Monthly Archives: December 2013

Naavi speaks on Bitcoin at Bloomberg TV

Here is an interview of Naavi at Bloomberg TV today on Bitcoin. Naavi expresses his opinion that India failed to negotiate for adequate number of IPV4 addresses when they were initially distributed and they should not do the same mistake … Continue reading

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Bitcoin Regulation.. Where should the focus be?

We have been watching Bitcoin exchange rates growing exponentially at MtGox attracting the attention of regulators both from the point of view of the possible effect on the monetary controls of the Sovereign States and loss of Tax revenue besides … Continue reading

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54 crypto currencies?

According to a recent report the number of Crypto currencies presently available is arond 54 and not 10 as was hitherto thought. Refer article Since the Bitcoin protocol is an open source protocol, it is possible for clones to be … Continue reading

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Beware of virus riding on Bitcoin

With the exploding interest developing in India on the Bitcoin, the malware writers will be looking at every possibility of using the bitcoin craze to spread viruses and trojans. Already, spam mails appear to be in circulation trying to entice … Continue reading

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China Loves it…Thailand hates it.. The Bitcoin saga continues

With the Bitcoin currency value touching US$1200  and dropping to $800 before settling at $1005 within three days, the Bitcoin has continued to capture the global attention of different kinds of people. Regulators in particular are getting nervous about how … Continue reading

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Bitcoin miner bundled with other software

Malwarebytes has reported that in some of the softwares identified as Potentially Unwanted Programs (PUP) they have identified the presence of a Bitcoin miner. The program was identified initially in a process identified as jh1d.exe and a variant jh1c.exe and … Continue reading

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