Bitcoin-Artikel in englischer Sprache

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Bitcoin Exchange Processor EgoPay Freezes Funds, Disables API

 

Mt Gox CEO Mark Karpeles Implicated in Silk Road Trial

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Jetzt springen die Industrie-Kühlexperten schon auf den Bitcoin-Zug auf. Das Ende der Fahnenstange ist beim Mining wohl noch nicht erreicht.

Green Revolution Cooling: The Next Big Boost for Bitcoin Mining: Oil Immersion Cooling

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Jetzt springen die Industrie-Kühlexperten schon auf den Bitcoin-Zug auf. Das Ende der Fahnenstange ist beim Mining wohl noch nicht erreicht.

 

Green Revolution Cooling: The Next Big Boost for Bitcoin Mining: Oil Immersion Cooling

 

Die Haschratte ist vom letzten Kurssturz jedenfalls mal ziemich unbeeindruckt geblieben.

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Die Haschratte ist vom letzten Kurssturz jedenfalls mal ziemich unbeeindruckt geblieben.

 

$200 scheint die magische Grenze fürs Mining im Moment zu sein. Der Sturz war nicht tief genug.

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$200 scheint die magische Grenze fürs Mining im Moment zu sein. Der Sturz war nicht tief genug.

 

Stromsparen ist wohl schon das ganze Jahr über das Gredo. Wer früh genug damit angefangen hat, hat Schwein gehabt.

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The Bitcoin Price Drop Explained

http://bitcoinwarrior.net/2015/01/bitcoin-price-drop-explained/

Christoph hat mir gemailt,von dieser site darf ich alles kopieren

As the price of Bitcoin continues its heartrending slide, it’s important to remember a couple of things about this nascent technology:

1. It’s still in its infancy and the infrastructure that is going to give it its real utility and spur its real adoption is still being built out.
2. Its price at this stage of the game is really nothing more than speculation, and price swings occur with very low valuation trades.
3. Despite the very exciting news that keeps coming out of Bitcoin startups, the prevailing market conditions are driving the price down.

For this article, we’re going to focus mostly on the third point here, the conditions that are driving the price lower.

Hacks and Scams

Over the last few days we have been seeing some large trades on the various exchanges. Though there is no way to know for sure, there is speculation that the hackers from the recent Bitstamp hack are cashing out their ill-gotten gains as quickly as possible. This is in addition to the disappearance of Cryptodouble.com, a clear Ponzi scheme that has been running for the last few months and seems to have made off with a few thousands of BTC.

In the past, such scammers might have been satisfied to hodl their stolen lucre, but with the falling prices they may be trying to get out while the getting is good. If this is the case, given the small size of the Bitcoin market and the fact that a majority of Bitcoin users are not users at all but holders, the sale of just a few hundreds of bitcoins can noticeably impact the price.

Miners Paying the Bills

Also, as the price declines, miners, who have invested large sums of money in their equipment, need to pay the rent, the electricity, and the upkeep of their machines. CEX.io has recently announced that they are going to soon suspend their cloud mining services as the low-price point has made it unprofitable, signaling just how dire the situation may be for many miners. Currently there are 3,600 coins mined per day, and if any significant portion of those need to be sold to keep things going, then that would account for a constant downward pressure on the market.

Soft User Adoption

As much as those of us on the inside of Bitcoin believe that it’s going to revolutionize the world and that everyone should aspire to hold even a fraction of a coin, the compelling need for most people to buy in just hasn’t appeared yet. This speaks to one of the core theses of Bitcoin Warrior – that it really isn’t a currency yet and it won’t be a currency until it reaches a much higher market cap. In the short term, Bitcoin is a commodity and an investment vehicle. Even more, it’s a safety net that will catch those smart enough to fall into it when the next financial crisis hits (and mark that, not if, but when). Because of this, there is simply not enough buy pressure from mass users to offset the sell pressures listed above.

Now, it very may well happen that in 2015 we start to see institutional investment in Bitcoin pick up which may fuel other types of adoption as well, but the current downward spiral of the price is likely to work against that. If Bitcoin’s price bottoms out and holds stable for a while, and if startup activity keeps up apace, then we might very well see Wall Street start to take notice. This will be especially true if the indications of another severe market correction keep coming.

Soft Merchant Adoption

Well, this really mirrors the picture above with the exception that merchant adoption hasn’t really been that bad. The biggest problem with getting merchants to adopt is that once they do, there haven’t been enough customers to really make them feel it’s worth their while. At the beginning of 2014 it looked like this picture was going to be different as the peak price was causing people to want to spend their bitcoins. At the beginning of 2015, spending bitcoins can feel like a losing proposition since they were probably bought at a higher price.

What’s more, many claim that merchant adoption is adding to the downward pressure on the price since most merchants use payment processors who then turn around and sell the bitcoins to reimburse the merchant in cash. If the customers who paid in Bitcoin are not turning right back around and rebuying Bitcoin, then that would put downward pressure on the price. We think that this is overstated, but it’s difficult to know at this point.

