Bitcoin On Air: August 2016

Wednesday, 31 August 2016

Just made my first ever political donation. 17.76$ for liberty - in Bitcoin • /r/GaryJohnson

http://bit.ly/2bRTs46

Submitted August 31, 2016 at 03:07PM by TheWaler http://bit.ly/2cbuATc

Shopawl Now Accepting Bitcoin for eBay Orders

http://bit.ly/2bJIWu1

Submitted August 31, 2016 at 11:11PM by e-ok http://bit.ly/2bSg3is

Mr. Robot series predicts competition between permissioned and open ledgers during a financial crisis. See left side of screen shot from Season 2.

http://bit.ly/2cg7opy via /r/Bitcoin http://bit.ly/2c5Rw6T

thinking of getting some usb asic's

i was thinking of getting some usb asic's but idk how profitable it is. by a few im thinking 5-10 of the same kind. any pointers on where i should start?

also, i was wondering what other coins you can mine using these usb chips.

Submitted September 01, 2016 at 08:59AM by XystuS1342 http://bit.ly/2cdCsmQ

Custos Raises $400K to Fight Piracy with Bitcoin Bounties

http://bit.ly/2bTEhY5 via /r/Bitcoin http://bit.ly/2cdzzTi

It’s the “system money”, stupid! - Why Bitcoin has the potential to turn the world upside down.

http://bit.ly/2bBGVCS

Submitted August 31, 2016 at 06:47PM by sen_d http://bit.ly/2bBVQYS

Bitcoin core devs are as busy as ever

Here's what they've been up to for the last three days with the last of those days not even being over yet. Imagine ten times this for a month and you can get a good idea just how many changes are being made every month:Commits on Aug 31, 2016 @laanwj Merge #8612: Check for compatibility with download in FindNextBlocksT… … laanwj committed 3 hours ago Verified 84decb5@laanwj Merge #8191: Do not shadow variables in src/wallet … laanwj committed 5 hours ago Verified abc677c@laanwj Merge #8291: [util] CopyrightHolders: Check for untranslated substitu… … laanwj committed 5 hours ago Verified 5cac8b1@paveljanik Do not shadow variables. paveljanik committed on Jun 11 b175cb7@laanwj Merge #8163: Do not shadow global RPC table variable (tableRPC) … laanwj committed 5 hours ago Verified 0c8875d@laanwj Merge #8604: build,doc: Update for 0.13.0+ and OpenBSD 5.9 … laanwj committed 6 hours ago Verified f256843@laanwj Merge #8621: [contrib] python: Don't use shell=True … laanwj committed 6 hours ago Verified e8ed6eb@laanwj Merge #8626: Berkeley DB v6 compatibility fix … laanwj committed 6 hours ago Verified df3f12dCommits on Aug 30, 2016 @laanwj Merge #8611: Reduce default number of blocks to check at startup … laanwj committed a day ago Verified 2b23dba@laanwj Merge #8566: Easy to use gitian building script … laanwj committed a day ago Verified 7b98895@MarcoFalke Merge #8625: [doc] - clarify statement about parallel jobs in rpc-tes… … MarcoFalke committed 2 days ago Verified c01a6c4@netsafe Berkeley DB v6 compatibility fix … netsafe committed on GitHub 2 days ago 323a5fe@isle2983 [doc] - clarify statement about parallel jobs in rpc-tests.py isle2983 committed 2 days ago 1467561Commits on Aug 29, 2016 @sipa Merge #8624: [doc] build: Mention curl … sipa committed 2 days ago Verified 89de153@sipa Merge #8617: Include instructions to extract Mac OS X SDK on Linux us… … sipa committed 2 days ago Verified de07fdc@sipa Merge #8564: [Wallet] remove unused code/conditions in ReadAtCursor … sipa committed 2 days ago Verified 0168019@MarcoFalke [doc] build: Mention curl MarcoFalke committed 2 days ago fae6bb8@luke-jr Include instructions to extract Mac OS X SDK on Linux using 7zip and … … luke-jr committed 4 days ago via /r/Bitcoin http://bit.ly/2c5FcDP

