Bitcoin price entered an unimpressive decline today after days of setting up the move. It may be a slow start or we may be seeing price bottom out near 1500 CNY and $240. At the time of writing price is resolving a correction near 1510 CNY and $244 from where it should make the next […]
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Rakuten.com (formerly Buy.com), one of the oldest shopping sites on the web, has announced that it will begin accepting Bitcoin payments today using Bitnet. Rakuten.com is similar to Amazon in that it serves as a platform for multiple merchants, all of whom will be able to accept Bitcoin now thanks to the partnership with Bitnet. […]
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Want to learn how to create a secure password? In this guide you can get a good understanding of what you need for a strong password. In the last decade, the number of services requiring a password has grown exponentially. This has changed the way we use the Internet. Some reading this guide may not […]
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This April, the city of Los Angeles will host the State of Digital Money conference. The conference which will take place on the 18th of April is designed to shape “a future vision” of digital currency, as seen by the leaders of the digital currency community. The conference will showcase technology and host discussions that […]
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Bitcoin value (price) is back above $240 (Bitfinex) / 1525 CNY (BTC-China) and completing what looks to be an ending diagonal in the 5-minute chart. Our expectation for a resumption of decline is now stretched to its outer limit and xbt.social analyzes the chart for options. This analysis is provided by xbt.social with a 3 […]
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According to the New York Times, a Secret Service agent and a former member of the DEA will be indicted on charges of stealing bitcoins during the course of the Silk Road investigation. Silk Road criminal investigation leads to Bitcoin theft Working undercover, former agents Carl Mark Force IV, who worked for the Drug Enforcement […]
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The team behind Coin Magi (XMG) has announced an interesting initiative called Magi Proof of Interest 2015 that would allow people to get interest on their XMG coins kept in their wallets if they keep them there for 2 months. The Proof of Interest will last two months (starting April 1st and ending June 1st)and it is not implemented in the wallet itself, you need to send your XMG wallet address and the balance you have in the wallet will be entered in the PoI initiative and in 2 months if you still have the same amount of coins your interest will be paid on 01-06-2015, if you have more coins you will get higher interest and if you have less either no interest will be paid to you (if more than 20% less coins in your wallet) or an interest rate for the amount of coins present in your wallet.
In order to participate you need to either post your wallet address here or send in a PM with your address if you don’t want to make it public. The interest rate is not yet available, it can be influenced by the number of participants, level of the fund and total number of coins that participate. So if you have some XMG coins that you are keeping in your wallet long term, then there is absolutely no reason not to take advantage of this campaign. Do note however that exchanges or wallet address on an exchange are excluded from participation in this initiative!
A multi-level marketing (MLM) company promoting cryptocurrency called Wealth Builders Network & Educational Services Inc. (WBNES), based out of San Diego, CA, has launched an April 1, 2015 release date, joining a host of other MLM companies that CCN reported on. MLM companies, while they have both supporters and detractors, can be seen as a […]
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Bitcoin Price has fallen away from $250 and 1580 CNY in five waves. There are support levels below price, but will they give way, one-by-one, or will the current rising trendline (from the January low) prevent further decline? This analysis is provided by xbt.social with a 3 hour delay. Read the full analysis here. Not […]
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In an update to the two-year-old story of the Sheep Marketplace, Czech authorities have arrested what they believe to be the owner, after discovering him trying to launder the money. Sheep Marketplace was a deep web market similar to Silk Road which shut down in December 2013 after claiming to be the victim of a […]
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As I expressed in yesterday’s Part 1 of this article, called “Can Bitcoin Exchange Risk Lead to Bitcoin Regulation?“, Bitcoin is far from perfect, and the Bitcoin exchanges are a primary concern right now. Over the last year, they have generated nothing but negative press for getting hacked, for closing, or being outright “Ponzi schemes”. […]
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Last year, Privacy International legally challenged the UK government for information on its hacking powers via GHCQ. The request was based on documents leaked by Edward Snowden which alleged state-sponsored hacking. Not on the part of governments like the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea, but on the part of western governments.
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PS Coin, a bitcoin exchange that rewards users with royalties for executing orders, believes it has made its mark in challenging cryptocurrency researchers to win bounties for finding holes in its security. The exchange on Friday reported a massive spike in security bounty attempts but not a lot of bounties. After issuing its security bounty […]
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We have compiled a new windows binary for the ccMiner 1.6-git fork by tpruvot (source) that now has support for ZiftrCOIN (ZRC) GPU mining with support for Compute 3.0 or later Nvidia-based video. Our windows binary is compiled with VS2013 and CUDA 6.5 and supports Compute 3.0, 3.5, 5.0 and 5.2 GPUs, you can download and try it below, there is an example BAT file setup for testing hashrate at the Suprnova ZR5 pool. Depending on the GPU you are using you may try to increase the intensity of the ccMiner to get some extra performance, try with 25-26 instead fo the default 20. We are getting up to about 3000 KHS on GeForce GTX 980. The GPU mining availability for ZiftrCOIN is going to make CPU mining the coin pointless, especially since it is now possible for both AMD and Nvidia GPUs, so you might want to switch to something else if you have idle CPU power for mining crypto currencies.
– To download the latest ccMiner version 1.6-git by tpruvot with ZR5 support for Windows OS…
You can now mine ZiftrCOIN with AMD-based video cards thanks to a new fork of sgminer 5.1.0 that adds support for ZR5 (source) and we have compiled a windows binary that will allow you to try it out. The windows binary is compiled for Win32, so it should work on wider range of systems using 32-bit or 64-bit Windows. Do note that ZiftrCOIN GPU mining is still in early stage, so it might be a bit buggy initially and further optimizations in performance could be possible. The coins does seem to handle well high intensity like 18 or 20, you can lower the intensity value if it does not work for you with high setting. The GPU mining availability for ZiftrCOIN is going to make CPU mining the coin pointless, so you might want to switch to something else if you have idle CPU power for mining crypto currencies.
