Bitcoin 162 Stories

Bitcoin is the cryptocurrency that started it all. But mining bitcoins consumes huge amounts of energy, and competition threatens to dethrone the original blockchain-based money.

A physical representation of a bitcoin rests on a wallet that also contains a Visa card and paper banknotes from several countries.

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Coronavirus is forcing fans of Bitcoin to realize it’s not a “safe haven” after all

The latest economic downturn has exposed the 10-year-old cryptocurrency as just another financial asset. For now.

by Mike Orcutt
2020-03-19T14:22:00-04:00

The front of the US Federal Reserve building in Washington, DC

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Three things central bankers can learn from Bitcoin

In a recent panel discussion, experts highlighted some practical lessons from the original cryptocurrency.

by Mike Orcutt
2020-03-13T14:27:02-04:00

A person putting together a cryptocurrency mining rig.

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How Texas’s wind boom has spawned a Bitcoin mining rush

Texas’s wind-powered digital gold rush might redraw the global map of the Bitcoin mining network.

by Mike Orcutt
2020-02-27T14:14:15-05:00

Two people shaking hands.

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A crypto project to make internet names censorship-proof is now live

by Mike Orcutt
2020-02-07T11:08:21-05:00

Conceptual illustration of a coin funeral

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An elegy for cash: the technology we might never replace

Cash is gradually dying out. Will we ever have a digital alternative that offers the same mix of convenience and freedom?

by Mike Orcutt
2020-01-03T04:00:16-05:00

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Sorry, but cryptocurrency will likely make you uncomfortable in 2020

It might even piss you off. Thanks, Libra.

by Mike Orcutt
2019-12-19T05:53:57-05:00

A mobile phone showing the price of Bitcoin and a graph of its fluctuation over time.

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One Bitcoin “whale” may have fueled the currency’s price spike in 2017

by Mike Orcutt
2019-11-04T13:25:55-05:00

Chinese president Xi Jinping

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China’s leaders have embraced blockchains (er, minus the decentralized bit)

by Mike Orcutt
2019-10-28T14:35:55-04:00

An image of a computer keyboard in the dark, with a red back light.

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Bitcoin surveillance helped feds take down a massive child abuse site

by Mike Orcutt
2019-10-16T15:42:24-04:00

Venezuelan president Nicolas Maduro addresses a crowd at a rally condemning US sanctions.

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Venezuela may be turning to Bitcoin to get around sanctions

by Mike Orcutt
2019-09-27T12:54:01-04:00

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