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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BitX Raises US$4M in Series A Funding; OpenBazaar plans to launch their platform by November of this year and other news

JUL 21 DIGEST: BitX Raises US$4M from Africa’s Largest Firm; OpenBazaar Prepares for November Launch

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2015-07-21T12:23:32+01:00

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Bitcoin Core developer Jeff Garzik's proposed compromise to double the block size limit to 2MB as a temporary solution is still far from reaching consensus ...

Consensus Elusive for Jeff Garzik’s 2MB Block Size Limit Proposal

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2015-07-20T17:07:41+01:00

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Bitcoin-based service Bitreserve has launched the voucher app Easy.money.

Gift Voucher App Easy.Money Launches on Bitreserve API

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2015-07-20T13:30:57+01:00

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Bitcoin is the fastest growing sector for startup investment; Keybase raises over 10 million in investment round Led by Andreessen Horowitz and other news.

JUL 20 DIGEST: Bitcoin is the Fastest Growing Area of VC Funding; Keybase Raises $10.8 Million

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2015-07-20T12:34:00+01:00

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Bitcoin payments processor Bitnet has launched a new tool that allows merchants to mitigate the risk of accepting bitcoin payments without confirmations.

New Bitnet Tool Allows Merchants to Instantly Accept Bitcoin Transactions

Aaron van Wirdum

2015-07-19T16:48:31+01:00

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Bitcoin Core developer Jeff Garzik has submitted a proposal to raise the block size limit from 1MB to 2MB.

Core Developer Jeff Garzik Proposes 2MB Block Size Limit to Buy Time

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2015-07-18T10:13:08+01:00

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The legal adviser to the EU's highest court said that digital currencies like Bitcoin should be exempt from value-added tax, the Factom Foundation has launched ...

JULY 17 DIGEST: Top EU Court Adviser Says Bitcoin Should be Exempt From VAT and Factom Launches First Release Candidate

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2015-07-17T13:32:01+01:00

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A group of 10 lawyers and academics from the United States, Canada, the United Kingdom and Germany has published a book on Bitcoin and cryptocurrency law in all...

An International Group of Lawyers & Academics Publishes Book on Bitcoin Law

Aaron van Wirdum

2015-07-16T15:46:00+01:00

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