Attack of the 50 Foot Blockchain

News: uBlock Origin vs web miners, third Bitcoin split, China, crypto press, crypto art, the dog ate my bitcoins

Featuring the World’s Most Expensive Puppy.
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News: Pirate Bay website Monero miner, Feds targeting darknet vendors, Monero review, CoinDesk on Estcoin

And another soul attains enlightenment.
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Kim Nilsson of WizSec: how the bitcoins were stolen from Mt. Gox

The thought “I know PHP! How hard could running an exchange be?” never goes anywhere good.
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China, Tethers, and what’s happened to the Bitcoin price in the past few days

How the price dropped to $3000 on the China trading ban, and was then (apparently) manipulated up to $3600 in four hours.
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Could someone launch a DDOS attack in a smart contract? (Probably not.)

A question from a reader: Could someone launch a DDOS attack in a smart contract?
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BBC Newsnight tonight (Thursday 14 September)

I did a piece for BBC Newsnight’s Bitcoin segment tonight.
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News: BTC China to stop trading, Dubai ICO warning, me in Heise Technology Review

The bubble has to pop some time, and why not now.
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Are businesses stockpiling bitcoins in case of ransomware? If so, they shouldn’t

Tracing a striking claim back to its source. And you shouldn’t stockpile bitcoins, you should have daily backups.
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News: SegWit2x vs Bitcoin Core, trade on blockchain, ICO governance, JPMorgan on Bitcoin, CollegeHumor on Bitcoin

Of course, the video’s the good bit.
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News: Bitcoin Cash roadmap, Bitpay as exchange, no Kik ICO for Canada, FT vs Mone, Bitcoin not banned in China

In case you wondered why Bitcoin crashed this afternoon …
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