Death of a Bitcoin Dream: Founder Gavin Stevens on Bitphone’s Demise
Bitphone recently announced to its users via email that service was being closed down, and Bitcoinist caught up with Gavin about the circumstances surrounding the startup’s untimely demise. Interview with Bitphone Founder, Gavin Stevens. Starting a new business is very difficult, and starting one inside of a new technological niche market is even more daunting. Gavin Stevens, the founder of Solid Cloud, created a new concept known as Bitphone in the spring of 2015 that created a new way for Bitcoin users to communicate online, creating an encrypted version of Skype, in effect. You could do....
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Late on Tuesday, I received a very sad email from Gavin Stevens, founder of Solid Cloud, and creator of Bitphone, the first-ever encrypted, Bitcoin-accepting online video calling service. The contents were sad, but the tone was not of remorse, but of anger and frustration. They had contacted me, as a Bitphone user on their list, to alert me that they were shutting their digital doors for good due to “regulatory requirements.” Broke Bitphone’s Launch 18 Months Ago. Having gotten to know Stevens since the launch, interviewing him, and connecting with him on LinkedIn, this is a very sad event....
Freya Stevens is creator and host of the BitcoinUkPodcast. BitcoinUkMedia is a cryptocurrency podcast for the United Kingdom. Started by Freya Stevens earlier this year the podcast now has 10 episodes focusing mainly on interviews with those involved in the cryptocurrency community. Freya was kind enough to answer a few questions about the podcast. Who are you and what is you history with cryptocurrency?
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Governor of the Reserve Bank of Australia (RBA) Glenn Stevens has issued new comments on blockchain technology as part of a broader conversation on the APAC nation's economic outlook for 2016. Speaking to The Australian Financial Review, Stevens voiced his belief that the country's banks should investigate the potential benefits of the distributed ledger, which he suggested was the true innovation behind bitcoin. "Blockchain is actually the bit about bitcoin that was, I think, the really clever bit," Stevens told the news source, adding: "In areas where you've got a centralized ledger, the....
A Las Vegas casino owner's decision to start accepting payment in bitcoin has paid off, with business at his venues improving following the move. Derek Stevens, CEO of the D Las Vegas Casino Hotel and the Golden Gate Hotel & Casino started accepting bitcoin at the sites in January 2014. Of the two casinos, the D Las Vegas Casino Hotel, is processing the highest number of bitcoin transactions, Stevens revealed, though he declined to disclose exact figures. Bitcoin is now accepted at the front desks of the Golden Gate and the D and as well as the gift shop and three restaurants at the D,....