– To download and try the sgminer 5.1.0 ZiftrCOIN GPU miner for Windows OS…
Bitcoin trading has advanced price into a higher zone of a Fib speed resistance fan. Price is once again closer to 1580 CNY and $260 but will the market sustain these levels or opt for decline? This analysis is provided by xbt.social with a 3 hour delay. Read the full analysis here. Not a member? […]
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San Francisco-based Bitcoin payment processor Bitnet has announced a strategic partnership with major payment processor Cardinal Commerce, a firm which presently handles payment processing for a number of major firms including one of the world’s largest PC manufacturers, Lenovo. So as not to confuse the reader, this does not automatically mean that such companies will […]
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DevCore is a new initiative undertaken by the Bitcoin Foundation to increase funds for supporting grants and development. The DevCore events are run over a full day and also serve to provide networking experiences and educating current and potential developers about core principles involved with block chain technology. DevCore Boston was held on February the […]
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We have also updated our Miner Control tool package for Nvidia GeForce GTX 750 Ti GPUs using the latest Miner Control v1.6.4 KBomba-Mod and the newest ccMiner 1.5.43 fork from SP along with update for the pools used (NiceHash, WestHash and YAAMP) as well as the supported algorithms – X11, X13, X14, X15, Lyra2RE, Keccak, WhirlpoolX, Quark and Qubit.
To be ready to use the GeForce GTX 750 Ti package you just need to update the account settings for each pool to reflect your BTC payment address. Do note that the default configuration that we have set is mining from time to time for the author of the software (Miner Control) as a donation alternative, but you can change that setting should you wish to. The package is ready to be used with GTX 750 Ti card, but you can also us it for other Nvidia GPUs or more cards (the ccMiner fork included is for Computer 5.0 and 5.2 cards only) – what you may need to reflect however in the config file is the total hashrate and power usage.
– To download the Miner Control 1.6.4 Nvidia GeForce GTX 750 Ti ready to use pack for Windows…
Bitcoin value (price) is still holding above a rising channel line as the moving averages slowly converge around it. Price has fallen back from a local high yesterday and is setting up for a move. This analysis is provided by xbt.social with a 3 hour delay. Read the full analysis here. Not a member? Join […]
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According to numerous unnamed sources speaking to Fox News, investors in WikiLeaks are working to purchase a boat so they can move WikiLeaks servers into international waters in order to avoid prosecution and outages. The source did not confirm what part of the world the boat would roam in, but the article at Fox News […]
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Tim Swanson, one of the preeminent talking heads on Bitcoin, appeared on the deBitcoin video podcast recently and talked about mining among other things. He pointed out that only irrational people will try to solo mine anymore: “It’s rational to pool, because it lowers the risk, lowers the variance. That’s something that won’t be removed […]
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The Internet has, since its inception, been a boon for firms which offer digital services like web and graphic design, but often in the midst of a larger goal, producers only need some small part of a project completed by those with expert hands. Hiring out such work to large firms can be costly, and […]
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Consumers aren’t clamoring to see digital currency exchange as a feature in ATMs. No surprise there. But did you know the percentage of consumers who hope to see this capability is in double digits? The newly-released “ATM Future Trends 2015,” a tri-annual report by ATM Marketplace, an ATM industry organization, offers insights about consumer interest […]
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Libra, provider of Bitcoin tax accounting service LibraTax, has released two new services to help businesses and CPAs account for digital currency transactions in 2014. The IRS gave guidance that virtual currency is classified as a capital asset and taxable as property rather than currency in 2014. The services – Libra Business and Libra Pro, […]
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Bitcoin value (price) has made an intra-day high at $254 (Bitfinex) and 1580 CNY (BTC-China). This analysis is provided by xbt.social with a 3 hour delay. Read the full analysis here. Not a member? Join now and receive a $29 discount using the code CCN29. Bitcoin Value and Price Analysis Time of analysis: 16h44 UTC […]
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AllCrypt, the alt-coin exchange that was hacked some days ago, has posted a long explanation on their support blog. The explanation includes a Q & A, but mostly diverts responsibility away from the site’s owners. The process of verifying the provenance of a hack is an arduous one indeed. Many times, hackers delete all logs […]
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The Bank of Canada (BoC), Canadian ministers and the Crown (England) face prosecution for crashing the Canadian economy. The Committee on Monetary and Economic Reform (COMER) has been accusing the mentioned institutions and individuals. COMER has put forward that the attorney general, the finance minister, and minister of national revenue have purposefully colluding with the […]
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We’ve received our International Bitcoin Debit Card that is linked to the free Xapo online Bitcoin wallet and Vault and we were very eager to test it out. Earlier this month we’ve tried out the Xapo Online Bitcoin Wallet service and you can read our first impressions here, though the thing that we were most interested in was the ability to link your Bitcoin wallet to an International Debit Card and use the card as any normal debit card, but when you pay with it or withdraw money they are converted instantly from your Bitcoins in the wallet. Xapo has apparently partnered with My Choice as a physical card provider and the card we’ve got is not yet a Xapo branded one as apparently all of the earlier cards are, though in the future they should come as Xapo-branded International Bitcoin Debit Card and not as you see on the photo above a generic debit card with a VISA logo on it. The card we’ve got is with 3 years validity and comes with both magnetic stripe and a chip, but no contactless payment option is supported.
Do note that Xapo is still in beta testing with their debit cards and have not yet launched the card publicly. You can currently pre-order your card and thus get in the list for an invitation to get it when it becomes officially available, though there may be some options to get is faster such as the one available for EU users if they purchase some BTCs from Xapo via a bank transfer. Once you receive your Bitcoin debit card you need to activate it first via a special website or by calling a dedicated phone number and also get your PIN code (can be done over the phone only!). This is done through the My Choice’s website, though once you activate the card it will be automatically linked to your Xapo wallet, so don’t worry when you see that you have 0 balance in your My Choice account. It is completely normal to see a zero balance in USD or EUR as you actually do not have anything inside the card, when there is a request for a transaction it automatically converts Bitcoins from your Xapo wallet to cover the needed amount. This happens instantly, so there are no additional delays or things that you need to do in order to use the card, you can use it as easy as like any other debit card. There is also no difference to the merchant you are paying when you use a normal debit card or the Xapo debit card linked to your online Bitcoin wallet as the merchant gets the requested amount in the local currency in both cases.
The Xapo Bitcoin Debit Cards are available in either USD, EUR or GBP currency (you can choose the currency when you fill the form for your card to be sent to you). Here ate the standard fees associated with the international debit card that you will get and that will be linked to your Xapo online Bitcoin wallet. Do note that while there is a monthly service fee included in the chart with the fees, this fee is going to be covered by Xapo, so for the end user there will be no such monthly fee included. Also note that currently Xapo is not charging the planned, one-time ordering fee of $15 USD for the card, while the card is in beta. In the future however this amount will be debited from your Xapo Wallet in Bitcoins when you request to get a debit card linked to your account. As you can see there is a 3% foreign currency conversion fee, so make sure you have the card set to use the main currency you will be using in order to avoid paying that extra fee unless you go abroad and want to pay with the card.
