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Bitcoin Trader – 20Mission Tech Space, San Francisco:
GoWest (@GoWestBTC) labels the partly-finished 20Mission (@20Mission) tech space in San Francisco as “Bitcon’s Hogwarts”.  Excerpts from his post:
“Jared Kenna, formerly of TradeHill, and Jonathan Ryan Owens of RingCoin have teamed up to launch 20Mission, a huge 41-room tech space project in the heart of San Francisco.”“[It is More >

Free Guide – Introduction to Bitcoin Mining:
Available for download on CoinDL (@CoinDL) is a 30-page guide (eBook PDF).  Subtitled “A Guide for Gamers, Geeks and Everyone Else”, the eBook explains the background of mining, the tools used, and a few techniques that help get the most for your efforts.
Though the eBook is free, the author, More >

Slideshow – The Evolution of E-Money:
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Jon Matonis (@JonMatonis) presented this slideshow on E-Money and Bitcoin at ITWebSec in Johannesburg, South Africa:
- http://slidesha.re/JlbfHQ

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Bitcoin Money – SWIFT White Paper on Mobile Payments:
A post on Bitcoin Money blog (@BitcoinMoney) reviews the analysis and recommendations from SWIFT regarding global payments, and adds to it with how Bitcoin can compete.  Excerpts:
“Because Bitcoin doesn’t need to be introduced to a country by a bank or mobile network operator and needs no government More >

SWIFT White Paper on Mobile Payments
Interbank messaging network SWIFT put out a white paper identifying opportunity for its bank industry customers to build and deploy regional and global mobile payments technology and services.  The paper includes the photo used in this post which surveys the innovators in the mobile payments space.  Excerpts from the paper:

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Bitcoin Magazine – Adam Kokesh on Bitcoin and Free Market Money:
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Ryan Taylor asks Adam Kokesh (@AdamKokesh) some questions in a post on Bitcoin Magazine.  Excerpts:
“Adam: Bitcoin kind of throws a lot of people like us for a loop and we go “Wait, wait, wait a second! It’s just another fiat currency, right?” because there’s nothing More >

BetaBeat – FBI: Bitcoin Report Was Authentic:
A post by Adrianne Jeffries (@ADRJeffries) on BetaBeat reports that an FBI representative has confirmed that the previously leaked report did in fact come from the agency.  Excerpts:
“The report, titled ‘Bitcoin Virtual Currency: Intelligence. Unique Features Present Distinct Challenges for Deterring Illicit Activity,’ was the FBI’s first research report More >

Bitcoin Money – What’s Your SHTF Plan?:
A post on the Bitcoin Money blog (@BitcoinMoney) takes a look at how Bitcoin has a place in a world where trust breaks down.  Excerpts:
“Anyone paying any attention to the events in the world, particularly with what is happening in Greece, Spain and elsewhere in Europe does at least More >

What’s Your SHTF Plan?
This video clip from the movie classic Trading Places shows the scene where Louis Winthorpe III (Dan Akroyd) is at a pawn shop having a hard time getting any amount of value for his seven thousand dollar authentic “Rouchefoucauld” hand-crafted watch.
In the film, Louis is reduced to poverty in an instant when More >

Bitcoin Money – Déjà vu? Bitcoinica To Require Customers To Verify Identity:
A post on Bitcoin Money (@BitcoinMoney) blog describes Bitcoinica’s plans for allowing customers to get access to their funds following the firms major security breach.  Excerpts:
“[Zhou Tong’s announcement reads]: ‘We are building an account claim page. You can submit your account information, financial information More >