Shorters

With the trend in Bitcoin being so clear for so long, taking the short positions is what the smart money does. The trend is your friend, as they say – which only holds true until it isn’t. But, for the time being, the people betting against Bitcoin are winning and this puts even more downward pressure on the price.

Panic Sellers

Ever since I’ve been involved in Bitcoin, every dip has brought people out talking about how the price drop is driving out the ‘weak hands,’ or the ones who did not really believe in Bitcoin and who would sell at the drop of a hat when things started to look rough. I think we’re well beyond the point of weak hands, now, and we are reading on Reddit the statements of experienced users saying that the ride has just gotten too wild for them. Indeed, watching the price drop to near 200 is gut-wrenching even for those who believe that the short-term price doesn’t matter. Those saying it’s time to just pull up stakes and get out are probably also adding just a little bit to the downward pressure on Bitcoin.

Ancient Trading Bots

This one goes back to the ATH price of 2013 – a price which was spurred partly by irrational Chinese exuberance, but even more by a couple of trading bots on the now defunct Mt. Gox trading platform that seemed to have been designed to pump the price. It’s been hard watching the price of Bitcoin step down over the last year, but it was elevated to a price it likely never should have been at at that stage of its development. It’s taken this long for the balloon to deflate. But it also means that when the price starts to rise again, it will do so based on fundamentals and real solid interest – and when that happens, there will be no deflation of the price again.

What this all means is that the current price dips can be explained, and that they don’t seem to be based on any fundamental weakness in Bitcoin as a protocol or as a project. Bitcoin still holds the same promise it always has and the infrastructure is still being created that will allow Bitcoin to be the transformative technology it is destined to be. It took the Internet decades before it became the world changing force that we know it to be today. It will take Bitcoin less time than that, but still more than the six years it has already existed.

So our advice, turn off the charts and keep focusing on the good Bitcoin can do for you and for the world.

Bearbeitet 22. Januar 2015 von segeln

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Bill Gates Takes Digital Currency Advocacy to Primetime TV

http://cointelegraph.com/news/113341/bill-gates-takes-digital-currency-advocacy-to-primetime-tv

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Thought Leaders at Davos See Opportunities in 2015
Vordenker in Davos sehen Chancen für 2015

 

 

Reid Hoffman, Gründer und CEO von LinkedIn (mit Abstand größtes Netzwerk für Fach- und Führungskräfte weltweit, ähnlich XING in Deutschland) wird vom Time-Magazin in einem Artikel zur Davos-Konferenz zitiert:

 

Hoffman’s hope for the coming year centered on the digital currency, Bitcoin, which he said could open up the advantages of banking to regions of the world that do not yet benefit from the banking system. He envisaged Bitcoin’s potential impact on the developed world also; for example, the currency might make easier all financial transactions related to driving, including paying tolls and paying for parking. “Bitcoin will either be a total failure or it’ll be a success and I think we want it to be a success,” he said.

 

Hoffmans Hoffnungen für das kommende Jahr konzentrieren sich auf die Digitalwährung Bitcoin, die nach seiner Ansicht die Vorteile des Bankwesens für diejenigen Weltregionen erschließen kann, die bisher noch nicht vom Bankensystem profitieren. Er sieht auch potenzielle Auswirkungen von Bitcoin auf die entwickelte Welt – zum Beispiel könne die Digitalwährung alle finanziellen Transaktionen im Zusammenhang mit Autofahren, Mautzahlungen und Parkgebühren erleichtern.
„Bitcoin wird entweder ein totaler Fehlschlag oder ein Erfolg und ich glaube, wir wünschen uns einen Erfolg“, so Hoffman.

 

Wieder ein prominenter und einflussreicher Fürsprecher mehr.

Bearbeitet 22. Januar 2015 von ngt

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Bitcoin to Feature at Rakuten's First Financial Conference

http://www.coindesk.com/bitcoin-feature-rakutens-first-financial-conference

 

 

 

 

Keine ahnung ob der Artikel schon iwo ist,aber interessant ist er auf jeden fall =)

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Winklevoss Twins Aim to Take Bitcoin Mainstream With a Regulated Exchange

http://dealbook.nytimes.com/2015/01/22/winklevoss-twins-aim-to-take-bitcoin-mainstream-with-a-regulated-exchange/?_r=0

Now two of the biggest boosters of the virtual currency, Cameron and Tyler Winklevoss, are trying to firm up support by creating the first regulated Bitcoin exchange for American customers — what they are calling the Nasdaq of Bitcoin.

The brothers, .......have hired engineers from top hedge funds, enlisted a bank and engaged regulators with the aim of opening their exchange — named Gemini, Latin for twins — in the coming months.

 

 

Hier der Blogeintrag der Winklvoss-twins

 

Welcome to Gemini!

https://blog.gemini.com/welcome-to-gemini/

Today, my brother Tyler and I are proud to announce Gemini: a next generation bitcoin exchange. What exactly do we mean by “next generation”? We mean a fully regulated, fully compliant, New York-based bitcoin exchange for both individuals and institutions alike. Why? Because it’s about time. 

