Bitcoin All Time High Chart

The post Bitcoin All Time High Chart appeared first on 99 Bitcoins. As Bitcoin is racing to a new all time high we’ve added a cool new feature that tracks the all time high values of the currency. If you want to look at different time intervals look at the tabs below. The first tab […]

The Status of the ‘Hong Kong Hard Fork’: An Update

Last February, in the midst of Bitcoin’s long-lasting block size dispute, a group of Bitcoin Core developers, Bitcoin miners, and representatives from the Bitcoin industry met in Hong Kong. Sealing their position with a signed letter, the attendees agreed to run only Bitcoin Core-compatible consensus software for the “foreseeable future.” This avoided a potential hard fork as […]

Op-Ed: China’s Mining Subsidies Create Tension With Free Trade Rules

If the only tool you have is a hammer, it’s tempting to treat everything as a nail. Thus, most people in the technically-oriented Bitcoin community treat the specter of mining centralization as a problem to be solved chiefly by technical means. However, a substantial cause of mining centralization is Chinese government policy, which distorts the […]

Bitcoin Transactions and American Taxation: An Interview With Daniel Winters

The rise of bitcoin and other forms of digital currency is fueling a wealth of questions about tax enforcement: what sort of tax treatment guidelines exist for digital currencies? How are tax reporting agencies responding to the large number of digital currencies that now exist worldwide? To what extent is virtual money being used for […]

iPayYou is Bringing Bitcoin to Amazon

Is it fair to say that Amazon and bitcoin have had a rocky relationship? While major selling-havens like Overstock.com have been quick to embrace the digital currency’s stamina, the same cannot be said about Amazon. Bitcoin payments have never been advocated or accepted through the online mega-platform, but it looks as though things are changing. […]

Free Ross-A-Thon on December 4 to Support Ulbricht’s Appeal

The cryptocurrency community is still trying its best to stand behind one of their own. Ross Ulbricht, better known within the cryptocurrency and deep web circles as Dread Pirate Roberts was the person behind one of the most successful deep web marketplaces — Silk Road. Ross Ulbricht was arrested for his role in promoting the […]

Bitcoin Price Watch; Here We Go!

In the words of someone I can’t remember… Here we go! The bitcoin price has run up throughout the majority of both the European and the US sessions on Tuesday, and our long awaited target of 800 flat, the key psychological resistance that should bring about some considerable upside follow through if it’s broken, is […]