Bitcoin press hits, notable sources

[fabianhjr]

33GB of public domain JSTOR articles, and a manifesto (thepiratebay.org)

Currently the #1 article on Ycombinator.  Best part: the torrent uploader, Greg Maxwell, includes a bitcoin address in the Pirate Bay torrent description: 14csFEJHk3SYbkBmajyJ3ktpsd2TmwDEBb.  A worthy donation.

Dunno, can someone go and ask him what is exactly that Bitcoin thing and how does it fit?

It would be way better then.

[fabianhjr]

Who Might Be Wish To Be The Subsequent Huge Winner Inside The Bitcoin Casino
http://worldvillage.com/seymourayala17-eldon-lindsay

Interesting Ways of Getting Bitcoins Over the Counter
http://www.betabeat.com/2011/07/21/interesting-ways-of-getting-bitcoins-over-the-counter/

Use MtGox or Tradehill To Trade Your Bitcoins
http://blog.programmableweb.com/2011/07/21/use-mtgox-or-tradehill-to-trade-your-bitcoins/

Bitcoin explained: The who, why and how of digital cryptocurrency
http://www.nethosted.co.uk/blog/technology/bitcoin-explained-the-who-why-and-how-of-digital-cryptocurrency

Bitcoin: The Inflation-proof E-Currency of the Future, or Not
http://balhiser.com/bitcoin-the-inflation-proof-e-currency-of-the-future-or-not/

Exchange Tracker that just found its way into the App Store
http://itunes.apple.com/us/app/bitrate-bitcoin-monitor/id450057342?mt=8

http://www.thenepal.info/the-opportunity-to-turn-into-a-bitcoin-casino-and-poker-winner/

http://usbulletin.com/currencies/707816-what-is-bitcoin

[julz]

Social payments system Dwolla surpasses $1mm per day in transactions

http://thenextweb.com/insider/2011/07/21/social-payments-system-dwolla-surpasses-1mm-per-day-in-transactions/

(mentions that "at least part of Dwolla’s explosive growth is being caused by the ease of compatibility between it and the Bitcoin currency system.")

[a63ntsm1th]

pretty decent article!

UBC prof/economist denounces bitcoin, sure sign of its impending success!

"As an economist, I think it's just a stupid idea," says Antweiler, who teaches about online commerce.

i rofl'd when i heard that.  Im so excited to see the world changing before our eyes!

http://www.winnipegfreepress.com/arts-and-life/life/sci_tech/125900603.html

(edited for emphasis and more lulz)

[Alex Beckenham]

"As an economist, I think it's just a stupid idea," says Antweiler, who teaches about online commerce.

i rofl'd when i heard that.  Im so excited to see the world changing before our eyes!

Yeah, I literally laughed out loud at that line.

(Hope I didn't wake anyone, it was 2am)

[marcus_of_augustus]

It's great we are getting these guys on the record demonstrating how dumb they are.

"Hard times flushes out the chumps" - O' Brother Where Art Thou?

[dacoinminster]

VERY positive article here:

http://www.canada.com/Bitcoins+create+truly+democratic+policy+followers/5144669/story.html

Favorite excerpts:

``It's like the Mona Lisa.'' said Bruce Wagner, an IT consultant who discovered bitcoin in October and now hosts an online TV show about it. ``It's a masterpiece of technology.''

``If we remember, 15 years ago if you were doing anything on the Internet you were going to make millions,'' said Kenna. ``I think it could be the same with bitcoin.''

[error]

Bitcoin gets another mention on The Survival Podcast.
http://www.thesurvivalpodcast.com/calls-for-7-22-11

[foggyb]

Another Canadian newspaper article (online).

Skeptics of financial system push Bitcoin as alternative online currency.

http://www.winnipegfreepress.com/arts-and-life/life/sci_tech/125900603.html

Not very accurate, and some negative tones.

[GideonGono]

VERY positive article here:

http://www.canada.com/Bitcoins+create+truly+democratic+policy+followers/5144669/story.html

Favorite excerpts:

``It's like the Mona Lisa.'' said Bruce Wagner, an IT consultant who discovered bitcoin in October and now hosts an online TV show about it. ``It's a masterpiece of technology.''