This table shows what are your Xapo Bitcoin debit card limits, by default once you get your card it will be with the Standard limits applied and these are a bit restricting for the total of both POS terminal purchases and ATM withdraws. After you get the card you can upgrade your status to increase limits, and to do so you need to contact Xapo. This is recommended mostly because it removes the relatively small total limits to the lifetime purchases and ATM withdraws you can do via the card. When you make a purchase or withdraw cash via the Xapo Bitcoin debit card you will immediately see the transaction in your online Bitcoin wallet at Xapo, but that transaction will pretty much list that a certain amount of BTC was sent from your wallet. In order to get extra transaction details about the merchant, how much you’ve paid in a local currency and in the card’s currency you would need to login to your My Choice account that you created when you activated your card.
So our first impressions from the International Debit Card provided by Xapo that is linked to your free online Bitcoin wallet at Xapo are very positive. The card is as easy to be used as any other debit or credit card as long as it is not empty in terms of balance, or in this case if you have some BTC in your wallet. Everything runs smooth and problem free when you pay on a POS terminal or withdraw cash from ATM, what you just need to make sure is that you are familiar with the limits and fees associated with the card to save yourself some possible issues in the future, so make sure you read them carefully. We are going to continue using our Bitcoin debit card for different payments to make sure that there will really be no problems doing various payments with it as we expect it to be. This card is really convenient thing to have in your wallet as it saves you the time and extra trouble of sending Bitcoins from your wallet to an exchange to convert them to USD, EUR or GBP for example and then withdraw them to your bank account that might be linked to a debit card that you can use.
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Americans overwhelmingly trust job titles referencing “digital currency ” over “virtual currency,” “bitcoin,” “cryptocurrency” and “litecoin,” according to a survey by the Digital Currency Council (DCC) this month. The survey was conducted March 8 and used a representative sampling of 506 people across the U.S. and was conducted by DCC via Google Insights polling. The […]
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Bitcoin trading, today pushed price to a new low for the recent decline. A subsequent price wave to the upside has pushed higher despite divergence and resistance levels in its way. This analysis is provided by xbt.social with a 3 hour delay. Read the full analysis here. Not a member? Join now and receive a […]
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The phrase ‘the fun never stops’ may already be a cliché, but there cannot be any better words to describe what the lone player must have felt when he bagged the 40 BTC prize. One of the growing customer base of Fun Casino recently scored what could be one of the largest Bitcoin wins in […]
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Bitcoin wallet service provider Coinapult and Factom, a blockchain applications provider, have announced collaboration plans that they hope will develop the state of applied blockchain technology. Coinapult, which also provides brokerage services that lets users lock their balances to fiat currencies and stable assets, will team up with Factom, which provides blockchain applications in database […]
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Does cryptocurrency provide the right infrastructure to make email postage a reality? A Netherlands-based startup, wrte.io, thinks it has. Anyone interested in finding out if the idea has merit can go to the wrte.io website and register for a wrte.io email address. All one needs to do is register for a free public email address […]
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Bitcoin companies Bitrefill and Celery have announced a partnership that will enable users based in the US to send instant mobile airtime to mobile subscribers in more than 100 countries around the world. The partnership was announced at the International Money Transfer Conference held on Tuesday March 23rd, 2015. How It Works A sender who […]
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We have not updated our Miner Control tool package for AMD Radeon R9 280x GPUs for a while, so it was time to release an updated package using the latest Miner Control v1.6.4 KBomba-Mod and the newest sgminer 5.1.1 along with update for the services and pools used (NiceHash, WestHash and YAAMP) as well as the supported algorithms – X11, X13, X14, X15, Lyra2RE, Keccak, NeoScrypt, WhirlpoolX and Qubit. Do note that the package also includes AMD OpenCL DLL files from older drivers, you may want to remove them to use the OpenCL from the driver you have currently installed or play with the OpenCL from a different version of AMD’s drivers.
To be ready to use the Radeon R9 280X package you just need to update the account settings for each pool to reflect your BTC payment address. Do note that the default configuration that we have set is mining from time to time for the author of the software (Miner Control) as a donation alternative, but you can change that setting should you wish to. Also note that the package contains some of Wolf0 optimized kernel binaries for higher performance in some of the X algorithms. The 280x package is intended for a single Radeon R9 280X card, though you could use it for others AMD GPUs as well or more cards – what you may need to reflect however in the config file is the total hashrate and power usage as well as maybe some of the startup settings for the different algorithms as the default ones are optimized for 280X.
– To download the Miner Control 1.6.4 AMD Radeon R9 280x ready to use pack for Windows…
Bitcoin price surprised market participants today by falling away from target and entering a strong decline that brought price below $260 and 1600 CNY to targets identified last week: $240 and 1500 CNY. This analysis is provided by xbt.social with a 3 hour delay. Read the full analysis here. Not a member? Join now and […]
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A new Windows binary compiled from the latest source code of ccMiner 1.5.43-git SP-MOD fork of the Nvidia GPU miner optimized for the latest Maxwell-based video cards by SP (source). The latest version comes with some fixes and some small performance improvements in multiple algorithms. The SP-MOD fork is designed for running on Nvidia Maxwell GPUs such as the already available GTX 750, 750 Ti as well as the newer GTX 960, GTX 970 and GTX 980. The windows binary release we have made available here is compiled with support for Compute 5.0 and Compute 5.2 GPUs or with other words only for Maxwell-based cards with CUDA 6.5 and VS2013.
