In February, Bitcoin Magazine reported Google’s preliminary announcement of Android Pay. Now, at the annual Google I/O event on May 28 and 29, Google officially announced its upcoming payment platform and revealed more details. Android Pay isn’t a separate payment app, but an open platform that enables developers to integrate mobile payments into their apps. […]
As the Bitcoin community awaits New York State’s BitLicense regulations, expected to be released today, the debate about regulating digital currencies is in full swing. Director of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) Media Lab Joi Ito recently commented on the need to regulate in an AMA (Ask Me Anything) on Reddit saying: “If we […]
The amount of content created on Taringa has risen by an average 40-50% since the company started tipping its content creators with bitcoin.
SuperNET was founded almost 9 months ago, and in that time has built up the largest collaborative network of digital currency developers and enthusiasts in the world: with over 700 members. Drachmae, its newest entrant offers an unprecedented project to outline a “Blockchain Solution For Greece”. Drachmae’s founder, Lee Grant of Coinstructors, is currently in […]
The NSA’s snooping and collection powers have been halted. Midnight just went, and the NSA lost their illegal powers to spy on US citizens and collect all their information. Rand Paul has been instrumental in protecting the liberty of Americans. The US Courts of Appeal for the 2nd Circuit, based in New York, recently addressed […]
Digital currency startup Ripple Labs has appointed Donald Donahue, former CEO of the Depository Trust & Clearing Corporation (DTCC) as an advisor to the company. DTCC is the main clearing house for US securities and derivatives, processing more than $1.6 quadrillion in transactions per year. In his role as COO and then CEO, Donahue is […]
Crypto Public Notary, a free notary service using the bitcoin block chain to provide digital document provenance, recently launched. Digital document provenance is the ability to prove a document existed at a specific point in time, according to Alex Sherbuck, the creator of Crypto Public Notary. Using an address derived from the cryptographic hash of […]
The following is something we at NewsBTC can relate to. We have great writers and Bitcoin enthusiasts from across the world contributing to our magazine. When it comes to their remunerations, conventional money transfer across borders is a pain. But, we found a solution! Thanks to the evolution of internet and technology, it is now […]
As Bitcoin moves towards becoming a part of the mainstream economy, why should it be any different from the traditional economy? Well, that’s what the scenario looks like in the Bitcoin community. It is a well-known fact that 50% of the whole world’s economy is controlled by the top 1% of the population, similarly 99% of […]
Bitcoin price headed lower today in a $8 sell-off (Bitfinex) catalyzed by the news that Silk Road’s Lars Ulbricht had been sentenced to life imprisonment & OKCoin was dealt another PR blow. This analysis is provided by xbt.social with a 3 hour delay. Read the full analysis here. Not a member? Join now and receive […]