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Coinbase now supports the Bitcoin Payment Protocol
The Bitcoin Payment Protocol is a protocol for communication between a merchant and their customer. It is designed to enable a better customer experience …
Wood Wallets
Forget paper-wallets and Gox. Protect your coins by getting your public address and your BIP38-encrypted private key engraved on a beautiful piece of design… CONTINUE
FBI: One of the largest holder’s of Bitcoins
Newseek’s Leah McGrath Goodman just published a long and juicy article, claiming among other things to have found the real Satoshi Nakamoto. I particularly liked the …
Mt. Gox Files for Chapter 15 US Bankruptcy Protection
Troubled Japan-based bitcoin exchange Mt. Gox has filed for Chapter 15 bankruptcy protection, an ancillary form of bankruptcy that will complement its primary Tokyo District Court …
Class-action lawsuit against Mark Karpeles
In the latest chapter of the Mt. Gox saga, a London law firm has filed a class-action lawsuit against Mt. Gox CEO Mark Karpeles. The …
Mt. Gox files for bankruptcy
The Mt. Gox bitcoin exchange has filed for bankruptcy protection, reports say. The application was made in Japan by lawyers acting on behalf of …
Rick Falkvinge: The Gox Crater
Thousands of volunteering and self-organizing detectives have been meticulously laying a puzzle that reveals the Gox billion-dollar heist as an inside job. As smoke …
Japan authorities looking into closure of Mt. Gox
Japanese authorities are looking into the abrupt closure of Mt. Gox, the top government spokesman said on Wednesday in Tokyo’s first official reaction to …
Top Bitcoin exchange MtGox goes offline
One of the biggest Bitcoin Exchanges, MtGox, has gone offline. The exchange has been hit by technical issues and recently halted all customer withdrawals of the …
Bitcoin network weakness
There is a new paper on arxiv describing a strategy exploiting honest miners into gaining less than they deserve from mining pools… CONTINUE
Cryptocoin Wallet Cards
A wallet card is a way to store crypto coins by printing the public and private keys on a plastic card. This “cold storage” …
Bitcoin known weaknesses
The wallet is stored unencrypted, by default, and thus becomes a valuable target for theft. Recent releases of the Bitcoin client now supports encryption …
Secure offline bitcoin wallets
Crypto Cards are an exciting way for new users to store their funds in safe, cryptographic offline wallets. They require very little to no …
Bitcoin Garden: The journey starts here…
Dear reader, welcome to the blog. I’m Secco, owner and administrator of Bitcoin Garden. In case you’re wondering, I’m a full time webmaster, internet …