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Hey,

There's a number of useful articles which I'm not collecting anywhere and am worried are getting buried. I'm going to collect all the important stories in this post for easy viewing, and post new stories to this thread. Also other websites if I think they're relevant or good.

Overview:

The future cannot exist without the past (http://bitcoinmedia.com/the-future-cannot-exist-without-the-past/)
Bulleted advantages (http://bitcoinmedia.com/bulleted-advantages/)
The cacophony of technology (http://bitcoinmedia.com/the-cacophony-of-technology/)
Technology shifts (http://bitcoinmedia.com/technology-shifts-2/)

European Bitcoin Conference:

[eurobit] Sergey Kurtsev – Decentralizing Bitcoin (http://bitcoinmedia.com/eurobit-sergey-kurtsev-decentralizing-bitcoin/)
[eurobit] Stefan Thomas – BitcoinJS (http://bitcoinmedia.com/eurobit-stefan-thomas-bitcoinjs/)
[eurobit] David Birch – Next Generation Money (http://bitcoinmedia.com/eurobit-david-birch-next-generation-money/)
[eurobit] Jim Burton – MultiBit (http://bitcoinmedia.com/eurobit-jim-burton-multibit/)
[eurobit] Rick Falkvinge – Banks: The Fourth Victim of Citizen’s empowerment (http://bitcoinmedia.com/eurobit-rick-falkvinge-banks-the-fourth-victim-of-citizens-empowerment/)

Informative:

libbitcoin and Asynchronous Programming (http://bitcoinmedia.com/libbitcoin-and-asynchronous-programming/)
Vanitygen + FirstBits = bitcoin handles (http://bitcoinmedia.com/vanitygen-firstbits-bitcoin-handles/)
Bitcoin will outlive the internet (http://bitcoinmedia.com/bitcoin-will-outlive-the-internet/)
Fat blockchain (http://bitcoinmedia.com/fat-blockchain/)
Merchant developer tutorial (http://bitcoinmedia.com/merchant-developer-tutorial/)
Proof of work exposed (http://bitcoinmedia.com/proof-of-work-exposed/)

Popular:

Bitcoin replaces Western Union, that’s all (http://bitcoinmedia.com/bitcoin-replaces-western-union-thats-all/)
Who uses Tor? (http://bitcoinmedia.com/who-uses-tor/)
Iran’s dire straits (http://bitcoinmedia.com/irans-dire-straits/)
Megaupload conspiracy (http://bitcoinmedia.com/megaupload-conspiracy/)
Physibles on The Pirate Bay (http://bitcoinmedia.com/physibles-on-the-pirate-bay/)
THANK YOU SCHUMER (http://bitcoinmedia.com/thank-you-schumer/)
The Truth behind BIP 16 and 17 (http://bitcoinmedia.com/the-truth-behind-bip-16-and-17/)
Cathartic progress (http://bitcoinmedia.com/cathartic-progress/)
Our next adoption phase (http://bitcoinmedia.com/our-next-adoption-phase/) By Ruediger Koch (anu)
Warning: BTC-E compromised (http://bitcoinmedia.com/warning-btc-e-compromised/) By Patrick Strateman (phantomcircuit)
Fear and loathing in Bitcoin world, why is there so much volatility? (http://bitcoinmedia.com/fear-and-loathing-in-bitcoin-world-why-is-there-so-much-volatility/) By Topi Kanerva (topi)

libbitcoin:

libbitcoin and Asynchronous Programming (http://bitcoinmedia.com/libbitcoin-and-asynchronous-programming/)
[libbitcoin] Overview (http://bitcoinmedia.com/libbitcoin-overview/)
[libbitcoin] First steps (http://bitcoinmedia.com/libbitcoin-first-steps/)
[libbitcoin] First 500 blocks (http://bitcoinmedia.com/libbitcoin-first-500-blocks/)

Everything:

[eurobit] Sergey Kurtsev – Decentralizing Bitcoin (http://bitcoinmedia.com/eurobit-sergey-kurtsev-decentralizing-bitcoin/)
BIP 0015 – Bitcoin Aliases (http://bitcoinmedia.com/bip-0015-bitcoin-aliases/)
Bitcoin Introduction by Amir Taaki and Jamison Young (http://bitcoinmedia.com/bitcoin-introduction-by-amir-taaki-and-jamison-young/)
Drugs and sex bought online (http://bitcoinmedia.com/drugs-and-sex-bought-online/)
libbitcoin and Asynchronous Programming (http://bitcoinmedia.com/libbitcoin-and-asynchronous-programming/) - good for programmers
Bitcoin will be ready for mainstream adoption when…. (http://bitcoinmedia.com/bitcoin-will-be-ready-for-mainstream-adoption-when/)
Vanitygen + FirstBits = bitcoin handles (http://bitcoinmedia.com/vanitygen-firstbits-bitcoin-handles/)
Cash Not Credit Cards: Suspicious & Weird (http://bitcoinmedia.com/department-of-homeland-security-using-cash-not-credit-cards-is-highly-suspicious-weird/)
cjdns – The New Network. Better than Tor, i2p and Freenet (http://bitcoinmedia.com/cjdns-the-new-network-better-than-tor-i2p-and-freenet/)
Bitcoin will outlive the internet (http://bitcoinmedia.com/bitcoin-will-outlive-the-internet/)
Interview with Marius Falke of BitMit (http://bitcoinmedia.com/interview-with-marius-falke-of-bitmit/)
Bitcoin TV episode CONFIRMED!!! (http://bitcoinmedia.com/bitcoin-tv-episode-confirmed/)
[eurobit] Stefan Thomas – BitcoinJS (http://bitcoinmedia.com/eurobit-stefan-thomas-bitcoinjs/)
Bitcoin replaces Western Union, that’s all (http://bitcoinmedia.com/bitcoin-replaces-western-union-thats-all/) - featured on Slashdot
The revolution will not be televised. The revolution will be digitised. (http://bitcoinmedia.com/the-revolution-will-not-be-televised-the-revolution-will-be-digitised/) - zomg this is so cool
The future cannot exist without the past (http://bitcoinmedia.com/the-future-cannot-exist-without-the-past/)
[eurobit] David Birch – Next Generation Money (http://bitcoinmedia.com/eurobit-david-birch-next-generation-money/)
Ask Max Keiser & Stacy Herbert about bitcoin (http://bitcoinmedia.com/ask-max-keiser-stacy-herbert-about-bitcoin/)
Fat blockchain (http://bitcoinmedia.com/fat-blockchain/)
Bulleted advantages (http://bitcoinmedia.com/bulleted-advantages/)
The cacophony of technology (http://bitcoinmedia.com/the-cacophony-of-technology/)
The EFF’s own chilling breeze. (http://bitcoinmedia.com/the-effs-own-chilling-breeze/) by Julz
Who uses Tor? (http://bitcoinmedia.com/who-uses-tor/)
[eurobit] Tony Gallippi – Bitcoin Adoption (http://bitcoinmedia.com/eurobit-tony-gallippi-bitcoin-adoption/)
The Good Wife – “Bitcoin for Dummies” Promo (http://bitcoinmedia.com/the-good-wife-bitcoin-for-dummies-promo/)
Living Card-Free With Bitcoin (http://bitcoinmedia.com/living-card-free-with-bitcoin/)
Technology shifts (http://bitcoinmedia.com/technology-shifts-2/)
Luke Dashjr throws book at SolidCoin (http://bitcoinmedia.com/luke-dashjr-throws-book-at-solidcoin/)
Merchant developer tutorial (http://bitcoinmedia.com/merchant-developer-tutorial/)
Good Wife episode review (http://bitcoinmedia.com/good-wife-episode-review/)
The Second Bitcoin Whitepaper (http://bitcoinmedia.com/the-second-bitcoin-whitepaper/) by dacoinmaster
Death to Flow Capital (http://bitcoinmedia.com/death-to-flow-capital/) by jaromil
Iran’s dire straits (http://bitcoinmedia.com/irans-dire-straits/)
Megaupload conspiracy (http://bitcoinmedia.com/megaupload-conspiracy/)
Max Keiser answers your questions (http://bitcoinmedia.com/max-keiser-answers-your-questions/)
Physibles on The Pirate Bay (http://bitcoinmedia.com/physibles-on-the-pirate-bay/) featured on Slashdot!
Proof of work exposed (http://bitcoinmedia.com/proof-of-work-exposed/)
THANK YOU SCHUMER (http://bitcoinmedia.com/thank-you-schumer/) covered by Betabeat by Gawker by Forbes and RT lol
[eurobit] Jim Burton – MultiBit (http://bitcoinmedia.com/eurobit-jim-burton-multibit/) - needs more love. MultiBit is super cool
The Truth behind BIP 16 and 17 (http://bitcoinmedia.com/the-truth-behind-bip-16-and-17/)
Cathartic progress (http://bitcoinmedia.com/cathartic-progress/)

