Bitcoin press hits, notable sources

[BrightAnarchist]

Here's another good one that has a couple pages on Bitcoin:

2011 Observations on the Digital Currency Industry

http://www.dgcmagazine.com/blog/index.php/2010/12/06/2011-observations-on-the-digital-currency-industry/

[Bimmerhead]

And we just got a short blurb on the EFF blog:
http://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2010/12/constructive-direct-action-against-censorship

[FreeMoney]

And we just got a short blurb on the EFF blog:
http://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2010/12/constructive-direct-action-against-censorship

That's cool. It annoys me that they don't mention bitcoin on the donate page.

[grondilu]

That's cool. It annoys me that they don't mention bitcoin on the donate page.

Indeed their bitcoin address for donation is on their "helpout" page, whih is less easy to find :

http://www.eff.org/helpout

[Stephen Gornick]

Uno mas.
http://www.techdrivein.com/2010/12/bitcoin-open-source-virtual-currency.html

[Anonymous]

http://www.freetalklive.com/node/8612

There was an interview with Jeremy West of Free Oz Radio on the nationally syndicated liberty Free Talk Live radio show at the end of this episode.

He mentioned Mt Gox , Bitcoinshop and Biddingpond plus a few others .

[FreddyFender]

http://www.myce.com/news/wikileaks-domain-seizures-show-need-for-decentralization-37854/

WikiLeaks & domain seizures show need for decentralization
18 Dec 10 13:00 by wconeybeer

"...Other decentralization projects include BitCoin, an initiative to create a “decentralized internet currency”, and The Tor Project, a free application and “open network” which aides web surfers in preserving their anonymity..."

We will be seeing more of these comments soon enough.

[jgarzik]

Mentioned on Russia Today's Keiser Report:  http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VMngK0t5WkY

A capsule summary of the PCWorld article begins at timestamp 11:20.

[kiba]

The media chain reaction hit ReadWriteWeb causing a tweet bomb for bitcoin. http://www.readwriteweb.com/hack/2010/12/interview-bitcoin.php

[grondilu]

The media chain reaction hit ReadWriteWeb causing a tweet bomb for bitcoin. http://www.readwriteweb.com/hack/2010/12/interview-bitcoin.php

That was a pretty good interview.  Clear and concise.

[em3rgentOrdr]

This was an extremely good interview.  I didn't really entirely get how bitcoin really works until now after reading this interview.

Gavin, you mention that you use VPSes for your bitcoin apps.  May I ask which VPS providers you use?  I am currently looking for VPSes for my own bitcoin apps.

[Gavin Andresen]

This was an extremely good interview.  I didn't really entirely get how bitcoin really works until now after reading this interview.

Thanks!  It was the first interview I've ever done via IM/chat, and it worked well. I was surprised to see how little editing/reworking was done; I guess they were happy with what I wrote, too.

Gavin, you mention that you use VPSes for your bitcoin apps.  May I ask which VPS providers you use?  I am currently looking for VPSes for my own bitcoin apps.

Sure.  I run two instances of bitcoind on a "Linode 512" running Debian (sign up using this URL and I'll get a $20 credit).  They're used for the TEST and regular Bitcoin Faucets.

I also use that system to compile bitcoin/bitcoind.  I've been very happy with Linode.

The bitcoind for ClearCoin is running on an Amazon EC2 "micro" VPS instance, also running Debian, using an encrypted EBS filesystem.  I'm extra paranoid about security and reliability for ClearCoin because I'm handling other people's money.

[FreddyFender]

Making an appearance in China, not sure for how long.
I used google.translate but it's Gavin's interview linked.

http://www.sootoo.com/content/79052.shtml

[jimbobway]

Making an appearance in China, not sure for how long.
I used google.translate but it's Gavin's interview linked.

http://www.sootoo.com/content/79052.shtml

Looks like its making its rounds in Asia: http://tech.qq.com/a/20101230/000399.htm

[FreddyFender]

Asia continues to post articles on bitcoin.

http://tech.qq.com/a/20110106/000195.htm

[grondilu]

Asia continues to post articles on bitcoin.

http://tech.qq.com/a/20110106/000195.htm

And yet, still no asian bitcoin article on Wikipedia.  This would be a clearer sign imo.

[davout]

Just buy before asians get in

[FreddyFender]

What is the asian equivalent of slashdot?
"Buy, buy, buy!"

[FreddyFender]

I love this site.

http://www-b.gluetext.com/content/b/bitcoin/bitcoin.html

Anyone know who put this together? Is it a content bot or spider?
 

[em3rgentOrdr]

I just finished listening to Bruce Wagner on thinking liberty. He recommended bitcoin gateway which is down for maintenance and I think has been for a while, that's unfortunate. But of course most of the sites he mentioned repeatedly are great, his site and mtgox especially. The guest host seemed to think the network could be attacked pretty easily. Bruce encouraged him to attack the test network which was a very good way to handle that imo. Overall very good. They have a bitcoin address on their donate page, I'm going to send 1 or 2 now.

I sent them 10 bitcoins...was a very interesting podcast!