Bitcoin: here to stay but not immune from terrible ideas
If you want to say when bitcoin got big, you could do a lot worse than picking this week.
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Nov 22, 2013 at 5:50 p.m. UTC
Nov 22, 2013
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Lock Up Your Lucre, the Best Democracy Bitcoins Can Buy, and Liquid Asset Conversion
John Law advises keeping your bitcoin safe, ponders bitcoin funding for political parties and recommends drinking wine (responsibly).
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Nov 15, 2013 at 6:32 p.m. UTC
Nov 15, 2013
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Bitcoin price could be highway robbery, PayPal's quandary, and how to stop a nasty rumour
John Law is no stranger to hold 'em ups, even cryptocurrency ones.
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Nov 8, 2013 at 5:45 p.m. UTC
Nov 8, 2013
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Big names’ big bitcoin bet, bugs bite bright idea, and forgetful fjord fellow finds fame
Circle receives $9m, a major flaw is detected in Namecoin and a forgetful Norwegian gets rich.
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Nov 1, 2013 at 3:30 p.m. UTC
Nov 1, 2013
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The downside of up, a miner problem, and robot overlords - ahoy!
BTC price increases are not always good, a cryptocurrency arms race approaches, and bitcoin robots will rule the world.
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Oct 25, 2013 at 2:30 p.m. UTC
Oct 25, 2013
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Chinese whispers, Chinese hackers and Chinese goats
John Law examines the impact of recent DDoS attacks, Baidu, and Google Glass on the bitcoin world.
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Oct 18, 2013 at 2:30 p.m. UTC
Oct 18, 2013
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Remote control, rank craziness and revolution 2.0
John Law's week in bitcoin: coffee commerce, Capital One chocolate coins, and UK Silk Road users arrested.
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Oct 11, 2013 at 2:30 p.m. UTC
Oct 11, 2013
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Sex, drugs and racks of beef
Now Silk Road is offline, why not spend your spare bitcoins on ethically farmed beef and erotic bitcoin novels?
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Oct 4, 2013 at 4:53 p.m. UTC
Oct 4, 2013
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Earn it, stash it, fritter it away: bitcoin's role in the journey of life
Do cryptosalaries and bitcoin gambling mirror early hunter-gatherer lifestyles? And how relevant are Dark Wallet's ideals, really?
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Sep 27, 2013 at 3:27 p.m. UTC
Sep 27, 2013
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Anonymous iPhone hacking and bitcoin's three most important letters
As a consensus forms over the ISO code for bitcoin, John Law is perplexed by Apple's lack of wallets.
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Sep 20, 2013 at 4:32 p.m. UTC
Sep 20, 2013