– To download the latest ccMiner for Maxwell version 1.5.43-git by SP for Windows OS…
A fairly common set up for air-gap security, the set up which cuts a system off from all networking on a permanent basis, is to have air-gapped computers near regular workstations so that they are easily accessible. For a long time, the common wisdom has been that this is the only way to be truly […]
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The Bitcoin Event at LaGuardia is a Workshop set for March 25th. Beginning at 9AM at New York City’s LaGuardia Community College, this half-day event is an opportunity to network with Bitcoin experts, hear their insights, and meet the entrepreneurs building the Bitcoin ecosystem. The workshop is a result of a partnership between LaGuardia and […]
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In an impressive vote of confidence, NASDAQ, the world’s second-largest stock exchange after the New York Stock Exchange, has begun development on a new global exchange for Bitcoin and other digital currencies. NASDAQ signs deal with a Bitcoin startup Nasdaq OMX Group Inc., which owns NASDAQ, has agreed to provide New York-based Bitcoin startup Noble […]
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Bitcoin price has dropped away from today’s consolidation level in what looks like the last corrective wave before advancing to target near $277 (Bitfinex) and 1720 CNY (BTC-China). This analysis is provided by xbt.social with a 3 hour delay. Read the full analysis here. Not a member? Join now and receive a $29 discount using […]
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If you’ve never heard of the Electronic Transactions Association or their annual conference, you don’t know electronic payment systems. Think of their annual conference as the SEMA show for the automotive aftermarket modifications industry or what the annual Comic Con event represents for the comic book industry. Every year, the biggest and the best in […]
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Stanford University has since Saturday been playing host to a Bitcoin workshop that has featured several big players in the cryptocurrency space. The workshop will examine the relationship between blockchain technologies and the existing regulatory environment. The first two days of the workshop which were for a private audience ended on Sunday March 22nd, 2015, […]
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Normally, when a hacker doxes an individual, it is to make them uncomfortable or in some cases to shame them, as in the case of exposing the secretive e-mails of public officials or corporations. It has traditionally not been done with the express intent of getting someone killed. There have been cases where a snitch […]
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China’s App Store has banned Wiper, the mobile messaging service that allows users to delete messages, after it added the ability to send bitcoin. Wiper announced its bitcoin functionality slightly more than a month ago. “We were removed from the iOS online app store in China due to violating that app store’s policies.” Manlio Carelli, […]
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Bitcoin price has been trading sideways for days, and the question on traders’ minds was: “To which side will price break out?”. xbt.social analysis has been making a case for the upside. This analysis is provided by xbt.social with a 3 hour delay. Read the full analysis here. Not a member? Join now and receive […]
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After a reader suggested that the difference in performance between different forks of ccMiner can be a direct result from the use of different default values for intensity we have decided to dig a bit into how the -i value affects hashrate. We have used ccMiner 1.4.2 SP-mod as an example along with WhirlpoolX on a GeForce GTX 980 GPU. The range of intensity that we have tested is between 10 and 26 with 26 being the default one for the ccMiner SP-mod. You can go with intensity of under 10, but the performance will drop further and there is actually no reason to do it, going over 26 is also possible but will hardly result in any performance increase. Going below Intensity value of 26 may be good thing to do if you are mining on your primary video card on a computer that you are using, so lowering the intensity can be useful in making things more responsive (even 1-2 steps can make a difference without much performance loss). You can see the results with different settings for intensity on our test setup below:
WhirlpoolX – GTX 980:
Intensity 10 – 4377 KHS
Intensity 11 – 8157 KHS
Intensity 12 – 17252 KHS
Intensity 13 – 34283 KHS
Intensity 14 – 67009 KHS
Intensity 15 – 99110 KHS
Intensity 16 – 107568 KHS
Intensity 17 – 140759 KHS
Intensity 18 – 175111 KHS
Intensity 19 – 199488 KHS
Intensity 20 – 214410 KHS
Intensity 21 – 222802 KHS
Intensity 22 – 225320 KHS
Intensity 23 – 228779 KHS
Intensity 24 – 231550 KHS
Intensity 25 – 231755 KHS
Intensity 26 – 232204 KHS
Bitcoin’s reputation, it’s brand, is approaching crisis mode. People keep asking me “When will Bitcoin go mainstream?” or “Why hasn’t the world jumped on Bitcoin yet?” There are a lot of issues holding Bitcoin back, from the general complexity of the technology, and it’s use, to the questions about it’s legal status. For the newbie, […]
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The alternative cryptocurrency world is one rife with pre-mine scams, predatory “initial coin offering” schemes and copy-paste experts masquerading as “developers.” Let’s be very clear: the ability to open up Qt and modify some forms and change a few values in existing source code is one I hope my son has by age six. If […]
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At least on Windows, and possibly on Mac. At the 2015 Pwn2Own Contest in Vancouver, which is part of the larger computer security conference called CanSecWest, independent security researchers were able to execute exploits on all four major browsers. The victims were Safari on OSX, Chrome on Windows, Firefox on Windows, and, less surprising, Internet […]
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Bitcoin trading is running a sideways consolidation prior to a move higher. Today trade opted for a sell-off that did not achieve great depth of decline. The overall sense is that a base is forming prior to a move to $275 / 1700 CNY. This analysis is provided by xbt.social with a 3 hour delay. […]
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I’ll trust that you as the reader is educated enough to know the U.S. Dollar is on it’s last legs as the Global Reserve Currency. I’ve certainly written about the shaky financial situation of the U.S. enough, and there is no shortage of information online about the subject. The U.S. Government has started selling MRAPs […]
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Last October, Sherry Chen was brought up on very serious hacking charges. The government alleged that in 2012, Chen had illegally accessed data from the National Inventory of Dams. The NID is an Army Corps of Engineers database which records information about the structural integrity, as well as other safety information, about all the 87,000 […]
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An Altcoin is a Bitcoin derivative – not the financial term. As if Bitcoin terminology wasn’t hard enough already. The source code for Bitcoin is open source. Meaning anyone can make a few small changes and launch a Bitcoin clone. Closed-minded Bitcoin proponents argue Altcoins are a waste of time, energy and resources. They detract […]
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Last year Gridseed and WiiBox have officially merged to become known as SFARDS. And the new company has recently announced that they have taped out their 28nm SF3301 Dual-Algorithm ASIC chips that should be capable of mining both Bitcoin (SHA256) and Litecoin (scrypt) as the same time similar as an idea to what Gridseed offered in terms of mining hardware last year. By using FD-SOI technology the power efficiency when mining with SHA-256 is expected to reach below the 0.3 J/GH range, and 2.0 J/MH when mining with Scrypt according to SFARDS. The new company expects to have their first ASIC dual miners as early as April and hopefully we are going to get some more details about expected specifications very soon.
The big question that arises is what kind of performance have they managed to get out from their 28nm SF3301 ASIC chips for mining SHA-256 and Scrypt algorithms separately as well as when mining them together and of course what will be the price of the miners. People are hoping that the new miners could bring back the interest in Litecoin and bring up the exchange rate as it has been pretty low for quite a while, especially after the bad news from Zeus and Bitmain that canceled he development of their latest generation of Scrypt ASIC hardware that was initially expected to hit the market by the end of 2014.
