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Issue 25 October 3, 2014
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Featured
The Internet’s Missing Link |
The CTO of Ripple Labs compares the evolution of the Internet to that of Bitcoin and other cryptocurrencies.
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Stefan Thomas |
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BTC Isn’t a Currency |
Bitcoin is a commodity, not a currency. It should be pitched as such to garner broader acceptance.
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Two-Bit Idiot |
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Bitcoin 101
Bitcoin |
This article presents the platform’s design principles and properties for a non-technical audience, reviews its past, present and future uses, and points out risks and regulatory issues as Bitcoin interacts with the conventional financial system and the real economy.
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Harvard Business School |
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Startups and Projects
Code and Development
Straight: an opensource Bitcoin payment gateway |
Straight allows you to start receiving payments just like you would with Coinbase or Bitpay. But this time YOU control your money and you don’t need to ask anybody else for the permission.
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Roman Snitko |
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New BIP: OP_CHECKLOCKTIMEVERIFY |
This BIP describes a new opcode (OP_CHECKLOCKTIMEVERIFY) for the Bitcoin scripting system that allows a transaction output to be made unspendable until some point in the future.
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Peter Todd |
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