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GHash.IO Promises To Stay Below 40% Of Total Mining Hashrate

It looks like we have a resolution to the GHash.io issue. At least, a temporary one.

During the recent CoinSummit event in London UK, GHash.io held a round table discussion with other prominent members of the Bitcoin community, including representatives from the Bitcoin Foundation, BitGo, KnCMiner, Peernova, Pantera Capital, and others, as well as several angel investors.

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ZipZap CEO: Argentina’s Volatility Makes Bitcoin Look Stable

By Jon Southurst, Coindesk.com

Alan Safahi has just come back from San Francisco’s CoinSummit where he says he spent far too much time fending off questions about whether his company would continue operations, after recent media articles.

“Rumors of our death were exaggerated,” he laughs, paraphrasing Mark Twain. “I was surprised at the power of the press.”

On the contrary, ZipZap is looking to expand in many new areas, while maintaining existing ones. Last month’s issue was simply one of a payment processor who expected a slow trickle of bitcoin-related business, but instead got a tsunami – too much of a good thing, if you will.

ZipZap is still working with PayPoint to address the processor’s concerns about bitcoin’s exact legal status in the UK, while at the same time diversifying its options both commercially and geographically.

E96 – Don’t Stomp the Gecko

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Shownotes for Let’s Talk Bitcoin Episode 96 – Don’t Stomp the Gecko

Welcome to Let’s Talk Bitcoin!  A twice weekly show about the ideas, people and projects Building the new digital economy and the future of money.

My name is Adam B. Levine, and man are my legs tired.  Krystal and I spent the week in San Francisco for the Coinsummit conference, it was a really interesting event.

Following up on episode 95’s questions about the Bitcoin Foundation, and in the immediate aftermath of the IRS clarification, I grabbed a talk with Patrick Murck on the foundation, the DATA organization, transparency, insurance and more.

Then, for the rest of todays episode we’re pleased to feature one of my favorite panels from the event – Andreas Antonopoulos of Blockchain.info and of course one of the hosts on Let’s Talk Bitcoin!, Professor Susan Athey of Stanford, Jonathan Levin of Coinometrics discuss whether Bitcoin is a flash in the pan.   Moderated by Nathaniel Popper of the New York Times, this is not to be missed.

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Content for this episode was provided by Adam B. Levine, Patrick Merck, Susan Athey, Jonathan Levin, Andreas M. Antonopoulos, and Nathaniel Popper.  Special thanks to CoinSummit for the great event and panels..  This episode was produced and edited by Adam B. Levine

Music for this episode was provided by Jared Rubens, Ross Mintzer and General Fuzz

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Make Your Own Cash, 1930s Style; the CoinSummit Boosters; and Hot Pockets

Welcome to the CoinDesk Weekly Review 28th March 2014 – a regular look at the hottest, most thought-provoking and most controversial events in the world of digital currency through the eyes of scepticism and wonder.

Your host … John Law.

Unterguggenbergercoin – your time has come

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Despite Challenges, Bitcoin Technology is Here to Stay

By Carrie Kirby, Coindesk.com

Two economists and an entrepreneur weighed in on the troubles facing bitcoin and how to address them in a CoinSummit San Francisco. Panelists included Susan Athey, senior fellow at the Stanford Institute for Economics Policy Research; Jonathan Levin, co-founder of Coinometrics; and Andreas Antonopoulos, the Chief Security Officer of Blockchain.

Why Bitcoin Needs Slang, ATMs and Dogecoin to Achieve Mass Adoption

By Daniel Cawrey, Coindesk.com

The question of how to encourage mainstream adoption of digital currencies was discussed in a panel on Wednesday, 26th March, as part of day two of CoinSummit San Francisco. 

The talk included Alan Safahi of ZipZap; Lamassu CEO Zach Harvey; and angel investor Brock Pierce from Clearstone Venture Partners.

The session was moderated by David Lee of SV Angel.

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How can consumers get bitcoin?

That may seem like a simple question, but it’s one that bitcoin aficionados are asked often, even five years into the construction of an ecosystem that many are predicting could have the massive, lasting impact of the Internet.

The CoinSummit panel “Bitcoin for the masses – How to get Bitcoin in the hands of millions of people?” tackled this question, and as the panel proved, it’s an issue with which the industry is still grappling.