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BFL Confirms 65nm Process for SC Lineup

Aiming for longevity and efficiency of their products, Butterfly Labs (BFL) has confirmed their new SC chips will be using a 65nm process, the same transistor size as was...

TorrentLeech.org Now Accepting Bitcoins

TorrentLeech.org, a torrent tracking service with a massive 500k userbase, is now accepting and even encouraging Bitcoins as donations and in exchange for VIP accounts.TorrentLeech believes that “Bitcoin payments...

Bitfloor Back in Business

Mihai Alisie (left) conducting an interview with Roman Shtylman (right), the founder of Bitfloor, to be published in an upcoming article.Bitfloor, a New York based Bitcoin exchange, is now...

WalletBit Under DDOS – 1000BTC Demanded

The WalletBit website and service came under DDOS attack on September 15, 2012, completely disabling the services as of around 9:00 PM GMT. The attackers sent the following note...

Bitcoin Savings & Trust – Genuine or Joke?

As many have predicted was an inevitable future, the man known only as Pirateat40 on bitcointalk.org announced the closure of his investment service, the Bitcoin Savings & Trust, earlier...

Mt.Gox Glitch Results in $1,000,000,000 High

If you have been following Bitcoin closely the past couple of days, you may have heard about MtGox trading bitcoins at $1B a piece.Though all evidence of the event...

Silk Road’s “The Armory” Terminated

The owner and operator of Silk Road, aliased as Dread Pirate Roberts, announced on August 2nd, 2012 that "The Armory", an extension of Silk Road focused on allowing users...

Bitcoin Breaks the Ten Dollar Barrier

As of 18:36:30 GMT on August 2nd, Bitcoin broke the $10 price barrier on MtGox for the first time in 2012. Bitcoin closed at $9.35 at the end of...

Tihan Seale Announces Bitcoinica Liquidation

As was previously reported, Bitcoinica was shut down on May 11th, 2012 as a result of a hacker stealing 18,547 BTC (then worth about $92,500) from the service’s hot...

BTC-e Attacked

A moderator of the chat at BTC-e known as “Dev” indicates that a malicious entity was able to deposit fake Liberty Reserve funds, and use them to purchase Bitcoins....

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