SynCurrency: The Future Of Bitcoin
May 22nd, 2013
Via Economic Policy Journal, an interesting commentary on the future of Bitcoin: Having had a bit (pun intended) of time to decompress from the Bitcoin 2013 conference that I attended in San Jose this past weekend. Here is my current thinking on Bitcoin and how that thinking evolved over the conference. Going into the conference […]
Read more »SynCurrency: Coinbase
May 22nd, 2013
Via Union Square Ventures, an announcement of a recent investment they have made in Coinbase: We have been thinking about and looking to make an investment in the Bitcoin ecosystem for several years. Today, we are happy to be able to talk about our first investment in the sector. We have made an investment in […]
Read more »SynCurrency: Ripple Is Now A Tsunami
May 12th, 2013
Via Bitcoin Trader, an interesting look at Ripple, a new digital currency from a startup called OpenCoin.com: Just like that, Ripple’s market cap now exceeds that of Bitcoin. There are a lot of people asking just what the heck is going on, and of course, trying to figure out if this is just another digital […]
Read more »SynCurrency: Are Bitcoins The Future?
May 12th, 2013
Via Priceonomics, another look at Bitcoins: Amid bank bailouts and global recession, an unknown hacker operating under the false name Satoshi Nakamoto released an open-source code for a global, digital currency in January 2009. Running on a decentralized peer-to-peer online network, the currency does not rely on governments, corporations, or any single entity. It is […]
Read more »SynCurrency: Alternative Currenciues
May 5th, 2013
Via JWT Intelligence, a brief article on alternative currencies: At Contagious magazine’s Now/Next/Why daylong conference in New York yesterday, the emergence of alternative currencies was a hot topic. The dramatic rise and fall of Bitcoin has highlighted the fact that consumer confidence is shifting away from traditional institutions like governments and central banks in favor […]
Read more »SynCurrency: Creating Untraceable and Comprehensive Financial System Using Bitcoin
May 5th, 2013
Via Quartz, an interesting article on the rise of alternative currencies: What’s often missed about alternative currencies like bitcoin is that they weren’t just made for buying and selling things. Nor are they simply tools for financial speculation. Bitcoin is also a payment system, allowing anyone to transfer money anonymously, immediately, irreversibly—and, if you like, illicitly. […]
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