Yesterday at 11am access to Bitstamp was disrupted due to a DDoS attack. Bitstamp responded by upgrading its DDoS mitigation capabilities and recovered full accessibility at 8pm. Service has been...

Bitstamp website and service came under DDoS attack on October 15, 2012, completely disabling the services as of around 11:00 PM GMT.

Last week, the Global Bitcoin Stock Exchange, for a long time the leading investment platform in the Bitcoin economy, suddenly and unexpectedly shut down. There has been much speculation about...

This morning, StumbleUpon brought me to this truly excellent post about solar cell efficiency over at the University of California, San Diego's Do the Math blog. Author TMurphy makes some...

If you own a restaurant or bar in a city popular with tourists, you should accept bitcoin!

Continuing on with our series covering adventures in alternative currencies, many were quick to proclaim the death of Bitcoin, particularly following the June 2011 bursting of the Bitcoin bubble....

By now, nearly everyone has heard of Bitcoin. I will not bother with a detailed account of its mathematical, historical, or political foundations. All of this has been written about at...

Exploring the issues of structural unemployment, economic oppression, and distributed manufacturing. Technology, politics and science in the present and future. London bitcoin conference...

Hyperinflation has hit Iran hard. The government has stepped up censorship of currency exchange websites such as Mesghal.com and Mazanex.com, which had rates blanked out for the rial’s value...