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Bitcoin 101 Archives - Bitcoin Magazine
Ripple: Getting Started Guide
February 26, 2013 | Vitalik Buterin | 14 CommentsBy now, you may have already heard of Ripple, the new decentralized cryptocurrency project that has been making waves (pun intended) in the Bitcoin community. While Bitcoin allows anyone to hold, send and receive bi... Read More ...
Read MoreIntroducing The Exchanges: BitStamp
February 13, 2013 | Vitalik ButerinDisclaimer: BitStamp has previously run ads in an edition of the Bitcoin Magazine print edition. This article was written independently of this fact, and the author was not aware of the fact at the time of the artic... Read More ...
Read MoreCommon Misconceptions About Bitcoin – A Guide for Journalists
December 28, 2012 | Vitalik Buterin | 7 CommentsAlthough the problem is now considerably smaller than it was one year ago, a significant amount of misinformation about Bitcoin continues to float around the internet. Part of the problem is that the concept of Bitc... Read More ...
Read MoreWhere to Spend Your Bitcoins
October 25, 2012 | Vitalik Buterin | 22 CommentsFor those who have bought or earned their first supply of bitcoins, no matter how large or how small, the first question that often goes through people’s minds is: what can I do with them? The Bitcoin communit... Read More ...
Read MoreBitcoin Wallet Options
March 5, 2012 | Vitalik Buterin | 13 CommentsThe question of “how to store your bitcoins” is one of the most important decisions for a Bitcoin user to make.
Regardless of what kind of electronic payment system you are using, if you want to spend di... Read More ...
Read MoreIntroduction to Bitcoin Terminology part II
March 3, 2012 | Vitalik Buterin | One CommentThe Network and the Blockchain
The Bitcoin network is the network of computers through which Bitcoin transactions are broadcasted and which maintains the public blockchain. Sometimes, the term is used to refer to ... Read More ...
Read MoreIntroduction to Bitcoin Terminology part I
March 3, 2012 | Vitalik ButerinCryptography
A hash is a function which transforms any number or string into a fixed size output which is impossible to do in reverse without trying all possible inputs. As an example of a simple hash function, con... Read More ...
Read MoreBitcoin Introduction – Pooled Mining
March 2, 2012 | Vitalik ButerinIn this part we will talk about “pooled mining” and compare the different approaches.
With increasing block generation difficulty, mining essentially becomes a lottery, as it may take years before an individual ... Read More ...
Read MoreBitcoin Introduction – General
March 2, 2012 | Vitalik ButerinWhat Is a Bitcoin?
Bitcoin is a peer-to-peer decentralized electronic currency. Essentially, it’s similar to a bank account in that your money is stored as numbers in a database and the system shifts numbers from ... Read More ...
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