Sentences with phrase «least at bitcoin»

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«Bitcoin is the least private financial system ever invented,» says Matthew Green, a cryptographer and professor at Johns Hopkins University.

But with the price of bitcoin skyrocketing (at least on a monthly basis) and other currencies following suit, it's probably no surprise that some less legitimate folk have sought to profit from the boom.

In 2014, at least $ 387 million worth of Bitcoin was reportedly stolen from Japan's Mt. Gox exchange — coins that would be worth billions of dollars at current prices.

Nilsson, who believes he has convincingly linked Vinnik to at least 100,000 more Mt. Gox Bitcoins than the feds allege, still doesn't know whether he helped the government's investigation or simply confirmed its conclusions.

In December, it rocketed to near US$ 20,000 and briefly plunged below US$ 13,000 at least twice, according to Coinbase, one of the world's biggest bitcoin exchanges.

It's only a matter of time before eBay subsidiary Braintree begins accepting Bitcoin payments, but eBay and PayPal won't, at least not initially.

Today, amidst a boom that made Ripple the world's second most valuable cryptocurrency after bitcoin, that option contract is worth at least $ 12 billion and the two sides are locked in a bitter court fight that could shape the future of global banking.

The «Segwit2x» fork, which would have split bitcoin into two factions, was also recently cancelled, at least formally.

The bottom line is that, for now at least, there is no simple way for ordinary investors to short bitcoin.

Often, the idea is to capitalize on the public's familiarity with Bitcoin to make some serious money, at least virtually.

Some believe bitcoin's value will reach at least $ 1 trillion in less than a decade.

The federal government has seized at least $ 1 billion worth of Bitcoin after busts in criminal cases.

Bitcoin should be worth «at least half» of its current price, he said.

Mike Hearn, one of the main developers of the Bitcoin architecture alongside the mysterious Nakamoto, has said that any implementation of the concept is at least a decade away because of the need for hardware upgrades on physical goods.

[Coinbase's] impenetrability has earned it a reputation as the safest place to buy Bitcoin, helping it attract more than 9 million customers who store at least $ 3 billion in cryptocurrency there, and who have traded $ 25 billion to date on its retail brokerage as well as its institutional exchange, GDAX.

The index fund, which will invest in the same cryptocurrencies traded on Coinbase and its institutional exchange GDAX — currently including Bitcoin, Ethereum, Bitcoin Cash and Litecoin — will be available only to U.S. accredited investors, or those who have annual income of at least $ 200,000 or a net worth of at least $ 1 million.

If Bitcoin becomes this successful, it would have probably directly or indirectly increased the world's GDP by at least 0.74 %, therefore it will be worthwhile to spend 0.74 % of the energy on it.»

The company blamed «sustained heavy traffic,» likely caused by intense Bitcoin and Ethereum trading, for crashing the Coinbase website and mobile app, which remained completely down for at least four hours.

Still, Citi believes that Bitcoin's ability to rise, no matter how other markets are trading, bodes well for investors, at least for the time being.

But unfortunately, producers and consumers haven't rushed (at least yet) to accept Bitcoin, and the daily proliferation of hundreds of other forms of cryptocurrency like Ethereum and Ripple (with their own corresponding specialized DLs) is only adding to the confusion.

Bitcoin poses at least two problems.

Without digging too much into unsupported theory, one could at least conclude that there was a segment of the Bitcoin community that not only strongly disliked the Bitcoin XT project but possessed enough power to effectively impede the progress of Bitcoin XT.

At least one New Jersey state department, the treasury, has officially recognized bitcoin, issuing an April 2 memo that explained how sales tax should be applied to its transactions.

Even with other cryptocurrencies gaining in popularity, Bitcoin is still (at least for now) the most well - known.

At least some individuals seeking a security clearance from the US government in order to access classified information may have to report their bitcoin holdings prior to approval, according to an email obtained by ETHNews.

At least two individuals who have been running the Lightning Network on the Bitcoin mainnet have apparently lost funds due to bugs when they tried to close payment channels.

This is at least in part driven by the appearance of ASICs on the Bitcoin network.

At least initially, JPMorgan Chase & Co. and Citigroup Inc. among others will not facilitate customer involvement in bitcoin futures, which will be launched by CBOE this Sunday.

While Monero shares similarities with bitcoin, like mining and a blockchain as core mechanics, it has some big differences that help its users maintain their anonymity online, at least according to the currency's advocates.

Malachi Salcido, a longtime local businessman in Chelan County and owner of bitcoin mining company Salcido Connection, believes that the rate increase is based, at least in part, on the PUD's lack of familiarity with Bbitcoin mining company Salcido Connection, believes that the rate increase is based, at least in part, on the PUD's lack of familiarity with BitcoinBitcoin:

It's possible to mine bitcoins almost anywhere in the country — at least, on a small scale.

For the time being at least, I'd suggest using BitStamp if you decid to buy / sell Bitcoin on an exchange.

OK, so regulations will be introduced by the Canadian government which will specifically address bitcoin, which would, in my opinion, put Canadian banks and credit unions at least partially at ease as per (b) above, but when are these regulations going to be announced and come into effect?

Journalist Sam Biddle explained that the documents show that the NSA «worked urgently to target Bitcoin users around the world — and wielded at least one mysterious source of information to «help track down senders and receivers of Bitcoins.»»

Initially, the ATM will only transact in bitcoin, but ALBVISION hopes to eventually support at least 10 other virtual currencies.

The operators of at least one Tor proxy service was recently caught replacing Bitcoin addresses on ransomware ransom payment sites, diverting funds meant to pay for ransomware decrypters to the site's operators.

Bitcoin Tracker Week 56 2015 has really not been the Year of the Bitcoin, at least so far.

Based on the three Bitcoin addresses we found, at least three users sent Bitcoin to the site's operator (s).

For now, the service will offer price information and order books for 15 cryptocurrency exchanges (or almost 80 percent of major trading volume), and at least initially, the data feed will include bitcoin, Ethereum, Litecoin, Dash, Ripple, and bitcoin cash.

My plan is to keep buying slowly on the way up and down and build up a position of at least two Bitcoin with some LTC and ETH too.

They wanted to work alongside the person they suspected could be Satoshi Nakamoto — or who at least participated in Bitcoin's invention.

With so little time left in the year, many wonder whether bitcoin can still break $ 800, a feat that still looks at least marginally possible at one point.

Not by much mind you — that much can be said at least — but it's still hard to see where bitcoin stands most of the time.

«That only 800 to 900 taxpayers reported gains related to bitcoin in each of the relevant years and that more than 14,000 Coinbase users have either bought, sold, sent or received at least $ 20,000 worth of bitcoin in a given year suggests that many Coinbase users may not be reporting their bitcoin gains,» wrote Judge Corley in the order.

Bitcoin would thrive in such an environment, at least until the impact on major fiat currencies becomes clear.»

As a result, we believe that the risks to financial stability stemming from bitcoin are negligible — at least as of today.

The event began last Thursday on November 17 at 11 AM PST with the goal of raising at least 200 bitcoins.

If you have at least Rs. 10,000 worth of bitcoins (after converting rupees to bitcoins) and the seller accepts bitcoins, the entire transaction is completed in less than 10 minutes — hassle free.

As sexy as investing in Bitcoin sounds — and despite the recent run - up in price — there are at least two fundamental problems with investing in Bitcoin right now.

So if bitcoin is flawed enough not to be considered a proper asset class, can it at least serve the purpose of being a currency?