[] 4 years ago today (or 6:15 pm on the 3rd of January, 2009 UTC/GMT) Satoshi Nakamoto's computer generated the fist ever bitcoin block.  Weighing in at just under .3 of a Kilobyte it is a testament to the old adage "good things come in small packages".

While the …

As another year passes and another begins I would like to wish everyone a Happy New Year.

It has been an exciting year for bitcoin and other crypto currencies, we have seen everything from scams and crashes to highs and profits.  Lets hope for more of the former and less …

If you have visited the Butterfly Labs Forum in the last few weeks you will have noticed that they are taking a bit of heat from their regular posters, there has been an upsurge in dissatisfaction.  The discontent stems from a perception that information is not coming quick enough.

It …

Things are heating up in the ASIC race and Butterfly Labs have upped the stakes by releasing a PDF document containing the Draft Communication Protocol for their new range of BitFORCE SC ASIC mining devices.

The document posted today on Butterly Labs forum by staff member BFL_Josh describes how mining …

While there has been a lot of focus on bitcoin ASIC devices that miners like you and I can buy, it does not mean that they are the only bitcoin ASIC devices that are been worked on.

While Butterfly Labs, Avalon and BTCFPGA have been hard at work trying to be the first to bring an ASIC to your desktop another company has been working on a different business model, and according to today's announcement on BitcoinTalk ASICMiner looks like it may have jumped into first place in the race for bitcoin ASIC devices.

In a bold move Avalon ASIC have put a countdown clock on the front page of their website ticking down the days, hours, minutes and seconds until they ship.

Using a bit of simple maths and a calendar that works out to be Monday the 21st of January 2013.

The ODP (Open Directory Project) or dmoz.org is one of the true grandfathers of the Internet.  Started in 1998 it had a simple but very ambitious goal, to organise and categorise the Internet.

Fast forward 14 years to today the ODP contains just under 5 million unique websites and …

Merry Christmas Bitcoiners and Co-Op Members!

As New Zealand is the first country in to world to see in Christmas (or any day for that matter) I would like to be the first to wish you all an excellent Christmas! At this moment I am probably asleep but I will …

As early as last September there has been talk in the bitcoin community about concerns with BitMarket.eu.  BitMarket was one of the very first exchanges in the European Union and began operating on February 25th, 2011,  just under two years ago.

There have been a few issues with BitMarket …

The end of the world is nigh!  With traditional currencies there is a saying “you cannot take it with you” but believe it or not with Bitcoin you can.

It occurred to me that when the world ends in the upcoming apocalypse tomorrow on the 21st 2012 you can use …