[ANN] Bitcoin.com

[Bitcoin.com]

I'm pleased to announce that Bitcoin.com is launching today as an independent website geared toward the needs of bitcoin beginners.

When people hear about Bitcoin, their first visit is often to http://bitcoin.com. They're generally looking for a basic understanding and may hope to acquire some for themselves. Veterans here know the frustration that can involve.

Our goal with the new site is to make it easy for each visitor to get their first bitcoins by highlighting a single wallet and dealer based on the visitor's geographic location. The new site is launching today with Coinbase as the featured provider. Expanded offerings for international visitors will be added in near future. 

In all cases, a "fast track" home page design will provide a way to get started quickly. Links to bitcoin.org and the original client will offer an additional path forward for the adventurous.

As investors and enthusiasts, we acquired bitcoin.com at a time when the domain was empty of useful content. We hope this new site will begin to repay the investment while also accelerating adoption among new users.

Paid placements and content sharing arrangements will be sparingly considered where beneficial to visitors. Interested parties can send proposals to admin at bitcoin.com.

Thanks all,

Bitcoin.com

[rolling]

Nice domain name!

[pedrog]

You spent a whole 5 minute making that website!

[Bitcoin.com]

The goal is simplicity. Less is more.

[TippingPoint]

Good idea.  I wish you success.

Just curious why you offer "the original software for do-it-yourselfers" as an "Explore" option, but not the much-quicker-to-get-operational-and-maintain MultiBit?

"If you are an ordinary user of Bitcoin and simply want a wallet that just works without hassle, then MultiBit is the right choice for you."

[Singlebyte]

Nice job getting that domain!

Hopefully MtGox doesnt try to get it from you since they own the bitcoin name trademark.

[bbit]

how do u own bitcoin.com ?

[ijphlrnxewho]

great domain name

[blockgenesis]

I concur with Multibit / Bitcoin Wallet for Android for newbies. That's why we choosed to make it the default choices on bitcoin.org .

Nevertheless, it's nice to know that bitcoin.com is owned and managed by bitcoin enthusiasts. I remember searching who was the owner of that domain.

[LovingDomains]

You own a great domain name. Congratulation.

[charleshoskinson]

Bitcoin.com is now open for business. Congratulations. Any roadmap for your future plans with probably one of the most valuable domains names in the entire space?

[Melbustus]

I like the idea of a stupid-simple site for newbies....but pushing them to Coinbase at every opportunity seems like a not-so-great idea. That applies to any completely-hosted wallet; such services are just one technical, security, or regulatory "incident" away from wiping out newbies' funds.

[SilverVigilante]

Nice domain name!

Comment of the year for sure!

I would suggest making the site as interactive as possible for people!

So easily typed that is.

[frankenmint]

I'm pleased to announce that Bitcoin.com is launching today as an independent website geared toward the needs of bitcoin beginners.

When people hear about Bitcoin, their first visit is often to http://bitcoin.com. They're generally looking for a basic understanding and may hope to acquire some for themselves. Veterans here know the frustration that can involve.

Our goal with the new site is to make it easy for each visitor to get their first bitcoins by highlighting a single wallet and dealer based on the visitor's geographic location. The new site is launching today with Coinbase as the featured provider. Expanded offerings for international visitors will be added in near future. 

In all cases, a "fast track" home page design will provide a way to get started quickly. Links to bitcoin.org and the original client will offer an additional path forward for the adventurous.

As investors and enthusiasts, we acquired bitcoin.com at a time when the domain was empty of useful content. We hope this new site will begin to repay the investment while also accelerating adoption among new users.

Paid placements and content sharing arrangements will be sparingly considered where beneficial to visitors. Interested parties can send proposals to admin at bitcoin.com.

Thanks all,

Bitcoin.com

comeon - you've pushed your refferral link in coinbase a bit tough my friend...

[willphase]

your edit on the end of the video is seamless, I hardly noticed it!

Will

p.s. did you ask permission from the video owners before doing that?

[kakobrekla]

This site is stupid lowlife play for referrals. You would do much better job just pointing it to bitcoin.org

[MPOE-PR]

www.tradehillblog.com

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE:    
TradeHill, Inc. Files Suit Against Dwolla, Inc.



San Francisco, California - March 6th 2012 - As we have mentioned in previous press releases and blog posts, we at TradeHill believe we unjustifiably lost tens of thousands of dollars when we used Dwolla as our money transmitter during June and July 2011.  We spent months attempting to contact Dwolla to resolve this dispute but were met with silence or obfuscations.  To this day, though Dwolla has claimed these losses were due to chargebacks, we have not received any kind of documentation accounting for those losses.  Regardless, Dwolla's contracts and advertisements from the time specifically and repeatedly highlighted a "no chargeback" policy.

As a result of these losses, TradeHill was unable to pay its employees and was forced to shut down exchange operations on February 13, 2012.  We did not want to do this.  We believe in Bitcoin and greatly enjoyed being involved in the community in such an integral way.  Though we had hoped to continue different business operations on bitcoin.com, we were contractually obligated to return that domain name (along with bitcoin.co and bitcoin.co.nz) once we stopped operating as an exchange.  As such, bitcoin.com is no longer owned and operated by TradeHill.

Yesterday, TradeHill filed a complaint for damages in the United States District Court for the Northern District of California against Dwolla and two of its officers.  In the complaint, we allege that Dwolla fraudulently reversed nearly $100,000 in supposedly "credited" transactions and unjustifiably blocked an attempt by TradeHill to transfer $70,000 of its funds from Dwolla's control.  Besides these direct damages, TradeHill is also claiming damages resulting from Dwolla's actions, including the harm to TradeHill's reputation and the loss of bitcoin.com, a very valuable domain.

We have received confirmation from other former Dwolla customers that they also lost money when Dwolla reversed supposedly completed and credited transactions without notice and in violation of Dwolla's own policies.  If you also believe you were treated in a similar fashion by Dwolla, do not hesitate to contact us.



Jered Kenna
Chief Executive Officer
TradeHill

Twitter: @jeredkenna   @tradehill
Please send all press inquiries to press@tradehill.com

ENDS

So how did you get it?

[TippingPoint]

Quoted for emphasis:

As such, bitcoin.com is no longer owned and operated by TradeHill.  _{March 6th 2012}

[Spekulatius]

That must be the greatest domain name in bitcoin space since
www.bitco.in

[Spekulatius]

@ OP: I suggest you incorporate some of the following higlhly relevant links into your project:

- bitcoin.it/wiki
- bitcointalk.org
- that open source bitcoin shopping cart that you can set up in minutes for your website (someone help me out here!)
- http://howdoyoubuybitcoins.com/