Aaron van Wirdum

Aaron van Wirdum is a freelance journalist. He studied Politics and Society in Historical Perspective at Utrecht University, and specialized himself in the influence of freedom of speech and communication technologies on social structures

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A 17-year-old jihadist teenager faces up to 15 years in prison for posts about encryption and Bitcoin, Bitreserve has announced that it is dropping fees for cur...

JUNE 12 DIGEST: Jihadist US Teen Faces Prison for Tweets About Bitcoin, and Bitreserve Eliminates Fees For Currency Conversion

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2015-06-12T13:03:00+01:00

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When Cointelegraph asked the Bitcoin Wallet software providers listed on bitcoin.org, they showed broad support for increasing the Bitcoin block size limit from...

Bitcoin Wallet Software Providers Express Support for Block Size Increase

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2015-06-11T09:33:55+01:00

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Of all Bitcoin web-wallet providers as listed on bitcoin.org, Blockchain.info, Coinbase and Xapo are in favor of raising Bitcoin's block size limit from 1 to 20...

Web-Wallet Providers Divided over Andresen’s 20 MB Block Size Increase Proposal

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2015-06-08T18:05:00+01:00

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Two of China's biggest bitcoin exchanges - BTCChina and Huobi - have voiced concerns over Bitcoin Core developer Gavin Andresen's proposal to raise the block si...

Chinese Exchanges Reject Gavin Andresen’s 20 MB Block Size Increase

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2015-06-05T16:09:00+01:00

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SpectroCoin launched a debit card that can be loaded with digital currency, Xapo faces more legal troubles and more news.

JUN 5 DIGEST: SpectroCoin Launches BTC Debit Card for Eastern Europe, Xapo Execs Sued by Former Employer

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2015-06-05T12:29:14+01:00

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BitFury has announced to bring bitcoin mining light bulbs, Corporate Finance houses are getting into crowdfunding and more news.

JUN 2 DIGEST: BitFury to Release Light Bulbs that Mine Bitcoin, Corporate Finance getting into Crowdfunding

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2015-06-02T12:36:58+01:00

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Gavin Andresen suggested that he would shift his efforts from the main Bitcoin implementation (Bitcoin core) to the alternative Bitcoin-Xt implementation.

Andresen Will Shift Efforts to Bitcoin Fork, If No Consensus Reached on Block Size

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2015-05-30T12:57:00+01:00

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U.S. government prosecutors have imposed a money judgment of almost US$184 million against Ross Ulbricht, Apple casually mentions Bitcoin in a new patent applic...

MAY 29 DIGEST: US Govt Says Ross Ulbricht Owes Them Nearly $184M, Apple Mentions Bitcoin in Patent Application

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2015-05-29T12:45:22+01:00

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