– For more information about the new SFARDS ASIC mining hardware manufacturer…
Bitcoin price could go either way during the coming hours. Price has been trading sideways around $260 and 1600 CNY and a break-out to either side seems likely. This analysis is provided by xbt.social with a 3 hour delay. Read the full analysis here. Not a member? Join now and receive a $29 discount using […]
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SFARDS announced they have taped out their 28nm ASIC that will allow miners to mine both SHA-256/Bitcoin and Scrypt coins like Litecoin. The power to gigahash ratio is aggressive according to their press release. They are also shooting for an April release of they miners to both large operations and small miners. SFARDS is a […]
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News that is put out by the mainstream about Mexico runs the gamut. You listen to people who visit and live in Acapulco say it’s a great place, modern and tourist friendly, with low crime. Closer to the northern U.S. border, issues with drug cartels, violent murder, and political intimidation and assassination are legion. Having […]
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Earlier this month when sgminer has been updated to version 5.1.1 (source) it has turned out that there are some issues with the newly added Lyra2RE support. This issue has been addressed and now the latest sgminer 5.1.1 should have no more trouble mining Lyra2RE on compatible OpenCL GPUs, so you might want to give it a try, though it might not be the highest performing Lyra2RE miner out there. The idea of the official sgminer is that it combines almost all of the available algorithms in a single miner package and that is what makes it useful for GPU miners along with a functionality that should allow you to easily switch between them.
– To download and try the latest sgminer 5.1.1 miner binary for Windows OS…
In a recent prediction, Bitcoin venture capitalist Marc Andreessen said that the year 2015 would see greater adoption of cryptocurrency around the world. He saw that happening in response to consumer education and innovation. One of the issues that will also come into sharp focus this year is regulation. Today Friday March 20th, 1:00PM to […]
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For several years, and especially since the Edward Snowden revelations, there has been a need for an easy-to-use, automatically encrypted communications service.
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Bitcoin startup Airbitz has launched the “One-Touch 2-Factor Authentication for its mobile Bitcoin wallet for iPhone and Android devices. Two-Factor Authentication Explained Two-factor authentication (2FA) has become a key feature for enhanced security on the web and mobile devices. It involves the use of two or more different components to prove the identity of a […]
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Bitreserve, a money service built on bitcoin that allows people to hold bitcoin as real-world, stable currency and send money and convert currencies without using a bank, has launched a new website today called Changemoney.org. The new website provides a real-time view of how much Bitreserve holds in different currencies, where its members are located, […]
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Trade has held the Bitcoin price around $260 and 1600 CNY for most of the day. Yesterday’s strong sell-off has rearranged the chart and its prospects. This analysis is provided by xbt.social with a 3 hour delay. Read the full analysis here. Not a member? Join now and receive a $29 discount using the code […]
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Dr. Shann Turnbull, an author on reforming the theories of capitalism, has called for a government-supported digital currency to become the main currency of Australia. Writing in Online Opinion in Australia, Dr. Turnbull claims a government-supported digital currency would balance the budget, protect the economy from financial crises, eliminate the black market, reduce taxes, democratize […]
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Several Hacktivist groups, including Anonymous, GhostSec, and Ctrlsec, have formed an alliance of sorts, to combat ISIS. Together, the groups have compiled a list of 9200 Twitter accounts that they claim support ISIS. Earlier this year, the hacktivist group known as Anonymous released a video in which they mark ISIS as their next target. In […]
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Newnote Financial, which is publicly traded (CSE: NEU; OTCQB: NWWTF; FSE: 1W4) on three international stock exchanges on two continents, has acquired Canadian Bitcoin exchange CoinTrader.net. In addition to its trading platform, CoinTrader has Bitcoin ATM machines in London and Tokyo, as well as a point-of-sale system called CoinZero. The deal was made for 1.5 […]
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It seems that the iOS game that rewards players with Bitcoin Tips, SaruTobi, has been taken down from Apple’s App Store temporary. The reason given according to the game’s developer is the fact that players may be confused that the Bitcoins they can buy in-game might be real Bitcoin and not in-game currency. This “problem” has been fixed already apparently and the updated version of the game is already awaiting approval according to a status update published on MandelDuck’s official Facebook page. If you have already downloaded and installed the game on your iPhone or iPad you can continue to play it without any problems and get Bitcoin Tips when you collect enough black Coins.
Here is a quote of the post from SaruTobi’s developer:
Apple removed the app from sale on the weekend over concerns users would be confused over the use of in game Bitcoins (not real) and actual real Bitcoin.
Mainly because there is an in app purchase that lets you buy the in game coins, Apple are concerned that users may think they are buying real Bitcoin, fair enough (even though it tells them they aren’t).
I have had to fix this issue and the updated app is currently waiting for review and should be live in the app store soon.
Bitcoin trading took a bearish turn today when yesterday’s corrective decline intensified into a stronger wave of decline below support. The turnaround is not being interpreted as evidence of a return to decline, but as a larger correction in the longer-term advance. This analysis is provided by xbt.social with a 3 hour delay. Read the […]
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You can now do much more than chat, like, share and add friends on Facebook. This past Tuesday, Facebook announced that it was introducing a feature in Messenger that would enable users send and receive money. The initial roll-out will be in the United States. And it’s going to be free. The first time that […]
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StrategaBiz, a US OTCQB traded company which was re-branded to its current name in the latter part of last year, is ready for the wider world to invest in cryptocurrencies. Two weeks ago the company entered into a conditional agreement to buy the CryptoCorum group including the LXCCoin and the Swypto Exchange. Using an innovative […]
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Users of the popular darknet marketplace Evolution were disappointed over the last couple of days as the site has been unavailable. Spotty access is normally unsurprising for the market, and there is a long list of alternative URLs. But none of them have worked, so it appears the site is down. Also read: How FBI […]
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Coinapult, the service which allows users to secure the value of their bitcoins in fiat, has been hacked to the tune of 150 bitcoins, roughly $43,000 USD. Access to the site was disabled on Tuesday while staff investigated the breach, which they believe may have roots in an outage at their data center last Friday. […]
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Bitcoin value at $300 will be reality within a day or two as the Bitcoin price holds its ground just below $300 and prepares for the final push of advance. Trade has been pushing up against overhead resistance, and it is likely that a strong price surge will occur once price crosses above $300 / […]
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The alternative crypto currency exchange AllCrypt has apparently been hacked with 42 BTC stolen by the hackers. The website of the exchange is currently down, showing just a message explaining the situation a bit, though not a lot of details are available and currently the future of the exchange is uncertain. The stolen Bitcoins might not seem that much, but for a smaller alternative crypto currency exchange even such an amount is not small. It seems that the hacker used an exploit in WordPress to breach the security of the exchange and steal the Bitcoins from AllCrypt.