Bank of Canada research paper: widespread usage of Bitcoin could stabilize price

http://bit.ly/2cfIEh0 via /r/Bitcoin http://bit.ly/2c5usVK

Circle now supports even euro currency

http://bit.ly/1Hhans2 via /r/Bitcoin http://bit.ly/2cfHx16

Bank of Canada: "Our model predicts that, as virtual currency becomes more established, the exchange rate will become less sensitive to the impact of shocks to speculators’ beliefs. This undermines the notion that excessive exchange rate volatility will prohibit widespread use of virtual currency"

http://bit.ly/2bI0AfU

Submitted September 01, 2016 at 01:59AM by FrancisPouliot http://bit.ly/2bDouw0

Secure Two-Factor Authentication with TREZOR: FIDO/U2F

http://bit.ly/2bSUJb8

Submitted August 31, 2016 at 09:51PM by xbach http://bit.ly/2ccHH6x

Hardware Oracles: bridging the Real World to the Blockchain

http://bit.ly/2bC0l9b

Submitted August 31, 2016 at 08:21PM by murzika http://bit.ly/2bGlzQf

BUIP027: Satoshi's Vision - Development & Scaling Conference

http://bit.ly/2bStMWO via /r/Bitcoin http://bit.ly/2bJYuxZ

Bank of Canada: "Our model predicts that, as virtual currency becomes more established, the exchange rate will become less sensitive to the impact of shocks to speculators’ beliefs. This undermines the notion that excessive exchange rate volatility will prohibit widespread use of virtual currency"

http://bit.ly/2bI0AfU via /r/Bitcoin http://bit.ly/2bDouw0

Exclusive: SWIFT discloses more cyber thefts, pressures banks on security

http://reut.rs/2c7etW2

Submitted August 31, 2016 at 10:37AM by mastermind1228 http://bit.ly/2bZaEVV

Building a new Tor that can resist next-generation state surveillance

http://bit.ly/2c0GKR0

Submitted August 31, 2016 at 10:57PM by worstkeptsecrets http://bit.ly/2c8N5XH

Trump's campaign promise to stop money transfers sent south of the border

http://cnn.it/2bRTvgi

Submitted August 31, 2016 at 06:09PM by RoderickJames http://bit.ly/2cbu8nS

Secure Two-Factor Authentication with TREZOR: FIDO/U2F

http://bit.ly/2bSUJb8 via /r/Bitcoin http://bit.ly/2ccHH6x

Shopawl Now Accepting Bitcoin for eBay Orders

http://bit.ly/2bJIWu1 via /r/Bitcoin http://bit.ly/2bSg3is

Building a new Tor that can resist next-generation state surveillance

http://bit.ly/2c0GKR0 via /r/Bitcoin http://bit.ly/2c8N5XH

US judge orders Japan’s Mizuho Bank to face Mt. Gox victims

http://bit.ly/2bRTlWi

Submitted August 31, 2016 at 05:27PM by Cryptomania_Net http://bit.ly/2cbulHI

Have an extra graphics card (GTX 760), is there a way I can mine with that?

I'm pretty interested in mining (particularly DogeCoin) and I have a graphics card laying around doing nothing.

Is there a way I could hook it up to a raspberry pi and create a miner? Or find some old computer with a PCIe port and set that up?

Otherwise I'm been using my main system to mine with a better graphics card (GTX 970).

Submitted August 31, 2016 at 11:28PM by chuck2k http://bit.ly/2bSpZXE

I met a bunch of college students at the MIT Cryptocurrency Bootcamp. Here was my advice…

http://bit.ly/2c4KteQ via /r/Bitcoin http://bit.ly/2ceONu3

[video] Interview With Alex Shelkovnikov - Corporate Venturing & Blockchain Lead Senior Manager [Deloitte]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UWJBZHsSeIg via /r/Bitcoin http://bit.ly/2ceOFL1

Earn Bitcoin on Telegram

http://bit.ly/2bCoZGJ via /r/Bitcoin http://bit.ly/2bGPEiX

The Bitcoin Revolution

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Vkr_1A1qcdc via /r/Bitcoin http://bit.ly/2bBW2rc

It’s the “system money”, stupid! - Why Bitcoin has the potential to turn the world upside down.

http://bit.ly/2bBGVCS via /r/Bitcoin http://bit.ly/2bBVQYS

Disney's First Kid Is 20 Years Old And Its Stars Are Still Working Together (as Bitcoin partners)

http://on.mtv.com/2bQW3LF

Submitted August 31, 2016 at 07:16AM by Cryptomania_Net http://bit.ly/2caeuJi

In-Depth Look at Bitcoin in China, coming soon!

