Bitcoin Core Sponsorship Programme Aims To Foster Ecosystem Development

The Bitcoin Core Sponsorship Programme has recently been announced, which is dedicated of foster innovation in the world of Bitcoin and digital currencies. There is a lot of research and development waiting to be completed, and keeping in mind how Bitcoin Core powers the majority of the existing Bitcoin infrastructure, it makes sense to ask for help.

http://bitcoinist.net/bitcoin-core-sponsorship-programme-aims-to-foster-ecosystem-development/

the investors are the most interesting part in that news.

How about Bitcoin as a protocol?

Alec Ross’ book, The Industries Of The Future: How The Next 10 Years Of Innovation Will Transform Our Lives At Work And Home, is like a crystal ball. It looks at advances in areas like robotics, genomics, virtual money, hacking and big data and tries to predict what the future might look like—in our lifetime.

http://www.livemint.com/Leisure/RXSIl8TvuVsFPPAKGLarDJ/How-about-Bitcoin-as-a-protocol.html

Asset Bubbles 101: Wall Street is a Symptom of a Bigger Problem

Chances are if you are reading this public essay it may be because of your abundant curiosity surrounding the most recent economic instability in the United States stock, housing, and employment markets. Subsequently, this instability ends in yet another devastating recession that makes each of its respective predecessors look like a tiny blip on the radar.

https://medium.com/@sslifermosher/asset-bubbles-101-wall-street-is-a-symptom-of-a-bigger-problem-e72f9a2fafe3#.g8lipazco

Bitwala Raises €800,000 for Bitcoin SEPA Transfers

Bitwala has raised €800,000 (about $910,000 at press time) to expand its online bitcoin payment service and grow its customer base and operations team.

Investors in the round included High-Tech-Gründerfonds (HTGF), KfW Banking Group and Digital Currency Group. Deutsche Post DHL, Deutsche Telekom and RWE also participated in the round.

http://www.coindesk.com/bitwala-raises-e800000-bitcoin-sepa-service/


Strange group of investors  

nur wer richtig Eiern in der Hose hat, geht so weit 


Sieglinde Baumert weigert sich seit 2013, für ARD und ZDF die Rundfunkgebühren zu zahlen – wie viele. Nun erfährt sie Bewunderung. Denn sie ist die Erste, die dafür ins Gefängnis gegangen ist.

http://www.welt.de/politik/deutschland/article153966392/Die-erzwungenen-Einnahmen-werden-dann-rausgeschmissen.html


wobei das mit den Eiern.....   

Meet the Man Who Will Hack Your Long-Lost Bitcoin Wallet for Money

For Dave Bitcoin, the alias of the software architect that hacks people’s cryptocurrrency passwords, the price surge of Ethereum’s blockchain token ether has generated a significant amount of work; work that wouldn’t have been steered his way without his focus on developing trust.

http://www.coindesk.com/meet-man-will-hack-long-lost-bitcoin-wallet-money/

Microsoft Office 365 Roadmap shows upcoming bitcoin support for Excel

Chances are that Microsoft Office 365 represents one of the world’s most popular applications, found on millions of computers from all around the world.

http://themerkle.com/microsoft-office-365-roadmap-shows-upcoming-bitcoin-support-for-excel/

Clearing the FUD around Segregated Witness

What is SegWit?

Segregated Witness is a solution created by the Bitcoin Core developers. It is spearheaded by Pieter Wuille, Johnson Lau, and Eric Lombrozo. The general high-level idea of segwit is that the signatures in a transaction (also called the witness data) are skipped when calculating the transaction id. By doing so it solves many issues that Bitcoin has. These benefits are laid out here.

http://www.achow101.com/2016/04/Segwit-FUD-Clearup

Tackling gigantic shrinking challenges at X

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DhVIkvDx9T4

 

Virtual Reality Spy Game

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q7dVaembmgc

 

In February of 2016, Bitt launched a digitized Barbadian dollar on the bitcoin blockchain, backed by the Central Bank of Barbados.

http://www.reuters.com/article/us-overstock-com-investment-fintech-idUSKCN0WY5HI

wasnt aware of that.

SEC Chair: Agency 'Actively Exploring' Blockchain Regulation

The chair of the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) last night spoke out publicly on the Federal regulatory agency's current and future plans for potential blockchain controls.

http://www.coindesk.com/sec-chair-addresses-silicon-valley-initiative-potential-blockchain-regulations/

Overstock Invests $4 Million in Barbados Bitcoin Startup

Caribbean digital currency exchange Bitt has received $4m in new funding from online retailer Overstock.com.

http://www.coindesk.com/overstock-invests-4-million-in-barbados-bitcoin-exchange/

PC games and PS4!

that could be the reason that there are no houses, streets or electric lights - more work, less dance.