Megaupload 2.0 Stalling but the Market Is Paying Attention
The Bitcoin world has been abuzz the last few days over the much awaited launch of Megaupload 2.0. Very little information on the new platform has been released since the media covered the story last October. Megaupload Hits a Roadblock. An announcement was expected today (January 20th) as this was the 5 year anniversary of the site being shut down by....
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Controversial online content entrepreneur Kim Dotcom’s announcement that he plans to reintroduce the Megaupload site next year and hinting that it will accept bitcoin has created a stir among bitcoiners. Bitcoiners have varying views about Megaupload 2.0’s chances for success and about being associated with a file sharing platform that ran afoul of the law. Dotcom’s legal battle with the U.S. government continues. Megaupload, Bitcoin. Coupled. Dotcom tweeted this weekend, “I can tell you that Megaupload and Bitcoin had sex. There is a pregnancy and I have a feeling that the baby will be....
Kim Dotcom has announced that his upcoming cloud based file sharing platform MegaUpload 2.0 will have Bitcoin support. Kim Dotcom’s famed MegaUpload file sharing service is set to make a comeback in a new avatar soon. This time, the new MegaUpload 2.0 will embrace the digital currency revolution by including Bitcoin payment option. Kim Dotcom, the tech entrepreneur and the founder of ‘Internet Party‘- a political party in New Zealand – has hinted the possibility of Bitcoin payments integration in his upcoming file sharing application earlier this weekend. The announcement was made on his....
Kim Dotcom, the New Zealand-based politician, and creator of Megaupload has announced the implementation of Bitcoin microtransactions in the upcoming file sharing application. As the new Megaupload 2.0’s launch date nears, Kim Dotcom has announced the inclusion of Bitcoin micropayments into the platform. The revival of Megaupload is currently set for January 20 next year, marking the anniversary of its predecessor’s forced closure by law enforcement agencies in 2012. According to Kim Dotcom’s recent twitter post, all file transfers on the new Megaupload 2.0 file sharing platform will be....
Roughly one year ago the FBI forcibly closed Megaupload and proceeded with criminal cases against its owners. They accused Megaupload owner Kim Dotcom of a number of criminal indictments and begun a legal case. Mega (previously Megaupload) is now accepting Bitcoin through two resellers. They are immune to economic censorship through the power of cryptocurrency. The Megaupload case followed on from a few months of increasingly aggressive posturing and sharp words from US law enforcement towards internet services, in particular file sharing services that allow people to share files amongst....
Kim Dotcom, in his latest tweet, predicts the Bitcoin price to hit $2000 in the next two years after the launch of MegaUpload 2.0 and BitCache. Kim Dotcom, the internet entrepreneur has yet again reiterated his forecast for Bitcoin price in the coming days. In his latest tweet, Kim states that the launch of MegaUpload 2.0 and BitCache will soon ensure the price of Bitcoin to cross $2000 in the next two years. Kim Dotcom’s tweet comes as a reply to one of the Twitter user’s question, asking him whether he thinks the price of Bitcoin will rise because of MegaUpload 2.0 and BitCache. Kim has....