Hey all - That's Beijing, Beijing's best English-language magazine, is dropping a longform look at Bitcoin in China next week! China is leading the pack when it comes to bitcoin mining and trading volumes - and this will be the first in-depth, English-language look at the industry here. It's called "Virtual Gold: Why Beijing Is Leading China's Bitcoin Revolution." I (Noelle, hi) spent a month reporting on the industry and interviewing people, and I'm so excited to share it when it's out! Stay tuned for a link, soon!

Submitted August 31, 2016 at 04:11PM by ThatsBeijingMag http://bit.ly/2bB5z6U

Bitcoin Business Regulation Era Begins in Singapore

http://bit.ly/2bBaq9b via /r/Bitcoin http://bit.ly/2bVpE5F

Hardware Oracles: bridging the Real World to the Blockchain

http://bit.ly/2bC0l9b via /r/Bitcoin http://bit.ly/2bGlzQf

Forbes: Could Blockchain Technology Cybersecure Elections?

http://bit.ly/2bQVjGy

Submitted August 31, 2016 at 07:03AM by pulpspy http://bit.ly/2cafahP

Just made my first ever political donation. 17.76$ for liberty - in Bitcoin • /r/GaryJohnson

http://bit.ly/2bRTs46 via /r/Bitcoin http://bit.ly/2cbuATc

Trump's campaign promise to stop money transfers sent south of the border

http://cnn.it/2bRTvgi via /r/Bitcoin http://bit.ly/2cbu8nS

US judge orders Japan’s Mizuho Bank to face Mt. Gox victims

http://bit.ly/2bRTlWi via /r/Bitcoin http://bit.ly/2cbulHI

Brave Payments Preview

http://bit.ly/2cqaYyA

Submitted August 31, 2016 at 02:50PM by Onetallnerd http://bit.ly/2bQd31V

if I had free electricity

Hi guys I have a few questions that I can't manage to answer reading the sidebar etc.

Assuming I have free electricity, what is the best miner I should buy? My only metric is hashrate/initial cost?
Where can I buy used hardware? Ebay seems to have overpriced stuff (s9 is more expensive on ebay than from bitmain).
Antminer S7 looks like a good deal, is 400$ a just price or will it drop more within the next month? Would I be able to run a couple of miners on an extremely slow and interrupted connection? Would I lose effective hash rate if my connection would drop every now and then?
If I buy these antminers, do I need something else or are they self sufficient? (PSU or whatever)
Do I need a PC or can it work without a PC?
Can these run absolutely autonomously? (checking them once per week or something)

Thank you guys!

Submitted August 31, 2016 at 05:05PM by ontheship http://bit.ly/2bBb1Xd

In-Depth Look at Bitcoin in China, coming soon!

Teaser: New bitcoin ATM coming to Las Vegas Casino.

https://twitter.com/coincloudatm/status/770761200078512130

Submitted August 31, 2016 at 07:44AM by pomonachris http://bit.ly/2bEPk4b

Bitcoin Core - IRC Meeting Summary (August 25, 2016)

http://bit.ly/2cayiw6

Submitted August 31, 2016 at 08:14AM by eragmus http://bit.ly/2bR9Wtc

Brave Payments Preview

http://bit.ly/2cqaYyA via /r/Bitcoin http://bit.ly/2bQd31V

Tuesday, 30 August 2016

Bitcoin Core - IRC Meeting Summary (August 25, 2016)

http://bit.ly/2cayiw6 via /r/Bitcoin http://bit.ly/2bR9Wtc

Keza App Relaunched, Enabling Bitcoin Investing In U.S. Stocks

http://bit.ly/2bYPmaE

Submitted August 31, 2016 at 07:04AM by Cryptomania_Net http://bit.ly/2c6RlXK

Exclusive: SWIFT discloses more cyber thefts, pressures banks on security

http://reut.rs/2c7etW2 via /r/Bitcoin http://bit.ly/2bZaEVV

Teaser: New bitcoin ATM coming to Las Vegas Casino.

