Bitcoin News in Review: NSA, Tox, Bitcoin Black Friday, and More
Welcome back to another Bitcoin News in Review, where we cover some of the top stories of the week here on CryptoCoins News. This week (16 November to 23 November), we wondered whether Satoshi Nakamoto was/is an NSA worker, looked at an encrypted Skype replacement called “Tox,” started preparing for Bitcoin Black Friday 2014, and more. Keep scrolling for this week’s top stories. The United States National Security Agency was one of the first organisations to propose a Bitcoin-like system. In 1996, the intelligence organisation published a paper titled, “How to Make a Mint: the Cryptography....
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Welcome back to another Bitcoin News in Review, where we feature some of the top stories of the week here on CryptoCoins News. This week (23 November to 30 November) was all about Bitcoin Black Friday. However, we also saw a rise in the price of bitcoin and several altcoins, saw Coinapult unveil an SMS bitcoin wallet, and more. Keep scrolling for this week's biggest stories. Price Jumps (and Drops). The bitcoin price rose to ~$381 on Bitcoin Black Friday, and is currently at $380. The price was in the high $350's earlier in the week, and was on a steady downwards trend until just recently.....
Every year the shopping holiday called Black Friday allows consumers to get better deals on products and services. On November 24, the day also known as ‘Bitcoin Black Friday’ will provide crypto users access to deals when they purchase items with digital assets like bitcoin. Due to the fact that bitcoin prices have been on a tear this year, the Bitcoin Black Friday holiday madness is in full swing. Bitcoin Black Friday is back and there are all kinds of deals strewn across the worldwide web. During the crypto winter throughout 2018 and even in 2019, the anticipated shopping....
Bitcoin can surely turn your Black Friday's shopping experience into an interesting "bargain hunting" adventure. In the USA, Black Friday is a term used to describe the day following Thanksgiving, and it flags the beginning of the Christmas shopping season, especially that most US merchants offer special discounts for their customers on that day. Bitcoin Black Friday is a special website that gets together all merchants accepting bitcoin payments on Black Friday. It is totally free to list your product on Bitcoinblackfriday.com, if you accept bitcoin payments, and get the chance to meet....
Bitcoin Black Friday has become a household name to Bitcoiners around the world, even those that don't celebrate Thanksgiving, the reason for Black Friday's commercial existence. Over the past year, larger and larger merchants have started experimenting with holding the bitcoins that they receive, or offering bitcoin discounts or even bitcoin-only deals. This year's Bitcoin Black Friday is likely to set a new standard for Bitcoin-only deals. Also read: The Future of Everyday Life with Digital Currencies. BitPay Reminds Bitcoin Merchants to Participate In Bitcoin Black Friday. Earlier this....
"We are seeing record [bitcoin] transaction volume today." Eight words that speaks for itself. Popular bitcoin payment processor this morning posted a tweet that noted today's been a record day for them in terms of transactions. Unfortunately, the tweet doesn't include numbers of any kind, but it's certainly no surprise, given that it's black friday. And it's not only black friday. It's the first black friday since bitcoin has begun to take off, and more and more merchants have begun to accept the digital currency. The real test will be to see where we'll be one year from today. Will the....