blockchain technology continues to hold a leading role in the interest of financial companies and institutions, getting the proper training and understanding more about the technology is advantageous for professionals who want to become involved with either bitcoin or distributed ledgers. A Blockchain Training Conference will be held from June...

Coinsecure Adds Personal Touch to Wallets with Netki’s Name Service

March 9, 2016 by Christie Harkin at Business, News, Tech

Coinsecure has added another user-friendly feature to its popular wallet: Netki's Wallet Name Service. Now customers can create personalized wallet names to use instead of a 32-character public wallet address. Twenty years ago, Netki's founder, Justin Newton, was among the early Internet pioneers who contributed to its infrastructure and helped...

“The Biggest One Yet” – Core Releases Version 0.12.0

February 23, 2016 by Christie Harkin at News, Tech

This has been a banner week for Bitcoin Core. Days after the highly publicized Bitcoin Roundtable Consensus, Version 0.12.0 featuring libsecp256k1 was released today in accordance with the Bitcoin Core release schedule. Touted as “the biggest one yet” on the Bitcoin Core website, this major release includes 22 improvements. Here...

Armory Project in Flux as Alan Reiner Bows Out

February 4, 2016 by Christie Harkin at News, Tech

Alan Reiner, the engineering pioneer behind cold storage wallets, announced that he is leaving Armory and that the project is ended. “Ultimately, Armory as a business was not managed well. We didn't raise money when we should have, and the Bitcoin space was not ready for the tech we produced...

Bitcoin Foundation Ends Tumultuous 2015 with New Mission, New Board Members

December 23, 2015 by Christie Harkin at News

The past year has been one of upheaval for the Bitcoin Foundation. In February, it held a contentious election, fraught with technical difficulties. Last week, the two new individual members who earned seats in that election, Jim Harper and Olivier Janssens, were compelled to give up those seats. On December...

Last Minute Holiday Gift Ideas for Bitcoiners

December 16, 2015 by Christie Harkin at Business, Entertainment, News

Take a look at the calendar - it’s the middle of December! If you celebrate any sort of gift-giving holiday this month, you are running out of time to order the perfect gift for the bitcoiner in your life (or to hint at what you’d like to receive from family...