Bitcoin press hits, notable sources

[zby]

The Good Wife promo on Youtube: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2BwzF7nhq48

[db]

Me (and Pirate MEP Christian Engström) talking about Bitcoin on national Swedish government radio (Studio Ett, P1, ~460 000 listeners). In Swedish.

http://sverigesradio.se/sida/artikel.aspx?programid=1637&artikel=4890903
http://sverigesradio.se/api/radio/radio.aspx?type=db&id=3682198&codingformat=.m4a&metafile=asx

[jimbobway]

Bitcoin for beginners, Part 3: The BitCoinJ API
Build a Java-based Bitcoin transaction client

http://www.javaworld.com/javaworld/jw-01-2012/120110-bitcoin-for-beginners-3.html

[phatsphere]

Bitcoin, a Positive Step in Monetary Reform
 
Bitcoin has already shocked both the establishment and the blogosphere.
A privately controlled currency, completely independent from Government backing.
Bitcoin leads the way in many respects, but is ultimately flawed: it was built on false premises and does not address the key issue, interest.

http://realcurrencies.wordpress.com/2012/01/10/bitcoin-a-positive-step-in-monetary-reform/

[julz]

An interesting commentary on arstechnica's recent claim that bitcoin was just a 'metacurrency'
This article argues the path from metacurrency to fully fledged currency.

Bitcoin Backtracking

2012-01-11

http://onusprobandy.blogspot.com/2012/01/bitcoin-backtracking.html

[Boussac]

Bitcoin, a Positive Step in Monetary Reform
 
Bitcoin has already shocked both the establishment and the blogosphere.
A privately controlled currency, completely independent from Government backing.
Bitcoin leads the way in many respects, but is ultimately flawed: it was built on false premises and does not address the key issue, interest.

http://realcurrencies.wordpress.com/2012/01/10/bitcoin-a-positive-step-in-monetary-reform/

Another quote from this blog: "There will never be enough Bitcoin to finance all possible trade and it will suffer from high exchange rates."
WTF ?? Is that a NOTABLE source ?

[julz]

Another article in newscientist - but full text not available to non subscribers

Bitcoin software finds new jobs in online security

Jacob Aron
2012-01-11
Magazine issue 2847

http://www.newscientist.com/article/mg21328476.500-bitcoin-software-finds-new-jobs-in-online-security.html

IT HAS been a rocky year for Bitcoin, the online peer-to-peer currency, with the exchange rate soaring from a few cents to over $30 per coin before crashing after a string of thefts, hacks and other setbacks. Coins have since regained a value of around $5. But it is becoming clear that the software could prove at least as useful as the currency itself, underpinning a number of important new technologies.

First, it could be used as a form of "carbon dating" for digital information - something that would make electronic voting more secure. This is possible because of the way Bitcoin records transactions, says Jeremy Clark, a computer scientist at Carleton University in Ottawa, Ontario, Canada.

An individual's bitcoins are registered to one or more addresses, which are alphanumeric sequences that serve as the user's identity on the P2P network. When a transaction takes ...

discussion thread: https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=59956.0

[aigeezer]

Excerpt from online newsletter "The Daily Reckoning", January 12, 2012, see dailyreckoning.com for details. The original embedded "crypto-currency" link points to bitcoincharts.com

"Now, before readers disparage the “black market scourge” as merely a bunch of crims, cons and bloodsucking shysters lurking on in the shadows of civil society, allow us to consider the true nature of its participants. They could be anyone from a 4-year old lemonade vendor who decides to set up camp on mom and dad’s front lawn without the necessary government permit, to a peer-2-peer cyber crypto-currency currently enabling millions of dollars worth of transactions between freely-associating individuals around the world. And any of the brave, freedom-loving individuals in between. Simply, it consists of people who don’t hold guns to other people’s heads in order to conduct business with them."

[Cusipzzz]

Could Virtual Currency be the Future of Internet Betting?

http://www.osga.com/artman/publish/article_9969.shtml

[Swishercutter]

Upcoming TED talk on Bitcoin.



https://plus.google.com/u/0/106907500056938408759/posts/2PQQLPYkdca

[meanig]

Positive article from americanbanker.com featuring interviews from some bitcoin regulars.

http://www.americanbanker.com/issues/177_10/bitcoin-digital-currency-bank-risks-1045734-1.html?pg=2

The digital currency called Bitcoin was conceived as a rebellion against the banking system. But it may also present business opportunities for banks that can get comfortable with the risks.

