Could The Value Of One Satoshi Ever Be At $1?

I was having a chat with one of my friends, to whom I have introduced bitcoin lately, and he said “Bitcoin has a limited number of coins, so it can’t grow to be one of the world’s top currencies”, I answered him that Nakomoto designed bitcoin so that it has 100,000,000 units, which he named […]

OKCoin: Ponzi Schemes Target Chinese Bitcoin Investors

Earlier this month, bitcoin had one of its best weeks since August 2014, as the price of bitcoin peaked US$500 in international exchanges, including OKCoin, BTCC, BitFinex and Bitstamp. However, bitcoin price immediately began to plummet, falling back down to US$356 at today’s low, recording a nearly 30% decline since its peak on November 5. […]

Is the NSA Using Zero-Day Exploits before Reporting Them?

According to the NSA, it will report zero-day security vulnerabilities to software vendors “9 out of 10 times.” The other 10% of the time, it won’t say what it does with them, but it does say there are times when the military and national security benefits outweigh the benefit to disclosing vulnerabilities to vendors. The […]

Financial Times Writer Calls Bitcoin A "Pyramid Scheme"

Dan McCrum was only mostly wrong in his factual assertions about Bitcoin recently. It was a bit sad to see someone demonstrate such little actual understanding, but deliver such an offensive opinion about Bitcoin. To his credit, McCrum did interview at least one mining pool operator for his article, but nevertheless managed to even get […]

Beginner’s Guide to the Best VPN Services in 2016

The post Beginner’s Guide to the Best VPN Services in 2016 appeared first on 99 Bitcoins. Recently we’ve published one of our most popular posts ever titled “How to access the Darknet in under 2 minutes“. If you don’t want to go through the whole post here it is in a nutshell: download TOR Use […]

The Chinese Bitcoin Exchange Landscape – Interview with Jeremy Cho from LakeBTC

Lately, Bitcoin has been gaining momentum while the trading volumes have been growing like never before. Currently, China is leading the digital currency exchange Industry by having one of the largest concentrations of cryptocurrency exchanges and where the highest bitcoin trading volumes can be found. Most of the Chinese Bitcoin exchanges have large trading volumes. […]

Bitcoin Price Weekly Analysis: Price Falls Back to 380, BTC Exchanges Unable to Pinpoint Reasons

Bitcoin has had one of its best weeks since August 2014, peaking US$500 per bitcoin on November 5, reaching a new yearly high and attracting the interest of high profile Chinese investors and well-established financial institutions. However, the bitcoin price quickly depreciated as it surpassed US$500 in most Chinese exchanges including Huobi and BTC China, […]