The outfit has apologized for freezing withdrawals and says it now has a workaround to avoid the “malleability issue” that makes certain implementations of Bitcoin services open to fraud. Read more »
Board members of the Bitcoin Foundation are facing scandal and even jail time. The currency’s supporters, who deserve better, should look at other governance models — including those used by companies… Read more »
Bitcoin took a fall after some bad news this week — but nothing like its notorious crashes of the past. Meanwhile, other currencies, including the lira and the peso, fell just… Read more »
The legal fight between the world’s biggest Bitcoin exchange and its would-be partner had gotten much messier: Mt. Gox says the failed partnership if CoinLab’s fault since it promised — but… Read more »
One of the most important moments in Bitcoin’s history came in May when Homeland Security seized an account tied to the biggest Bitcoin exchange. Now, we know how much the feds… Read more »
Mt.Gox, which is still the biggest Bitcoin exchange by trading volume, is now self-hosting and using Akamai’s content delivery network — but lengthy deposit and withdrawal times remain a problem. Read more »
Bitcoin’s exchange mecca Mt. Gox is running into mounting troubles with phishing, the feds, and just keeping the lights on. But despite those problems, Bitcoin prices are holding firm. Read more »
Major Bitcoin exchange Mt. Gox has taken some of the anonymity out of its treatment of the crypto-currency. Some Bitcoin fans may be suspicious of this move, but they shouldn’t be. Read more »
Bitcoin traders were rattled yesterday on news that Homeland Security had shut down a popular form of trading the cyber-currency. Today, the price recovered as news emerged that the feds are… Read more »
The Bitcoin ecosystem’s over-reliance on a single currency exchange is a big problem. A new system called Ripple might overcome that problem… but it may run into issues of its own,… Read more »