Richard Stallman hates Bitcoin
His project has come up with something better
Open Sauce Guru Richard Stallman doesn't like Bitcoin because of its poor privacy and his GNU Project has come up with something better.
Bitcoin bubble floats to inevitable end
Lost a quarter of its value in a week
It is starting to look like the Bitcoin bubble has burst and not even the UK is thinking of regulating the currency.
French copper flogged secret data on the dark web
Surrenders to the authorities
A French copper has had his collar fingered for selling confidential data on the dark web in exchange for Bitcoin.
Bitcoin players face criminal investigation
Is manipulation the name of the game?
The US Justice Department has opened a case which might end up with criminal charges.
Buffett blasts Bitcoin
Rat poison "squared"
Billionaire investor Warren Buffett has lashed out at cryptocurrencies and dubbed Bitcoin "rat poison squared".
Samsung gets into Bitcoin
Will build mining chips
Samsung has seen all those people making a lot of cash out of the bit mining bubble and thought "I'll be 'aving some of that".
Nvidia cannot stop partners selling to miners
But will sure try
It was cute to see everyone covering the fact that Nvidia is up in arms against (r) etailers who are selling to miners. Unfortunately, there is hardly anything Nvidia can do to stop the trend.
Bitcoin plummets as regulators rattle sabres
The rise and fall of the fall and rise
Cryptocurrency bitcoin has seen its value fall by 26 percent from a high last week.
Bulgarian government winners of Bitcoin lotto
Better cash them quick
If anyone turns out to be a winner of the Bitcoin lottery it should be the Bulgarian government.
Bitcoin is like the South Sea Bubble
Snap, crackle and pop goes the weasel
Back in 1720 the English House of Lords passed the South Sea Act and created the South Sea Company. claimed to have a monopoly agreement with South America and led to shares rising as much as 10 times as speculators lost their marbles and invested in lots of companies with risible prospectuses. The bubble burst and many people that invested as a result of the craziness lost the lot.