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Litecoin targeted by trojan malware

A security firm has published a report showing malware aimed at stealing Litecoin wallet files.

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Physical bitcoin producer Bitbill applies for cold storage patent

A patent for storing digital currency such as bitcoin in a physical token has been filed by Bitbill founder Douglas Feigelson.

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OpenCoin: Ripple users can send payments to bitcoin addresses

At Bitcoin London yesterday OpenCoin announced that Ripple users can now make bitcoin payments directly from the Ripple client.

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Bitcoin ATM to be demonstrated at Bitcoin London

At tomorrow's Bitcoin London event, Lamassu's bitcoin ATM will be shown for the first time in a European venue.

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Bitcoin client Bitcoinj implements bitcoin micropayments

Bitcoin client Bitcoinj has implemented a fully functioning micropayments channel, which will allow a stream of small-scale payments to be sent.

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Review of Blockchain bitcoin wallet for Android

We review the Blockchain wallet for Android, which lets you transfer bitcoins directly from your mobile.

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Bitcoin network recovering from DDoS attack

The bitcoin network suffered a denial of service attack last week that exploited never-implemented skeleton features embedded in the Satoshi client.

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CoinJar Q&A: "Bitcoin represents the power of choice"

Asher Tan tells us what makes CoinJar different to other bitcoin wallets and what he believes is the biggest challenge for the digital currency.

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Does Google Wallet's slow adoption bode badly for bitcoin?

Google is having issues getting people to actually use Wallet. Will bitcoin face the same issues in becoming a conventional payment method?

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Bitcoin blockchain grows to 8GB

The blockchain, the ledger of all bitcoin transactions, has now reached a portly 8GB in size.

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