If anyone wants to write something then email me at 'myusername'@riseup.net

Cyber revolt! (http://bitcoinmedia.com/cyber-revolt/)
You got up, you worked, you slept, you died. Loyalties were to our immediate family, maybe our community. Work was only a means to provide for your family. Your ecology might only be your town (villages by today’s standards). Tribal or national boundaries were strong as a foreigner was strange. Unusual. Not a common occurence.

We just released another video from the conference ;D

[eurobit] Rick Falkvinge – Banks: The Fourth Victim of Citizen’s empowerment (http://bitcoinmedia.com/eurobit-rick-falkvinge-banks-the-fourth-victim-of-citizens-empowerment/)
Falkvinge compares past examples of technology adoption like email and the postal service, eventually drawing parallels with bitcoin and the banks. Email was largely ignored in the beginning by the postal industry because it was not a competitor.

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A little bit of a techy article/tutorial:

[libbitcoin] Overview (http://bitcoinmedia.com/libbitcoin-overview/)
libbitcoin (http://libbitcoin.org) is a bitcoin library targeted towards high end use. The library places a heavy focus around asychronicity. The enables a big scope for future scalability as each component has its own thread pool. By increasing the number of threads for that component the library is able to scale outwards across CPU cores. This will be vital in the future as the demands of the bitcoin network grow.

BitTalk.TV Stefan Thomas interview (http://bitcoinmedia.com/bittalk-tv-stefan-thomas-interview/)
Stefan Thomas discusses bitcoin’s direction. There are many big speakers in the community, but Stefan is an actual developer having contributed a useful library that has enabled several interesting sites and wallets to exist. He understands the protocol and core code. And the bitcoin introduction video on the WeUseCoins website.

Founder of world’s largest ponzi company pimps bitcoin (http://bitcoinmedia.com/founder-of-worlds-largest-ponzi-company-pimps-bitcoin/)
Sergei Mavrodi was the founder of MMM, a Russian company that perpetuated one of the world's largest ponzi schemes of all time during the 1990s. Around 5 to 40 million people lost up to $10 billion. Its founder was eventually found guilty of defrauding 10,000 investors of $4.3 million and sentenced to four and a half years in a penal colony.

Catherine Flick: Bitcoin and the Dual-Use Dilemma (http://bitcoinmedia.com/catherine-flick-bitcoin-and-the-dual-use-dilemma/)
When me and Martin Dittus held the Bitcoin Weekend at the London Hackspace, Catherine Flick sent us this video on her research into bitcoin as a computer ethicist.

Catherine is a researcher in technology ethics at Middlesex University. She started investigating the potential social and ethical impact of Bitcoin, and is currently evaluating a first survey.

[libbitcoin] First steps (http://bitcoinmedia.com/libbitcoin-first-steps/)
This tutorial will create a simple program in Python using libbitcoin’s Python bindings to read the version information of a remote bitcoin node. We will need to connect to the bitcoin node and send it a version packet. The other bitcoin node should respond back with their own version packet which we can examine.

Facebook privacy (http://bitcoinmedia.com/facebook-privacy/)
Critics of bitcoin ask why privacy is important. An ongoing discussion about the role of personal privacy in digital contexts polarises. It is a debate that will forever change the fabric of our shared online culture.

