An Interview With Bobby Lee, CEO of BTC China

Bobby Lee is the CEO of BTC China, a three year old exchange which he purchased in 2013. Following his purchase, Mr. Lee led a brisk expansion in market share that coincided with rising Bitcoin prices in the fourth quarter of the year. December 2013 saw BTC China leading the world’s Bitcoin exchanges in volume.While trading activity has dropped off since then (BTC China is currently ranked 3rd in worldwide volume), Mr. Lee has continued to focus...

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Storj Introduces Decentralized Cloud Storage

Storj has made waves in the name of complete decentralization of your cloud storage. As businesses and consumers alike are moving to the cloud, Storj provides an innovative means of solving the problem, “How do I keep my valuable information out of the wrong hands?” Winner of the Bitcoin Hackathon at this year’s Texas Bitcoin Conference, the company gives users the ability to not only secure their information using P2P technology and encryption,...

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John Scianna’s Draper University Campaign

My friend John Scianna, an active participant in the bitcoin community (and writer for Bitcoin Magazine), is working to attend Draper University and needs our help to fund his endeavor.He told me about his plan, and other than donating a few satoshis, I didn’t know how I could be of service to this fellow bitcoiner. Then I had a lightbulb moment: I’ll write about it.While putting together the questions below for John to anwswer, I realized how important...

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Discount Available For The Digital Currency Summit

by Ferdinand Reyes on August 28, 2014 { } Just today, Thursday, August 28th, by paying with bitcoin you can buy one of the 25 discounted tickets for the Digital Currency Summit that will be in Andorra next September 17-19.Only for 2 BTC, instead of the regular price of 1190€, you can participate in this event and enjoy a wide range of talks organized in different categories like investment opportunities, regulation laws, banking, and workshops where...

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Dominica to Be the First Bitcoin Nation

The “Bit Drop” to distribute Bitcoin to all islanders AUGUST 28, 2014 — Dominica is set to be the first nation to adopt Bitcoin following a successful collaboration between island officials, Coinapult, Aspen Assurance, Bitcoin Beauties and the College Cryptocurrency Network, who have partnered to deliver the project, officially titled The Bit Drop.The Bit Drop project will to send Bitcoin to every resident on Dominica, a Caribbean commonwealth island,...

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SF Bitcoin Meetup @ Geekdom

by Ryan Taylor on August 27, 2014 { } BTC: 13xJRq2FDTmPrWj9BxWEkFgv1JKxZsuujCLTC: LfeDFoC4c6YyEsXw6pXZ7R6ADHqRxfgy7L DOGE: DSYwWb71hmvnhp18wDVzvQepVkNazSfKAk By Ryan Taylor Ryan Taylor, a native of northern California, is a twenty first century renaissance man who firmly believes in making the world a better place through art and technology and making the web a better place through collaboration and transparency. An accomplished photographer,...

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