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What's being said about Bitcoin by news sites and other media.
This article lists Bitcoin-related press from the project's creation through October 2011. Since that time, due to the increased frequency of published articles, a [http://bitcointalk.org/index.php?board=77.0 Press forum board] was created on the BitcoinTalk Forum to allow the wider Bitcoin community to share articles as they are discovered.


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==Articles / Blog Posts==
==Articles / Blog Posts==
=== 2011 ===
=== 2011 ===
==== October====
{{Press
| source    = techradar.com
| country    = UK
| language  = en
| title      = The death of money Electronic payments are everywhere. Is it time for cash to take a hike?
| date      = 2011-10-15
| link      = http://www.techradar.com/news/phone-and-communications/mobile-phones/the-death-of-money-1033374
| bias      = balanced
| quote1    = By 2015, cash could be looking like an endangered species.
| quote2    = So is Bitcoin the future of money, or is it only of interest to currency fans, cyber-utopians and speculators?
| screenshot = ScreenshotTechRadar201110.png
}}
{{Press
| source    = The Guardian
| country    = UK
| language  = en
| title      = Bitcoin value crashes below cost of production as broader use stutters
| date      = 2011-10-18
| link      = http://www.guardian.co.uk/technology/2011/oct/18/bitcoin-value-crash-cryptocurrency
| bias      = negative and stupidly wrong
| quote1    = the appreciation in value was a speculative bubble, caused by people hoarding the currency, rather than the start of a new (or parallel) economy.
| quote2    = With the value of Bitcoins dropping so low, and the computing power required to produce them growing steadily, it is becoming uneconomic to generate more except through the use of hacked computers in "botnets".
| screenshot = Screenshot_theGuardian201110.png
}}
==== July ====
==== July ====


{{Press
| source    = PacoAhlgren.com
| country    = US
| language  = en
| title      = Bitcoin Cannot Fail
| date      = 2011-07-25
| link      = http://www.pacoahlgren.com/bitcoin-cannot-fail/
| bias      = angrily positive
| quote1    = They can’t make the rules. And that scares the hell out of them.
| quote2    = This may be the purest form of democracy the world has ever known, and I — for one — am thrilled to be here to watch it unfold.
| screenshot = ArticlePacoAhlgren20110725.png
}}


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| date      = 2011-07-12
| date      = 2011-07-12
| link      = http://www.npr.org/blogs/money/2011/07/13/137795648/the-tuesday-podcast-bitcoin
| link      = http://www.npr.org/blogs/money/2011/07/13/137795648/the-tuesday-podcast-bitcoin
| bias      = slightly negative
| bias      = neutral to slightly negative
| quote1    = I have to say this part of the whole Bitcoin thing for us did seem really easy.  Easier than using a credit card or wiring a friend some money.
| quote1    = I have to say this part of the whole Bitcoin thing for us did seem really easy.  Easier than using a credit card or wiring a friend some money.
| screenshot = http://media.npr.org/assets/img/2011/07/12/bitcoin_badge.jpg?t=1310503131&s=3
| screenshot = ArticleNPR201107.png
}}
}}


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| date      = 2011-06-10
| date      = 2011-06-10
| link      = http://www.heise.de/tp/artikel/34/34919/1.html
| link      = http://www.heise.de/tp/artikel/34/34919/1.html
| bias      = sceptical
| bias      = skeptical
| quote1    = Stoppt die amerikanischen Drogenpolizei DEA den Höhenflug der Bitcoin-Währung?
| quote1    = Stoppt die amerikanischen Drogenpolizei DEA den Höhenflug der Bitcoin-Währung?
| quote2    = Silk Road dürfte unter anderem deshalb schwer zu schließen sein, weil Betreiber ebenso wie Benutzer durch TOR weitgehend anonym sind.
| quote2    = Silk Road dürfte unter anderem deshalb schwer zu schließen sein, weil Betreiber ebenso wie Benutzer durch TOR weitgehend anonym sind.
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| quote2    = Readers tempted to bet on the Bitcoin should resist, not least because it's unclear whether it will have any enduring worth.
| quote2    = Readers tempted to bet on the Bitcoin should resist, not least because it's unclear whether it will have any enduring worth.
| screenshot = ArticleSmartMoneyBitcoinTriples.png
| screenshot = ArticleSmartMoneyBitcoinTriples.png
}}
{{Press
| source    = RussiaToday
| country    = Russia
| language  = en
| title      = Bitcoin: Currency of Resistance
| date      = 2011-06-08
| link      = http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=so1x4hunlII
| bias      = Positive
| quote1    =
| quote2    =
| screenshot =
}}
}}


