But I ll need a report at the end of each week.
Here is the report from today, I prepared a list of people to contact + a list of some of their articles. Now we know what topics we can write about and where to send them:
The Wall Street Journal - How to get there: expensive Bitcoin vs. cheap Nxt network,
- Bitcoin articles:
○ Sacramento Kings to Accept Bitcoin
○ Who Needs Bitcoin? Venezuela Has Its 'Sucre'. Virtual Currency Is Growing in Popularity—And Raising Some Alarms (
http://online.wsj.com/news/articles/SB10001424052702304202204579256062854362716)
§
http://s.wsj.net/public/resources/images/MI-CA541A_SUCRE_G_20140102172405.jpg § Mercedes Alvaro at
mercedes.alvaro@wsj.com and Jeffrey T. Lewis at
jeffrey.lewis@wsj.com ○ Tech Renegade: From Print-at-Home Guns to Untraceable Currency (
http://online.wsj.com/news/articles/SB10001424052702304753504579284593005519808)
§ Danny Yadron at
danny.yadron@wsj.com ○ Malaysia's Central Bank Warns of Bitcoin Risks
§ Shie-Lynn Lim at
shie-lynn.lim@wsj.com ○ How Will the IRS Tax Bitcoin?
§ Laura Saunders at
laura.saunders@wsj.com ○ Alydian Proposes Deadline for Bitcoin-Mining Rig Offers (
http://online.wsj.com/news/articles/SB10001424052702303345104579282600553585842)
Company Asks Bankruptcy Judge to Set Jan. 8 Deadline for Offers
§ Katy Stech at
katherine.stech@wsj.com ○ China Bitcoin Exchange Ends Third-Party Yuan Cooperation
§ Robin Sidel, Chao Deng at
chao.deng@dowjones.com ○ Clarity Sought for Bitcoin Treatment
Watchdog Urges Internal Revenue Service to Issue Tax Guidelines for Digital Currency (
http://online.wsj.com/news/articles/SB10001424052702303754404579310800391412172)
§ Ryan Tracy at
ryan.tracy@wsj.com ○ Banks Mostly Avoid Providing Bitcoin Services Lenders Don't Share Investors' Enthusiasm for the Virtual-Currency Craze
§ Robin Sidel at
robin.sidel@wsj.com ○ GreenBank Capital (CNSX:GBC) Launches Two New Subsidiaries to Invest in Bitcoin and Bitcoin Startups - Video News Alert Summary on InvestmentPitch.com
§ Press Release
○ Bitcoin Exchanges Scramble in China
Central-Bank Stance Forces Changes; Alibaba's Taobao Shuns Virtual Currency
§ Chao Deng at
chao.deng@dowjones.com ○ Overstock.com to Accept Bitcoin. Shopping Site Says It Will Take Virtual Currency
§ John Kell
○ Bitcoin: You Can and Should Leave Home Without It
I think in a few years Bitcoin will seem just as quaint in economics as Esperanto now is in linguistics. (
http://online.wsj.com/news/articles/SB10001424052702303773704579266582896067874)
§ William K. Wray Jr.
○ WPCS Announces Public Beta Release of BTX Bitcoin Trading Platform
○ World's Largest Bitcoin Exchange BTC China Stops Accepting Yuan Deposits
§ Chao Deng at
chao.deng@dowjones.com ○ Overstock.com First Online Retailer to Accept Bitcoin
○ In-Person P2P Transfer of Bitcoins via Payment Card Now Possible With SmartMetric's Invention
○ Bitcoin Exchanges In China Try To Adjust
§ Chao Deng
○ Myriad Interactive Media Entering Popular Bitcoin Market With Its Brand of Technology
- Litecoin:
○ BLDW to Accept Bitcoins and Manufacture Cryptocurrency Mining Products
○ Virtual-Currency Craze Spawns Bitcoin Wannabes Entrants Include Litecoin, Worldcoin and Even Bbqcoin; a Ticket to Fortune?
§ Joe Light at
joe.light@wsj.com - Dogecoin:
○ Should You Invest in Bitcoin? Is It Just the Latest in a Long Line of Speculative Manias, or Could it Have Staying Power? (
http://online.wsj.com/news/articles/SB10001424052702304607104579212101356897382)
§ Joe Light at
joe.light@wsj.com § Graphics:
http://s.wsj.net/public/resources/images/BF-AG248A_23bit_G_20131122201805.jpg http://s.wsj.net/public/resources/images/BF-AG256_BITCOI_NS_20131122163605.jpg § Video: what you need to know..