The number of active bitcoin users worldwide will reach 4.7 million by the end of 2019, marking a significant gain over the 1.3 million last year, according to a report from Juniper Research we received today. However, the report, “The Future of Cryptocurrency: Bitcoin & Altcoin Impact & Opportunities 2015-2019” notes that exchange trading will […]
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IrishCoin is not a typical cryptocurrency. Its purpose is not to replace the Euro or to replace fiat in general. It is not a competitor to Bitcoin. Rather, it is meant to support Irish tourism by providing travelers with discounts on things like drinks and accommodations. Irish tourism is a three-billion Euro per year industry, […]
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Rakuten is one of the largest global e-commerce companies in the world. They have just announced that they are implementing Bitnet’s digital commerce platform to enable its sites to accept bitcoin. You have a huge range of shopping options from Rakuten. Fashion, Kids, Baby & Maternity, toys, hobbies and games, electronics, beauty and health, home […]
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The AllCrypt.com bitcoin exchange has gone down, and 42 bitcoins is reported missing. The Allcrypt.com site has a note posted saying “Allcrypt.com is down for a bit.” Attempts are being made to resurrect the site, and details will be posted as they become available. “I’m not even sure there is anything to bring back up,” […]
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The profound and odious ways the authorities manipulate information have long been a subject of study. After a couple years of very bad press, the New York Police Department is in the spotlight again for what some see as unforgivable shenanigans on a few Wikipedia pages.
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It has been a difficult month for Bitcoin exchange Bter. On February 14th, 2015, 7,170 BTC was stolen from the exchange. The company launched efforts to trace the stolen bitcoins which led them to the mixing service known as Bitcoin Fog. In an exclusive interview with CCN, Bter officials explained that about 20,000 users were […]
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A swift Bitcoin price correction from $295 and 1838 CNY erased a lot of today’s gains. Although the market seemed more intent on advance during today’s session, the return of selling nerves may see the correction linger for a while. This analysis is provided by xbt.social with a 3 hour delay. Read the full analysis […]
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BitGo is announcing they are beginning to offer their services free for individuals. This news comes packed with several updates across the board. BitGo is adding features needed by enterprise customers; these include secure wallet sharing, address labeling and management. On top of it all they offer advanced audit capabilities like transaction memos. These robust […]
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(Istanbul) Fifteen-year-old boys are more often motivated by fifteen-year-old girls and console games than they are by political movements. On the day of his fatal head injury, Saturday June 15th, 2013, Turkish teen Berkin Elvan was walking to the store to buy bread, on instructions from his mother.
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A lot of attention has been focused on the trial of Ross Ulbricht and the subsequent US Marshalls auction of some 700,000 Bitcoins found in the man’s possession, but Ulbricht is not the only person connected with the dark web marketplace who’s gotten in trouble. Also read: US Marshals Conclude Online Bitcoin Auction of Ross […]
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Or did they? The BBC has denied any correlation between the suspension of Top Gear presenter Jeremy Clarkson and its website being inaccessible recently. A spokesman told the Daily Mail:
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It is a nation-state and major city all in one. Kind of like if New York City seceded from the U.S. and became the country of New York. The country has about 5.5 million people, of which 40% are foreign born, also a lot like New York. English is one of the four main languages […]
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Today’s article features a Bitcoin trading advisory published at xbt.social. The currency pair you trade (BTC/USD, BTC/CNY, etc) does not need to be a habit or a consequence of nationality, but a decision you review at least once a year. Bitcoin makes it easy to change your instruments and broker/exchange. This analysis is provided by […]
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By default the sending of Bitcoins from your wallet is set to use a minimum of 10000 satoshi as a transaction fee in order for your transfer to be processed faster, for bigger BTC transfers the fee also increases. The problem however comes when you want to send smaller amounts of coins such as a few hundreds of satoshi where a fee of 10K satoshi is significant. The latest Bitcoin Core wallet 0.10.0 comes with an advanced menu to control transaction fees and you can take advantage of that easy to use feature to send smaller BTC transactions with lower fees and still have them processed fast. You can of course try to send some coins without any fee, however that may result in very long time needed to confirm the transaction, so it is not recommended, especially if you are paying for something and want to receive the service or goods faster, so you might want to avoid doing that.
One of the ways to save about half of the standard fee and still have the transaction processed very quickly is to use 10000 fee per kilobyte of transaction data, so normally you would pay about half of that for small transactions. It may take just a bit more time to process these transaction than with the normal 1K fee, but they are processed very quickly as well. Alternatively you can go for the minimum possible fee of 1000 satoshi for a transaction, but that could be slow as well, though it is still better than not to pay a transaction fee at all.
Selachii LLP became the first law firm in the UK to accept payment in Bitcoin for its services in 2013. According to information contained on its website, Selachii LLP chose to get in “at the start” and has used Bitcoin to grow what it describes as an impressive business. High Profile Bitcoin Cases Selachii LLP […]
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A number of Panda Security’s antivirus products were recently affected by a bug where the software would label itself as malware. After a recent buggy Panda software update, the antivirus flagged core files as malware and put them in quarantine, effectively causing the antivirus to stop working. However, as many users noticed, Panda also incorrectly […]
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Bitcoin price made another low to near $280 (Bitfinex) and 1750 CNY (BTC-China) during the late Friday US session. Questions about the direction of trend abound and xbt.social makes the case that advance above $300 will soon resume. This analysis is provided by xbt.social with a 3 hour delay. Read the full analysis here. Not […]
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Bitcoin has been making steady progress throughout the West and Europe. It has made a stunningly fast impact on China, at least as a commodity investment if not yet in the retail sector. Australia has also been eager to join the digital party. Africa is starting to dip their toes in the water of crypto-currency. […]
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For the Twitter user who’d say, “I’m sorry, I didn’t know it was wrong to post pictures of my ex-girlfriend in a compromising position,” there’s a new, explicit policy banning such an activity. The platform is traditionally very open and laissez-faire in regards to the content posted by its users.
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Keith Kaiser was new to Bitcoin. Though he had invested in gold and other precious metals previously, this new digital gold was something that wasn’t immediately easy to wrap his mind around. He didn’t know how mining worked and, like many of us, he had no great understanding of cryptography. What he did have, though, […]
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The Miner Control tool, successor of NiceHash Control that has been developed by StuffOfInterest, is a useful piece of software for Windows users that want to make it simple and easy to mine the most profitable coin or rent their hashrate for the maximum profit without much effort other than setting thing up initially. The author of the original tool however hasn’t been working on it and adding new features for a while, not that the software is not useful enough as it is, but there are still some things that can be improved and added to make it even better. Thankfully the development has been picked up by Bombadil who has released his own improved version called KBomba-Mod (source) that adds some extra features and has further improved the tool. The best thing is that his modified version is fully compatible with the original config file, so you can just add the configuration that you are already using to the latest Miner Control v1.6.4 KBomba-Mod and it will work. Then you can start experimenting with his additions without having to waste any time to migrate to the new version.
