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Mar 31, 2014

Why Everybody Who Doesn’t Hate Bitcoin Loves It https://www.wnyc.org/widgets/ondemand_player/#file=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.wnyc.org%2Faudio%2Fxspf%2F360037%2F;containerClass=wnyc;backgroundColor=%2377B023;downloadedColor=%23bbd891;progressBorderColor=%23bbd891;progressColor=%23ffffff

Dec 10, 2013

To be sure that your Bitcoin wallet really is safe, or if you are using another crypto currency that is not already compiled, you need to download the source code and build it your self. This can be a cumbersome process, with tweaks, fixes and updates to your system. This guide is aimed for an

Dec 10, 2013

Bitcoin investors have had a wild ride over the last week. On Wednesday, the cryptocurrency was trading near $1,200. Then, over the next couple of days, the currency plunged, falling below $600 early Saturday morning. Then the currency rallied, rising to around $900 as this article was posted. Bitcoin skeptics say this illustrates a fatal

Nov 28, 2013

Getty Images It’s an alternative to paper currencies. It can be traded anywhere in the world. It has a limited supply. And it should be a secure haven if financial markets start to crash. That is a fairly accurate description of gold. It is also an accurate description of bitcoin, the digital currency that is gaining

Nov 9, 2013

Jana Vembunarayanan / October 16, 2013 Recently I read an excellent article from Prof. Sanjay Bakshi that appeared in Outlook Business. In this article he writes about the reasons for paying up for quality business like Nestle India. From 1981 to till date this stock returned 32% per annum. At this rate of compounding Rs 1,000

Nov 3, 2013

Why is it important that Bitcoin becomes even more decentralized? One of the main problems with the Bitcoin ecosystem is that although Bitcoin is nominally decentralized, in reality the miners that keep the network running are all running the same piece of core Bitcoin software: bitcoind. Bitcoind is the “headless” (ie. command line only) version of