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| date      = 2011-01-20
| date      = 2011-01-20
| link      = http://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2011/01/bitcoin-step-toward-censorship-resistant
| link      = http://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2011/01/bitcoin-step-toward-censorship-resistant
| bias      = balanced to positiv
| bias      = balanced to positive
| quote1    = To understand digital currency, one must first note that money in the digital age has moved from a largely anonymous system to one increasingly laden with tracking, control and regulatory overhead.
| quote1    = To understand digital currency, one must first note that money in the digital age has moved from a largely anonymous system to one increasingly laden with tracking, control and regulatory overhead.
| quote2    = It's too early to say whether Bitcoin will be a success. Any new currency system faces an uphill battle, both technically and legally.
| quote2    = It's too early to say whether Bitcoin will be a success. Any new currency system faces an uphill battle, both technically and legally.
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| date      = 2010-11-10
| date      = 2010-11-10
| link      = http://lwn.net/Articles/414452/
| link      = http://lwn.net/Articles/414452/
| bias      = positiv
| bias      = positive
| quote1    = The bigger open questions about Bitcoin are about its viability as a currency system.
| quote1    = The bigger open questions about Bitcoin are about its viability as a currency system.
| quote2    = Bitcoin is different from electronic payment systems like Paypal that are really just computerized interfaces to traditional banks.
| quote2    = Bitcoin is different from electronic payment systems like Paypal that are really just computerized interfaces to traditional banks.
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| date      = 2010-09-30
| date      = 2010-09-30
| link      = http://www.bitcoinblogger.com/2010/09/bitcoin-electronic-currency-future-of.html
| link      = http://www.bitcoinblogger.com/2010/09/bitcoin-electronic-currency-future-of.html
| bias      = positiv
| bias      = positive
| quote1    =   
| quote1    =   
| quote2    =   
| quote2    =   
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===Podcasts / Video===
===Podcasts / Video===
* [http://linuxoutlaws.com/podcast/215 Linux Outlaws 215 - Bitcoins] 2011-06-30 ([http://traffic.libsyn.com/linuxoutlaws/linuxoutlaws215.mp3 mp3], [http://linuxoutlaws.com/podcast/ogg/215 ogg])
* [https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCNcSSleedtfyDuhBvOQzFzQ/videos Princeton University lectures]
** [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fOMVZXLjKYo Lecture 1 — Intro to Crypto and Cryptocurrencies]
** [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q5GWwTgRIT4 Lecture 2 — How Bitcoin Achieves Decentralization]
** [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t3hJsFpPmXs Lecture 3 — Mechanics of Bitcoin]
** [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NKqHXoYZvMg Lecture 4 — How to Store and Use Bitcoins]
** [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jXerV3f5jN8 Lecture 5 — Bitcoin Mining]
*** [https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=1006472.msg10924714#msg10924714 Sidenotes and errata]
** [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=glyQy_e5LmM Lecture 6 — Bitcoin and Anonymity]
** [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IRbgZUGHn9g Lecture 7 — Community, Politics, and Regulation]
** [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TipGy2bOVL4 Lecture 8 — Alternative Mining Puzzles]
** [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aM3OP4gazWw Lecture 9 — Bitcoin as a Platform]
** [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l-3kOuF0dts Lecture 10 — Altcoins and the Cryptocurrency Ecosystem]
** [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YG7l0XPtzD4 Lecture 11 — The future of Bitcoin?]
** [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1VYs_zZsorU Lecture 12 - History of Cryptocurrencies <nowiki>[Bonus lecture]</nowiki>]
* [https://www.khanacademy.org/economics-finance-domain/core-finance/money-and-banking/bitcoin/ Khan Academy]