- Peercoin:
TECH
Fastcoin? Peercoin? Bitcoin Opens Door to New Currencies
http://online.wsj.com/article/F7798154-510D-4AF5-AC92-BE43F9289F56.html#!F7798154-510D-4AF5-AC92-BE43F9289F56
Live Video show
- Interview with Joseph Light (moderator: Simon Constable)
○ Virtual-Currency Craze Spawns Bitcoin Wannabes Entrants Include Litecoin, Worldcoin and Even Bbqcoin; a Ticket to Fortune?
- Joe Light at
joe.light@wsj.com ○ I'm Up on Bitcoins, Even if They're Down
○ Russian Ruble Gets a Symbol Central Bank Hopes to Boost Use of Currency in International Trade
- ANDREY OSTROUKH
- cryptocoins:
- Fair, Rare and Fast - Bitcoin Alternative Franko's Value Shoots up Over 500% in One Week
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http://online.wsj.com/article/HUG1746545.html - = Press release
This announcement is sourced from MarketersMedia [Link].
- Authors: Mercedes Alvaro, Chao Deng, John Kell, Jeffrey T. Lewis, Shie-Lynn Lim, Joe Light, Laura Saunders, Robin Sidel, Katy Stech, Ryan Tracy, Danny Yadron
- Preferred author to contact:
○ Joe Light at
joe.light@wsj.com ZerohedgeBitcoin articles, all by: Tyler Durden
- One "Big" Problem With Bitcoin…
http://www.zerohedge.com/news/2013-12-03/one-big-problem-bitcoin?page=4 - Bitcoin Versus Gold (
http://www.zerohedge.com/news/2014-01-03/bitcoin-versus-gold) by: Tyler Durden
- A Trip Through The Bitcoin Mines (
http://www.zerohedge.com/news/2013-12-25/trip-through-bitcoin-mines)
- Yahoo Virus Converts Millions Of Computers Into Bitcoin Mining Slaves
- BofAML Asks "Is This The End Of Bitcoin?" (
http://www.zerohedge.com/news/2013-12-24/bofaml-asks-end-bitcoin)
- Presenting The BitKillers: These Are The Richest Holders Of Bitcoin
- Russia's Largest Bank Proposes Bitcoin Alternative
- BitCoin, Or BetaCoin? What The Venture Capitalists Are Thinking
- Bloomberg TV Anchor's Bitcoin Stolen On Primetime TVBloomberg TV Anchor's Bitcoin Stolen On Primetime TV
http://www.zerohedge.com/news/2013-12-24/bloomberg-tv-anchors-bitcoin-stolen-primetime-tv - Bitcoin As An Alternative Currency? - Libertarian Vs Pragmatist
http://www.zerohedge.com/news/2013-12-30/bitcoin-alternative-currency-libertarian-vs-pragmatist - The Bitcoin Derivatives Market Has Arrived
http://www.zerohedge.com/news/2013-12-08/bitcoin-derivatives-market-has-arrived?page=2 - Author to contact: Tyler Durden
http://www.zerohedge.com/users/tyler-durdenCoindesk - Alternative Cryptocurrencies Thrive in Bitcoin’s Shadow
http://www.coindesk.com/alternative-cryptocurrencies-thrive-bitcoins-shadow/ Carrie Kirby (@carriekirby)
- Mastercoin Foundation Lets Virtual Currencies Use Bitcoin Protocol
http://www.coindesk.com/mastercoin-foundation-virtual-currencies-bitcoin-protocol/ (Nermin Hajdarbegovic)
http://www.coindesk.com/author/nermin-hajdarbegovic/ - Bitcoin Can Now Buy You Breakfast in Glasgow
http://www.coindesk.com/bitcoin-can-now-buy-breakfast-glasgow/ (Nermin Hajdarbegovic)
- Scrypt-based miners and the new cryptocurrency arms race
http://www.coindesk.com/scrypt-miners-cryptocurrency-arms-race/ (Danny Bradbury)
http://www.coindesk.com/author/danny-bradbury/ https://twitter.com/dannybradbury - GoCoin Adds Litecoin to Payment Offering
http://www.coindesk.com/gocoin-adds-litecoin-payment/ (Danny Bradbury)
- Bitcoin network recovering from DDoS attack
http://www.coindesk.com/bitcoin-network-recovering-from-ddos-attack/ (Danny Bradbury)
Altcoins:
