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Enlarge ImageArvind Krishna, a senior vice president at IBM Research Stephen Shankland/CNET Bitcoin has a bad rap as the preferred currency of drug dealers. But that isn't stopping IBM and some of the world's most conservative businesses from tapping into its technological underpinnings. Specifically, Big Blue is interested in the blockchain -- the mechanism Bitcoin uses to publicly record transactions. Today's businesses each have their own records, slowing transactions and triggering problems figuring out who's right when there are disagreements. But the blockchain approach is more cooperative by providing a consistent record that members of a network can see. "The blockchain is about distributed trust,...
ادامه مطلب A hacker got away with roughly $72 million worth of bitcoin. Getty The hits continue for bitcoin owners.After Bitfinex revealed this week that a hacker made off with 119,756 bitcoin (about $72 million), the digital-currency exchange said Friday it is interested in a "socialized loss.""We are leaning towards a socialized loss scenario among bitcoin balances and active loans to BTCUSD positions," the company said in a blog post, noting that it has not made a final decision and that more details will be available Saturday. BTCUSD stands for Bitcoin/US dollar.In a socialized loss scenario, a company typically expects a bailout of some sort, either from customers or from the gove ment. It's possible that Bitfine...
ادامه مطلب The craziest thing about bitcoin is how commonplace it is.The digital currency, introduced in 2009 and now accepted by more than 100,000 merchants worldwide, can buy you just about anything, from a high-tech gadget, which you might expect, to an ice-cold beer, which you might not. We've rounded up 25 of the most surprising things that'll tempt your bitcoin wallet. Some are extraordinary, and some are extraordinarily ordinary. Let's block ads! ...
ادامه مطلب [embedded content] There's no shortage of wireless earbuds out there right now and it seems like new products are hitting Kickstarter every day. The hard impact also means manufacturers are competing to offer the lowest retail price for consumers too. The latest earbuds to raise funding are the FireFlies, a pair of completely cord-free earbuds that you can order today for the lowest price we've seen in the category, just $79 (about £61.13 or $105 AU) for early backers while supplies last. Enlarge ImageFireFlies wireless earbuds on Kickstarter Kickstarter The left and right earpieces connect to each other via Bluetooth, which then connect to your source using the...
ادامه مطلب Walmart Pay has expanded to more states as it strives to go nationwide during the first half of the year. Walmart Attention Walmart customers: You can now use Walmart Pay in a host of additional states.On Thursday, the retail giant announced the expansion of its mobile payments service to Michigan, Virginia, the Carolinas, Indiana, Iowa, Kentucky, Nebraska, North Dakota, South Dakota and Tennessee.Like other mobile payment services, Walmart Pay lets you use your smartphone to purchase goods on the fly. The service is accessible through Walmart's mobile apps for iOS and Android.Launched last December, Walmart Pay is one of a raft of payment systems, including Apple Pay, Samsung Pay and Android Pay, that let ...
ادامه مطلب Photothek via Getty Images If you want to get in on the Bitcoin action (and have the bank to back you up), now's a good opportunity. The Australian police will be auctioning 24,518 bitcoins seized as the proceeds of a crime. The exchange rate at the time of writing sees one bitcoin equal $534.18 -- so that's over $13 million worth of the digital cryptocurrency. It will be second time that such an auction has taken place, following the auction of over 144,000 bitcoins by the US Marshals Service last year.According to The Guardian, the Victorian state gove ment confirmed that the bitcoins were seized in 2013 from a Melbou e drug dealer. This is potentially Richard Pollard, a Silk Road drug dealer who was arr...
ادامه مطلب Enlarge Image Sarah Tew/CNET Fitbit announced Wednesday that it has acquired wearable payments technology from Coin, a company based in Silicon Valley that focuses on financial technology and consumer electronics. Consumers will likely have to wait to see payment functions added to their activity trackers, though. There are no plans to add the tech to Fitbit's 2016 product line. The team is instead focused on developing an NFC payment system for use in upcoming devices.Let's block ads! ...