** [https://www.khanacademy.org/economics-finance-domain/core-finance/money-and-banking/bitcoin/v/bitcoin-what-is-it Bitcoin: What is it?]
** [https://www.khanacademy.org/economics-finance-domain/core-finance/money-and-banking/bitcoin/v/bitcoin-overview Bitcoin: Overview]
** [https://www.khanacademy.org/economics-finance-domain/core-finance/money-and-banking/bitcoin/v/bitcoin-cryptographic-hash-function Cryptographic hash functions]
** [https://www.khanacademy.org/economics-finance-domain/core-finance/money-and-banking/bitcoin/v/bitcoin-digital-signatures Digital signatures]
** [https://www.khanacademy.org/economics-finance-domain/core-finance/money-and-banking/bitcoin/v/bitcoin-transaction-records Transaction records]
** [https://www.khanacademy.org/economics-finance-domain/core-finance/money-and-banking/bitcoin/v/bitcoin-proof-of-work Proof of work]
** [https://www.khanacademy.org/economics-finance-domain/core-finance/money-and-banking/bitcoin/v/bitcoin-transaction-block-chains Transaction block chains]
** [https://www.khanacademy.org/economics-finance-domain/core-finance/money-and-banking/bitcoin/v/bitcoin-the-money-supply The money supply]
** [https://www.khanacademy.org/economics-finance-domain/core-finance/money-and-banking/bitcoin/v/bitcoin-security-of-transaction-block-chains The security of transaction block chains]
* [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1ZAFGRrp_kc Free Talk Live - interview with Roger Ver] 2011-11-19 An hour-long interview with Roger Ver of Memorydealers.com
* [http://surprisinglyfree.com/2012/01/31/reuben-grinberg Reuben Grinberg on the legality of Bitcoin] 2011-01-31 ([http://surprisinglyfree.com/wp-content/uploads/SFC-101-122701.mp3 mp3])
* [http://www.npr.org/blogs/money/2011/07/12/137795648 NPR Planet Money - The Tuesday Podcast: Bitcoin] 2011-07-12 ([http://pd.npr.org/anon.npr-mp3/npr/specials/2011/07/20110712_specials_pmoney.mp3?dl=1 mp3])
* [http://sixgun.org/linuxoutlaws-215 Linux Outlaws 215 - Bitcoins] 2011-06-30 ([http://traffic.libsyn.com/linuxoutlaws/linuxoutlaws215.mp3 mp3], [http://linuxoutlaws.com/podcast/ogg/215 ogg])
* [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jYiWHNkZIes CBS / What’s Trending - Bitcoin: The Future Of Money] 2011-06-08 Shira Lazar interviews Bitcoin [[Developers|developer]] Jeff Garzik.
* [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jYiWHNkZIes CBS / What’s Trending - Bitcoin: The Future Of Money] 2011-06-08 Shira Lazar interviews Bitcoin [[Developers|developer]] Jeff Garzik.
* [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gcn8cNCk9hM The World's First Bitcoin Road Trip] 2011-05-30 An interview with The Real Plato on the Corbett Report.
* [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gcn8cNCk9hM The World's First Bitcoin Road Trip] 2011-05-30 An interview with The Real Plato on the Corbett Report.
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* [http://ignite-dc.blip.tv/file/4801077 Ignite D.C. 6] 2011-02-03 Presentation by [[User:Dduane|Darrell Duane]] ([http://bitcoinbasics.com/ignitedc Slides]) About Bitcoin and Potomac local currency
* [http://ignite-dc.blip.tv/file/4801077 Ignite D.C. 6] 2011-02-03 Presentation by [[User:Dduane|Darrell Duane]] ([http://bitcoinbasics.com/ignitedc Slides]) About Bitcoin and Potomac local currency
* [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XQPSwA2Itbs Security Now 287: BitCoin CryptoCurrency] 2011-02-09 Bitcoin coverage is from 0:41:25 to the end of the netcast ([http://dts.podtrac.com/redirect.mp4/twit.cachefly.net/video/sn/sn0288/sn0288_h264b_864x480_500.mp4 video]), ([http://www.podtrac.com/pts/redirect.mp3/aolradio.podcast.aol.com/sn/sn0287.mp3 podcast])
* [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XQPSwA2Itbs Security Now 287: BitCoin CryptoCurrency] 2011-02-09 Bitcoin coverage is from 0:41:25 to the end of the netcast ([http://dts.podtrac.com/redirect.mp4/twit.cachefly.net/video/sn/sn0288/sn0288_h264b_864x480_500.mp4 video]), ([http://www.podtrac.com/pts/redirect.mp3/aolradio.podcast.aol.com/sn/sn0287.mp3 podcast])
* [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mrlgw5KpkXM Steve Gibson's Explanation of Bitcoin]
** [[Complete detail of how Bitcoin works|sidenotes and errata]]
* [https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCgo7FCCPuylVk4luP3JAgVw/videos World Bitcoin Network - Bitcoin 101]
