Category Archives: Cyber Law

Bitcoin ATM registers $1 million transaction in a month

World’s first Bitcoin ATM in operation in Vancouver is said to have clocked transactions of US$ 1 million in a month. The ATM converts cash into Bitcoins and also pays out cash in physical currency against withdrawals of Bitcoins. The … Continue reading

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Litecoin as another virtual currency?

The success of Bitcoin concept has attracted “Litecoin”  a similar virtual currency system promising some technical improvements. The target for litecoin is 84 million currency units as against 21 million targetted by Bitcoin. The presence of two virtual currencies in … Continue reading

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Bitcoin Payment Processor in Denmark Hacked

A Denmark based Bitcoin payment processor BIPS faced a security breach last week resulting in loss of 1295 bitcoins worth around US $ 1 million. The loss has occurred both to the service provider’s own stock as well as a … Continue reading

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Bitcoin in Physical Form?

Bitcoin started as a Peer to peer virtual currency system. With Baidu (Google in China) starting to accept payments in Bitcoin, there is now an official patronage for the system from the Chinese Government. In a further bid to  provide … Continue reading

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Is Bitcoin legal?

While the Bitcoin system is gaining increased attention in the media, it is essential to debate the legality of the system as per Indian laws. It is reported that there would be a global conference in Bangalore on December 14th … Continue reading

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Now Your TV acts like a Web page!

It has been reported that LG Smart TV is programmed to collect the viewing habits of the users and send it back to the servers of the Company so that the data can be used to configure customized ads for … Continue reading

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