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Will bitcoin ever be used for gas pumps, parking meters and pool tables?

A Portland hardware hacker wants to put bitcoins in your local laundromat. It's a loftier goal than it sounds.

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Bitcoin developer Jeff Garzik on altcoins, ASICs and bitcoin usability

Jeff Garzik, one of Bitcoin's core developers, shares his thoughts on alternative currencies, ASIC miners, and bitcoin usability.

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Do we need Satoshi Nakamoto's face on a physical bitcoin?

Could Satoshi Nakomoto one day hold as much esteem as Sir Isaac Newton in the field of monetary management?

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Merchant-friendly payments: less than perfect, but better than before

Bitcoin is due for an overhaul of its payment mechanism to make it more merchant-friendly.

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New company Krater offers rigs built with Avalon ASICs either from its stock or yours

Krater is offering a clone of the Avalon ASIC mining rig that contains up to 320 chips.

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CoinMade is a new bitcoin merchant directory by the CoinJar team

The team behind CoinJar have launched a community site, CoinMade, listing merchants who accept bitcoin as payment.

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Bitcoin and M-Pesa: Why money in Kenya has gone digital

Bitcoin has major potential in Africa. But you might not realize how important electronic money already is there.

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Bitcoin developer Jeff Garzik on Satoshi Nakamoto and the future of Bitcoin

Jeff Garzik, one of Bitcoin's core developers, talks about his views on Satoshi Nakamoto and the future of Bitcoin.

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B1txr sends email to your bitcoin address securely

B1txr allows users to provide their bitcoin address as a way to securely receive email.

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Firmcoin: The reprogrammable physical bitcoin token explained

We interview Sergio Lerner, the inventor of Firmcoin to find out more about the physical bitcoin token.

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