CoinDesk’s inaugural event – Consensus 2015 – is taking place at the TimesCenter in New York today. Find out what’s happening right now with our live blog below and find out what’s coming next with our conference agenda. Live image via Shutterstock Consensus 2015 Previous Article Funding Raised by Bitcoin Hardware Wallet ‘Case’ Reaches… Next Article Bitcoin-to-Cash App Abra Raises $12 Million Series A Related Stories Feature Sep 10, 2015 at 11:00 | Pete Rizzo Digital Currency Crimes Chief: DOJ Has No Bitcoin Agenda DOJ Digital Currency Crimes Coordinator Kathryn Haun discusses the common ground her agency shares with innovators in bitcoin and blockchain. News Sep 10, 2015 at 00:50 | CoinDesk Blockchain Insurance Solution Wins Consensus 2015…
Alex Charfen www.BitcoinWallet.com Buyer Speaks Out On Rumored Sale To Merck & Co., Inc. Written By: Patrick ‘PK’ McDonnell I had written an article earlier today on the discovery of the possible change in ownership of www.BitcoinWallet.com from Austin, Texas, Entreprenuer Alex Charfen to Merck & Co., Inc. I received the below message from ‘Alex Charfen’ himself after publishing; Alex Charfen • 2 hours ago “You should have reached out and verified rather than share lame opinions based on a broken site. I have nothing to do with Merck, next time if you are going to write an article maybe minimal investigation – like a message through Facebook, LinkedIn, or Twitter, I’m available on all three. Instead you’ve…
Silk Road Drug Bazaar Gave Bitcoin & The TOR Project A Bad Name! Written By: Patrick ‘PK’ McDonnell Jon Bon Jovi said it best in 1986, “You give love a bad name (bad name), you give lovvvvvve a bad nammmmmme…..” Well it’s late 2015, the aftermath of Silk Road’s use of Bitcoin & The TOR Project for crimes created a subliminal mainstream rejection in many minds dismissing Bitcoin as a criminal tool while TOR is for the dark world hacker with no use to everyday internet users. Yet these 2 tools are the solution to many problems we face in a world of ever-changing technology with a record increase in identity fraud & theft. Ross Ulbricht & Silk Road definitely increased the mainstream growth of Bitcoin/TOR….
Day one of the CoinDesk Consensus 2015 Makeathon brought together more than 60 developers, industry experts and students with the goal of developing new solutions using blockchain tech. Held at New York-based co-working space General Assembly and sponsored by Braintree, Chain, Coinbase and KeepKey, the two-day event involves 16 teams competing to win $5,000 in cash or a digital currency of their choosing. The teams are focused on solutions for financial inclusion or financial infrastructure, with interesting early solutions emerging. At the end of the morning’s brainstorming session, teams had already committed to work projects as diverse as an open accounting protocol and microlending solutions for rural communities. As explained by Citi senior vice…
I am a serial Bitcoin, Blockchain & Cryptocurrency internet domain investor with a portfolio of over 100 unique handles that I have parked or are up for auction with my host for investment purposes only [buy low/sell high], “The American way as they say.” I got involved in this sector after reading an article that stated, ‘www.BitcoinWallet.com sold for $250K USD to Austin, Texas, entrepreneur Alex Charfin’. I was intrigued & decided to research this a little more on my own. In the article Alex Charfin was apprehensive in announcing his reasons for the purchase or intentions of future use of the site which made me suspicious? I did a complete domain records search of www.BitcoinWallet.com & came up with nothing. But the crypto…
Roger Ver Q&A | ‘The Most Focused Man In Bitcoin’ Talks Comparative Advantage Written By: Patrick ‘PK’ McDonnell Roger Ver aka Bitcoin Jesus is a very rare case study when evaluating the future economic environment of Bitcoin & it’s underlying technology called, ‘The Blockchain or Blockchain Technology‘. I’m an advid learner of many pioneers who spearheaded cryptocurrency in distinctive ways, to name a few… Erik Voorhees, Nick Szabo, Roger Ver & Satoshi Nakamoto. However, I remain unbiased in my opinions of each community member & agree to disagree at times with each. NEWSBTC reached out to Roger Ver & had a unique opportunity to pick the brain of ‘The Most Focused Man In…