Hacks
Selfish Mining: A 25 Attack Against the Bitcoin Network
One of Bitcoin’s core security guarantees is that, for an attacker to be able to successfully interfere with the Bitcoin network and block and...
Mt. Gox USD Withdrawals To Take Up To 22 Months
Since June 2013, the bitcoin exchange Mt. Gox has been struck by severe problems with fiat currency withdrawals. According to their press release of...
MtGox Resumes USD Withdrawals
The largest Bitcoin exchange, MtGox, has announced that they are resuming USD withdrawals around the world, putting an end to two weeks of hiatus....
Bitcoin-Mining Malware Spreads Through Skype
Using botnets to mine bitcoins is nothing new or interesting, but the latest entry in this wide category seems to be spreading quite rapidly...
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...
MtGox: What the largest exchange is doing about the Linode theft and the implications
This article was originally written on March 28, 2012Following the recent Linode theft, in which over 43000 total bitcoins were stolen from Bitcoinica, MtGox...
The Bitcoinica Linode Theft and What it Means for Bitcoin
On March 1, web hosting provide Linode’s servers were hacked, resulting in a theft of 3000 BTC from Slush and, most severely, 43000 BTC...
Bitcoin Exchange Wallets
In a managed online wallet, everything is controlled by the wallet’s provider. You have an account with the provider with a username and password,...
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