http://www.coindesk.com/technology/altcoins/ - TipperCoin Co-Founder on Micropayments, Dogecoin and Bringing Bitcoin to the Masses (Daniel Cawrey)
- Bitcoin’s Best Competitors: The Top Altcoins of 2013
http://www.coindesk.com/top-altcoins-2013/ (Danny Bradbury)
- Patent Nonsense, Coinbase Futures, and Who’s a Good Doggie? You Are! (John Law)
- Third largest cryptocurrency peercoin moves into spotlight with Vault of Satoshi deal
http://www.coindesk.com/peercoin-vault-of-satoshi-deal/ (Danny Bradbury)
- Why Are So Many Digital Currency Players Anonymous? (Danny Bradbury)
- PhenixCoin in ashes after developer goes AWOL
http://www.coindesk.com/phenixcoin-ashes-developer-goes-awol/ (Danny Bradbury)
- Altcoins to take centre stage at Feathercoin meetup in Oxford
http://www.coindesk.com/altcoins-to-take-centre-stage-at-feathercoin-meetup-in-oxford/ (Emily Spaven)
- Feathercoin, PhenixCoin and Worldcoin partner to form UNOCS, the United Open Currencies Solutions group
http://www.coindesk.com/feathercoin-phenixcoin-and-worldcoin-partner-to-form-unocs-the-united-open-currencies-solutions-group/ (David Gilson)
- Feathercoin enthusiasts celebrate pub meetup by testing merchant interface (David Gilson)
- What are Namecoins and .bit domains?
http://www.coindesk.com/what-are-namecoins-and-bit-domains/ (David Gilson)
- Feathercoin shows heavyweight potential
http://www.coindesk.com/feathercoin-shows-heavyweight-potential/ (Danny Bradbury)
- Bitcoin developer Jeff Garzik on altcoins, ASICs and bitcoin usability
http://www.coindesk.com/bitcoin-developer-jeff-garzik-on-altcoins-asics-and-bitcoin-usability/ (Danny Bradbury)
- What other digital currencies are there?
http://www.coindesk.com/what-other-digital-currencies-are-there/ (Shirley Siluk)
- Freicoin’s attempt to free the economy
http://www.coindesk.com/freicoins-attempt-to-free-the-economy/ (Danny Bradbury)
Authors: Danny Bradbury, Daniel Cawrey, David Gilson, Nermin Hajdarbegovic, Carrie Kirby, John Law, Shirley Siluk, Emily Spaven
Author to contact: Danny Bradbury, David Gilson
Bitcoinmagazine"proof of stake" articles:
MAX KAYE
- How to Secure a Blockchain with Zero Energy,
http://bitcoinmagazine.com/9317/how-to-secure-a-blockchain-with-zero-energy/VITALIK BUTERIN:
- What Proof of Stake Is And Why It Matters,
http://bitcoinmagazine.com/6528/what-proof-of-stake-is-and-why-it-matters/Ripple is Officially Open Source,
http://bitcoinmagazine.com/7275/ripple-is-officially-open-source/ - Mastercoin: A Second-Generation Protocol on the Bitcoin Blockchain
http://bitcoinmagazine.com/7961/mastercoin-a-second-generation-protocol-on-the-bitcoin-blockchain/ - Satoshi’s Genius: Unexpected Ways in which Bitcoin Dodged Some Cryptographic Bullets
http://bitcoinmagazine.com/7781/satoshis-genius-unexpected-ways-in-which-bitcoin-dodged-some-cryptographic-bullet/ - In Defense of Alternative Cryptocurrencies,
http://bitcoinmagazine.com/6926/in-defense-of-alternative-cryptocurrencies/ - Mining Pool Centralization At Crisis Levels,
http://bitcoinmagazine.com/9402/mining-pool-centralization-crisis-levels/ (NXT mentioned)
- Bitcoin in Israel, Part 3: Interview on Alternative Currencies,
http://bitcoinmagazine.com/7750/bitcoin-in-israel-part-3-interview-on-alternative-currencies/ - QuarkCoin: Noble Intentions, Wrong Approach,
http://bitcoinmagazine.com/8972/quarkcoin-noble-intentions-wrong-approach/ - Bootstrapping An Autonomous Decentralized Corporation, Part 2: Interacting With the World,