 

Bearbeitet 23. Januar 2015 von segeln

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Bill Gates: 3 Criticisms of Bitcoin

http://insidebitcoins.com/news/bill-gates-3-criticisms-of-bitcoin/29139

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The International Virtual Crypto Summit 2015

 

On the 26/27- of February, 2015, the global crypto community will come together for the only truly global event bringing together thousands of crypto enthusiasts from all over the world. Join for free right from your own computer!

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Bitcoin and the Digital-Currency Revolution

 

http://www.wsj.com/articles/the-revolutionary-power-of-digital-currency-1422035061

 

Sehr ausführlicher und sachlicher Artikel zu Bitcoin, der in der aktuellen Wochenendausgabe des Wall Street Journals erscheint.

 

Auszug aus Wikipedia zum Wall Street Journal:

 

The Wall Street Journal (Kurzform: The Journal, auch WSJ) ist eine internationale, englischsprachige Tageszeitung, die in New York City herausgegeben wird. Die als politisch konservativ geltende Zeitung wird herausgegeben vom Verlag Dow Jones & Company, der seit August 2007 zur News Corporation von Rupert Murdoch gehört. Das Wall Street Journal ist gegenwärtig die auflagenstärkste Zeitung der USA.

 

Zitat aus dem Text:

 

“[…] Bitcoin is much more than a currency. It is a radically new, decentralized system for managing the way societies exchange value. It is, quite simply, one of the most powerful innovations in finance in 500 years.”

 

„Der Bitcoin ist viel mehr als eine Währung. Er ist ein radikal neues, dezentralisiertes System, um Gesellschaften den Austausch von Werten zu ermöglichen. Er ist, einfach ausgedrückt, eine der mächtigsten Finanz-Innovationen seit 500 Jahren.“

 

Meine Meinung: Der Artikel erreicht über ein absolutes Mainstream-Medium genau das richtige Publikum und dürfte erheblichen positiven Einfluss ausüben.

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First U.S. Bitcoin Exchange Set to Open

 

The virtual currency bitcoin is getting a very real boost on Monday with the opening of the first licensed U.S. exchange.

Bearbeitet 26. Januar 2015 von Eddi

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Bitcoin is done with its 'tumultuous teen' years

Today, bitcoin grew up: Bitcoin wallet service Coinbase launched the first U.S.-licensed bitcoin exchange…and it's backed by the granddaddy of exchanges, the NYSE.

Bearbeitet 27. Januar 2015 von blubblibla

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Winklevoss twins: Bitcoin plunge a buying opp

 

Investors interested in bitcoin shouldn't be troubled by the digital currency's sharp price decline, according to two of its most high-profile advocates.

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Students to Receive Free Bitcoin in McGill University 'Airdrop'

Six hundred students at Canada's McGill University are set to receive 30 mBTC ($7) each as part of a joint initiative to promote bitcoin adoption.

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Hong Kong Exchange ANX Chases US Market with CoinMKT Acquisition

 

Hong Kong-based bitcoin exchange ANX has commenced a push into the US market with its acquisition of the domain name and brand rights to CoinMKT.com.

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Darkcoin launches Ambassadors Group

 

The Darkcoin Ambassadors Group (DAG) is a group of world-wide volunteers dedicated to educating the general public about the benefits of Darkcoin. It will make concrete the already excellent relationship between the developers and the Darkcoin community. The DAG will act as the bridge from the cryptosphere to the public sphere.

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TV Ads Sporting the Bitcoin Logo on National TV

Fernsehwerbung mit Bitcoin-Logo im nationalen [bulgarischen] Fernsehen

 

Post auf Reddit:

 

"We have a huge TV campaign running for 45 days on the biggest media conglomerate locally - NovaTV, reaching 85% of the population monthly and 70% of the online users."

"Wir haben eine sehr große Fernsehkampagne über 45 Tage im hiesigen [bulgarischen] Medienunternehmen - Nova TV, die monatlich 85% Prozent der Bevölkerung und 70% der Online-Nutzer erreicht."

 

Siehe Screenshots:

 

Werbung für Grabo, eine Website bei der sich Käufer zu Gruppen zusammenschließen

 

Werbung für Trendo, ein geschlossener Einkaufsclub ähnlich Vente Priveé 

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Finextra
 
Coinbase runs into trouble over New York and California regulatory status

Coinbase is being sized up for a class action suit by securities litigators Tripp Levy for allegedly making false and misleading statements relating to the regulatory status of its new bitcoin exchange in New York and California.

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Microsoft Accepting Bitcoin in UK, Reportedly

 

Unconfirmed reports are indicating that Microsoft has started accepting Bitcoin payments at its UK-based online store.

Bearbeitet 8. Februar 2015 von Eddi

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und weiter gehts

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Isle of Man eBusiness Chief: Bitcoin Legislation Coming This Year
 
The story of bitcoin on the Isle of Man has been one of fits and starts.

Bearbeitet 12. Februar 2015 von Eddi