"There is a big role potentially for banks, just as banks deal in all sorts of other currencies like Euros and yen and dollars," says Gavin Andreson.

"As long as Bitcoin is a couple thousand mathematicians playing with each other no one cares, but when real transactions start to go on, that raises the question of how we tax this," says Bruce Abramson, the intellectual-property advisory partner for Rimon Law Group Inc. of San Francisco.

"The anonymous transfer of significant wealth is obviously a money-laundering risk, and at some level we are aware of Bitcoin and other similar operations, and we are studying the mechanism behind Bitcoin," says Steve Hudak, a spokesman for the Financial Crimes Enforcement Network.

[tickets]

Yes I just saw this - a TED talk would be as good or better exposure than articles in Wired, considering the tech luminary audience and wide interest in the conference videos!
You have people like Eric Schmidt, Bill Gates, etc etc both speaking and attending these events - so it's quite a boost for credibility of a project or technology to be mentioned on a TED stage.

[CombustibleLemon]

It's not the main TED though.  This is a TED university session.  Had one at my University once a year ago.  Thnk they're generally called TEDx, rather than TED.

Still a good thing though, just not Bill Gates level stuff.

[adamstgBit]

Positive article from americanbanker.com featuring interviews from some bitcoin regulars.

http://www.americanbanker.com/issues/177_10/bitcoin-digital-currency-bank-risks-1045734-1.html?pg=2

The digital currency called Bitcoin was conceived as a rebellion against the banking system. But it may also present business opportunities for banks that can get comfortable with the risks.

"There is a big role potentially for banks, just as banks deal in all sorts of other currencies like Euros and yen and dollars," says Gavin Andreson.

"As long as Bitcoin is a couple thousand mathematicians playing with each other no one cares, but when real transactions start to go on, that raises the question of how we tax this," says Bruce Abramson, the intellectual-property advisory partner for Rimon Law Group Inc. of San Francisco.

"The anonymous transfer of significant wealth is obviously a money-laundering risk, and at some level we are aware of Bitcoin and other similar operations, and we are studying the mechanism behind Bitcoin," says Steve Hudak, a spokesman for the Financial Crimes Enforcement Network.

another quote from this article.

Over the past summer, the price dropped to 30 cents after a hacking incident at a prominent Bitcoin exchange

lol wtf 30 cents???

[herzmeister]

lol wtf 30 cents???

yeap mtgox is not bitcoin!!!1!11 there is not only one exchange rate in the world for bitcoin!

I also noticed in other context (e.g. social networking and diaspora) that there are many people who cannot really grasp the concept of decentralization. Evolution still has some work to do. 

[defxor]

It's not the main TED though.  This is a TED university session.  Had one at my University once a year ago.  Thnk they're generally called TEDx, rather than TED.

TEDx events are never listed at the main TED conference page. TED University seems to be: http://conferences.ted.com/TED2012/program/

[gewure]

lol wtf 30 cents???

yeap mtgox is not bitcoin!!!1!11 there is not only one exchange rate in the world for bitcoin!

I also noticed in other context (e.g. social networking and diaspora) that there are many people who cannot really grasp the concept of decentralization. Evolution still has some work to do. 

+1

pretty much work indeed 

[tickets]

Okay the major TV Guides are now breaking out previews of tonight's episode of The Good Wife featuring BTC

TVGrapefine with a new preview video of the opening scene

http://www.tvgrapevine.com/index.php/cbs/378-the-good-wife/13837-the-good-wife-bitcoin-for-dummies

Also Welovesoaps has a different clip:
http://www.welovesoaps.net/2012/01/cbs115.html

ANd AVClub has it as a top pick

http://www.avclub.com/articles/tonights-good-wife-will-appeal-to-your-inner-satos,67677/

[payb.tc]

TVGrapefine with a new preview video of the opening scene

http://www.tvgrapevine.com/index.php/cbs/378-the-good-wife/13837-the-good-wife-bitcoin-for-dummies

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[payb.tc]

Could Virtual Currency be the Future of Internet Betting?

http://www.osga.com/artman/publish/article_9969.shtml

posted recently, techomage thanks though.