https://twitter.com/coincloudatm/status/770761200078512130 via /r/Bitcoin http://bit.ly/2bEPk4b

Disney's First Kid Is 20 Years Old And Its Stars Are Still Working Together (as Bitcoin partners)

http://on.mtv.com/2bQW3LF via /r/Bitcoin http://bit.ly/2caeuJi

Forbes: Could Blockchain Technology Cybersecure Elections?

http://bit.ly/2bQVjGy via /r/Bitcoin http://bit.ly/2cafahP

[PSA] I got scammed trying to buy Bitmain R4

TL;DR I'm an idiot.

Followed a link from reddit to an article about the sale of the new Bitmain R4 homeminer. Got to a page bi[f]main.com that looked the same as Bitmain's. Payed the order of 1.79BTC to this address: 14G6BzmNVSm9tWHyB2aebc3WMjVNojrRJf

Submitted August 31, 2016 at 01:05AM by eN0Rm http://bit.ly/2byAYI4

15 blockchain whitepapers awarded winners of US Department of Health and Human Services Challenge

http://bit.ly/2c2BJWn

Submitted August 31, 2016 at 01:09AM by coin_news http://bit.ly/2ccsbun

Keza App Relaunched, Enabling Bitcoin Investing In U.S. Stocks

http://bit.ly/2bYPmaE via /r/Bitcoin http://bit.ly/2c6RlXK

Super Intelligence [paid in BTC] for The Stock Market [Numerai Update]

http://bit.ly/2c8W0c4

Submitted August 31, 2016 at 01:16AM by joeykrug http://bit.ly/2bPPAR8

Mine Bitcoins At Home Or Just Trade Them?

http://bit.ly/2bzUBtb

Submitted August 31, 2016 at 02:17AM by JaniCoin http://bit.ly/2bzGedn

TumbleBit Promises Guaranteed Anonymity For Bitcoin

http://bit.ly/2bOEcC5

Submitted August 30, 2016 at 09:38PM by jholmes91 http://bit.ly/2coGdKD

[PSA] I got scammed trying to buy Bitmain R4

TL;DR I'm an idiot.Followed a link from reddit to an article about the sale of the new Bitmain R4 homeminer. Got to a page bi[f]main.com that looked the same as Bitmain's. Payed the order of 1.79BTC to this address: 14G6BzmNVSm9tWHyB2aebc3WMjVNojrRJf via /r/Bitcoin http://bit.ly/2byAYI4

Poloniex Android App

Hi. My name is Jonathan. I'm from Brazil.I've developed an Android app using the Poliniex's Public API. In it you can see all the coins there and see 50 asks and bids for each one.You also can see the candlestick chart (for this, put the phone in landscape in the coin screen).Ah, it's free.All feedback are useful.If you wanna any new feature, let me know :)Google Play link: http://bit.ly/2bPDFEC: I already have Bittrextracker app (you can see in the develop page from this app and download too haha). I've "forgotten" this there and this days I looked there and see good numbers, so, I decided to back to altcoins development. I choose Poloniex based in one advice I've received.editIf you like, please send some feedback on Google Play via /r/Bitcoin http://bit.ly/2c985ho

SPV proofs and reorg proofs in sidechains - Explaining, questions, and ideas.

http://bit.ly/2byU8ea

Submitted August 30, 2016 at 08:52PM by kallerosenbaum http://bit.ly/2bCAKKk

Zebpay Bitcoin Wallet App Crosses 100,000 Downloads Mark

http://bit.ly/2bT6yNT

Submitted August 30, 2016 at 09:28PM by zebpay-growth http://bit.ly/2bxN4RX

15 blockchain whitepapers awarded winners of US Department of Health and Human Services Challenge

http://bit.ly/2c2BJWn via /r/Bitcoin http://bit.ly/2ccsbun

Super Intelligence [paid in BTC] for The Stock Market [Numerai Update]

http://bit.ly/2c8W0c4 via /r/Bitcoin http://bit.ly/2bPPAR8

Slowly, bitcoins gain acceptance in India (Benson Samuel, Coinsecure, interviewed by CNBC-TV18)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S8G8HHewnTY

Submitted August 30, 2016 at 11:34AM by eragmus http://bit.ly/2bOePmX

Local, in-person (face-to-face) trading just 1.5% of total volume on LocalBitcoins

Surprised to read this.

http://bit.ly/2byAqAV

It's just so inconvenient to get two parties to meet up to do a trade that this type of trading hardly ever occurs even on the site built specifically for it.

