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Target Stores’ Security Nightmare Solved with Bitcoin

Mark Rees - January 9, 2014

Background:Target retail stores were victims of a security breach during the time period of November 27, and December 15 where an estimated 110 million...

BUSINESS

Bitrated: You Can No Longer Say Bitcoin Has No Consumer Protection

Vitalik Buterin - December 10, 2013

One of the commonly cited problems that many people see with Bitcoin as a payment method is the fact that all transactions are final...

TECHNICAL

U.S. Air Force Building Bitcoin Payment Gateway

Brian Cohen - December 2, 2013

The United States Air Force has quietly been working on a Bitcoin payment gateway. Through an SBIR or Small Business Innovation Research grant to...

PRESS RELEASES

Gyft Launches Rewards Platform

Elizabeth Ploshay - November 14, 2013

Just this morning, Gyft, Inc, the lead mobile gift card company announced the Gyft Points program to reward customers for use of gift cards....

INDUSTRY EVENTS

Bitcoin At Porcfest, Part 1: A Social Experiment

Vitalik Buterin - June 20, 2013

To understand more about what Porcfest is and why Bitcoiners should care, see part 0 of this series.Today marks the third official day of...

CULTURE

Bitcoin Magazine Congratulates Gyft’s Opening of 50,000 Locations to Bitcoin via BitPay, Inc

Elizabeth Ploshay - May 9, 2013

Just this morning, BitPay, Inc announced it’s newest merchant, Gyft. Gyft, a mobile gift card platform, added support for Bitcoin purchases of gift cards...

BUSINESS

BitPay Exceeds 1,000 Merchants | An Interview with Tony Gallippi

Vitalik Buterin - September 12, 2012

BitPay first opened its doors in the summer of 2011, seeking to help solve what founder Tony Gallippi believes to be one of the...

CULTURE

Social Media Virtual Currencies, Facebook Credits and the Internet

Vitalik Buterin - April 17, 2012

As little as five years ago, virtual currencies only had a very niche role in the internet ecosystem. You might see one used to...

CULTURE

Bitcoin And Consumer Economies in the non-Western World

Vitalik Buterin - March 5, 2012

In the common discourse, Bitcoin is often treated as a revolutionary new concept in how we handle our funds, substituting irreversible finance with reversible,...

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