ادامه مطلب A mystery continues. Craig Wright, the latest person who has claimed to be the creator of Bitcoin, won't provide the evidence he claimed he would provide.Via a blog post this mo ing from the same website where he has posted previous updates, Wright said this: "I believed I could put the years of anonymity and hiding behind me. But, as the events of the week unfolded and I prepared to publish the proof of access to the earliest keys, I broke. I do not have the courage. I cannot."Wright, an Australian entrepreneur, had emerged earlier this week claiming to be mysterious Bitcoin creator (or creators) Satoshi Nakamoto. He also promised he'd offer "extraordinary proof" that he was Nakamoto in the coming days, via documents and by moving bitcoins from a block address known to be owned in the ea...
ادامه مطلب Some say it doesn't matter who created Bitcoin. But the inventor could impact the future of the digital currency if he or she goes on a selling spree.Australian entrepreneur and computer engineer Craig Wright told several media outlets that he created Bitcoin, but he isn't looking for fame or money. So why come out now? Watch CNET Update below to lea why crypto-currency experts doubt his claims, and other questions raised by the unmasking: CNET Update delivers the tech news you need in under 3 minutes. Watch Bridget Carey every afte oon for a breakdown of the big stories, hot devices, new apps and what's ahead. Subscribe to the podcast via the links below.Subscribe:iTunes (HD) | iTunes (SD) | iTunes (HQ) | iTunes (MP3)RSS (HD) | RSS...
ادامه مطلب Australian Chris Wright says he's the inventor of the Bitcoin digital currency. Screenshot of BBC interview by Stephen Shankland/CNET For years, mystery has shrouded the true identity of the creator of the electronic currency called Bitcoin, a person known only as Satoshi Nakamoto. Now Australian businessman Chris Wright says it's him.In interviews published Monday with the BBC, GQ and the Economist, along with a blog post of his own, Wright said he's Satoshi Nakamoto and offered instructions to let others verify the claim through the use of a digital signature that would associate him with some of the earliest bitcoins created. One person who's convinced is Gavin Andreson, the chief scientist of the Bitcoi...
ادامه مطلب Screenshot by Dan Graziano/CNET Valve is giving you a new way to pay for your games and software. The company has partnered with processing service BitPay to begin accepting bitcoin on its Steam service. The partnership is aimed at inte ational users that may not have access to traditional payment options. "Valve reached out to us because they were looking for a fast, inte ational payment method for Steam users in emerging gaming markets in countries like India, China and Brazil," Rory Desmond, BitPay's director of business development in North America and APAC, wrote in a post on BitPay's website. "While more users are coming online in in these countries, traditional payment options like credit cards ofte...
ادامه مطلب Enlarge ImageThe new iPhone SE. Scott Stein/CNET People love Apple's iPhone, but not its hefty price tag. Looking to address that issue, Apple on Monday unveiled the iPhone SE, a smaller, cheaper smartphone that could endear the iPhone to even more folks."This is the most powerful 4-inch phone ever," Greg Joswiak, vice president for product marketing, told a crowd at the company's Cupertino, Califo ia, headquarters.He didn't explain what SE stands for.The phone, whose existence had been rumored for weeks leading up to Monday's event, will start at $399 for 16 gigabytes of storage, and $499 for 64GB. It's expected to replace the 4-inch iPhone 5S, which was released in 2013 and has been priced at $450 for t...
ادامه مطلب Google's Hands Free is hoping to make some change at the register. Visual Mozart/ImageZoo/Corbis Pay with your voice.Google on Wednesday released to the public a new app called Hands Free, which lets people pay for items in stores by simply telling the cashier, "I'll pay with Google." But don't tell just any local store owner that this one's on Google then walk out with a Snickers bar. The app, available for Android and Apple phones, is only being piloted in a few locations in the San Francisco area, including some McDonald's and Papa John's restaurants.Hands Free is just one of many experiments that payments and tech companies are trying out to find ways of getting people to pay for their stuff in new -- a...
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