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Zcash: The Crazy Launch Obfuscates an Interesting Technology

October 31, 2016 by Christoph Bergmann at Altcoins, Bitcoin, Commentary, News

Accompanied by a strong media campaign, the privacy-centric cryptocurrency Zcash launched recently on October 28. The crazy price jumps and crashes drowned out the fact that the launch of Zcash could mark the start of an interesting experiment in cryptocurrencies. After more than three years of talk, research, and development...

Release of Bitcoin Core 0.13.1: Activation Plan for SegWit

October 30, 2016 by Christoph Bergmann at Bitcoin, News, Tech

After a long time of waiting, it finally happens; the release of Bitcoin Core 0.13.1 prepares the activation of Segregated Witness. Since October 27, the new release has been available for download. But the new transaction format will not get activated until late November. In the crazy history of Bitcoin...

Bitfinex Earning Customer’s Confidence Back with BFX Tokens

October 28, 2016 by Nigel Dollentas at Bitcoin, Business, News

Bitfinex announced that on October 27, that some of the largest BFX token holders have agreed to exchange over 20 million BFX tokens for a stake in the Bitfinex exchange. This shows a return in customer confidence in the company, despite only being a little over two months since one...

MGT Capital and Bitmain to Offer McAfee-Branded Bitcoin Mining Pool

October 27, 2016 by Lori Brown at Bitcoin, Business, News

MGT Capital Investments have announced an alliance with Bitmain Technologies Limited, forming a joint venture focusing on opportunities in North America for Bitcoin mining, following the revelation of the company's intention to become one of the world's largest mining operations. Bitmain, based in Beijing, is a top bitcoin hardware manufacturer,...

Airbitz Enables Equity Crowdfunding With Bitcoin Via Wefunder

October 26, 2016 by James Ryan Moreau at Bitcoin, Business, News

The cryptocurrency and blockchain space has grown considerably in the past few years, with heavy investment flowing from both capital investment to a new form of investment called the initial coin offering, or ICO, which is uniquely offered through blockchain companies and their technology. However, a new form of investment...

BitPay Releases Ultra-Secure Bitcoin Wallet Based on Intel’s Technology

October 25, 2016 by Alex Lielacher at Bitcoin, Business, News

Leading bitcoin merchant payment processor BitPay announced that it has launched a new bitcoin wallet, called Copay, which leverages Intel security technologies to provide ultra-secure storage. BitPay has integrated Intel’s Intel® Software Guard Extensions and Intel® Identity Protection Technology with protected transaction display into the Copay bitcoin wallet to provide...

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MIT Envisions ‘Job Signaling’ on Bitcoin’s Blockchain

October 25, 2016 by Jamie Holmes at Bitcoin, News, Tech

Blockcerts, an open infrastructure for academic credentials on the Bitcoin blockchain, announced its launch October 24, which is the result of 12 months of effort to update academic and professional accreditations in line with 21st-century technology. With the Bitcoin blockchain providing a tamper-proof, verifiable record of academic or professional achievement,...

Bitcoin Price Surges as Chinese Miner Conference Concludes

October 23, 2016 by Jamie Holmes at Bitcoin, Commentary, News, Price Analysis

The price of bitcoin jumped sharply on October 22 in response to the conclusion of the biggest ever conference of miners in China, where the participants discussed scaling issues. In the first ever event that included all of the major miners in China, Huang Shiliang, a famous Bitcoin advocate, delivered...

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SEC Delays Winklevoss Bitcoin ETF, Seeks Help From State Street

October 21, 2016 by Joseph Young at Bitcoin, Finance, News

The Securities Exchange Commission has lived up to the community’s expectations once again by delaying the approval of the Winklevoss ETF for additional “public comment,” whereby Gemini has sought the help of State Street to move forward. SolidX, another highly anticipated bitcoin ETF provider which gained serious momentum by granting...

A “Bit” Insecure: IT Security Expert Leonhard Weese Weighs In

October 21, 2016 by Michael Scott at Bitcoin, Interviews, News, Tech

Amid cryptocurrency’s rise in prominence, a major threat to its advancement looms. The relentless rate in which security attacks are occurring. In 2016 alone, these breaches appear to be occurring at an unprecedented rate, many of which are documented here at BTCManager. Arguably, The DAO attack has been the most...

UK Licensed ‘NetBet’ Accepts Bitcoin; Security & Money Laundering

October 21, 2016 by Joseph Young at Bitcoin, Business, News

BitPay announced on October 17 that UK-licensed gambling site NetBet has officially integrated bitcoin for instantaneous deposits, allowing users to place bets on a variety of sporting events. BitPay development and compliance teams worked closely with NetBet in assisting its bitcoin integration, to ensure that the British gambling site stays...

Zcash Futures Reach All-Time High as Genesis Block Nears

October 20, 2016 by Jamie Holmes at Altcoins, Bitcoin, News

With the Zcash currency launch just over one week away on October 28, the team behind the project have shared their vision on how to evolve Zcash as well as the hardware requirements for running the ‘Sprout’ release, allowing anyone to mine the cryptocurrency. Zcash is based on the code...

Block Size Debate Heats Up as SegWit Release Approaches

October 20, 2016 by Joseph Young at Bitcoin, Commentary, News, Tech

As ViaBTC, a major bitcoin mining pool, shifted toward Bitcoin Unlimited and the eventual execution of a hard fork to increase the bitcoin block size by 8 MB, the debate between the supporters of Core solutions and Unlimited has become the main source of attraction for many bitcoin enthusiasts. Bitcoin...

ECB To Toughen Stance on Virtual Currencies

October 19, 2016 by JP Buntinx at Bitcoin, News, Regulation

The European Central Bank (ECB) is not a big fan of virtual money. That is quite an understatement, as the financial institution urges EU regulators to “curb the growth” of virtual money solutions. While there is no indication these pleas will lead to additional regulation in the European Union, it...

Inside Job Theft Cripples Bitheus’ BitXatm Network

October 18, 2016 by James Ryan Moreau at Bitcoin, Business, News

A post from Bitheus' blog, a German-based Bitcoin ATM company, they announced that they had been sabotaged by an employee over an extended period of time. At the time of the announcement on September 21, at least 18 out of more than 30 of the BitXatm Bitcoin ATM’s, also known...

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