Roger Ver, Erik Voorhees and Vitalik Buterin Take Ownership Roles at KryptoKit
Three big names in the bitcoin world are joining a start-up that hopes to bring simplicity and ease-of-use to bitcoin. Reports indicate that Roger Ver, Erik Voorhees and Vitalik Buterin are taking ownership roles at Toronto-based KryptoKit - a bitcoin wallet in the form of a web browser plugin (along with a slew of other option). Quick profiles: Roger Ver is known for his seed investments in BitInstant and Blockchain.info - along with being a huge proponent of the bitcoin movement. Eric Voorhees co-founded Coinapult and has investments in a number of bitcoin-related projects. And Vitalik....
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KryptoKit, the browser extension that allows users to send bitcoin payments and encrypted messaging in just a couple of clicks, today announced three big names from the bitcoin world would join the project "in ownership roles": Roger Ver, Erik Voorhees and Vitalik Buterin. The move is sure to raise the profile of Toronto-based KryptoKit, which launched in Las Vegas last month. The browser plugin has a five-star user rating on the Google Chrome Web Store, but had been fairly low-key in its marketing tactics until recently. All three names have worked on numerous bitcoin-related projects and....
KryptoKit was removed from Chrome on Tuesday in error. KryptoKit, the Chrome extension that functions as an encrypted messenger and Bitcoin wallet, suddenly had its security privilege revoked Tuesday morning. The extension was removed from Chrome for less than an hour, but in the digital currency world this type of action can irreparably harm a product's reputation - especially for a browser extension which can access the most sensitive user data. As users awoke to find their favorite extension had been removed from Google Chrome, they took to social media fearing the worst. Fortunately,....
MGT Capital Investments, a New York-based firm, is renaming itself to “John McAfee Global Technologies, Inc.,” in honor of its incoming CEO and Chairman, the recent Libertarian presidential contender and consumer computer security pioneer, John McAfee. At the same time, the investment company is bringing on at least two of the most recognized names in the Bitcoin world, Erik Voorhees and Roger Ver. Ver will be serving as Advisory Board Chairman and Voorhees will act in an advisory role. The location of the company is important, as New York State is home to the infamous BitLicense, which....
New Geth Fails to Prevent Ethereum Blockchain Attacks, Erik Voorhees Says Network Only Gets Stronger
As Ethereum continues to suffer from spam attacks upon the execution of its new Geth release “Come at me Bro,” ShapeShift CEO Erik Voorhees reassures users that it only makes the network stronger. Amid the transaction spam attack earlier last week, exchanges and wallet platforms experienced various delays in processing ETH deposits and withdrawals. While users and traders are experiencing delays, Erik Voorhees says that in dealing with spam, the Ethereum development team is building more robust and innovative security measures. Voorhees says: “Every time someone attacks a Blockchain....
Predictably, negativity in regards to Bitcoin is gaining traction as the fiat valuation of it loses the same, and Erik Voorhees, the man behind Coinapult and SatoshiDice you may remember from The Rise and Rise of Bitcoin, has (generously) taken the time to respond to a particularly denigrating article in mainstream website the Daily Dot's supplement The Kernel. The article he is responding to is by Gary North, a person Voorhees feels should know better. If you're wondering why Erik would bother to respond to such an uneducated position, it's because "Bitcoin is ultimately a battle of....