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Would it be possible to set up a Bitcoin Core pruned node and attach it to one of the existing lightning network node implementations, or does one need a full (archival) node?

Also, what lightning node implementation is compatible with the Bitcoin Core software?

Despite the geeky nature of the subject, Blockchain technology, cryptocurrencies, and ICOs (Initial Coin Offering) are receiving a lot of attention, and will soon demand more of yours. This is largely thanks to the meteoric rise of Bitcoin’s value in the last few years, and its promise to bring about a fairer economic world.

The 9 year-old crypto currency is trading at around $4900 at the time of writing, up 680% from same time last year. Analysts are suggesting Bitcoin will change how we will do business, legislation, and everything else that currently requires a central authority. It's even likely it will change the way we approach advertising too.

Please read the full article and let me know if I got something wrong, or if you have suggestions on how to improve it: http://clios.com/the-muse/how-blockchain-will-change-advertising

Thanks!

We design logos for bitcoins. Check out our work and request a design for BTC 0.9: http://logodesignforbitcoin.com

PayBase's logo is way too similar Gopago's



Here is my suggestion:



What do you think?

[How does Colored Coins affect Bitcoin?]

One of the most exciting technologies that build on top of Bitcoin is called Colored Coins and it launched Today with Coinprism, a web based wallet that brings Colored Coins and the Open Assets open source protocol to life.

Colored Coins allows users to take small fractions of bitcoins and add a secondary value to them. In practice this lets people create new assets and use Bitcoin's network to secure and trade these assets. This simple idea opens up a wide range of possibilities.

For example you can start a company and let Colored Coins represent the ownership of the business. Your investors can trade their Colored Coins representing your business easily as easily as if they were sending bitcoins.

Exchanges can create Colored Coins dollars that will represent real dollars and people will be able to send each other these dollars easily to avoid any possible volatility of Bitcoin. Today sending fiat currencies is expensive, restrictive and/or slow. Soon it will cost as little and will be as fast as sending Bitcoins.

Colored Coins can also represent precious metals, property and can be used for marketing purposes by multinational companies that need a frictionless global currency that works online and in mobile apps.

How does Colored Coins affect Bitcoin?

Colored coins make Bitcoin's network and bitcoins themselves more valuable because it adds a significant new functionality.

Widespread use of Colored Coins would have two main effects on Bitcoin:

• Increase in demand for bitcoins, because you have to have BTC in order to manage and send your Colored Coins around.
• Increase the number of small BTC transactions. This will put a pressure on the Bitcoin network, but it will also generate more income in fees for miners.

Read more about Coinprism and receive 1,000 Owl Coins (created with Coinprism) for free.

What sort of meta-data can be added to a bitcoin transaction? And which wallet or web app can do that? Thanks

We should make bitcoin as easy and as familiar to people as possible. We should build on the existing money units. Therefore I suggest we should list prices in bitcoin cents (bitcent in short, unit: cBTC or c฿).

Read details of proposal and download file here: http://bitcoinowl.com/lets-adopt-bitcoin-cent

I'm not happy with the current new Bitcoin.com design, and here I'm suggesting a new design:
http://bitcoinowl.com/suggestion-better-bitcoincom

Watch the trailer: http://bitcoinowl.com/new-documentary-rise-and-rise-bitcoin

This is an exploration of the possible future price of BTC with the assumption that historical price charts are an indication of future valuation of bitcoin.

Short version: Buy now for $500, sell in August for $2,500.

Longer version: http://bitcoinowl.com/bitcoin-price-prediction-2014

Wireless internet in remote areas of our planet, pocket sized hardware wallets, decentralized exchanges and pools, governments interested and businesses building on top of Bitcoin.

Everything is falling into place for Bitcoin. Read my full post on Bitcoin Owl.

[What is Bitcoin 2.0?]

There is lots of talk about Bitcoin 2.0. I attempted to collect a couple of use cases and describe services that together make up this somewhat unfortunate term:

What is Bitcoin 2.0?

Please let me know if I made mistakes or missed out something. Thanks!

Listen to the full album for free and buy it with bitcoin of course.

[Listen to the BTC Metal: http://bitcoinowl.com/you-cant-kill-bitcoin]

Listen to the BTC Metal: http://bitcoinowl.com/you-cant-kill-bitcoin

(I searched and I haven't it posted, sorry if it's a duplicate.)

See the images: http://bitcoinowl.com/sneak-peak-inside-bitcoins-ny-conference-and-exhibition

It's hard to describe the amazing energy and excitement around Bitcoin.

There are several highly theoretical risks in Bitcoin, but I believe the Satoshi stash is the biggest systematic risk for Bitcoin.

Please read my post and let me know your kind opinion: http://bitcoinowl.com/bitcoins-biggest-systematic-risk-satoshis-stash

[Bitcoin]

My second grader daughter Phaedra is learning about money at school and she got interested in that small black box that on daddy's table when I told her that it prints out wallets that can hold a new form of money: Bitcoin.

See here how she interpreted what Bitcoin is: http://bitcoinowl.com/bitcoin-explained-7-year-old

In short: He's right. Bitcoin could be worthless if the system crashes. But nothing suggests it would and nothing is absolutely safe anyway. All assets have various levels of risks and opportunities. Even gold or the US$ that Faber thinks to be the safest has systematic risks.

I discuss gold, US$ and Bitcoin in more detail in my post.

What do you think?

[The University of Nicosia is launching the first Master of Science degree in Digital Currency that is offered to students worldwide through an online format in Spring 2014.]

The University of Nicosia is launching the first Master of Science degree in Digital Currency that is offered to students worldwide through an online format in Spring 2014.

The first course in the degree pathway, DFIN-511: Introduction to Digital Currencies, is available for free as an open enrollment MOOC course to anyone interested in learning more about the fundamental principles of digital currency, and starts on May 15, 2014.

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