Average bitcoiner is young, male and nerdy
Who’s your average bitcoin user? Chances are he’s young, male, geeky and smart. That’s according to demographic research from...
45% of bitcoin exchanges fail, study finds
Investing in bitcoins can be risky. So it’s probably not surprising that starting a bitcoin currency exchange is risky...
Could bitcoin ATMs take currency mainstream?
If a Canadian entrepreneur has his way, we could soon see the bitcoin equivalent of a cash machine gracing...
‘Pirate’ file-sharing sites seek bitcoin booty
A growing number of peer-to-peer file-sharing sites — among them the notorious The Pirate Bay — is starting to...
‘Shock and awe’ DDoS campaign does neither
A much-hyped distributed denial of service (DDoS) attack on several bitcoin exchanges failed to materialize this week. A post...
Volatile bitcoin has limited usefulness, profs say
Bitcoin’s value is likely to remain volatile, which will limit the digital currency’s usefulness, according to a select group...
Argentine bitcoiner tells filmmakers of ‘perfect currency’
Bitcoinfilm.org has released its first short documentary: a look at the bitcoin market in Argentina, where currency controls and...
Butterfly Labs’ Jalapeno aims to spice up bitcoin mining
The ASIC (application-specific integrated circuit) wars are heating up. Butterfly Labs — the US-based company that has been promising...
Alt-currency firm BizX nabs $700k
Bitcoin isn’t the only alternative currency enjoying some momentum and buzz these days. BizX, an 11-year-old company that provides...
Mt Gox CEO on Bitcoin’s future
Mark Karpeles gives a great explanation of how we’re only just at the foot of the Bitcoin mountain. And...
