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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Visa Europe believes existing payments companies and new players should cooperate more openly; BitFury announced that it has raised US$20 million in its third v...

JUL 10 DIGEST: Visa Exec Says Bitcoin Has a Future in Payments; BitFury Raises $20 Million in New VC Round

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2015-07-10T12:53:08+01:00

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BlockTrail yesterday launched its Mint exchange, which swaps “old” coins for newly mined ones. In a first of its kind, users can buy bitcoins that came straight...

Mint Exchange Service for Newly Mined Coins Rebuffs Bitcoin’s Fungibility

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2015-07-10T11:51:40+01:00

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Three of the biggest Western mining pools – representing a total of some 19% of hashing power on the Bitcoin network – stand divided on raising the block size l...

KnC Miner, Slush Pool & BitFury at Odds Over Block Size Increase

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2015-07-07T16:50:00+01:00

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A new law introduced in the Netherlands last week could allow surveillance to tap the Bitcoin network, the Irish company comes to the rescue of Greek businesses...

JUL 7 DIGEST: New Dutch Law on Bulk Surveillance Allows Bitcoin Network Tapping; Irish Company Offers BTC Services to Greek Businesses

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2015-07-07T13:02:13+01:00

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A San Francisco escort has written a guide for other escorts to teach them how to accept bitcoin for their services; banking giant BNP Paribas regards Bitcoin a...

JUL 3 DIGEST: Escort Teaches Other Escorts about Bitcoin; BNP Paribas Calls Bitcoin a Disruptive Invention

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2015-07-03T12:43:03+01:00

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Bitstamp released its incident report regarding the hacking of their hot wallet of last January, BitGo announced a new stamp of approval in BTC transactions tha...

JUL 1 DIGEST: Bitstamp Releases Incident Report; BitGo Launches Certificate to Prove Solvency

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2015-07-01T12:35:09+01:00

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The Dutch National Bitcoin Congress was held on June 24 and attended by bankers who appear to be enthusiastic about the blockchain.

The Dutch National 'B-Word' Congress: ‘The Future of Money Isn't Bitcoin’

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2015-06-29T12:08:44+01:00

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Tomer Kantor is a London-based film producer who, for the past three years, has been documenting the Bitcoin phenomenon under his “IamSatoshi” label

Tomer ‘IamSatoshi’ Kantor: ‘I Still Look at Bitcoin as Political Activism’

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2015-06-27T17:01:00+01:00

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