Bitcoin is about to take a hit. It is already declining in value due to the news. The news are simple: on June 27th, the Federal Bureau of Investigations will sell the Bitcoin that’s been seized from the wallets of Ross Ulbricht who’s suspected to be the alleged “Dread Pirate Roberts”. The huge bitcoin loot amounts to …
Lately, I’ve been doing a lot of looking and checking out of this somewhat unknown and dark-ish field of High Yield Investment Programs, or HYIPs for short. I even wrote a post about Leancy, the now closed but still well remembered and very successful at the time. It introduced a slick interface, live accrual of …
We knew this day was coming, the sci-fi film and literature industries have taught us well: A Japanese corporation called “Softbank” announced that it will begin sale of personal robots by February 2015. These personal robots are meant to be used as baby sitters (or maybe monitors?), nurses , emergency medical workers and even party companions …
Following the last few days/weeks, the events that unfolded, related to Mt. Gox – the oldest and most known Bitcoin Exchange in the world shutting down withdrawals, claiming it’s due to a bitcoin protocol bug and following by the resignation of Mark Karpeles, the CEO of Mt. Gox from the board of Bitcoin Foundation – …
Today, I will discuss the rampant field of bitcoin and bitcoin-related investments. Bitcoin is still considered as a high-risk (and possibly also high reward) investment venue by itself – as in buying bitcoin as an investment. However, there are also other options of which, I will review a few here: 1. BTCJam – a lending/borrowing …