Last week’s transaction malleability scare made international headlines, once again bringing Bitcoin into the mainstream news. It was the cited cause of the total collapse of Silk Road 2.0, the glitch that forced both Mt.Gox and Bitstamp to freeze user accounts for a few days, and it put massive downward pressure on global Bitcoin value….
According to a recent infographic report in the MIT Technology Review, “hoarded” Bitcoins account for only a tiny fraction of the overall volume of the currency. The overwhelming majority of newly mined coins are spent within 24 hours, the report says, casting doubt on the relevance of the 2012 reports claiming that 78% of the…
Only yesterday, we reported about the growing disparity between the value of a Bitcoin on Mt.Gox versus that same Bitcoin on any other exchange. Today’s prices have only amplified this trend, with trades on Mt.Gox reaching a recent low of $302, even as the price hovered well above $600 on most of the other major…
Earlier this week, citing the massive DDoS attack on Bitcoin infrastructure, Bitstamp halted all withdrawals from customer accounts. That freeze on customer accounts appears to be ending, as Bitstamp recently announced via Twitter and their website that they’ll be resuming withdrawal processing later today. Speaking with CoinDesk, Bitstamp CEO Nejc Kodrič says his team has…
Inspired by the recent three-day “sit in” protest at the Mt.Gox offices by Australian Bitcoin activist CoinSeacher, Kolin Burges decided to take action as well. The London-based software developer moved his holdings in Litecoin to Mt.Gox at the end of last year, only to see his funds completely frozen earlier this month. Fed up with…
The latest incarnation of Bitcoin black market site Silk Road had been hit by the same “transaction malleability” glitch that recently took down Mt.Gox and Bitstamp. A message from site administrator “Defcon” was leaked to Reddit yesterday outlining the issues on Silk Road. According to the email, no account information was hacked, and all of…
According to a report from the International Business Times, London will soon be receiving its first Bitcoin ATM. Global Bitcoin ATM’s spokesperson claims that the machine is being updated with new software and going through compliance testing before shipping to the U.K. capital. Coindesk reports that London may soon see a boom of Bitcoin-trading ATMs…
The Bitcoin press has been abuzz today with the recent call for alpha testers for a “secret Bitcoin project” created by Jed McCaleb. Why all the interest? McCaleb is best known as the creator of the Mt.Gox (which he sold to investor Mark Karpeles in 2011), and one of the innovators behind today’s Bitcoin and…
Not all that long ago, Mt.Gox was the center of the Bitcoin world. It was the first major exchange to handle the virtual currency, and the largest by volume until last year. After a year-long series of blunders and one massive recent catastrophe, however, the users are fleeing the site in droves. The tech press…
Ben Lawsky from New York’s Department of Financial Services made headlines yesterday after outlining his state’s plan for regulating Bitcoin, but his other comments about the cryptocurrency that may be more interesting. Speaking at Future Tense in Washington, DC, Lawksy weighed in on the recent price drops caused by the “transaction malleability” glitch. “I think…