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Is the rise of Bitcoin more like the Segway or the PC? – Deseret News


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Is the rise of Bitcoin more like the Segway or the PC?
Deseret News
Bitcoin is, in short, the digital currency and platform that may or may not be taking the world by storm. It has been the subject of online public debate since it was first released in 2009. But this week, The Atlantic’s Matthew O’Brien entered the
No, Bitcoin isn’t the Segway of currenciesWashington Post (blog)

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Deseret News

Is the rise of Bitcoin more like the Segway or the PC?
Deseret News
Bitcoin is, in short, the digital currency and platform that may or may not be taking the world by storm. It has been the subject of online public debate since it was first released in 2009. But this week, The Atlantic's Matthew O'Brien entered the ...
No, Bitcoin isn't the Segway of currenciesWashington Post (blog)

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3 Must-Learn Lessons From Bitcoin’s Surge – Motley Fool

3 Must-Learn Lessons From Bitcoin’s Surge
Motley Fool
Bitcoin has become a global financial phenomenon, soaring from under $1 less than three years ago to nearly $850 recently. But even if you’ve missed out on the Bitcoin craze, it’s not too late to get valuable insight about the digital currency. In the

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3 Must-Learn Lessons From Bitcoin's Surge
Motley Fool
Bitcoin has become a global financial phenomenon, soaring from under $1 less than three years ago to nearly $850 recently. But even if you've missed out on the Bitcoin craze, it's not too late to get valuable insight about the digital currency. In the ...

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The Surprising Bitcoin Connection Between Silk Road And Satoshi Nakamoto – Forbes


NPR (blog)

The Surprising Bitcoin Connection Between Silk Road And Satoshi Nakamoto
Forbes
It’s not surprising that there is a Bitcoin connection between the Silk Road website and Satoshi Nakamoto of course. One is the inventor of the crypto-currency and the other is a site that used it as the medium of exchange. So, as I say, not all that
For Bitcoin, a successful charm offensive on the HillWashington Post
Value of virtual currency bitcoin skyrocketsSouth China Morning Post
A Bitcoin Insider On Crime, Congress And Satoshi NakamotoNPR (blog)
MarketWatch (blog) –MINING.com –Motley Fool
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NPR (blog)

The Surprising Bitcoin Connection Between Silk Road And Satoshi Nakamoto
Forbes
It's not surprising that there is a Bitcoin connection between the Silk Road website and Satoshi Nakamoto of course. One is the inventor of the crypto-currency and the other is a site that used it as the medium of exchange. So, as I say, not all that ...
For Bitcoin, a successful charm offensive on the HillWashington Post
Value of virtual currency bitcoin skyrocketsSouth China Morning Post
A Bitcoin Insider On Crime, Congress And Satoshi NakamotoNPR (blog)
MarketWatch (blog) -MINING.com -Motley Fool
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5 Amazing Things You Can Do With 1 Bitcoin – Motley Fool

5 Amazing Things You Can Do With 1 Bitcoin
Motley Fool
Puff Daddy rapped about “the Benjamins” because U.S. currency is great for purchasing the things we want — Cristal, diamonds, Versace, suits…. you know, the necessities. But when it comes to the digital currency Bitcoin, one of the big questions has

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5 Amazing Things You Can Do With 1 Bitcoin
Motley Fool
Puff Daddy rapped about "the Benjamins" because U.S. currency is great for purchasing the things we want -- Cristal, diamonds, Versace, suits.... you know, the necessities. But when it comes to the digital currency Bitcoin, one of the big questions has ...

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Here’s What Bitcoin Gets Right – Business Insider

Here’s What Bitcoin Gets Right
Business Insider
Bitcoin gives file-sharing a brilliant twist. In essence, it has created “a decentralized virtual currency that uses a peer-to-peer consensus system to confirm and verify transactions,” two researchers at the Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis concluded


Here's What Bitcoin Gets Right
Business Insider
Bitcoin gives file-sharing a brilliant twist. In essence, it has created “a decentralized virtual currency that uses a peer-to-peer consensus system to confirm and verify transactions,” two researchers at the Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis concluded ...

Bitcoins: Widely known and widely misunderstood – Los Angeles Times


Los Angeles Times

Bitcoins: Widely known and widely misunderstood
Los Angeles Times
You’ve probably heard of bitcoins. They’re a virtual currency, meaning they exist nowhere but on a network of ledgered accounts owned by people all over the world. The system is decentralized, so it’s not under the control of any government or


Los Angeles Times

Bitcoins: Widely known and widely misunderstood
Los Angeles Times
You've probably heard of bitcoins. They're a virtual currency, meaning they exist nowhere but on a network of ledgered accounts owned by people all over the world. The system is decentralized, so it's not under the control of any government or ...