Electrum 0.38 – aliases and signed URIs (http://bitcoinmedia.com/electrum-0-38-aliases-and-signed-uris/)
Electrum is a lightweight client written in Python. The design is an improvement over Bitcoin-Qt because the user interface and core code are split into a client and a server. This means you can run an Electrum server instance, and use the same bitcoin from a wide variety of devices. Server instances are analogous to email servers, and the Electrum client with email clients.

BBC 5 live investigates Silk Road and Bitcoins (http://bitcoinmedia.com/bbc-5-live-investigates-silk-road-and-bitcoins/)
I wish more Bitcoin proponents would embrace the Silk Road, and what it stands for, as a positive social force; both for Bitcoin’s growth and success, but also more generally as a new tool for the safe disobedience of unjust laws. Instead it seems they more often try to downplay the size and influence of Silk Road (falsely too), in an attempt to distance themselves, and the rest of the Bitcoin community, from the “illegal activity” going on. This is a strategy from Bitcoiners that I honestly don’t understand.

Tim Schafer raised $800,000 in 24 hours (http://bitcoinmedia.com/tim-schafer-raised-800000-in-24-hours/)
Tim Schafer is a legend within the game designers community. Although his video games are not massive commercial successes, they are critically acclaimed. In particular his use of level design for gameplay elements and well written dialogue make his work an example to follow for budding game designers.

This is a cool story. This guy went around African embassies to promote Bitcoin:

Our next adoption phase (http://bitcoinmedia.com/our-next-adoption-phase/)
Much has been talked about the early adopter advantage while in fact we are not even in that stage yet. We’re at the beginning of the innovator stage in the technology adoption lifecycle now. The early adopter phase is next. So we still have some say in who those future early adopters are going to be who are going to realize the early adopter advantage. I argue that the early adopters should be some of those who so far have been systematically disadvantaged, specifically people of small, poor nations, many of which can be found on the African continent.

You think that's a good idea? I didn't want to annoy people by spamming that thread because it seems more geared towards mainstream news. Even this thread I was worried might be spammy but the moderators told me it was fine.

I think the current format is perfect! Keep 'em coming.

Thank you :) It is nice to know people appreciate my works. Feel free to suggest things you want to know about or what type articles you like best in this thread.

Also people should give me a poke if they want to write something. I'm dominating this a bit too much :p

Warning: BTC-E compromised (http://bitcoinmedia.com/warning-btc-e-compromised/)
I have identified a critical flaw on BTC-E that allows unhindered access to accounts. I recommend people to stop all trading on BTC-E now.
By Patrick Strateman (phantomcircuit)

Fear and loathing in Bitcoin world, why is there so much volatility? (http://bitcoinmedia.com/fear-and-loathing-in-bitcoin-world-why-is-there-so-much-volatility/)
As most everyone already knows by now, some currencies are more volatile than others. The volatility comes from out-of-balance market actions. That is, during some precisely defined window of time, there are more people wanting to sell than there are potential buyers, and vice versa. Sometimes these imbalances are exaggerated, which then manifests as rapid decline or appreciation of exchange rates of said currency.
By Topi Kanerva (topi)

Bitcoinica Legal Complaint (http://bitcoinmedia.com/bitcoinica-legal-complaint/)
parapipan has filed a legal complaint against the Spanish authorities. The complaint is that their legal status is unknown and requests for providing information are left unanswered.

[libbitcoin] First 500 blocks (http://bitcoinmedia.com/libbitcoin-first-500-blocks/)
libbitcoin is a toolkit based library and can be leveraged with different design patterns depending on the task or application. Previously we examined using libbitcoin using an active object pattern. In this example we will use an imperative style program to connect to a bitcoin node and download the first 500 blocks.

Check my Kicks (http://bitcoinmedia.com/check-my-kicks/)
DJ_FC custom built his own Nike Jordans to create this luscious BITCOIN sneaker.

BTC-Hospital Saves Me (http://bitcoinmedia.com/btc-hospital-saves-me/)
That guy on the bitcoin forums literally saved me from crippling injury in a few years time. Had I not spoke to him, it may have been too late before I got it checked out. I always kept putting it off since I'm so busy and it didn't seem like a big deal.