question is: can you scan a qr-code to send someone money on the go this way?
No, but there are plenty of free qr reader apps available that allow you to easily copy/paste scanned text. It isn't quiet convenient, but you don't have to have a jail broken phone or add a Korean app store account to your phone. well, personally, I'll just use my android. But for recommending bitcoin to noobs with an iDevice copy/paste is too much to explain. Yeah.. not having a decent iPhone app is a showstopper for that platform I think. I've managed to convince my mother to go Android when it comes time to replace her iPhone. Attempting to teach her to copy and paste addresses would be a waste of time, because even though she may follow my initial tutorial.. anything that tedious would never get used again. When it comes to the point that I can transfer some bitcoins to my mother's phone - and then she can successfully transact with her friends without me being present to explain things.. then bitcoin might have a chance to grow via mobile. Apple's reluctance to allow virtual currency apps is the major impediment to this. Screw em. I used to be pretty ambivalent when people asked my advice about iPhone vs Android. |
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I'll start posting press hits as their own thread from now.
For the subject... I'm using the format: 'iso date' 'domain' 'article title'
(Due to subject length limitations - article title will probably often be truncated in the subject line.)
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Abstract of a paper to be presented at VB 2012 in Dallas, 26-28 September 2012 The Virus Bulletin International Conference is a major anti-malware conference - about to host its 22nd annual event. Malware taking a bit(coin) more than we bargained for (Abstract) Amir Fouda Microsoft 2012-04 http://www.virusbtn.com/conference/vb2012/abstracts/Fouda.xmlSocial and technological change often creates new opportunities for positive change. Unfortunately, it also means more opportunities for crime. So, when a new system of currency gains acceptance and widespread adoption in a computer-mediated population, it is only a matter of time before malware authors attempt to exploit it. As of half way through 2011, we started seeing another means of financial profiteering being perpetrated by the malware authors; they started targeting Bitcoins. Bitcoin mining and stealing functionality has been discovered in a number of the most notable and prevalent malware families, including Alureon, Sirefef and Kelihos. Notably, Bitcoin being open-sourced software means that Windows users are not the only target. Cross-platform attacks have already been seen, with OS X threats such as MacOS_X/DevilRobber.A emerging on the scene in October 2011. The very nature of the way Bitcoin operates also has telling implications. Bitcoin mining is a legitimate part of the system, allowing Bitcoin clients to compete with other clients in performing complex calculations using the computer's processing power, aiding in the flow of transfers and thus generating Bitcoins for the winning miner. The potential for botmasters is clear: the more computers and resources they can control in this distributed computing technique, the more they are likely to profit. This paper examines the various malware families that target this currency, provides an analysis of how these families target Bitcoins, and details the methods they use to steal and mine this increasingly popular digital currency. This paper will also give an insight into how malware authors and cybercriminals may exploit the Bitcoin system for their own financial gain, and details what the future holds for this form of exploitation. |
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Eric Thomson is an independent economist in Ottawa, Ontario. The Canadian Mint Has Unveiled the Blueprint of Bitcoin Successor Eric Thomson 2012-04-11 http://envelopeeconomics.com/2012/04/11/canada-has-unveiled-the-bitcoin/... I am certain that someone will develop an app that will allow people to trade Canadian dollars anonymously via cellphones or the internet, thus eliminating the only small advantage that Bitcoin had. Once mints and central banks around the world start unveiling similar portable digital wallets, and developers swiftly move in to ensure that transactions can be done anonymously, the Bitcoin experiment will end. |
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What a nasty little piece of FUD this is: It’s not just safety that has us concerned about Bitcoin, though. We’re also skeptical about how “decentralized” this digital currency can really be. Though the official wiki claims that the protocol is now mandated by community consensus, it’s impossible to ignore the power that the original developers have over the system.
They have a skeleton key that gives them control of the whole machine, any time they want.
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A reminder to everyone that Matthew Elias is the one behind the October 2011 paper "Bitcoin: Tempering the Digital Ring of Gyges or Implausible Pecuniary Privacy" https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=40783.0I think the Cryptocurrency Legal Advocacy Group is a great idea - donated! |
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Dropping the penny was just the beginning as the Canadian Mint seeks digital future 2012-04-09 http://news.nationalpost.com/2012/04/09/mintchip-royal-canadian-mint/... In a recent post, Bitcoin Magazine writer Vitalik Buterin called MintChip “a sign of things to come.” Nevertheless, he questioned MintChip’s security, noting that “unhackable” chips had been hacked in the past with electron microscopes, needles and acid. ... |
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A translation of Naomi O'Leary's recent article on the major German site welt.de |
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Hot on the heels of the recent announcement by the P2P foundation that they were paying some of their salaries in bitcoin, Michel Bauwen(one of the founders of the P2P foundation) follows up with an article in Al Jazeera |
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The Royal Canadian Mint explores a Bitcoin alternative Patricio Robles 2012-04-04 http://econsultancy.com/uk/blog/9530-the-royal-canadian-mint-explores-a-bitcoin-alternative... Bitcoin has not only gained more adoption than skeptics could have imagined possible, but it has created a fascinating discussion around how currency will evolve in the 21st century. ... But the mere interest of an institution like The Royal Canadian Mint in a Bitcoin-like digital currency suggests that within the next decade we could see dramatic change and innovation around 'money' and how we exchange it. |
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A more sensible take on the MintChip topic which explains why it's nothing like Bitcoin. |
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Unfortunately, the ridiculous claim that this centralized system is any sort of 'version of Bitcoin' - probably isn't obviously ridiculous to enough people. |
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John Stossel is a broadcast journalist who hosts "Stossel" on the Fox Business Network |
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Some fake journalist's take on it Not So Golden Years: Seven And A Half Things To Know Mark Gongloff 2012-04-02 http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/04/02/seven-and-a-half-things-you-need-to-know_n_1396047.htmlThing Seven: Bitcoin Of The Realm: The hot new toy/Ponzi scheme/weapon of financial destruction sweeping Wall Street is something called Bitcoin, which is fake online money that some people think will become a new global currency. "Bitcoin has become the Wild West of finance, with a proliferation of websites offering loosely regulated replicas of the services familiar to those in the financial industry," writes Naomi O'Leary of Reuters. What could possibly go wrong? |
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