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Bitcoin, a virtual currency "mined" from computer transactions, could one day challenge the hegemony of nation-issued money and create a truly viable decentralized, anonymous currency. Along the way, though, supporters must deal with the challenges of building a new exchange system — and the inevitable winners and losers that creates.
- Sep 26, 2017, 4:13 PM UTC
Showtime websites secretly mined user CPU for cryptocurrency
By Shannon Liao
- Sep 23, 2014, 4:25 PM UTC
FTC shuts down Butterfly Labs, the second-most hated company in Bitcoinland
The mining equipment company failed to deliver tens of thousands of computers, and delivered others so late they were obsolete
- Jul 17, 2014, 9:12 PM UTC
New York proposes 'BitLicense' rules for companies that buy and sell virtual currency
The state's regulatory framework will likely influence the way other states handle bitcoin
- Jul 1, 2014, 1:59 PM UTC
Newegg now accepts bitcoin
Electronics retailer joins Expedia and Overstock in adopting the virtual currency
By Carl Franzen
- Mar 7, 2014, 8:04 PM UTC
Newsweek stands by Bitcoin story as Reddit offers alleged creator money and model trains
The short, strange saga of a controversial scoop
- Mar 6, 2014, 10:00 PM UTC
Press chases alleged Bitcoin creator through Los Angeles
Nakamoto denies creating cryptocurrency
- Feb 28, 2014, 10:06 AM UTC
Bitcoin exchange Mt. Gox files for bankruptcy protection with $64 million in liabilities
By Sam Byford
- Feb 26, 2014, 2:45 PM UTC
The Mt. Gox fiasco won't kill Bitcoin
The virtual currency has its 'too big to fail' moment, and moves on
By Adrianne Jeffries and Russell Brandom
- Feb 25, 2014, 5:50 AM UTC
Mt. Gox disappears as Bitcoin community goes into damage control mode
By Sam Byford