Bitcoin isn’t ready for popular consumption, and it may never be. – CNBC.com


Business Insider

Bitcoin isn’t ready for popular consumption, and it may never be.
CNBC.com
Bitcoin gives file-sharing a brilliant twist. In essence, it has created “a decentralized virtual currency that uses a peer-to-peer consensus system to confirm and verify transactions,” two researchers at the Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis concluded
The Rise Of Bitcoin: Is It A Solution Or Menace?Business Insider
Answers to Bitcoin questionsThe Columbian
Should You Invest in Bitcoin?AllThingsD
The Hindu –Daily Camera
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Business Insider

Bitcoin isn't ready for popular consumption, and it may never be.
CNBC.com
Bitcoin gives file-sharing a brilliant twist. In essence, it has created "a decentralized virtual currency that uses a peer-to-peer consensus system to confirm and verify transactions," two researchers at the Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis concluded ...
The Rise Of Bitcoin: Is It A Solution Or Menace?Business Insider
Answers to Bitcoin questionsThe Columbian
Should You Invest in Bitcoin?AllThingsD
The Hindu -Daily Camera
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Bitcoin may never be ready for popular consumption – Economic Times

Economic TimesBitcoin may never be ready for popular consumptionEconomic TimesHigh-risk experiment though it may be, bitcoin embodies an elegant and disruptive technology. It uses file-sharing, the peer-to-peer computer innovation that spawned early mu…


Economic Times

Bitcoin may never be ready for popular consumption
Economic Times
High-risk experiment though it may be, bitcoin embodies an elegant and disruptive technology. It uses file-sharing, the peer-to-peer computer innovation that spawned early music services like Napster, Kazaa and LimeWire. ET SPECIAL: Save precious time ...

Value of virtual currency bitcoin skyrockets – South China Morning Post

Value of virtual currency bitcoin skyrocketsSouth China Morning PostThe bitcoin bulls went on the charge last week, sending the price for one unit of the virtual currency towards the US$1,000 landmark after American lawmakers showed a willingness to le…


Value of virtual currency bitcoin skyrockets
South China Morning Post
The bitcoin bulls went on the charge last week, sending the price for one unit of the virtual currency towards the US$1,000 landmark after American lawmakers showed a willingness to lend legitimacy to digital cash. A US Senate hearing put bitcoin ...

Rise of Bitcoin: Is the digital currency a solution or a menace? (+video) – Christian Science Monitor


Christian Science Monitor

Rise of Bitcoin: Is the digital currency a solution or a menace? (+video)
Christian Science Monitor
Celine Sotelo “likes to be on the cutting edge,” so she was intrigued when a friend this summer touted the virtues of a new kind of money called Bitcoin. She downloaded the software that would allow her family-owned floral shop/cafe to accept BTC, as
Bitcoin isn’t ready for popular consumption, and it may never be.CNBC.com
Answers to Bitcoin questionsThe Columbian
Should You Invest in Bitcoin?AllThingsD
South China Morning Post –Daily Camera
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Christian Science Monitor

Rise of Bitcoin: Is the digital currency a solution or a menace? (+video)
Christian Science Monitor
Celine Sotelo "likes to be on the cutting edge," so she was intrigued when a friend this summer touted the virtues of a new kind of money called Bitcoin. She downloaded the software that would allow her family-owned floral shop/cafe to accept BTC, as ...
Bitcoin isn't ready for popular consumption, and it may never be.CNBC.com
Answers to Bitcoin questionsThe Columbian
Should You Invest in Bitcoin?AllThingsD
South China Morning Post -Daily Camera
all 21 news articles »

A Bitcoin Puzzle: Heads, It’s Excitement. Tails, It’s Anxiety. – New York Times


Christian Science Monitor

A Bitcoin Puzzle: Heads, It’s Excitement. Tails, It’s Anxiety.
New York Times
Even its advocates have been raising red flags. As Patrick Murck, general counsel for the Bitcoin Foundation, a nonprofit devoted to “fostering the bitcoin ecosystem,” acknowledged in a Senate hearing last week, “It’s very much still an experimental
Rise of Bitcoin: Is the digital currency a solution or a menace?Christian Science Monitor
Should You Invest in Bitcoin?Wall Street Journal
Bitcoiners announce virtual shopping deals for Bitcoin Black FridayThe Verge
Motley Fool –PCWorld –Wired
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Christian Science Monitor