http://bitcoinmagazine.com/7119/bootstrapping-an-autonomous-decentralized-corporation-part-2-interacting-with-the-world/ - Bootstrapping a Decentralized Autonomous Corporation, Part 3: Identity Corp,
http://bitcoinmagazine.com/7235/bootstrapping-a-decentralized-autonomous-corporation-part-3-identity-corp/ - Introducing Ripple,
http://bitcoinmagazine.com/3506/introducing-ripple/ - Primecoin: The Cryptocurrency Whose Mining is Actually Useful,
http://bitcoinmagazine.com/5635/primecoin-the-cryptocurrency-whose-mining-is-actually-useful/RUBEN ALEXANDER:
- An Overview of the Altcoin Market,
http://bitcoinmagazine.com/9000/overview-altcoin-market/ - Determining Electrical Cost of Bitcoin Mining,
http://bitcoinmagazine.com/8994/determining-electrical-cost-bitcoin-mining/TRISTAN WINTERS
- Will Dogecoin Replace Bitcoin?,
http://bitcoinmagazine.com/9109/will-dogecoin-replace-bitcoin/ (non POS)
Authors:
- RUBEN ALEXANDER, VITALIK BUTERIN, MAX KAYE, TRISTAN WINTERS
Author to contact: VITALIK BUTERIN,
v@buterin.com,
http://bitcoinmagazine.com/author/vitalik-buterin/The Genesis Blockhttp://thegenesisblock.com/research/POS:
Bitcoin-Litecoin Ratio Returns to Historic Norm, Peercoin Climbs 200%,
http://thegenesisblock.com/bitcoin-litecoin-ratio-returns-historic-norm-peercoin-climbs-200/, Posted by:
http://thegenesisblock.com/author/the-genesis-block/Litecoin Leads Bitcoin in Dramatic Price Move,
http://thegenesisblock.com/litecoin-leads-bitcoin-dramatic-price-move/ - The 51% Attack – What Bitcoin Can Learn From Alt-coin Experiments,
http://thegenesisblock.com/the-51-attack-what-bitcoin-can-learn-from-alt-coin-experiments/, Phillip Archer
- Litecoin and Bitcoin in the Context of the Gold-Silver Ratio,
http://thegenesisblock.com/understanding-the-gold-silver-ratio-and-how-it-may-apply-to-bitcoin-and-litecoin/, Jonathan Stacke
http://thegenesisblock.com/got-a-question-get-in-touch-2/Phillip Archer - Mining hardware, bitcoin software, alt-coins
Jonathan Stacke
Business Insider - DOGECOIN: How A Thing That Started As A Joke Became The Hottest Digital Currency In The World
http://www.businessinsider.com/what-is-dogecoin-2013-12#ixzz2qbQ7UBmuhttp://www.businessinsider.com/what-is-dogecoin-2013-12 (Rob Wile,
http://www.businessinsider.com/author/rob-wile),
rwile@businessinsider.com - '42Coin' Is Less Than Two Weeks Old And Already One Coin Is Worth WAY More Than A Bitcoin Read more:
http://www.businessinsider.com/introducing-42coin-2014-1#ixzz2qbtZNuXd,
http://www.businessinsider.com/introducing-42coin-2014-1 (Rob Wile)
Proof of Stake:
- At Least 54 Bitcoin Clones Have Been Created Since April,
http://www.businessinsider.com/explosion-of-bitcoin-clones-2013-12, Rob Wile
- Wall Street Analyst Explains Why Bitcoin Is Back From The Dead And Surging To All-Time Highs Read more:
http://www.businessinsider.com/commenter?id=527a6007eab8ea0a389ab76b, MATTHEW BOESLER,
mboesler@businessinsider.com - WHAT IS LITECOIN: Here's What You Need To Know About The Digital Currency Growing Faster Than Bitcoi Read more:
http://www.businessinsider.com/introduction-to-litecoin-2013-11#ixzz2qbqwn68L, Rob Wile
Authors: Rob Wile,
rwile@businessinsider.com, MATTHEW BOESLER,
mboesler@businessinsider.comAuthor to contact: Rob Wile,
rwile@businessinsider.comUpdate:
German:
http://www.oliverjanich.de/ - Blog- articles:
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Die drei größten Risiken beim Handel mit Bitcoins-
Warum Bitcoins unendlich weitersteigen könnenauthor: Oliver Janich
Reason Magazine (reason.com)