San Fran on 0.714 bitcoins a day
Yes, bitcoin fans have more places to spend their money every day. But can the currency sustain real, daily life, as opposed to -- say -- someone who's looking for a unique Hogwarts library, reddit gold or the world's smallest solar-powered car? That's what Forbes tech writer Kashmir Hill hopes to find out over the next week. As of May 1, she's embarked upon a seven-day personal experiment to see if she can get by living by bitcoin alone, starting with five purchased with the help of Coinbase. So far, the San Francisco-based Hill has had to walk the two-and-a-half miles from home to work....
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Fran Strajnar is a serial-entrepreneur. After having done the corporate circuit with some of New Zealand’s leading tech vendors as a BDM or Project Manager, he decided to work for himself and began experimenting with his own business ideas which included a bio-chemical startup as well as some dabbling in the electronic cigarettes market. One of his latest ventures in the pipeline is BTM Ltd. – a company that focuses on brining Bitcoin ATMs to New Zealand. He is also the founder of bravenewcoin.com, a popular Bloomberg-type resource for cryptocurrencies. Additionally, Fran is the organizer....
Several days ago, a really good piece by Forbes staff writer Andy Greenberg entitled Nakamoto's Neighbor: My Hunt For Bitcoin's Creator Led To A Paralyzed Crypto Genius began making its rounds on social media. The piece, if you haven't had a chance to read it, surrounds Hal Finney, one of the first people (aside from Satoshi Nakamoto) to embrace the bitcoin technology. I won't go into specifics, but one of the things Greenberg's piece focuses on is Finney's deteriorating health. Suffering from ALS (amyotrophic lateral sclerosis), a terminal illness affecting the muscles, Using eye....
"Techemynt felt it was an ideal time to fill the gap in the market and lead the creation of a NZD-based stablecoin," said Fran Strajnar. Auckland-based financial service provider Techemynt announced the launch of a stablecoin reportedly backed by the New Zealand dollar.In a statement from Techemynt today, the firm announced it had launched a cryptocurrency backed 1:1 by the New Zealand dollar and deployed on the Ethereum blockchain by Blockchain Labs. Techemynt is a registered financial service provider with the country’s major financial watchdog, the Financial Markets Authority.The firm....
Data monopolists like Google have abused their position, according to Internxt's Fran Villalba Segarra. Decentralized architecture offers a solution. Privacy-focused blockchain file storage service Internxt has a lofty vision: leverage decentralized technology to break Big Tech’s monopoly over user data. Its first product, Internxt Drive, aims to compete as an alternative to Google Drive and Dropbox — without compromising personal privacy and data ownership. In an exclusive interview with Cointelegraph, Internxt CEO Fran Villalba Segarra described the core technology behind his product and....
Most of the times I introduce bitcoins to people who don't know about it, they invariably reply: "Where could I use them?" I would usually reply "at any merchant that accepts bitcoins." But now I'm able to reply "Anywhere". The next question most people ask is "But where do I get bitcoins in the first place?" I'd usually mention localbitcoins or Coinbase. But now I'm able to tell them about Brawker. Brawker is proxy buying service that allows you to both buy bitcoins and purchase anything on the internet using bitcoins with a guaranteed discount, just for using bitcoins. Here's how it....