Bitcoin is a cryptocurrency and peer-to-peer payment system. Launched in 2009, the identity of the developer "Satoshi Nakamoto" is still unknown. It is the first decentralized virtual currency and has the highest market value of any of its many counterparts.
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Satoshi's Treasure hacker claims first keys to $1M Bitcoin prize in minutes
The first clues to find keys to $1 million worth of Bitcoin have been released, and instead of visiting San Francisco or ...
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Dark web druglords charged with laundering $2.3M in Bitcoin
US authorities have arrested three men after taking down a dark web drug ring which laundered $2.3 million in cryptocurrency. ...
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Behind the scenes: Electrum hackers steal $4M with Bitcoin phishing attacks
Electrum Bitcoin wallet users have lost 771 BTC (approximately $4 million) since late December 2018, in an ongoing series ...
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Bitcoin scammers foiled by victims who simply hung up on them
Bitcoin fraudsters have actually failed for once! Hawaiian Electric customers have been ignoring a “robocall” scam requesting ...
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Hackers tweet Bitcoin nonsense and racism via Sweden's top political party
The Twitter account of Sweden's governing party was hacked with cryptocurrency-related nonsense and wildly offensive hate ...
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Coinbase Pro wiped its Bitcoin to USD market clean, suspended trade for hours
Coinbase Pro's Bitcoin to US dollar markets were interrupted for hours today, after a still undisclosed problem affected ...
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Only 2% of companies accept Bitcoin payments, Stack Overflow finds
The vast majority of organizations across the globe are not using blockchain technology, according to Stack Overflow’s ...
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Wikileaks’ Bitcoin donations spike following Julian Assange’s arrest
Bitcoin donations to Wikileaks have suddenly started rolling in by the bulk, as news broke that Julian Assange has been arrested ...
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Only 9% of Russians actually know anything about Bitcoin
A survey by state-owned Russian public Opinion Research Center has found the country is well acquainted with the term Bitcoin, ...
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Bitcoin phisher steals $365,000 and 10,000 passwords from dark web users
A 37 year-old man in the US has been sentenced to one year and one day in prison for fraud in connection with a Bitcoin ...
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Adult site CamSoda will now let you pay for porn with Bitcoin
CamSoda has integrated cryptocurrency payments, enabling users to purchase tokens on the platform using seven different ...
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Mt. Gox might need 2 more years to repay millions worth of lost Bitcoin
The leader of the group representing victims of the defunct cryptocurrency exchange Mt. Gox is stepping down. He says it ...