– You can download the Miner Control Tool v1.6.4 KBomba-Mod here to try it out…
Bitcoin price was sold down strongly in the last wave of correction prior to the advance on $300. Bitcoin value received a boost from unexpected quarters when it was revealed that the Fed and IBM want to “copy” the Bitcoin concept. This analysis is provided by xbt.social with a 3 hour delay. Read the full […]
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Apparently the financial voice for baby boomers (those born post World War II), Neale Godfrey has a poke at describing fiat and bitcoin, and differences via a Forbes article. Neale starts with the explanation that the fiat she is referring to is not the model of car. And to be fair, most people in this […]
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There are many reasons for citizens of the world to be dissatisfied with the current government of their nations. For those with a keen interest or expertise in cryptography, the Decentralized Anonymous State (DAS) has been founded. Yes, you read that right: a decentralized state. What does that look like in real terms? Well, it’s […]
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Recently, Edward Snowden released some documents to The Intercept, which revealed that for nearly a decade, the CIA has been searching for ways to break Apple’s security, so that they can plant malware in their devices. Apple has announced that since the first version of the iPhone was released, they have sold more than 700 […]
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It was only a matter of time. The ultra-advanced, superior technology of the digital currency Bitcoin and it’s Blockchain public ledger system are in danger of being co-opted. The tacit compliments of the financial establishment for the Bitcoin Blockchain, not Bitcoin the currency, over the past year are starting to be followed with action. IBM, […]
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If you are using AMD Radeon-based video cards for mining crypto currencies you have probably noticed that some algorithms have issues with various video driver versions or the performance you get may differ between older and newer version. Since the AMD miners use OpenCL there is an easy solution that can help you deal with driver version issues and to get the optimum hashrate for a specific algorithm. There is not need to reinstall the complete video driver, you can just copy the OpenCL DLLs from the respective driver version inside the same folder where the software miner is (cgminer or sgminer) and when you run the miner it will load the different OpenCL version, regardless of what video driver you have installed. Do note that you need to delete the compiled kernel BIN file for the respective algorithm or algorithms when replacing the OpenCL DDL files in order to get the kernel recompiled with the different version. You can download the different AMD Radeon drivers OpenCL version 13.12, 14.4, 14.6 RC2, 14.8, 14.9 and 14.12 in a single package from the link below and try out what performance you will get by replacing the DLL files inside the miner software’s folder.
– To download and try AMD OpenCL DLL files from different drivers for Windows OS…
Price is drawing a horizontal path and pulling the moving averages to itself. The market has established a consolidation range between $290 and $300 prior to making the move higher. This analysis is provided by xbt.social with a 3 hour delay. Read the full analysis here. Not a member? Join now and receive a $29 […]
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Guldencoin, a national cryptocurrency in the Netherlands, has established a strong level of acceptance among Dutch businesses. Named after the longstanding guilder Dutch currency that the euro replaced in 2002, Amsterdam-based Guldencoin bills itself as a national cryptocurrency. Customers can pay with Guldencoins and merchants can be paid in euros. Launched in April of 2014, […]
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For the third time, open source developer, creator of BFGMiner, and founder of the Eligius mining pool, Luke-Jr, has been publicly attacked for what some view as unilateral patching of Bitcoin core packages in the Gentoo Portage repository. At issue is the Bitcoin Core developer’s implementation of what he considers “improved spam filtering.” The commonly […]
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Anonymous is in the news again, but this time one of their members is going to court. Adam Bennett, popularly known on his internet radio show as the voice of “LoraxLive”, was arrested, and his home raided, nearly a year ago, for allegedly hacking into AAPT Telecommunications and Indonesian government websites in 2012. Just now, […]
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Americans have had it good for a long time. Since the end of WWII, it has been a privilege to be an American. Since the United States took over the Global Reserve Currency from Britain in 1944 at Bretton Woods, life couldn’t be better for an American. When you have a license to print money […]
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The Bter crypto currency exchange that was recently hacked and over 7000 BTC were stolen has officially detailed their plans to return to full operation again and to pay back to users all of the coins that were stolen. Earlier this month the service has hinted that Bter is getting back to normal operation, but now they have resumed trading with improved security and a plan set in motion to gradually return the missing coins back to users.
Bter has revealed some interesting numbers:
Bter had been the largest altcoin trading platform in the world, with 230,000 registered accounts, including 130,000 Chinese users, daily PV closing to 4 million at its peak. As a once hottest altcoin exchange, Bter had successfully help with the exchange of 890,000 BTC and had a significant and sustainable profit model.
The stolen BTC payback plan:
1) Bter shall undertake all the loss and compensate users’ BTC loss in batches gradually.
2) The BTC holders on Bter who suffer the BTC loss shall be entitled to Bter’s half year’s trading fee in proportion to their BTC loss, besides the above the mentioned compensation.
3) The lost BTC balance in the users’ account has been transferred to the BTC_B, which will be the reference for our subsequent payback.
4) All the Bter’s future profit shall be used to pay the BTC loss for users first, until all the lost BTC is paid up.
5) Bter will open more businesses later and the profit from those businesses will also be used to pay the BTC loss for users first.
5) Bter has received 1000 BTC from its partner JUA.COM to speed the payback process.
6) In the further, Bter will seek more finance from other channels to pay up the users sooner.
7) Users on Bter will enjoy one-month’s free trading for all the trading pairs as our thanks for your trust and support
8) New BTC deposit sending to Bter shall not be affected.
– If you want to take a look at Bter’s website for additional details about the situation…
3D Hubs, a community that connects people around the world with 3D printers and people that need something 3D printed, has just announced with a post on Twitter that it has partnered with BitPay to start accepting Bitcoin payments. Currently the service has over 13000 users with 3D printers from around the world registered and offering their services to print models for customers to pick up locally or get shipped to them. The customers that pay for the service of getting their 3D model printed will apparently now also be able to pay with Bitcoins.
3D printing and Bitcoin are new technologies that seem to be like a good match, we’ve already seen some companies selling 3D printers, parts and filament for them for Bitcoins. So the step that one of the largest 3D printer owner communities 3D Hubs has taken to integrate Bitcoin support is more than welcome by the people using the service, both as customers and as service providers.