``If we remember, 15 years ago if you were doing anything on the Internet you were going to make millions,'' said Kenna. ``I think it could be the same with bitcoin.''

That was a very good article. I really like how the author didn't go "ZOMG peeple kan buy drugz with bitcoin!" like alot of the earlier ones.

[fabianhjr]

http://www.libertariannews.org/2011/07/22/orwellian-bitcoin-economics/

[julz]

Massive Bitcoin Strike Shakes Mt. Gox Exchange
http://unconfirmedsources.com/?itemid=6152

(satire.  didn't strike me as particularly clever or entertaining.. but maybe I missed the point.)

[giszmo]

I'd like to invite you to use the wiki. I just wrote a template for this. This thread is nice but a some more condensed form might be better.

I integrated the template in Press Wiki Page for 3 sources to firstly showcase the difference it could make and secondly to improve on it.
Press will love to get a condensed view of other press articles so a good overview will help to get press again I guess.

I hope I can motivate others to join in this slight extra effort

(edited: integration in Press article)

[FCTaiChi]

I didn't see anyone mention this, in Time magazine 7-11-11

"Digital Deflation
How an online currency stacks up to the dollar

Since the financial crisis, many economists  have been calling for the creation of a new global reserve currency to replace the dollar.  To gauge how such a system might work, some have been tracking the progress of Bitcoin, a virtual currency, which makes it possible to buy and sell online anonymously.  Bitcoins were devised in 2009 by pseudonymous programmer Satoshi Nakamoto and have gained a following among techies.  For economists, the lure is that the tender is not run by a government or central bank.  No quantitative easing here.  The number of Bitcoins increases at a constant rate, much as legendary economist Milton Friedman prescribed for a stable currency.  But in mid-June, Bitcoin took a hit.  The virtual currency plunged in value after a hacker nearly stole $9 million of the digital money.  The exchange rate had reached $30 per Bitcoin, up from $5 earlier in the year.  After the hack, the value dove to a peny but has rebounded to $16.  The dollar, on the other hand, despite the tsunami in Japan, unrest in the Middle East and continued high unemployment has dropped just 5c vs. the euro this year.  So much for virtual-currency experiments and the quest to replace the greenback."


Yeah..  Time is a great one for black and white simplified thinking.

[Chris Acheson]

This is apparently from early June, but I haven't seen it posted anywhere:

http://falkvinge.net/2011/06/07/weed-as-surprise-driver-for-mass-cryptoproficiency/

[bitcola]

It's great we are getting these guys on the record demonstrating how dumb they are.

"Hard times flushes out the chumps" - O' Brother Where Art Thou?

Why are they dumb?

An economist has dedicated his adult life to the study of money. Can you claim anywhere near his level of credibility?

[cbeast]

It's great we are getting these guys on the record demonstrating how dumb they are.

"Hard times flushes out the chumps" - O' Brother Where Art Thou?

Why are they dumb?

An economist has dedicated his adult life to the study of money. Can you claim anywhere near his level of credibility?

One can dedicate ones life about a number of non-scientific pursuits. That makes them expert in only their own opinions.

(Decided to chime in since this thread has long since ceased to be about newsworthy press.)

[a63ntsm1th]

Credibility is not needed when making an argument.  The argument stands or falls on its own merit. Credibility only comes into account in the absence of facts.

[jgarzik]

This is not a discussion thread.

If you do not have a "press hit" or other link to post, please post in another thread.  Thank you.

[julz]

July 23, 2011 -  Drew Wilson  - IFPI Announces Agreement With PayPal to Cut Off Pirate Sites
http://www.zeropaid.com/news/94617/ifpi-announces-agreement-with-paypal-to-cut-off-pirate-sites/

(IFPI = International Federation of the Phonographic Industry)


From the article:
"Other sites have opted to simply stop using PayPal altogether and simply use other methods like Flatr and Bitcoin to name two examples."

" In fact, this is great news for competitors of PayPal because it means more reasons to move away from PayPal to them in the first place. The only entity I see losing out in a deal like this is PayPal."