Bitcoin press hits, notable sources

[fabianhjr]

http://www.prweb.com/releases/2011/7/prweb8682659.htm
First iPad App for Bitcoin
http://www.itnews.com.au/News/265267,payments-not-a-banking-priority-panel.aspx
Banks and others moving away from payments?!
http://singularityhub.com/2011/07/31/paypal-predicts-wallets-will-die-by-2015-thanks-but-ill-keep-mine-for-now/
End of physical wallets, a mention of Bitcoin as one contender to PayPal's ideas.

[julz]

Third Largest Bitcoin Exchange Bitomat Lost Their Wallet, Over 17,000 Bitcoins Missing
http://siliconangle.com/blog/2011/08/01/third-largest-bitcoin-exchange-bitomat-lost-their-wallet-over-17000-bitcoins-missing/

So the bitomat incident is finally getting noticed..  I wonder how long before the mybitcoin fiasco hits the media.

[koin]

Bitomat Loses Data and MyBitCoin Shuts down -- New Bitcoin Crisis?
http://launch.is/blog/bitomat-loses-data-and-mybitcoin-shuts-down-new-bitcoin-cris.html

[fabianhjr]

http://www.whptv.com/news/local/story/Bitcoin-Virtual-currency-in-the-real-world/2Xme9dPMkUuCpxWF5_zu0w.cspx
Bitcoin Intro 21News(whptv)

[julz]

Bitcoin: A Technical Introduction
Brian Warner, and engineer with Mozilla Labs, gave a brownbag presentation in which he introduced Bitcoin and covered how the Bitcoin protocol functions.

http://vimeo.com/27177893

[julz]

LulzSec, Anonymous Hackers Release Statement on Jake Davis Arrest
http://uk.ibtimes.com/articles/190735/20110802/jake-davis-anonymous-lulzsec-arrest-trial-case-arrested-hackers-hacked-fbi-antisec.htm

I find it interesting that they post the actual bitcoin donation addresses directly in this article. Is it normal for a mainstream media outlet to publish instructions on how to donate to someone who's been arrested.. or is it that the journalist wanted to emphasize the bitcoin association?
I can't imagine them publishing the bank account details of where to donate to someone's legal fund..   Would they normally even publish a donation URL?

[julz]

This piece is by some idiot who thinks entries in the mtgox database constitute 'counterfeit' bitcoins.


Virtual Currency - The Dark Side
Brendan Burge
http://www.atmmarketplace.com/blog/6030/Virtual-Currency-The-Dark-Side

One of the most compelling reasons for supporting virtual currency is that it would appear to be impossible to counterfeit. Alas, this is not the case. In a recent news story it was revealed that BitCoin had indeed been "counterfeited," and the resulting drop in the value of the currency was extreme and immediate.

[Cusipzzz]

CBS News yesterday:

http://www.whptv.com/news/local/story/Bitcoin-Virtual-currency-in-the-real-world/2Xme9dPMkUuCpxWF5_zu0w.cspx

[marcus_of_augustus]

Two hits on the defcon speakers list :

http://www.defcon.org/html/defcon-19/dc-19-speakers.html#Skunkworks

"Hacking the Global Economy with GPUs or How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love Bitcoin"

http://www.defcon.org/html/defcon-19/dc-19-speakers.html#Kaminsky

[fabianhjr]

http://www.pcmag.com/article2/0,2817,2390290,00.asp
Twitter botnet involved in Bitcoin

http://thenextweb.com/apps/2011/08/02/growing-global-bitcoin-exchange-ruxum-set-to-start-trading-european-currencies-invites/
Ruxum going to Europe

http://www.tribbleagency.com/?p=8133
mybitcoin gone

http://uk.ibtimes.com/articles/191006/20110802/anonymous-jake-davis-arrest-trial-hackers-revenge-attack-fbi-topiary.htm
Anonymouse asking for Bitcoin donations for Davis' defense

http://exophase.com/24063/humble-indie-bundle-3-tops-one-million/
Humble Bundle 3 reaches a million. Top contributor is currently MtGox just a bit above Notch, Minecraft creator.

[magots]

Full special issue of Hakin9 magazine fully devoted to Bitcoin can be downloaded HERE

[Current-C]

http://www.betabeat.com/2011/08/02/digital-derivatives-bitcoin-markets-wall-street-bankers/

Interesting and well written.

[Current-C]

http://themonetaryfuture.blogspot.com/2011/07/bitcoin-decentralization-and-nash.html

A bit more technical exploring the forces at play in securing the block chain.

[julz]

http://www.betabeat.com/2011/08/02/digital-derivatives-bitcoin-markets-wall-street-bankers/

Interesting and well written.

Remarkably upbeat given that they lost all their experimental coins in mybitcoin... although the article did end on that note.

[marcus_of_augustus]

http://searchsecurity.techtarget.com/news/2240039221/Black-Hat-2011-Dan-Kaminsky-reveals-network-security-research-topics

"Among the highlights were new vulnerabilities discovered using the peer-to-peer currency network BitCoin ... "

"BitCoin, a digital, virtual currency system, was the platform for some of Kaminsky’s new research. BitCoin is a payment system that charges a low cost per transaction. Each transaction is digitally signed and broadcast, supposedly anonymously, over a peer-to-peer network. Kaminsky announced a new tool called BlitCoin that unmasks one or both ends of a BitCoin transaction."

[dacoinminster]

. . . Kaminsky announced a new tool called BlitCoin that unmasks one or both ends of a BitCoin transaction."

I started a thread about this "blitcoin" here: https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=34383.0

[lacedwithkerosene]

I took an irreverent look into our unique culture on Slacktory:

Miners also pretend to first get used to, and then actually prefer the extra heat and vuvuzela-like noise being spawned from their computers...

http://slacktory.com/2011/08/bitcoin-mining-fun-loss/

[fabianhjr]

http://www.theawl.com/2011/08/one-socialist-world-currency-understanding-bitcoin

http://www.psfk.com/2011/08/new-currency-exchange-ruxum-saves-digital-currency-bitcoin.html

http://www.observer.com/2011/08/rough-trades-digital-derivatives-hit-the-bitcoin-markets-as-wall-street-bankers-take-interest/

http://seekingalpha.com/article/284595-patent-wars-are-a-major-threat-to-undermine-google-and-the-android-opportunity

Ultimately, I think we may start to see more software created by P2P/hacktivist groups like Anonymous and LulzSec – groups that may be difficult to sue because of their amorphous nature. Innovation by non-state networks is an important trend that I think will generate much value in the coming years. As for how to invest in these black market economies, that remains to be seen. It will likely involve a different approach than participating in publicly traded markets on official exchanges within the nation-state economy. The growing popularity of Bitcoin may be an early step in laying the foundation for such a system.

[julz]

(with audio from 'Cyber-activist,entrepreneur and founder of the Swedish Pirate Party Rick Falkvinge')

Bitcoin: Can a virtual currency do away with banks?
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/programmes/click_online/9555513.stm

[julz]

A LAYMAN’S GUIDE TO BITCOIN
AUGUST 4, 2011
KIRA M. NEWMAN
http://techcocktail.com/a-layman%E2%80%99s-guide-to-bitcoin-2011-08#.Tjqg1L8p9-U


Bitcoins - The Next Gold Standard?
August 04, 2011
By Peter Bernstein , Senior Editor
http://financial.tmcnet.com//topics/financial-technology/articles/204518-bitcoins-next-gold-standard.htm