Submitted August 30, 2016 at 04:41PM by cointastical http://bit.ly/2byPNV5

can someone give some tips to incrase earnings in Bitclub Network?

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Submitted August 31, 2016 at 12:42AM by cryorigin1 http://bit.ly/2bD7uTS

33% of all bitcoin exchanges operational during period from 2009 to 2015 were hacked

http://bit.ly/2c5hnL3

Submitted August 30, 2016 at 07:18PM by mightymous95 http://bit.ly/2byzY43

What is the last thing you bought with Bitcoin?

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Submitted August 30, 2016 at 07:13AM by sirkloda http://bit.ly/2c5QtTH

TumbleBit Promises Guaranteed Anonymity For Bitcoin

http://bit.ly/2bOEcC5 via /r/Bitcoin http://bit.ly/2coGdKD

Las Vegas Review-Journal: Everything you need to know about Bitcoin

http://bit.ly/2bCBa3B via /r/Bitcoin http://bit.ly/2byTuxm

SPV proofs and reorg proofs in sidechains - Explaining, questions, and ideas.

http://bit.ly/2byU8ea via /r/Bitcoin http://bit.ly/2bCAKKk

German savers lose faith in banks

http://on.mktw.net/2byzTio

Submitted August 30, 2016 at 03:58PM by vroomDotClub http://bit.ly/2byPB89

UAE Considers Blockchain to Fight “Conflict Diamonds”

http://bit.ly/2bxNS9b via /r/Bitcoin http://bit.ly/2bT7fGT

Zebpay Bitcoin Wallet App Crosses 100,000 Downloads Mark

http://bit.ly/2bT6yNT via /r/Bitcoin http://bit.ly/2bxN4RX

A warning for noobs buying from BitmainTech

Hi,

First I'd like to say I have no personnal beef with BMT, but with the R4 going out many noobs will find the opportunity to have a good money making machine in their living rooms...

To these people, BEWARE ! Please take a few minutes to read the following links about the warraties issues with bitmaintech, add the fact that after violating the CGminer license they now forked it to a closed source thing we know nothing about, but going further is simply conspiracy theories and I won't go there :)

Just please be warned, invest only what you can loose in the crypto world, and keep in mind if you have a DOA miner or a dead board it could be a problem (even if you'll most likely not have any problem, keep that in mind)

http://bit.ly/2byTgrs , http://bit.ly/2bz99JI , http://bit.ly/2byTkaF , http://bit.ly/2byIi3F

PS : I'm not from any competing companny, just don't want people's first encounter with the btc world be an unprepared failure (some would call it a scam)

Have fun and welome to mining :)

EDIT : don't forget to cound tifficulty rise while doing your ROI calculations, I'd use bitcoinwisdom

Submitted August 30, 2016 at 08:28PM by QuentinZRC http://bit.ly/2byTyyz

Bitcoin super-team creates MASS: Blockchain-based solution to online advertising inequity

http://bit.ly/2c5hwhy via /r/Bitcoin http://bit.ly/2byACP0

33% of all bitcoin exchanges operational during period from 2009 to 2015 were hacked

http://bit.ly/2c5hnL3 via /r/Bitcoin http://bit.ly/2byzY43

Oleg Andreev - Why Bitcoin is called Bitcoin

http://bit.ly/2bxcGvs

Submitted August 30, 2016 at 08:25AM by Uptrenda http://bit.ly/2bAoTfT

Lending bitcoins with bitconnect.co

Is it safe to lend some bitcoins with the bitconnect.co platform? Does anyone has experience with this platform? The profits they promise are a bit unlikely. Is it a scam? via /r/Bitcoin http://bit.ly/2byzWuw

Local, in-person (face-to-face) trading just 1.5% of total volume on LocalBitcoins

Surprised to read this.http://bit.ly/2c1Ul90's just so inconvenient to get two parties to meet up to do a trade that this type of trading hardly ever occurs even on the site built specifically for it. via /r/Bitcoin http://bit.ly/2byPNV5

German savers lose faith in banks

http://on.mktw.net/2byzTio via /r/Bitcoin http://bit.ly/2byPB89

Best Wallet Besides Blockchain?

