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There are three main categories of bitcoin mining hardware, each more expensive and more powerful than the last. This guide to setting up a bitcoin miner explains each of them, and talks about how...

Bitcoin is of interest to law enforcement agencies, tax authorities, and legal regulators, all of which are trying to understand how the cryptocurrency fits into existing frameworks. The legality of your bitcoin activities will...

One of the first questions that anyone interested in mining cryptocurrencies faces is whether to mine solo or join a 'pool'. There are a multitude of reasons both for and against mining pools. However, if...

Who is Satoshi Nakamoto? While we may not know who he (or she) was, we know what he did. Satoshi Nakamoto was the inventor of the bitcoin protocol, publishing a paper via the Cryptography Mailing List in November 2008. He...

Bitcoin is a relatively new form of currency that is just beginning to hit the mainstream, but many people still don't understand why they should make the effort to use it. Why use bitcoin? Here are...

Bitcoin transactions are sent from and to electronic bitcoin wallets, and are digitally signed for security. Everyone on the network knows about a transaction, and the history of a transaction can be traced back to...

In traditional fiat money systems, governments simply print more money when they need to. But in bitcoin, money isn’t printed at all – it is discovered. Computers around the world ‘mine’ for coins by...

Online Bitcoin wallets–also called web wallets–are wallets that run in your web browser just like any other website. Surprisingly, the web wallet options are slim compared to the options for iPhone or Android. At this time, there are is...

Desktop wallets are a great option for anyone sending frequent Bitcoin payments from their computer. In this post we will cover some of the best bitcoin desktop wallets and help you decide which is right...

In February 2014, Apple banned all Bitcoin wallets from its App Store. But since it has reversed its decision and now there are a number of awesome Bitcoin wallets available for iPhone, iOS, and iPad.   breadwallet breadwallet is...