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Myths About Bitcoin – The Coin Supply

10/10/2014 by Ben Isgur Leave a Comment

This article was originally published for CoinReport.net. You can find it here. Here’s my author archives on CoinReport. Today, we’re going through a few of the most common myths about Bitcoin newcomers to the digital currency get presented to them. To start us off, a question you hear often from recent adopters of Bitcoin is something along the […]

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Understanding Bitcoin Mining in Financial Terms

10/09/2014 by Ben Isgur Leave a Comment

This article was originally published for CoinReport.net. You can find it here. Here’s my author archives on CoinReport. Bitcoin mining is one of the “cool” things that every cryptocurrency newcomer hears about and immediately wants to get involved in. Sadly, the economic situation with regard to a small investment in Bitcoin mining is such that, for the vast […]

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The BTC-e Bot Malfunction, and the Bigger Picture

10/06/2014 by Ben Isgur Leave a Comment

This article was originally published for CoinReport.net. You can find it here. Here’s my author archives on CoinReport. I was in the middle of writing a very different article (that you’ll get to read tomorrow, if you follow my column) when, as sometimes occurs, an event within the Bitcoin world caught my attention. This most recent BTC-e bot […]

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Turning Point: Will the Altcoin Scams Ever End?

09/26/2014 by Ben Isgur Leave a Comment

This article was originally published for CoinReport.net. You can find it here. Here’s my author archives on CoinReport. There’s an old rule of journalism that says that any article title that contains a question can be answered with “no.” I’m sad to say that this article is no exception to that rule – the altcoin scams will never […]

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What is a Bitcoin, Really?

09/24/2014 by Ben Isgur Leave a Comment

This article was originally published for CoinReport.net. You can find it here. Here’s my author archives on CoinReport. What is a Bitcoin, really? This is a question plenty of newcomers to the technology ask, and often, it’s the first question they will be googling. There are a lot of answers to it. Commonly, people might respond by saying: […]

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Sex Sells: Hacked Celebrity Pictures as the Next Bubble Catalyst?

09/23/2014 by Ben Isgur Leave a Comment

This article was originally published for CoinReport.net. You can find it here. Here’s my author archives on CoinReport. The internet completely exploded yesterday after an anonymous individual posted on 4Chan that he had gotten control of a pretty wide collection of pictures from various celebrities (predominantly female), mostly very private and sexual in nature. While I do feel […]

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The Coming Demise of Bitcoin’s Sole Reign, Part 2

09/17/2014 by Ben Isgur Leave a Comment

This article was originally published for CoinReport.net. You can find it here. Here’s my author archives on CoinReport. This is the second portion of this article responding to writing by Daniel Krawisz of the Nakamoto Institute. I recommend starting with his piece, found here, and then the Coming Demise of Bitcoin’s Sole Reign Part 1, found here, before reading this. […]

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The Coming Demise of Bitcoin’s Sole Reign

09/16/2014 by Ben Isgur 1 Comment

This article was originally published for CoinReport.net. You can find it here. Here’s my author archives on CoinReport. Can Bitcoin be dethroned from its tremendous market capitalization advantage? Will a second cryptocurrency come about to cause the demise of Bitcoin’s longstanding sole reign? This is a question hotly debated. On one side stand the Bitcoin purists, those who […]

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The BTER NXT Hack & How to Negotiate With Criminals

09/15/2014 by Ben Isgur Leave a Comment

This article was originally published for CoinReport.net. You can find it here. Here’s my author archives on CoinReport. The Bter NXT hack has been the talk of town lately. A thief somehow broke through their security and stole approximately 50MM NXT, the equivalent of about 3400BTC, or $1.7MM USD if you prefer to think in fiat. After this […]

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Update and PSA on Turing Stations AS – Likely Scam Alert

09/12/2014 by Ben Isgur 1 Comment

Back about 16 days ago, I made a post announcing that I would be demoing and reviewing a set of new mining ASICs designed for SHA256 and Scrypt by an as-yet-unheard-of company called Turing Stations that suddenly popped onto the scene. I was skeptical at the time, as one should be with mining companies, given […]

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