I hate the new blockchain and want to go back to the legacy platform but unfortuantely I can not do that. So whats the most secure, and easy to use wallet? via /r/Bitcoin http://bit.ly/2bBokSS

Slowly, bitcoins gain acceptance in India (Benson Samuel, Coinsecure, interviewed by CNBC-TV18)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S8G8HHewnTY via /r/Bitcoin http://bit.ly/2bOePmX

Monday, 29 August 2016

can I use a PS3 cell processor to mine Bitcoin or alt coins like monero and litecoin

Can I do it on a PS3 using Linux or folding at home for cure coins

Submitted August 30, 2016 at 02:02PM by Ronald1290 http://bit.ly/2bNHHZt

Putting Bitcoin into Perspective

For one month I lived a mile away from the most secluded town in the country on the beach/jungle. In the beginning it was great until I ran out of food and I had to do everything myself. You’d be surprised how easy modern life is compared to living like this. From sun up to sun down the easiest tasks took hours and I had to always be thinking ahead and planning out my day. From washing my clothes, starting fires, sourcing/storing food, building my shelter after the tent fell apart etc etc. However, I no longer had to worry about bills or being on time for business meetings, but I had a different type of stress in my life.

This went on successfully for awhile, but then I started to get scared considering the noises I would hear at night from predators. By that time, I felt like I had proved to myself that I could survive in the wild if I had to. However, I wasn’t ready to move back into civilization just yet because I was enjoying this new lifestyle (and figured since I was here I would keep it going for a while).

I ended up abandoning my camp and relocating as close as I could to this secluded town. The locals started to take notice of me and decided to reach out which ended up in a friendship. After they observed my process for living day to day they had many opinions and thought I was an idiot for the way I did things. For example, I was climbing palm trees and cutting down the coconuts with a pocket knife, but they suggested cutting down a stick of bamboo and shooting them out of the tree as if they were playing a game of pool. This strategy worked incredibly well and was 10x more efficient! Another example, was when I was collecting beach wood and these wood fibers to start my fires, but they suggested gathering trash to get it started. As toxic as that sounds I was able to start my fires within seconds as opposed to 30+ mins. Then Ironically, we started bartering for things with each other which made my life even that much easier.

Ultimately this level of improvement was applied to all my strategies in living from day to day. It actually became so efficient that I had an immense amount of free time. It was at this point I had an epiphany while relaxing under a palm tree. My entire life I’ve always been a lone wolf and very stubborn not wanting help from others or wanting to be involved in a team (such as sports as a kid). However, when comparing my lifestyle to living alone in the jungle as compared to living among the locals the amount of abundance and prosperity was eye opening.

These thoughts then jumped to other things I’ve noticed. By looking at the most basic needs of life vs living in a complex massive global society there are things we can extrapolate out. What I’m referring to are the efficiencies and abundances we can all share by working together. By going from a lone wolf in the jungle to working as a team with 5 other people I was able to have a 10x increase in my standard of living. I then thought if my group of 5 then interfaced with a group of 50 how much more efficient and abundant we could all live. From there I thought, “Oh my god” now imagine if we all worked together in this manner with millions of people then on top of that include the industrial revolution and then technological revolution. Right now in this exact moment of time based on all these inventions, innovations and massive societies we should have so much abundance it would be ridiculous.

Okay then, why don’t we have that quality of life and abundance/leisure time? Well, you’ll notice when I was working with these 5 other people we were bartering and sharing our knowledge without the use of a third party to exchange our physical and mental energy. We were the sole beneficiaries of this value and because of it lead to a direct impact in our lifestyle. That is the key!

Unfortunately, that is not the system we currently live in. All of these efficiencies in working together as a society and all the inventions and innovations of our ancestors are not being directed towards humanity. This energy/efficiency is being siphoned off through the means of inflation, taxation, third-party financial services, corporations, banks, governments, etc etc. These institutions are in place to steal your physical and mental energy and to rob your grandchildren (and their grandchildren) of their economic prosperity (forcing you into a perpetual state of work/enslavement).

