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* [http://www.forbes.com/sites/jonmatonis/2013/01/28/government-ban-on-bitcoin-would-fail-miserably/ Government Ban On Bitcoin Would Fail Miserably] | * [http://www.forbes.com/sites/jonmatonis/2013/01/28/government-ban-on-bitcoin-would-fail-miserably/ Government Ban On Bitcoin Would Fail Miserably] | ||
* [http://news.cnet.com/8301-13578_3-57570925-38/need-bitcoins-this-atm-takes-dollars-and-funds-your-account/ Bitcoin ATM] | * [http://news.cnet.com/8301-13578_3-57570925-38/need-bitcoins-this-atm-takes-dollars-and-funds-your-account/ Bitcoin ATM] | ||
| − | * [http://www.theverge.com/2013/2/28/4039042/bitcoin-value-reaches-new-high-against-us-dollar Bitcoin value reaches new high against US dollar] | + | * [http://www.theverge.com/2013/2/28/4039042/bitcoin-value-reaches-new-high-against-us-dollar Bitcoin value reaches new high against US dollar] (that was $32; as of late 2013 it's now over $1000) |
* [http://www.theverge.com/2013/3/8/4080160/hackers-steal-over-12000-of-bitcoins-from-bitinstant Hackers steal over $12,000 in bitcoins] | * [http://www.theverge.com/2013/3/8/4080160/hackers-steal-over-12000-of-bitcoins-from-bitinstant Hackers steal over $12,000 in bitcoins] | ||
* [http://letstalkbitcoin.com/post/53700133097/users-bitcoins-seized-by-dea Bitcoins Seized by DEA] | * [http://letstalkbitcoin.com/post/53700133097/users-bitcoins-seized-by-dea Bitcoins Seized by DEA] | ||
Revision as of 14:41, 5 December 2013
Bitcoin is an "alternative currency" that is generated electronically with no central authority, with a loosely-connected set of network nodes engaged in "minting" coins by solving difficult mathematical computations, validating such newly-created "coins", and storing transactions involving them. This is all accomplished algorithmically.
A bitcoin, and its associated transactions, can be represented in various ways, even including actual physical metal coins if you can believe the picture in the Wikipedia article. A binary format is defined in the Bitcoin technical specs, but archived Bitcoin blocks in the "Block Explorer" site are displayed in a JSON-based format (served as text/plain).
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Data format info
Other specs and definitions
Software
Sample files
Current and historical prices
News coverage
- Government Ban On Bitcoin Would Fail Miserably
- Bitcoin ATM
- Bitcoin value reaches new high against US dollar (that was $32; as of late 2013 it's now over $1000)
- Hackers steal over $12,000 in bitcoins
- Bitcoins Seized by DEA
- Bitcoin's vast ovvervaluation seems to be caused by usually-illegal price fixing
- Person gets windfall from Bitcoins he forgot he owned; bought for $24 and sold for around $1 million
- A Bitcoin Exchange Holding $4.1 Million For 1,000 Customers Has Simply Vanished
- Sir Richard Branson's Out of This World Plan for Bitcoin
- James Howells searches for hard drive with £4m-worth of bitcoins stored
- Chinese government says Bitcoin cannot be used as currency
Academic papers
- Paper criticizing Bitcoin (and the concept of decentralized currencies)
- Paper showing that selfish mining behavior could end up dominating Bitcoin
Commentary
- My adventure in donating bitcoins to the Internet Archive
- Open source governance in Bitcoin
- Anecdote about the wrong way to promote Bitcoins
- The Bitcoin Network is 0 FLOPS
