Untraceable currency, online e storage, what can go wrong?
Mega-rotund Dotcom's Mega gobbles up Bitcoin payments
Kim Dotcom has said his new Mega file-sharing website will take payment in Bitcoins, the virtual currency, from anyone who needs 500GB or more of online storage. The erstwhile boss of Megaupload, which was shut down by the Feds last year, launched its privacy-focussed sequel Mega in January; it offers a range of premium …
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Tuesday 19th February 2013 00:02 GMT HMB
Zombie Bitcoin
I'd just given up bitcoin mining following the sad demise of GBP transfers on Intersango (Formerly Britcoin) only to find how the value of my remaining Bitcoins had more than doubled.
Needing to get that value out of them, I went in search of a working GBP exchange and found Bitcoin Central which happens to have won the right to formally operate as a bank in the EU! BBC News: Virtual cash exchange becomes bank
I'm still going to be ultra cautious, as should anyone moving bitcoins, plenty want to steal them, but these things keep coming back! It's quite encouraging. It kind of makes me want to buy a load when everyone says they're truly dead and over next time (this has happened at least twice already).