Bitcoin Center New Year's Eve Bash

The National Vulnerability Database has issued a critical security advisory about a major vulnerability in GNU Bourne Again Shell (Bash). GNU Bash is the command-line shell used in most operating systems based on Linux and Unix - including MacOS. A Red Hat security advisory said: "This issue is especially dangerous as there are many possible ways Bash can be called by an application,". The GNU Bash vulnerability was first discovered by Stephane Schazelas. Arstechnica writes: ... is related to how Bash processes environmental variables passed by the operating system or by a program calling....

A special guest will be making an appearance at the New York City Bitcoin Center on Broad Street on Monday evening. Congressman Steven Stockman will be joining the center's weekly Satoshi Square trading event - which will also serve as a celebration of the start of MediaBistro's Inside Bitcoins event. Representative Stockman of Texas is considered to be pro-bitcoin, and he isn't a stranger to the Bitcoin Center - which sits just about one hundred feet away from the New York Stock Exchange. He made an appearance at the Center's grand opening/New Year's Eve bash in which he began accepting....

Source: United States Congress. Congressman Steven Stockman of Texas appeared last night at the New Year's Eve bash at the New York City Bitcoin Center and announced acceptance of bitcoin for his upcoming senate campaign, but perhaps more interestingly, his desire to put together a bill in support of bitcoin. The representative is seeking support of a clear-cut bill that is designed to keep federal, state, and local government from interfering with bitcoin and the bitcoin economy, according to Charles Peralo, a director of new business at the NYC Bitcoin Center and was in attendance at the....

Bashoswap, a Cardano-based decentralized exchange that would be interoperable on both Cardano & Milkomeda networks set to launch on Cardano testnet in a few months time. A private seed round is ongoing for interested participants looking to acquire $BASH Tokens Early What is a DEX? A Decentralized Exchange or DEX (DEX) is a blockchain-based application that is accessible through a series of smart contracts and is designed to facilitate financial services that are traditionally carried by a central entity in a decentralized manner. Bashoswap intends to bring Cardano-based projects to the....

There were widespread security concerns yesterday after the discovery of an old flaw that could affect web servers and Internet-connected devices - but many in the industry are claiming it presents no immediate threat to bitcoin services. The vulnerability, dubbed either the 'Bash Bug' or the 'Shellshock Bug', would allow a malicious access to a UNIX-based device's operating system via the command line shell - the most widely used of which is bash. UNIX-based systems include MacOS, Linux versions (desktop and server), popular mobile platforms and embedded systems on other devices that....