(Following is part two of CoinDesk’s look at Bitcoin’s reputation as a currency for hackers and buyers of illegal drugs. See part one here.) Face...

Another ASIC mining firm has entered the fray, this time using chips from a third party provider. Californian firm TerraHash is promising customers huge mining...

Bitcoins are now being accepted for videogames, courtesy of a service called Steambits. The web site was launched last month by developer Ryan Connors, a...

Bitcoin London will be held July 1st 2013. It is an invitation only event with an expected 200 attendees and is London’s first big Bitcoin conference. Organiser...

Are we in the midst of a bitcoin bubble? Perhaps, but that doesn’t necessarily mean prices are on the verge of collapse. And, bubble or...

Is the bitcoin network the most powerful distributed computing system — hence, the most powerful computer, period — on Earth? Maybe, although the designation comes...

As the growing bitcoin economy attracts increasing attention from regulators, it’s probably fitting that one of the latest businesses to begin accepting the digital currency...

Bitcoin is due to change the face of finance, but could have interesting social effects too, according to a leading security researcher. Mikko Hypponen, chief...

Amazon has thrown a handful of its online coins at its US customers. The bookseller has handed 500 “Amazon Coins” to each of its Kindle...

A team of software developers is releasing a new bitcoin client, designed as an alternative to the original software that implemented the Bitcoin protocol. The...