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Total Bitcoin value passes $1 billion – The Verge

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Total Bitcoin value passes $1 billion
The Verge
The milestone comes as the total number of Bitcoins nears 11 million and represents a huge jump from the record value of $32 recorded just one month ago. At the time of writing, the currency's market capitalization has dipped back below the billion ...
Bitcoin VC explains $1B valuationUpstart (blog)
As Bitcoin Becomes Billion Dollar Market America Moves For CrackdownFiredoglake
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Opposing Views -The Market Oracle
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BitFetch Debuts BitCoin-Powered Anonymous BitTorrent Downloads – TorrentFreak

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BitFetch Debuts BitCoin-Powered Anonymous BitTorrent Downloads
TorrentFreak
A new privacy-conscious file-sharing service is aiming to bring the power of BitCoin and BitTorrent together in one neat package, with some added extras. Offering high-speed remote transfers, BitFetch keeps BitTorrent users anonymous and helps them cut ...

Bitcoin VC explains $1B valuation – Upstart (blog)

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Bitcoin VC explains $1B valuation
Upstart (blog)
The virtual currency Bitcoin reached a total market valuation of $1 billion Thursday, and today Adam Draper, the founder of Boost VC, which backs bitcoin-related startups and others, published five reasons why this crypto-currency market has reached ...
As Bitcoin Becomes Billion Dollar Market America Moves For CrackdownFiredoglake
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Bitcoin: The Digital Kill SwitchThe Market Oracle

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Intro to Bitcoin: What It Is, And Why Everyone’s Talking About It – TechnoBuffalo

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Intro to Bitcoin: What It Is, And Why Everyone's Talking About It
TechnoBuffalo
Those who are familiar with Bitcoin know that it's a highly sought-after form of tech-driven money. It is an open-source, peer-to-peer virtual currency that exists purely in digital form, which means there is no direct offline equivalent. That's not to ...

As Bitcoin Becomes Billion Dollar Market America Moves For Crackdown – Firedoglake

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As Bitcoin Becomes Billion Dollar Market America Moves For Crackdown
Firedoglake
The bitcoin market has officially crossed the billion dollar mark. It was a mere two years ago that bitcoins were introduced as an alternative currency to those controlled by States. Bitcoins are decentralized and digital using peer to peer technology ...

Does the Internet Depend on the Survival of Bitcoin? – Huffington Post (blog)

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Does the Internet Depend on the Survival of Bitcoin?
Huffington Post (blog)
We can see the growth pattern for adoption of this new virtual money take off in places where there is financial stress. In Cyprus, people were desperate to obtain as many bitcoins as they could ahead of deposit confiscations. In Cyprus and other EU ...

Bitcoin Exchange Mt. Gox Targeted by Cyber Attack – Fox Business

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Bitcoin Exchange Mt. Gox Targeted by Cyber Attack
Fox Business
Just as Bitcoin explodes beyond the $1 billion mark thanks to Europe's debt crisis, the emerging virtual currency was dealt a setback this week after a key exchange was hit by a powerful cyber attack that caused delays. Coupled with other recent ...
Bitcoin exchange faces DDoS, even as the digital currency surgesComputerworld
Bitcoin Under Attack? Dwolla & Mt. Gox Both Hit With DDoS Attacks OvernightSiliconANGLE (blog)

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Bitcoin Exchange Mt. Gox Targeted by Cyber Attack – Fox Business

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Bitcoin Exchange Mt. Gox Targeted by Cyber Attack
Fox Business
Just as Bitcoin explodes beyond the $1 billion mark thanks to Europe's debt crisis, the emerging virtual currency was dealt a setback this week after a key exchange was hit by a powerful cyber attack that caused delays. Coupled with other recent ...
Major Bitcoin exchange slammed with denial of service attack as the currency ...PCWorld (blog)
Bitcoin Under Attack? Dwolla & Mt. Gox Both Hit With DDoS Attacks OvernightSiliconANGLE (blog)

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Bitcoin, the Currency of Anarchy – The American Conservative (blog)

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Bitcoin, the Currency of Anarchy
The American Conservative (blog)
Soon, whether via Bitcoin or whatever comes next, it will be possible to strip banking away from bankers, and money away from governments. Anecdotally, many suggest that the recent surges in Bitcoin value have had a lot to do with the seizing of bank ...