I don’t want to make this too long, but I hope this story puts everything into perspective and stresses the importance as to why the world needs Bitcoin/Cryptocurrencies. We are talking about the future of humanity and whether we live in a free society full of abundance and leisure or a technological dark age/prison. I chose to live in a future where we are the direct beneficiaries of every ounce of our mental and physical energy starting right now and as we move forward.

Please never forget this and what’s at stake.

Submitted August 30, 2016 at 08:04AM by dballing1 http://bit.ly/2bAnWEt

CEO of Yours, Ryan Charles, talks Yours Network, and content monetization on Epicenter Bitcoin.

http://youtu.be/SjJJi9Dqzvo via /r/Bitcoin http://bit.ly/2bAwhYA

Oleg Andreev - Why Bitcoin is called Bitcoin

http://bit.ly/2bxcGvs via /r/Bitcoin http://bit.ly/2bAoTfT

Putting Bitcoin into Perspective

I have a real world story for you guys that really opened my eyes as to why humanity needs Bitcoin. So a few years ago I was living homeless in the jungle in a third world country. It was always a dream of mine to see if I was capable of living in the wild like that 100% completely on my own.For one month I lived a mile away from the most secluded town in the country on the beach/jungle. In the beginning it was great until I ran out of food and I had to do everything myself. You’d be surprised how easy modern life is compared to living like this. From sun up to sun down the easiest tasks took hours and I had to always be thinking ahead and planning out my day. From washing my clothes, starting fires, sourcing/storing food, building my shelter after the tent fell apart etc etc. However, I no longer had to worry about bills or being on time for business meetings, but I had a different type of stress in my life.This went on successfully for awhile, but then I started to get scared considering the noises I would hear at night from predators. By that time, I felt like I had proved to myself that I could survive in the wild if I had to. However, I wasn’t ready to move back into civilization just yet because I was enjoying this new lifestyle (and figured since I was here I would keep it going for a while).I ended up abandoning my camp and relocating as close as I could to this secluded town. The locals started to take notice of me and decided to reach out which ended up in a friendship. After they observed my process for living day to day they had many opinions and thought I was an idiot for the way I did things. For example, I was climbing palm trees and cutting down the coconuts with a pocket knife, but they suggested cutting down a stick of bamboo and shooting them out of the tree as if they were playing a game of pool. This strategy worked incredibly well and was 10x more efficient! Another example, was when I was collecting beach wood and these wood fibers to start my fires, but they suggested gathering trash to get it started. As toxic as that sounds I was able to start my fires within seconds as opposed to 30+ mins. Then Ironically, we started bartering for things with each other which made my life even that much easier.Ultimately this level of improvement was applied to all my strategies in living from day to day. It actually became so efficient that I had an immense amount of free time. It was at this point I had an epiphany while relaxing under a palm tree. My entire life I’ve always been a lone wolf and very stubborn not wanting help from others or wanting to be involved in a team (such as sports as a kid). However, when comparing my lifestyle to living alone in the jungle as compared to living among the locals the amount of abundance and prosperity was eye opening.These thoughts then jumped to other things I’ve noticed. By looking at the most basic needs of life vs living in a complex massive global society there are things we can extrapolate out. What I’m referring to are the efficiencies and abundances we can all share by working together. By going from a lone wolf in the jungle to working as a team with 5 other people I was able to have a 10x increase in my standard of living. I then thought if my group of 5 then interfaced with a group of 50 how much more efficient and abundant we could all live. From there I thought, “Oh my god” now imagine if we all worked together in this manner with millions of people then on top of that include the industrial revolution and then technological revolution. Right now in this exact moment of time based on all these inventions, innovations and massive societies we should have so much abundance it would be ridiculous.Okay then, why don’t we have that quality of life and abundance/leisure time? Well, you’ll notice when I was working with these 5 other people we were bartering and sharing our knowledge without the use of a third party to exchange our physical and mental energy. We were the sole beneficiaries of this value and because of it lead to a direct impact in our lifestyle. That is the key!Unfortunately, that is not the system we currently live in. All of these efficiencies in working together as a society and all the inventions and innovations of our ancestors are not being directed towards humanity. This energy/efficiency is being siphoned off through the means of inflation, taxation, third-party financial services, corporations, banks, governments, etc etc. These institutions are in place to steal your physical and mental energy and to rob your grandchildren (and their grandchildren) of their economic prosperity (forcing you into a perpetual state of work/enslavement).I don’t want to make this too long, but I hope this story puts everything into perspective and stresses the importance as to why the world needs Bitcoin/Cryptocurrencies. We are talking about the future of humanity and whether we live in a free society full of abundance and leisure or a technological dark age/prison. I chose to live in a future where we are the direct beneficiaries of every ounce of our mental and physical energy starting right now and as we move forward.Please never forget this and what’s at stake. via /r/Bitcoin http://bit.ly/2bAnWEt