Bitcoin trading has the price chart making higher lows just below $300. The development of price action in this chart area is favorable, and we should soon see another attempt on $300 and 1850 CNY. This analysis is provided by xbt.social with a 3 hour delay. Read the full analysis here. Not a member?Join now […]
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As you may remember, Roger Ver and other large Bitcoin holders were targeted last year by attackers and extortionists. Rather than capitulate and pay the ransom for the return of his hacked e-mail account, Ver created a website, BitcoinBountyHunter.com, to issue a bounty on his attacker as well as allow others to create bounties. Also […]
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In a bid to gain wider acceptance, the Darkcoin development team, headed by creator Evan Duffield, is presently considering a complete re-branding effort. Also read: ASIC Coming For X-Algorithms: Darkcoin Watch Out The current leading idea per the forums is “Dash,” with no “coin” in the name. The new name is supposed to be short […]
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Briton Ben Phillips’ 1.3 million Vine followers were disappointed sometime between Saturday and Sunday to find that all of his videos had been taken down. A Vine superstar who makes up to £12,000 per six-second video by featuring brands like Ford & Phillips was the victim of an account hack that he didn’t notice until […]
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Last year was a record year for Bitcoin when it came to venture capital investment, at almost $350 million in 2014. It looks like Bitcoin is approaching that amount already, and we’re not even through the first quarter of 2015 year. Bitcoin startup 21 Inc. has announced that they have secured $116 million in venture […]
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The Bitcoin price was traded up to $300 and 1877 CNY today in volatile trade that saw a rapid pull-back from the high. This analysis is provided by xbt.social with a 3 hour delay. Read the full analysis here. Not a member?Join now and receive a $29 discount using the code CCN29. Bitcoin Price Analysis […]
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Meet CSI’s newest inspiration, Mary Aiken. Mary Aiken is a cyberpsychologist and the director of the Cyber Psychology Research Centre in Dublin. Mary Aiken is the inspiration for the main character of CSI’s new spin-off “CSI: Cyber” Special Agent Avery Ryan. In the show, Avery Ryan is the head of the FBI’s cybercrime division, which […]
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If you were awake in the last decade and even remotely cognizant of the global financial crisis, you’ve heard the names Goldman Sachs and Morgan Stanley. Goldman was one among many subjects of a holy crusade by Rolling Stone writer Matt Taibbi. Taibbi spent years uncovering evidence of market manipulation and monopolistic practices (not to […]
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BetChain, one of the leading online Bitcoin casinos, has greatly expanded its collection of games with the addition of 152 world-famous BetSoft 3D cinematic games and the incredibly popular Amatic slot and casino games. Since its inception, BetChain.com has been one of the leaders in providing an excellent Bitcoin gambling experience and continues to do […]
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Every sector of modern Western society has their vocal leader or representative these days. Someone who can inspire their market niche through education, desperation, or superior motivational speaking. A gifted orator who can change the course of many lives through their gift of gab. Religion has Joel Osteen. Motivation and self-improvement have Tony Robbins. Libertarians […]
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There hasn’t been much happening at the official github repository of sgminer for some time (source), so we have not posted a new windows binary compiled from there recently. However they just added some new algorithms and have bumped the version number to 5.1.1, so we’ve had to compile a new binary to try out the new algorithms that were added. The latest sgminer 5.1.1 now does include support for Lyra2RE, Pluck and WhirlpoolX algorithms, so no need to use different forks of sgminer for each of these algorithms. And since these algorithms were added in the official sgminer we can now update our Miner Control package for AMD Radeon R9 280X GPUs that we haven’t updated for a while, so stay tuned for the update. Meanwhile you can download and try the new windows binary with the added support for the three new algorithms.
– To download and try the latest sgminer 5.1.1 miner binary for Windows OS…
Time for an update to our Miner Control based package for GTX 750 Ti GPUs. We’ve included an up to date ccMiner fork 1.5.42-git windows binary from SP (compiled for Maxwell cards with Compute 5.0 and 5.2 only). The GTX 750 Ti package is configured to work with NiceHash, WestHash and Yaamp pools, supporting the more profitable X11, X13, X14, X15, Keccack, Lyra2RE and Quark algorithms. We have also added the WhirlpoolX algorithm as well as Qubit, though it still seems that mining Quark/Qubit is still the most profitable on Nvidia GPUs most of the time as compared to other popular algorithms.
You can download the package below with settings already set for non-overclocked GTX 750 Ti, if you are going to be using it on multiple card mining rigs you need to multiply the hashrate for the algorithms supported. The package will also function just fine on GTX 960, GTX 970 and GTX 980 cards where you would need to set the power usage and hashrate numbers for your respective hardware to get the correct calculations working. To be ready to use it you just need to update the account settings for each pool to reflect your BTC payment address. Do note that the default configuration that we have left is set to mine from time to time for the author of the software (Miner Control) as a donation alternative, but you can change that setting should you wish to.
– To download the Miner Control 1.6.1 GeForce GTX 750 Ti ready to use pack for Windows…
µTorrent (often spelled uTorrent) is one of the most popular BitTorrent clients in the world. Available on Windows, Mac, Linux, and Android, uTorrent was designed to be a lightweight torrenting client that would rival more resource-intensive programs like Vuze and BitComet.
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The European Central Bank (ECB) has published a report on virtual currencies that recognizes their dramatic growth in recent years and analyzes some of their dynamics and challenges. Titled “Virtual currency schemes – a further analysis,” the 37-page report points out that virtual currencies have risks. However, it notes that currently, bitcoin is used for […]
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The WhirlpoolX algorithm is now supported in both the latest updates of the ccMiner forks from SP (source) and Tpruvot (source). So we have compiled windows binaries from the latest source for both miners and decided to test the performance we are getting mining the WhirlpoolX altcoin Vanillacoin (VNL). Do note that the sp-mod fork of ccMiner is optimized and supports the newer Computer 5.0 and 5.2 Nvidia Maxwell GPUs where the performance is maxed out while the tpruvot fork supports Compute 3.0 or newer video cards. We have tested the performance we are getting on GeForce GTX 980 GPU with the two miners, the SP version as expected gives out higher performance on a Maxwell card as expected with about 233 MHS while the tpruvot fork is not that much slower with about 222 MHS mining WhirlpoolX. So if you are mining WhirlpoolX on Nvidia-based video cards or leasing your hashrate you might want to update your miner to the appropriate version depending on your GPUs.
– To download the latest ccMiner version 1.6-git by tpruvot for Windows OS…
– To download the latest ccMiner for Maxwell version 1.5.42-git by SP for Windows OS…
Bitcoin price is advancing after crossing above another longterm trendline drawn from the November 2013 all-time high. A bumpy ascent looks set to continue as price struggles through layers of divergence and resistance toward $300 / 1870 CNY. This analysis is provided by xbt.social with a 3 hour delay. Read the full analysis here. Not […]
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