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Life on Bitcoin couple pays for hotel and flights in bitcoin
The Life on Bitcoin couple have overcome yet another hurdle and paid for a hotel and flights in bitcoin.
Swiss politician asks government to create report on bitcoin
A member of Switzerland's federal parliament has asked the National Council to write a report on bitcoin.
Ripple plan to make its software open source on September 26
Ripple, OpenCoin's decentralised payment system and currency, is to be open sourced at the end of September.
Centralway Ventures invests $250k in bitcoin startup Buttercoin
Company builder Centralway is investing $250,000 in bitcoin startup Buttercoin via its new early-stage investment arm Centralway Ventures.
Online game developer Bigpoint's 330m users can now buy virtual goods with bitcoins
Online game developer Bigpoint now allows its users to purchase in-game virtual goods using bitcoins.
KnCMiner offers free speed increase with first bitcoin miner shipments
KnCMiner is offering a bonus speed increase to customers awaiting delivery of its Jupiter bitcoin mining rig.
BitPay now has over 10,000 merchants in its payment processor network
BitPay has now helped over 10,000 merchants across the world accept payments in bitcoin.
Founder of bitcoin exchange BitBox on compliance and banks
CoinDesk interviewed the founder of BitBox, a bitcoin startup that hopes to be more than just an exchange.
SatoshiDice hit by DDoS attack, but bets continue
Bitcoin gambling site SatoshiDice has recovered after being felled for several days by a DDoS attack.
StrongCoin is creating a distributed exchange
Encrypted online wallet service StrongCoin is promising "a Coinbase for the rest of the world".
