Bitcoin press hits, notable sources

[julz]

Bitcoin POS system developed
A point-of-sale system, based on a VeriFone terminal, which enables retailers to accept virtual currency Bitcoin has been developed.

2011-10-21

http://www.finextra.com/news/fullstory.aspx?newsitemid=23083

[molecular]

Bitcoin POS system developed
A point-of-sale system, based on a VeriFone terminal, which enables retailers to accept virtual currency Bitcoin has been developed.

2011-10-21

http://www.finextra.com/news/fullstory.aspx?newsitemid=23083

I think it's the "casascius pos terminal": https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=46366.0

I don't think it's completely "developed".

[julz]

"Hack This Zine"    V.13 FALL 2011 (october) "People, like information, want to be free"
starts out talking about the Occupy Wall St protests and has a pretty comprehensive intro piece on bitcoin within the Tools section
(starts on page 33)

https://hackbloc.org/zine

BitCoin: Dangerous to Surveillance
State, Useful to Activists

https://hackbloc.org/svn/htz/HTZ13_DRAFT_READ.pdf

Here's a mirror of just the bitcoin section:
http://themonetaryfuture.blogspot.com/2011/10/bitcoin-dangerous-to-surveillance-state.html


http://thedailyattack.com/2011/10/22/bitcoin-dangerous-to-surveillance-state/

[k]

Another pundit proclaiming the death of bitcoin

http://www.marketwatch.com/story/bitcoin-is-the-latest-alternate-currency-to-crash-2011-10-21?siteid=rss&rss=1

Bitcoin is the latest alternate currency to crash
The history of bogus currency schemes is long and sad
By John C. Dvorak

[jimbobway]

Another pundit proclaiming the death of bitcoin

http://www.marketwatch.com/story/bitcoin-is-the-latest-alternate-currency-to-crash-2011-10-21?siteid=rss&rss=1

Bitcoin is the latest alternate currency to crash
The history of bogus currency schemes is long and sad
By John C. Dvorak

My response to Mr. Dvorak, http://www.bitcoinblogger.com/2011/10/why-it-is-impossible-for-bitcoin-to.html

[julz]

Given that Adrianne Jeffries betabeat reports seem to get a bit of attention from other journalists - nice to see her follow up with something a bit more detailed about the price crash and mining profitability.

Bitcoin Mining Still Profitable for Some; Hardcore BTCers Keep the Faith

Adrianne Jeffries
2011-10-21

http://www.betabeat.com/2011/10/21/bitcoin-mining-still-profitable-for-some-hardcore-btcers-keep-the-faith/

[Grouver (BtcBalance)]

Dutch article on Bitcoinspot about the low course.

http://www.bitcoinspot.nl/nieuws-algemeen/een-adempauze-voor-bitcoin.html

[Alphonso Bedoya]

Interesting discussion about mining and bitcoin stabiltiy

http://forum.theuklibertarian.com/viewtopic.php?f=3&t=597&start=20#p8590

[Bigpiggy01]

This piece should be of interest for both bit and name coin.

http://memeburn.com/2011/10/p2p-dns-taking-ownership-of-the-internet/

It's an interesting article on namecoin with quite a few pointers in the bitcoin direction 

[k]

The Business Of Bitcoin: Entrepreneurs See Opportunities In Alternative Currencies

http://techcrunch.com/2011/10/24/the-business-of-bitcoin-entrepreneurs-see-opportunities-in-alternative-currencies/

(Edit: sorry messed up the link originally)

[hawks5999]

Maybe We Should Pay Greece With Bitcoin?
http://www.kitco.com/ind/Nadler/oct242011.html

[netrin]

Maybe We Should Pay Greece With Bitcoin?
http://www.kitco.com/ind/Nadler/oct242011.html

Don’t look now but there is a major currency crash already under way. No, we have not suddenly turned into alarmist newsletter scribes here. The fiat currency Armageddon we are referring to is taking place in the same space that others have tried their hand in and failed previously; the creation of alternative money. Remember Beenz? Remember Flooz? Neither do we. Remember Bitcoin? You won’t, soon.

The recently invented “encrypted monetary unit” that is more complex that the design of the Mayan calendar was supposed to take the world by storm. Forget the greenback when you can swear by Bitcoin. Aha. Whereas the latest in alternative cash once traded as high as $33 (hey, near gold standard status!) it is now changing hands at under $3 and it might soon vanish altogether. Some have called it nothing short of a “screwball scheme to bypass the system.” You know; the “IRS and taxes” kind of system. So, do not be shocked if you get “called in” by Uncle Sam for a friendly audit, or to soon read that “Bitcoin…bit the dust.”

[julz]

Bitcoin is Not Dead (Again) Part II

Kit Dotson
2011-10-24

http://siliconangle.com/blog/2011/10/24/bitcoin-is-not-dead-again-part-ii/


"...in spite of people repeatedly calling out the currency as having failed in the past, nobody has ever successfully argued why it had died (and obviously it didn’t)"

[julz]

Is Bitcoin the future of money … or are we smoking dope?


2011-20-24

http://thefinanser.co.uk/fsclub/2011/10/is-bitcoin-the-future-of-money-or-are-we-smoking-dope.html




Postnote 1:

We will be having a meeting focused upon virtual currencies including Bitcoin and Ven Currency at the Financial Services Club on 25th January 2012, as well as a seperate debate about the Future of Cash in Q1.

[Bigpiggy01]

Silk Road is "back" in the news.

http://www.newser.com/story/131760/silk-road-the-internets-black-market.html

[slothbag]

Bitcoin got a brief mention on Australia's national youth radio station TripleJ during the Hack half hour this afternoon.  They were talking about Wikileaks payment blockade and alternative means of donating.

[payb.tc]

Bitcoin got a brief mention on Australia's national youth radio station TripleJ during the Hack half hour this afternoon.  They were talking about Wikileaks payment blockade and alternative means of donating.

you can listen to it or download the mp3 of it here: http://www.abc.net.au/triplej/hack/stories/s3347881.htm

if you just want to hear the 'bitcoin' sound bite, skip to about 2:40.

[Andrew Vorobyov]

http://techcrunch.com/2011/10/24/the-business-of-bitcoin-entrepreneurs-see-opportunities-in-alternative-currencies

[Alphonso Bedoya]

Bicoins discussed as payment method in the /. comments.

http://politics.slashdot.org/story/11/10/24/1419239/wikileaks-suspends-publishing-of-cables-due-to-financial-blockade

[k]

Are physical Bitcoins legal?
by Eric Mack  October 25, 2011 3:51 PM PDT

http://news.cnet.com/8301-17938_105-20125470-1/are-physical-bitcoins-legal/