Tor Users Can Now Connect to Blockchain.info's .onion Address Securely with SSL
Blockchain.info today announced that they are the second website in the world to receive an SSL certificate for their .onion address. This is a huge win for privacy and Bitcoin enthusiasts around the world, and it answers growing concerns surrounding the security of using web wallets such as Blockchain.info while connected via the Tor network. In the past, there have been several reports of Blockchain.info users losing their funds after using Blockchain.info through the Tor network. Rogue Tor exit nodes were being specifically used to execute man in the middle (MITM) attacks on users....
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The security of the popular Bitcoin wallet Blockchain.info has been often addressed in the news recently. Hundreds of bitcoins have been lost during this Blockchain.info update. For example, there have been several reports of users losing their funds after using Blockchain.info through the Tor network. In response, the company temporarily blocked all Tor exit nodes, and then started using HSTS as well as providing a dedicated Tor onion address to its Tor population. Blockchain.info was the second company in the world, after Facebook, to receive an SSL certificate for their .onion address.....
The Bitcoin Foundation runoff elections had a surprise for its members when it started earlier this week. Without warning it had changed the format for the election to the Swam platform. Users had to re-register, download a paper wallet, copy a password from that, and then wait for an email, or not, and then they were able to vote after using the second password. The novelty of the new voting system was that it used the block chain to cast and count members votes. Through some research, a redditor was able to provide the following information. Oliver Janssens (Yes):....
Today, I had the privilege of chatting with johoe, the white hat hacker who swept over 800 bitcoins from addresses generated with a security error on Blockchain.info's webwallet. After learning that the insecure addresses were generated on Blockchain.info, johoe returned all of the bitcoins he obtained to Blockchain.info, so they could refund users who lost their bitcoins. johoe is considered to be a white hat hacker because he hacked ethically. johoe continues to return bitcoins to Blockchain.info as he finds them. johoe has received praise from bitcoiners on reddit, BitcoinTalk, and....
The most recent Bitcoin advertising method might sound pretty crazy, but it seems to be working. Some businesses have been trying to advertise by sending free bitcoins to random Bitcoin addresses. Yes, you read that right. The newest and increasingly popular advertising method is to send Bitcoins to random people. Advertising through free money. The companies doing the advertising are using online block chain explorer provider Blockchain.info's 'tag' feature. This feature allows the holder of a Bitcoin address to 'tag' their address by giving it a name and a link that will appear on....
Popular bitcoin wallet provider Blockchain.info revealed via Twitter that Travis Wright, a 16-year-old and bitcoin entrepreneur from Duluth, Minnesota, has been named the grand prize winner of a contest to commemorate its 1 millionth user. Blockchain.info announced the milestone on 7th January via its official blog, just two months after the wallet service passed 500,000 downloads. The service has seen more than 800% growth year-over-year: it had just over 110,000 registered users as of January 2013. The company told CoinDesk it received 13,192 entries to the contest, which was open to....