E&E Bitcoin 'Cast

Donate bitcoins at: 12CEuFuAXLPQLe679ZHEsXqYgMfzT1p9qn As Bitcoin gains more media interest, the price has been climbing again but more interestingly, the number of transactions on the Bitcoin network per day have reached record highs. What does this all mean?https://coinbase.com/charts http://blockchain.info/charts/n-transactions-excluding-popular

Donate bitcoins at: 12CEuFuAXLPQLe679ZHEsXqYgMfzT1p9qn Ethan has been pretty hard lately on Mt GOX, the worlds leading bitcoin exchange. With the revaluation of a $2.9 Million liability after a homeland security seizure of a US Dollar account, is Ethans outlook more dire or slightly more positive?

Donate bitcoins at: 12CEuFuAXLPQLe679ZHEsXqYgMfzT1p9qn Germany has recognized bitcoin, some say as legal tender. Has bitcoin achieved legal tender in Germany? Find out on todays update.http://www.engadget.com/2013/08/19/germany-recognizes-bitcoin-as-private-currency

Donate bitcoins at: 12CEuFuAXLPQLe679ZHEsXqYgMfzT1p9qn Lamassu successfully gained a number of pre-orders for their bitcoin dispensing ATM unit bound for several different regions around the world. https://lamassu.is/ http://www.inquisitr.com/907826/bitcoin-atm-machines-receive-full-funding-hours-after-campaign-launches/

Donate bitcoins at: 12CEuFuAXLPQLe679ZHEsXqYgMfzT1p9qn The Bitcoin commerce space is becoming populated by a gaggle of giggling idiots otherwise called regulators, politicians and lawyers. Ethan gets a fire lit under his collar about recent news regarding American government organizations expressing interest in the Bitcoin space. http://www.cnbc.com/id/100964182 http://video.cnbc.com/gallery/?play=1andamp;video=3000190465

Donate bitcoins at: 12CEuFuAXLPQLe679ZHEsXqYgMfzT1p9qn With Bitcoin gaining popularity in mainstream media again, Ethan has seen people recommending that Bitcoin newbies go buy their first Bitcoin on MT GOX, the worlds largest Bitcoin exchange.  Why does Ethan think this is TERRIBLE advice?

Donate bitcoins at: 12CEuFuAXLPQLe679ZHEsXqYgMfzT1p9qn Yet another market adoption story. Bitcoin service company Coinbase has made a simple to install wordpress widget for website owners with a coinbase account who want to accept bitcoin easily.http://blog.coinbase.com/post/58168365373/we-just-released-a-wordpress-plugin

Donate bitcoins at: 12CEuFuAXLPQLe679ZHEsXqYgMfzT1p9qn A Canadian startup wants to make it as easy to buy bitcoin as it is to buy a gift card by offering (what else?) a bitcoin redeemable gift card. Look for them in your local gas stations soon!http://www.coindesk.com/cointap-is-a-canadian-startup-offering-bitcoin-gift-cards/

Donate bitcoins at: 12CEuFuAXLPQLe679ZHEsXqYgMfzT1p9qn Bloomberg has a Bitcoin price ticker (Symbol XBT) that is accessible to Bloomberg employees. Seems theyre beta testing it.http://btcgeek.com/bitcoin-ticker-arrives-on-bloomberg/

Donate bitcoins at: 12CEuFuAXLPQLe679ZHEsXqYgMfzT1p9qn The largest payment processor in the Bitcoin space teams up with a major ecommerce player founded in the 90s to expose the Bitcoin option to thousands of online merchants. http://bitcoinmagazine.com/3dcart-partners-with-bitpay-to-offer-16000-merchants-transactions-in-bitcoin/

Donate bitcoins at: 12CEuFuAXLPQLe679ZHEsXqYgMfzT1p9qn An American federal court judge recently called bitcoin money in a ruling relating to a ponzi scheme. Does this mean Americans could soon start paying their taxes with BTC?http://www.reuters.com/article/2013/08/06/us-court-sec-bitcoin-idUSBRE97517G20130806

Donate bitcoins at: 12CEuFuAXLPQLe679ZHEsXqYgMfzT1p9qn Daniel Benoy fills in again for the guys to bring us the latest news on bitcoin and micropayments.http://gigaom.com/2013/08/06/can-bitcoin-enable-the-fabled-micropayments-revolution-coinbase-thinks-its-worth-a-shot/

Donate bitcoins at: 12CEuFuAXLPQLe679ZHEsXqYgMfzT1p9qn Daniel Benoy fills in for the guys today and takes the opportunity to tell us ll whats happening with the TOR service.  Recent news suggests that some TOR sites have been compromised and could be revealing once private identities of users of the anonymizing service!http://boingboing.net/2013/08/04/anonymous-web-host-shut-down.html

Donate bitcoins at: 12CEuFuAXLPQLe679ZHEsXqYgMfzT1p9qn andnbsp; Rumours are flying about a $200 Million round of funding for ASIC bitcoin mining chip maker Avalon in China. Are the rumours true? Who knows! Do they make sense? Ethan sure doesnt think so. http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424127887323997004578644491403250124.html http://bitcoinexaminer.org/avalon-might-be-getting-a-200-million-investment-and-20nm-technology-to-become-the-leader-of-the-mining-market/

Donate bitcoins at: 12CEuFuAXLPQLe679ZHEsXqYgMfzT1p9qn An open source project releases designs for a USB powered bitcoin mining device at a fraction of the cost of the competition. What does this mean for the Bitcoin mining scene?http://thegenesisblock.com/avalon-k1-usb-bitcoin-miner-to-rival-asicminer/