Staff / TruthdigMar 26, 2014
Ukrainian women are boycotting Russian men in the most basic sense; the IRS has deemed bitcoin property, not currency; meanwhile, some college students are not finishing their degrees on purpose. These discoveries and more after the jump. Dig deeper ( 2 Min. Read )
BLANKMar 8, 2014
In exposing the identity of a man persuasively argued to have invented the virtual currency, Newsweek's deciders also reported that he likely has $400 million stashed away somewhere. Then they told everyone how to find him. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )
Staff / TruthdigMar 7, 2014
Newsweek journalist Leah McGrath Goodman claims to have revealed the face, name, location and other key details about the founder and original coder of Bitcoin, Satoshi Nakamoto. Dig deeper ( 2 Min. Read )
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Staff / TruthdigMar 1, 2014
Three MIT students set out to expose how much crud gets accepted to scientific conferences; Uganda's President Yoweri Museveni was swayed by so-called science to sign an anti-gay bill; meanwhile, Bitcoin may have some value beyond that of an online currency. These discoveries and more after the jump. Dig deeper ( 2 Min. Read )
Alexander Reed Kelly / TruthdigJan 19, 2014
Federal prosecutors in Manhattan have to figure out what to do with $27 million worth of Bitcoin confiscated after the closure of an anonymous black market site authorities say was used to exchange drugs and computer hacking services. And the value of the haul could grow. Dig deeper ( 2 Min. Read )
By Yanis VaroufakisDec 26, 2013
The crash of 2008 infused our societies with enormous skepticism of government and central bank authority. Naturally, many dream of a currency that politicians and bankers cannot manipulate. Bitcoin has emerged as the great white hope of something of the sort. Alas, that hope is false. Dig deeper ( 11 Min. Read )
Alexander Reed Kelly / TruthdigDec 24, 2013
The presently unregulated digital currency has libertarians and currency speculators in a tizzy over the possibility of making a lot of money in a short time. Greek political economist Yanis Varoufakis tells RT whether there is any reason to believe Bitcoin, currently valued at $900, is practical for use by ordinary people and sustainable as a means of exchange overall. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )
Martin Sutovec, Cagle Cartoons, SlovakiaNov 29, 2013Dig deeper
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