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  • Bitcoin War: The First Real Threat to Bitcoin?

    Bitcoin War: The First Real Threat to Bitcoin?

    For most Bitcoiners, it is a well known fact that there is a significant risk in the decentralized peer-to-peer currency pertaining to hashing power.  In order to maintain a perfectly democratic internet currency, no one single entity should ever have control of 51%, or greater, of the total network hashing power. Today, one of our… Read more

  • Your ISP is Going to Spy on You Starting July 12, 2012

    Your ISP is Going to Spy on You Starting July 12, 2012

    Your ISP is going to spy on you starting July 12, 2012. One year ago, the RIAA and the MPAA organized a project with the largest internet service providers in the US to begin monitoring their customer’s internet activity.  This monitoring was introduced as a joint coalition to combat piracy.  A list of providers that… Read more

  • Exclusive Interview with Suren Ter from YouHaveDownloaded.com

    Exclusive Interview with Suren Ter from YouHaveDownloaded.com

    Your BitTorrent downloads are very public, and Suren Ter, the producer behind  YouHaveDownloaded.com, has helped to raise public awareness on this reality.  We sat down with our friend, Suren, to discuss the idea behind YHD, piracy, and the future of file sharing. • • • Please give the world a brief introduction about yourself, such… Read more

  • Secure Public WiFi: Wireless Security Tips

    Secure Public WiFi: Wireless Security Tips

    San Jose will be launching a free WiFi service to its residents starting in the summer of 2012.  The free, unsecured municipal WiFi in San Jose will be free to the public and secured for the government.  As the public facing free WiFi service is unsecured, it is up to the user to enable wireless… Read more

  • Pullin’ a Rabbit out of a Black Hat

    Pullin’ a Rabbit out of a Black Hat

    Step 1 – Hack a computer. Step 2 – ? Step 3 – Profit. In the past, step 2 generally consisted of several intricate steps that required a significant amount of effort and skill.  Even if a system was filled with valuable data, it was highly unlikely that any of said data was actually valuable… Read more

  • Interview with nanotube, founder of the Bitcoin-OTC, IRC’s Marketplace on Bitcoin, Multisigs and Security

    Interview with nanotube, founder of the Bitcoin-OTC, IRC’s Marketplace on Bitcoin, Multisigs and Security

    The peer to peer (P2P), anonymous crypto currency with cash-like properties known as Bitcoin has quickly become a formidable payments medium in contemporary society. New products and services are born almost daily as these cash-like payments have created new ways to conduct business online. I had the opportunity to speak with Daniel Folkinshteyn, founder of… Read more