Bitcoin press hits, notable sources

[julz]

JupiterBroadcasting TechSNAP 17
http://blip.tv/jupiterbroadcasting/google-s-server-secrets-techsnap-17-5442517

(covers a little about the bitomat incident, mybitcoin and wallet safety at the end of the show)

[julz]

Bitcoin: The future of global commerce or ideal drug money?

Updated: Aug 06, 2011 9:00 AM GST
By Tom Ensey
By Kimberly Schupp
http://www.wtol.com/story/15209359/bitcoin-future-of-global-commerce-or-internet-fad

Obviously going for the sensationalism re silkroad and drugs..   but does give some balance
e.g

"Less than 1/2 of 1 percent of Bitcoin users have ever used the 'Silk Road' website," Boyd said via email. "The vast majority of Bitcoin vendors like myself pay our taxes and use Bitcoins to buy everyday, legal items."

[Mjbmonetarymetals]

In this edition of PressTV's (presstv.ir) On the Edge, Max keiser & Rick Falkvinge (falkvinge.net) discuss the Bitcoin Phenomenon.



http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Bwkw1mYEvuA&feature=youtube_gdata_player

[maxkoda]

Good video - On the Edge with Max Keiser.
Max and Rick discuss Bitcoin

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oBN9p1qemMA&feature=player_embedded

[julz]

The Bitcoin Crash
Timothy B. Lee
Aug. 7 2011 - 12:43 am
http://blogs.forbes.com/timothylee/2011/08/07/the-bitcoin-crash/

But as the hoped-for rally has failed to materialize, more have gotten discouraged or bored and cash out, pushing the price down further.
This process has been going on for a couple of months, and now it appears to be accelerating. I suspect it’s terminal.

This is Timothy B Lee enjoying his 'I told you so moment' after earlier writing about 'The Bitcoin Bubble'.
That bitcoin is volatile and risky is hardly a surprise though when it currently has such a relatively small adoption rate.

None of the previous volatility or predictions one way or another leave us any  wiser as to how bitcoin would behave if it it had a signifcant market share.
*That* is what is interesting.  All the fretting about volatility when the project is only 2 years old just seems like pissing in the wind. 

It's I guess an interesting question whether early volatility might impede,stall,(or even promote via speculation) widespread adoption..  but without anything truly comparable to bitcoin in history - it's still anyone's guess where bitcoin will go.

[BitcoinNotify.com]

In this edition of PressTV's (presstv.ir) On the Edge, Max keiser & Rick Falkvinge (falkvinge.net) discuss the Bitcoin Phenomenon.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Bwkw1mYEvuA&feature=youtube_gdata_player

Falkvinge found a great way to explain Bitcoin.

Definitely worth watching to know how to explaining Bitcoin to your friends.

[netrin]

Max keiser & Rick Falkvinge...
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Bwkw1mYEvuA

Falkvinge found a great way to explain Bitcoin.

I enjoyed the contrast between the slow Swedish collected thoughtful speech pattern and the American erratic mania. Falkvinge rambled at times but was typically on the mark. Just a few technical mistakes (such as the implication that one key=bitcoin unit and Max's insistence that Apache=FOSS/internet backbone). It might be worth collecting such well spoken easily received sound clips into a canonical form. But then again, why should we care that some people think bitcoin a drug laundering ponzi scheme. The masses will figure it out when bitcoin is ready for them and when the masses are ready for bitcoin. We shan't be too impatient.

[hugolp]

Max keiser & Rick Falkvinge...
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Bwkw1mYEvuA

Falkvinge found a great way to explain Bitcoin.

I enjoyed the contrast between the slow Swedish collected thoughtful speech pattern and the American erratic mania. Falkvinge rambled at times but was typically on the mark. Just a few technical mistakes (such as the implication that one key=bitcoin unit and Max's insistence that Apache=FOSS/internet backbone). It might be worth collecting such well spoken easily received sound clips into a canonical form. But then again, why should we care that some people think bitcoin a drug laundering ponzi scheme. The masses will figure it out when bitcoin is ready for them and when the masses are ready for bitcoin. We shan't be too impatient.

Keiser is french if im not mistaken, but yeah...

[wareen]

Keiser is french if im not mistaken, but yeah...

Max Keiser was born in New Rochelle, N.Y. and went to New York University.

[evolve]

http://gizmodo.com/5828710/the-bitcoin-is-dying-whatever

[bitfoo]

"The Bitcoin Economy Is Collapsing With No Sign of Recovery"

http://www.theatlantic.com/technology/archive/2011/08/the-bitcoin-economy-is-collapsing-with-no-sign-of-recovery/243253/

How much more sensational could the media get?!

[lacedwithkerosene]

Bitcoin: An African finance revolution?

http://www.africanbusinessreview.co.za/money_matters/bitcoin-an-african-finance-revolution

[fabianhjr]

http://eju.tv/2011/08/la-moneda-ms-valiosa-del-siglo-xxi/
Some praising. Well, I guess this is the time to move my savings in like Falkvinge.

[Stephen Gornick]

S&P Downgrade, Volatile Market Highlight Need for New Currencies and Stock Exchanges
by Simit Patel, in Seeking Alpha blog
- http://seekingalpha.com/article/285794-s-p-downgrade-volatile-market-highlight-need-for-new-currencies-and-stock-exchanges

This is probably the most significant press that GLBSE (BitcoinGlobal - Stock Exchange) has received so far.

[julz]

Bitcoin: Tech vets explore potential of digital currency, try to avoid pitfalls
August 9, 2011 at 2:18 pm by Todd Bishop

http://www.geekwire.com/2011/rewind-risks-aside-seattle-startup-vets-see-potential-in-bitcoin

Seattle tech startup entrepreneurs Mike Koss and Peter Vessenes joined us on the latest GeekWire radio show and podcast to talk about Bitcoin, the digital currency that has been getting lots of attention lately, good and bad.

Mike Koss is the one who was intending to lease Dr Nefario some office space payable in Bitcoin before the customs problem.

[leeloulee]

people just need to be educated about bitcoin,people who don't know what it is or how it works are gonna be scared of it.......

[julz]

The New York Observer

Downgraded, In More Ways Than One
http://www.observer.com/2011/08/downgraded-in-more-ways-than-one/

And really, we’re staying calm because we know there are hedging options. Maybe not bitcoin, which the Atlantic declared dead on Monday.

[payb.tc]

- http://seekingalpha.com/article/285794-s-p-downgrade-volatile-market-highlight-need-for-new-currencies-and-stock-exchanges

this particular page crashes Opera for me (Version 11.50, Build 1074)

[julz]

Bit What? Bitcoins!

Posted: August 9th, 2011 | Author: Michael Courtenay
http://www.highpants.com/technoid/?p=4021


" While we’re not as pesimistic as Mr Lee, we do wonder where this is all going to end up. "

This is a well written and comprehensive article.

[julz]

According to this.. we're all just being manipulated by islamic radicals.. 

Pat Dollard’s “Night Watch” Ep. 1 Jihadis, Bitcoin, and Anonymous/Lulzsec

Anarchy, Islam & Bitcoin: The New World Order Of Terror

http://ameristroika.wordpress.com/2011/08/09/pat-dollards-night-watch-ep-1-jihadis-bitcoin-and-anonymouslulzsec/

tl;dr 

taliban

herp
derp

bitcoin  -  new world order of terror

herp
derp.