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African bitcoin campaigner Alakanini Itireleng is turning her attention to charity, appealing for bitcoin donations to Botswana’s SOS Children’s Villages.
“A digital currency in which encryption techniques are used to regulate the generation of units of currency and verify the transfer of funds, operating independently of a central bank.”
CERN scientists launched its new encrypted email service called ProtonMail.
Bitcoin and its potential benefits were discussed at the meeting with the Federal Advisory Council and the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve.
Bitpay’s CTO, Stephen Pair, was recently interviewed by CNBC, where he claims credit card providers like MasterCard and Visa will play a role in bitcoin’s success.
Tyler Winklevoss, half of the most famous twins in tech, believes Bitcoin could have a larger impact on the world than Facebook.
Brock Pierce has written to his fellow board members at the Bitcoin Foundation to declare his innocence against sex abuse allegations dating back 14 years, which have resurfaced and fueled tension within the digital-currency advocacy group.
The first day of the first annual Bitcoin2014 conference in Amsterdam started with the introduction to Blockchain Awards.
Over 10 members resigned from the Bitcoin Foundation over the recent election of Bitcoin entrepreneur Brock Pierce as its board director.
Halsey Minor, founder of CNET website and an early backer of Salesforce.com, is launching bitcoin platform Bitreserve.org.