Tag Archives: Financial cryptography

The Rise and Rise of Bitcoin Movie Paints Rosy Picture

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Two brothers from Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, Nicholas and Daniel Mross, are the director and star, respectively, of the first Bitcoin documentary to hit the big screen, getting its premiere at the...

Could ‘Multisig’ Help Bring Consumer Protection to Bitcoin Transactions?

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The bitcoin world, which has never been dull, is getting even more interesting with the growth of multi-signature approaches—called “multisig”—for authorizing transactions. This has the potential to...

Warren Buffett Says Bitcoin Is ‘A Mirage;’ Why Marc Andreessen Thinks He’s Wrong

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Earlier this month, famed dealmaker Warren Buffett warned investors to stay away from Bitcoin, calling it “a mirage,” saying that, while it may be a better way of transmitting money, the “idea that...

Hackers Hit Mt. Gox Exchange’s CEO, Claim To Publish Evidence Of Fraud

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The Bitcoin community has been angrily pressing for details on what the Bitcoin exchange Mt. Gox has described as a massive hacker attack that stole hundreds of millions of dollars worth of its users...

Bitcoin’s Keyser Söze Revealed?

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The controversy roiling the Bitcoin community continues with the outing and then cloaking of the man fingered by Newsweek as Bitcoin’s Louis Pasteur. But the unassuming Dorian S. Nakamoto, a...

A Bitcoin founder? Man denies any involvement in the virtual currency

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A Japanese-American living peacefully in Temple City, California is believed to be legendary founder of Bitcoin. 64-year old Dorian Satoshi Nakamoto made headlines yesterday after Newsweek published...

AP Exclusive: Man denies he’s Bitcoin founder

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LOS ANGELES (AP) — The man Newsweek claims is the founder of Bitcoin denied he had anything to do with the digital currency. In an exclusive two-hour interview with The Associated Press, Dorian...

Bitcoin Community Responds To Satoshi Nakamoto’s Outing With Disbelief, Anger, Fascination

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It’s been nearly three years since anyone involved with Bitcoin heard from Satoshi Nakamoto, the inventor of the cryptocurrency that has created fortunes and changed lives. Now it seems that Nakamoto...