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Bitcoin, Explained
By: Barry Belmont

Many readers of this website are intrigued by our focus on the digital currency, Bitcoin. As the world’s first decentralized digital currency it has already reached impressive landmarks including surpassing the dollar in value and preparing for large-scale implementation across mobile platforms. However, many are still slightly stumped by how exactly it works and what [...]

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Google Hosts BitCoin Implementation
By: Barry Belmont

For those of you interested in having a Java implementation of the BitCoin node protocol, wait no longer (I’m looking at you Mr. Russell). The idea is to make BitCoins more readily available (for instance, through mobile platforms) and easier to use. Anyone who’s down to be part of the greatest experiment in currency exchange [...]

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