Bitcoin press hits, notable sources

[SpaceLord]

Weak Bitcoin Cryptography Prompts Action - Internet Evolution - critique of the MtGox hack.

[Herodes]

More FUD for tought:

http://blogs.mcafee.com/mcafee-labs/bitcoin-a-matter-of-trust-going-bad

Really a very poor written piece I must say, it's annoying how many bloggers that spread FUD really have not a deep understanding about how bitcoin works.

[EskimoBob]

More FUD for tought:

http://blogs.mcafee.com/mcafee-labs/bitcoin-a-matter-of-trust-going-bad

Really a very poor written piece I must say, it's annoying how many bloggers that spread FUD really have not a deep understanding about how bitcoin works.

Most blogers are idiots, who can not write for shit and are mostly regurgitating someone else's crap.

 

[Vladimir]

More FUD for tought:

http://blogs.mcafee.com/mcafee-labs/bitcoin-a-matter-of-trust-going-bad

Really a very poor written piece I must say, it's annoying how many bloggers that spread FUD really have not a deep understanding about how bitcoin works.

Most blogers are idiots, who can not write for shit and are mostly regurgitating someone else's crap.

 

It seems Joe Blogg's comment there

You have no idea what you are talking about, are you?

has more substance than the article, or should I say it is less inacurate  


and "regurgitating someone else's crap" is rather well put  

[fabianhjr]

For the lulz:
http://www.gadget.co.za/pebble.asp?relid=3311

Bitcoin raid foiled
Kaspersky Lab has released its June 2011 report. According to the report, the Mac operating system is still in cybercriminal's sights, law enforcement agencies are clamping down on cybercrime and the Russian BitCoin virtual money system has been foiled.
...
Money from thin air

Russian scammers tried their luck at making money for nothing in June using the BitCoins virtual money system. With the help of a new malicious program they launched a legitimate BitCoins file on the victim computer in an attempt to generate the cyber currency in their own accounts. The BitCoins site administration reacted quickly to block the attacker’s account, as such the cybercriminals appear to have made very little money.

[SpaceLord]

Internet currency BitCoin exchangeable for real world money - Digital Journal

[elewton]

NPR's Planet Money podcast has updated its RSS feed (but not yet its website?) to include an episode on Bitcoin.

I'm too tired to listen to it right now, but I'm sure it's very important.

[fabianhjr]

NPR's Planet Money podcast has updated its RSS feed (but not yet its website?) to include an episode on Bitcoin.

I'm too tired to listen to it right now, but I'm sure it's very important.

http://podcastdownload.npr.org/anon.npr-podcasts/podcast/510289/137802434/npr_137802434.mp3?_kip_ipx=850604429-1310517762

[julz]

cisco blog

Bitcoin Security Architecture: A Brief Overview

http://blogs.cisco.com/security/bitcoin-security-architecture-a-brief-overview/

[The Script]

For the lulz:
http://www.gadget.co.za/pebble.asp?relid=3311

Bitcoin raid foiled
Kaspersky Lab has released its June 2011 report. According to the report, the Mac operating system is still in cybercriminal's sights, law enforcement agencies are clamping down on cybercrime and the Russian BitCoin virtual money system has been foiled.
...
Money from thin air

Russian scammers tried their luck at making money for nothing in June using the BitCoins virtual money system. With the help of a new malicious program they launched a legitimate BitCoins file on the victim computer in an attempt to generate the cyber currency in their own accounts. The BitCoins site administration reacted quickly to block the attacker’s account, as such the cybercriminals appear to have made very little money.

WTF?

[Coolhwip]

[H]ard|OCP
Bitcoin Mining GPU Performance Comparison
http://www.hardocp.com/article/2011/07/13/bitcoin_mining_gpu_performance_comparison

Article with basic comparisons of different mining hardware, focusing specifically on GPU performance. Leaning heavily on the technical side but still nice to see it get exposure.

[dacoinminster]

http://newnation.sg/2011/07/bitcoins-currency-for-the-drug-lords/

[fabianhjr]

WTF?

Yes, setting the bottom line is hard now.

[Nescio]

Slashdot really loves Bitcoin:
http://hardware.slashdot.org/story/11/07/13/2227223/Bitcoin-Mining-Tests-On-16-NVIDIA-and-AMD-GPUs

[Stephen Gornick]

Another NPR podcast today, this one "Virtual Currency: Seed Of Poor Spending Habits?"
 - http://www.npr.org/2011/07/13/137818171

Because yesterday's jabs weren't enough to discourage its audience, NPR went with another approach -- it's so dangerous!  "The technology has outpaced the ethics".

[kiba]

There is no company called Bitcoin.

[julz]

Commentary: Why Bitcoin Will Fail as a Currency

http://www.calculatinginvestor.com/2011/07/13/thoughts-on-bitcoin/

[Vladimir]

Commentary: Why Bitcoin Will Fail as a Currency

http://www.calculatinginvestor.com/2011/07/13/thoughts-on-bitcoin/

Although I think that Bitcoin is ingenious and fascinating in many ways, I don’t believe that it will succeed as a currency. The problem is that a Bitcoin is unlikely to ever be a good store of value (a primary function of any widely accepted currency) because the (eventually) fixed money supply will cause the purchasing power of a Bitcoin to be extremely volatile.

Stopped reading right there.

[marcus_of_augustus]

Another NPR podcast today, this one "Virtual Currency: Seed Of Poor Spending Habits?"
 - http://www.npr.org/2011/07/13/137818171

Because yesterday's jabs weren't enough to discourage its audience, NPR went with another approach -- it's so dangerous!  "The technology has outpaced the ethics".

Hit piece ... state mouthpiece opens up the slanted onslaught.

[julz]

The online currency Bitcoin could alter the way governments enforce the law online.

http://www.themarknews.com/articles/6018-a-bitcoin-for-your-thoughts

Aside from some obvious misconceptions in the intro - it's an interesting interview.