Vote Manipulation and Impersonation Fraud on r/Bitcoin: A Warning to the Community

“Antminer R4 Home Bitcoin Miner - On Sale Now” http://bit.ly/2c5PSRW

A descriptive, albeit bland, title to announce the orders had started. The URL was straight to the Bitmain shop. To my surprise, the post was almost immediately upvoted to 2. Then to 1. Then to 0. It stayed there, until I noticed another post about the R4 linking to an article, nearly 34 minutes later. Within minutes the post had 9 upvotes...17…25…and rising.

Normally, I would not have thought about this situation any futher. There are many reasons these things can occur. It wasn’t until I read a comment by u/hummir that said:

“Why are links to bifmaintech.com instead of bitmaintech.com? Scam?”

Yes, this had indeed been an elaborate scam. ~~Currently, at the time of this posting, the site and reddit post are still live.~~(Currently, has been Blacklisted) The article and site attempted to mask impersonation fraud by linking to it in-article. Could this be related to the recent Trezor scam that used a stolen email list? For this latest attempt, it would have been vital to achieve a high upvote/point total in order to maximize reach, and it could be possible that my down-voted posted was related to their scheme.

I hope this serves as a warning to the community. Scammers and Fraudsters will continue to evolve their tactics, but a vigilant and informed community will always prevail.

Submitted August 30, 2016 at 05:08AM by tothemoonsands http://bit.ly/2bNpSg8

Vote Manipulation and Impersonation Fraud on r/Bitcoin: A Warning to the Community

It all began early Monday morning on August 29, 2016. I had been awaiting the launch of the Antminer R4 home Bitcoin miner. Since I didn’t get into Bitcoin until late 2014/early 2015, I never experienced home mining, and quite frankly, I never thought I would get the chance. Not only are the newer models cost prohibitive, they require way too much electricity. The R4 was set to change that (at least the latter part, as I would learn). 23:00 GMT. The time came and the orders opened up. This is when I posted on r/Bitcoin:“Antminer R4 Home Bitcoin Miner - On Sale Now” http://bit.ly/2bVW7tZ descriptive, albeit bland, title to announce the orders had started. The URL was straight to the Bitmain shop. To my surprise, the post was almost immediately upvoted to 2. Then to 1. Then to 0. It stayed there, until I noticed another post about the R4 linking to an article, nearly 34 minutes later. Within minutes the post had 9 upvotes...17…25…and rising.Normally, I would not have thought about this situation any futher. There are many reasons these things can occur. It wasn’t until I read a comment by u/hummir that said:“Why are links to bifmaintech.com instead of bitmaintech.com? Scam?”Yes, this had indeed been an elaborate scam. Currently, at the time of this posting, the site and reddit post are still live.(Currently, has been Blacklisted) The article and site attempted to mask impersonation fraud by linking to it in-article. Could this be related to the recent Trezor scam that used a stolen email list? For this latest attempt, it would have been vital to achieve a high upvote/point total in order to maximize reach, and it could be possible that my down-voted posted was related to their scheme.I hope this serves as a warning to the community. Scammers and Fraudsters will continue to evolve their tactics, but a vigilant and informed community will always prevail. via /r/Bitcoin http://bit.ly/2bNpSg8

Submitted August 30, 2016 at 06:27AM by Bermuda_Shorts http://bit.ly/2bREdaF