The Rise and Rise of Bitcoin: My Reaction
As some of you may already know,The Rise and Rise of Bitcoin was released yesterday, on October 10th. Produced by Gravitas Ventures, the movie takes you on an adventure with Daniel, and we meet several other people such as Charlie Shrem, the CEO of Bitinstant. For many people, this movie was a sweet walk down memory lane. Seeing the first Avalon ASICS, and even the beginning of Mt. Gox exchange, as well as the shutdown of the exchange is a bitter sweet memory. Speaking about Mt.Gox, you get to know a little bit about the internals of Mt. Gox, such as that Mt.Gox used to be a Magicka....
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Most famously know for being the alleged mastermind behind the Silk Road, will be going to trial next month. To briefly summarize things, Ross defenses challenges to FBI’s acquisition of the server in the first place on top of other things have all been rejected so Ross is slated to stand trial on November 3rd, 2014 on 7 charges. For more information , read the article written by Alberto Mata here. A documentary explaining what Bitcoin is, as well as highlighting some applications of it and discussing several other major events such as the rise and crash of Mt. Gox. The Rise and Rise of....