A Bitcoin Puzzle: Heads, It's Excitement. Tails, It's Anxiety.
New York Times
Even its advocates have been raising red flags. As Patrick Murck, general counsel for the Bitcoin Foundation, a nonprofit devoted to “fostering the bitcoin ecosystem,” acknowledged in a Senate hearing last week, “It's very much still an experimental ...
Rise of Bitcoin: Is the digital currency a solution or a menace?Christian Science Monitor
Should You Invest in Bitcoin?Wall Street Journal
Bitcoiners announce virtual shopping deals for Bitcoin Black FridayThe Verge
Motley Fool -PCWorld -Wired
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how Bitcoin charmed Washington – Washington Post (blog)

how Bitcoin charmed WashingtonWashington Post (blog)After all, Bitcoin first came to mainstream attention in 2011 when Gawker reported on Silk Road, an anonymous online marketplace that allowed users to purchase a wide variety of illegal drugs with Bit…


how Bitcoin charmed Washington
Washington Post (blog)
After all, Bitcoin first came to mainstream attention in 2011 when Gawker reported on Silk Road, an anonymous online marketplace that allowed users to purchase a wide variety of illegal drugs with Bitcoin. Sen. Chuck Schumer (D-N.Y.) denounced the site ...

Q1 2014 Grant Deadline and Proposal Guidelines

We are excited to announce our next grant deadline: March 1, 2014. Grant Submission Process To be considered for a grant, please submit a proposal in writing to the foundation with the following information: Brief overview of your proposal:  Explain how your proposal furthers the Foundation’s mission to standardize, protect, and promote bitcoin. Needs assessment: […]

We are excited to announce our next grant deadline: March 1, 2014.

Grant Submission Process

To be considered for a grant, please submit a proposal in writing to the foundation with the following information:

  • Brief overview of your proposal:  Explain how your proposal furthers the Foundation’s mission to standardize, protect, and promote bitcoin.
  • Needs assessment: Objectively address specific situation, opportunity, problem, issue, or need your proposal addresses.
  • Goals/objectives: Provide a succinct description of the proposed project outcome and accomplishments, including your overall goal(s) and specific objectives or ways in which you will meet the goal(s).
  • Methodology: Describe the process to be used to achieve the outcome and accomplishments, the impact of your proposed activities, how they will benefit the community and who will carry out the activities.  Provide a time frame for your project and long-term strategies for ongoing maintenance of the project.
  • Estimated costs/budget: Clearly delineate costs to be met by the Foundation.  (Note: Grants will be awarded in BTC.)
  • Qualifications: Describe applicant qualifications for funding including credentials of the applying company and/or key individuals involved.

As a requirement of accepting a grant, grantees will be required to make regular updates on progress to the Board of Directors.

Submit your proposal by email to [email protected].  Award decisions will be made within 4-6 weeks of submission deadline.  If you have questions, please let us know.  We look forward to hearing your ideas!

Sponsorship Award (Q3 Grant): Bitnodes.io

We are excited to announce that Addy Yeow, developer of http://getaddr.bitnodes.io/, is the recipient of a sponsorship award from the Bitcoin Foundation as part of our Q3 grant process.  The Bitnodes site performs real-time estimation of the size of the Bitcoin network by leveraging its existing protocol.  This offers significant value to the core developers […]

We are excited to announce that Addy Yeow, developer of http://getaddr.bitnodes.io/, is the recipient of a sponsorship award from the Bitcoin Foundation as part of our Q3 grant process.  The Bitnodes site performs real-time estimation of the size of the Bitcoin network by leveraging its existing protocol.  This offers significant value to the core developers in planning or proposing major protocol changes.  The sponsorship awarded to Addy will be ongoing to support further development of the site.

Congratulations, Addy!

Bitcoin FAQ: 7 semi-clear answers to your questions – Christian Science Monitor


Christian Science Monitor

Bitcoin FAQ: 7 semi-clear answers to your questions
Christian Science Monitor
Bitcoin is virtual cash that can be used among friends or between customers and merchants – anywhere ordinary money is spent or exchanged. It exists as digital information rather than physical money: Each bitcoin is a string of mathematically generated 

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Christian Science Monitor

Bitcoin FAQ: 7 semi-clear answers to your questions
Christian Science Monitor
Bitcoin is virtual cash that can be used among friends or between customers and merchants – anywhere ordinary money is spent or exchanged. It exists as digital information rather than physical money: Each bitcoin is a string of mathematically generated ...

and more »