After a period of turbulence in the Dogecoin community there has been some more positive news today. A group of Dogecoin enthusiasts have launched a public beta release of dogecoinmarket.io. Anyone who is serious about cryptocurrency knows that consumer and merchant adoption is the key to long term success. The more businesses that accept a given cryptocurrency, the more useful ...

  Those seeking a coin backed by gold might do well to consider Acapulco Gold. An increasing number of Washington state cannabis growers are becoming directly involved in crypto through barter, direct purchase and mining.  Several informative exchanges, rich with technical content, have taken place between long-time miners and members of the Northwest Green Thumb Cannabis Grower’s Forum, within the #cannacoin ...

Cryptsy staff-member, Mullick, took to Reddit yesterday and issued a statement to clear up any confusion about the situation with Reddcoin on Cryptsy. The clarifications were needed after somebody had attempted to carry out a 51% attack on Reddcoin via the Cryptsy exchange — selling Reddcoin for Bitcoin, then reversing the original Reddcoin deposit. The post reads: As many of ...

Yesterday evening, Twitter user @ScottAllyn ordered a pizza for 68 VeriCoins (video below) at a restaurant using Bitcoin as payment. To do so, he used a service called VeriBit which allows users to seamlessly spend their VRC (VeriCoin) as Bitcoin to make purchases at any merchant accepting Bitcoin.   No longer do holders of VeriCoin need to send their coin over ...

  The price of SilkCoin has dropped drastically after an announcement from one of the remaining developers. SilkCoin has become something of an established altcoin with a fancy looking wallet and talk about the upcoming ‘Eco-System’ they had planned to implement within two-three months of launch. The coin was added to Mintpal less than two weeks ago and at its ...

The DarkWallet developers have released alpha 5 for testing. It’s clear the pace is quickening as progress is made toward the anticipated beta release.  The use of real bitcoin is still inadvisable. One tester likened this wallet to a Tesla in that it delivers far more than is generally expected. There is a real sense of the acceleration and importance ...

Sponsoring various campaigns is fast becoming a regular occurrence within the crypto scene. The latest is a Nautiluscoin sponsorship of ex UFC fighter, Jon Fitch, in his July 5th fight versus Dennis Hallman at World Series of Fighting 11. A former UFC fighter, Fitch is a big name in the sport, previously challenging Georges St. Pierre for the welterweight title ...

  Cannacoin, a cryptocurrency which aims to be the currency for the medical marijuana industry, has officially opened its own online store. A clean and functional e-commerce solution is a very important, almost essential, asset for any cryptocurrency that wants to be taken seriously, and Cannacart does not fail to deliver. The site is sharp looking, has snappy performance and ...

  Dark Wallet Alpha 4 is now available for download and testing. I quote directly from the Dark Wallet alpha 4 release notes. This Alpha4 release is the ‘multisig’ release where we have finished automatizing multisig actions so they don’t need copy pasting of funny scripts.   Testers are requested to continue to “test everything” and report bugs using the ...

For over a year I have been anticipating a convergence of chat and crypto wallet technologies. Dark Wallet has achieved this in a spectacular manner and I have reviewed it previously. Now, the CannaCoin developers have released a new version of their #cannacoin channel freenode IRC tipbot that functions to integrate chat, tipping, accessing and analyzing live market data and conducting ...