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Also, http://PirateMyFilm.com is for bitcoin-powered crowdfunding. Then there is another type of crowdfunding ....equity crowdfunding. Instead of donation-based such as KickStarter…

Ah: https://coinbase.com/verifications

How can I see what level my account is at? What are the limits for Level 1?

More commentary from Reddit: - http://www.reddit.com/r/Bitcoin/comments/1bzekm

If the rising dollar volume crossing the blockchain outpaces the rising exchange rate, then it is sustainable. The blockchain output cannot be estimated with certainty though so th…

And how many also are OCD?

"Autosell" is the term Mt. Gox uses as the name for the parameter in the shopping button API to sell immediately once the transaction has confirmed. But that's the thing. Merchants…

You bought them and sent them to your CoinBase wallet, or did you actually buy them from CoinBase? (I didn't think that had started selling coins themselves yet.)

A bank blocking access to a provider of anonymous VPN services. Makes sense.

Consumer-grade mining is a temporary phenomena. In a few months, the block reward will be dropping in half, and most people with GPUs will no longer be able to operate them profita…

If silver was a nice addition to a gold based money system, how isn't Bitcoin a nice addition to the existing monetary system just as well? It isn't an either/or scenario. Parallel…

Since this is just one of the many options available for spending bitcoins or cashing out, the criminals are probably not planning on using these.

Miners are receiving nearly $100K USD per day but the share to the smaller operators is often just small amounts, oftentimes $20 or so per month. The cost for them to cash out usin…

Really? SR is the reason why? Sales volume is estimated at two million dollars a month: http://www.forbes.com/sites/andygreenberg/2012/08/06/black-m... Let's say it takes a week be…

To be a proof-of-work based cryptocurrency, it would need to make it through the phase where it is vulnerable to external attack. Bitcoin made it through because nobody knew that a…

Even though the exchange rate is just slightly up versus a year ago on this day, it is way down from the 2011 high yet ($32.40). That is more than 60% below the June 2011 high.

Up 155% in 2012. Up 80% in the third quarter so far. Up nearly 30% in two weeks. Ya, crazy stuff.

The rate will slow though, to 25 BTC per block (down from the current 50 BTC per block). So it took 4 years from 0 - 10.5 million, then the next 4 years sees 5.25 milion minted, th…

Exchange rate volatility is harmful to commerce, yes. There are metrics showing Bitcoin becoming more widely used, but there's not 100% more use in two months. Maybe it finally reg…

Tell that to the people who bought at $15 or $32 even. The thing is, the first users didn't get all the first ones. Bitcoin was in Slashdot more than two years ago. It is open sour…

That's probably the shortest yet most comprehensive response to "explain this". Nice!

Mt. Gox offers two-factor authentication methods (Yubikey and Google Authenticator). Neither was used. Lastpass offers two-factor authentication methods (Yubikey and Google Authent…

Opening soon ... http://20Mission.com A hacker hostel for Bitcoin startups. 41 rooms. Discount, of course, if paying rent using bitcoins. "Bitcoin's Hogwart's"

Will PayPal allow GitTip to escrow the funds? If not (and likely not, considering PayPal does not allow for their payment network to be used for "pre-sales"), then GitTip can only …