Carrie Kirby

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Carrie Kirby is a Bay Area freelance reporter with years of experience writing about technology. She helped cover the dot-com boom and bust for the San Francisco Chronicle, and nowadays contributes to the Chronicle, The Chicago Tribune, San Francisco magazine and other publications. Carrie also has a passion for helping moms save money and for car-free living.

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A Lamassu bitcoin ATM
Lamassu, RoboCoin Bitcoin ATMs show their stuff in San Jose #Bitcoin2013
Two machines for changing dollars to bitcoins were on the show floor at the Bitcoin 2013 show in San Jose.
A Lamassu bitcoin ATM
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Tuur Demeester: Bitcoin still a great investment #Bitcoin2013
Even at today's prices ($120.50 as of mid-day on May 19), Bitcoin remains a very good investment, says MacroTrends publisher Tuur Demeester.
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Bitcoin Non Profits Bitcoin 2013
Liberty-focused non-profits find a friend in Bitcoin #Bitcoin2013
Representatives from three non-profits that accept donations in bitcoins say their groups' freedom- and peace-focused missions mesh with the Bitcoin ethos.
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Bitcoin Fund Logo
Bitcoin Fund aims to make bitcoin investing easy #Bitcoin2013
What's the Bitcoin Fund? It's an investment fund in which every share costs one bitcoin.
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Economists wrestle with Bitcoin's 'narrative problem' #Bitcoin2013
Amazon's new "Coins" are gimmicky, said panelists in a session on the economics of Bitcoin at the Bitcoin 2013 conference in San Jose on Saturday.
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Bitcoin 2013 Business Challenges Panel
BitPay, Foodler, Paymium execs talk bitcoin challenges #Bitcoin2013
How have early-adopting bitcoin merchants overcome stumbling blocks in doing business with a digital currency?
Bitcoin 2013 Business Challenges Panel
Buying with bitcoins at Bitcoin 2013
How to buy Bitcoin 2013 stuff ... with bitcoins, of course #Bitcoin2013
During the lunch hour at Bitcoin2013, Tony Rousmaniere of Fairbanks, Alaska, walked up to the BitPay booth & asked to buy a few copies of Bitcoin Magazine.
Buying with bitcoins at Bitcoin 2013
Bitcoin 2013 Regulatory Panel
Regulatory compliance a high-stakes 'must' for bitcoin businesses #Bitcoin2013
At the Bitcoin 2013 show in San Jose today, a panel of businesspeople and attorneys addressed the knotty regulatory challenges faced by bitcoin businesses.
Bitcoin 2013 Regulatory Panel
Roger Ver at Bitcoin2013
Roger Ver tells bitcoiners, 'Spread the word' #Bitcoin2013
Whenever he pays for something, be it a stick of gum or a hotel room, investor and entrepreneur Roger Ver asks the same question: "Do you accept bitcoin?"
Roger Ver at Bitcoin2013
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Bitcoin 2013 to draw 1,000, and the Winklevii, to San Jose this weekend
More than 1,000 Bitcoin community members will descend on Silicon Valley this weekend for the first major US summit on the digital currency.
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