** [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Bhe61JaNFLU What is Bitcoin?]
** [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D8T_hp7KY4I Understanding The Name Is Key To Understanding Bitcoin]
** [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F4IgvMfSuNk How To Buy/Get Your First Bitcoins]
** [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TW3FxypFTxA What is Deflation? & Why It's Fundamental to the Rise of Bitcoin's Price]
** [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2cMjR0mB9Sc Why Mining? Understanding Why Bitcoiners Mine is Fundamental]
** [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_4QFErOdTag Bitcoin Vs. Gold - How Bitcoin Could Take Over a Trillion $ Market]
** [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WqzS0mNYUpY Bitcoin Vs. Credit Cards - How Bitcoin Could Take Over a Trillion $ Market]
** [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7u4F8cpzqao Why Bitcoin is Not a Ponzi Scheme - Debunking Bitcoin Myths - Part 1]
** [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qHUPPYzzZrI Why Bitcoin's Growth is Normal & The S-Curves You Could Never See]
** [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tR4e8zwnR6w The Nightmare of Bitcoin Regulation - A Laundry List of Scenarios]
** [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H3w55uktY1g How to Make a Digital Currency (pt.1) - A Beginner's Guide to the Thoughts of Satoshi]
** [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CaiJKZdjDsk How to Make a Digital Currency (pt.2) - Satoshi's Thoughts & Double Spending]
** [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O0oDDIy0P2s Understanding Bitcoin (pt. 1 of 3) - A Beginner's Guide (With Help from Wikipedia)]
** [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-CI7XXzJDqo Understanding Bitcoin (pt. 2 of 3) - A Beginner's Guide (With Help from Wikipedia)]
** [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q6MGcE68-8g Understanding Bitcoin (pt. 3 of 3) - A Beginner's Guide (With Help from Wikipedia)]
** [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I1uefzJJ6nM Intro to Paper Wallets & Cold Storage - Bitcoin Security & Fun with Sloppy Wallets]
** [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jk89usrtNEk Getting Your BTCs out of Your Paper Wallets & Cold Storage - Fun with Sloppy Wallets]
** [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fBOWAqmS7qY Fun with Brain Wallets (Making and Playing With Them) - Bitcoin Security]
** [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OOoffwOJbY8 Glorious Coinbase - The Best Place to Buy Your First Bitcoins]
** [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gC4j-V585Ug A Free Market for Transparency (The Bitcoin Revolution)]
** [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gUwXCt1qkBU Merkle Roots and Merkle Trees - Bitcoin Coding and Software - The Block Header]
** [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zIbUSaZBJgU Multi-Signature Addresses pt1 - Coding This Major Security Improvement]
** [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OSA1pwlaypc Multi-Signature Addresses pt2 - Spending, Protocol & Coding]
** [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bi2thGzzNSs The Nightmare of a 51% Attack - Part 1 - Calculating the Costs]
** [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Kjtgp5h-jEY The Nightmare of a 51% Attack - Part 2 - How to Destroy Bitcoin]
** [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iB3HcPgm_FI Elliptic Curve Cryptography - Part 4 - Generating the Public Key (in Python)]
** [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y96o25WtSbo Calling All APIs - Coding Live Price Data From Bitcoin Exchanges]
** [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TmkN8yYyOv8 Getting Started With Bitcore - A Full JavaScript Implementation of Bitcoin]
** [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U2bw_N6kQL8 Elliptic Curve Cryptography - Part 5 - The Magic of Signing & Verifying]
** [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g2nXgK34HIM Modelling the Price of Bitcoin - Is a $100,000 bitcoin possible?]
** [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZloHVKk7DHk Quindecillions & The Amazing Math Of Bitcoin's Private Keys]
** [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4nOfHpOFhN8 A Million Killer Apps - Part 1 - Smart Contracts & Bitcoin's Big Bang of Disruption]
** [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Uci0Df7zO8c A Million Killer Apps - Part 2 - Blockchains & A Global Shared History]
** [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xZC98s4paYY Bitcoin 101 - idchains - Part 1 - The Basics Of A Bitcoin-Based Global Identity System]


===Presentations===
===Presentations===
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==See Also==
==See Also==


* [http://forum.bitcoin.org/index.php?topic=1958.0 Bitcoin Press] forum thread
* [http://bitcointalk.org/index.php?board=77.0 Bitcoin Press] forum board
* [[:Category:Blogs|Blogs]]
* [[:Category:Blogs|Blogs]]
* [[Bitcoin News]] daily posts
* [[Bitcoin News]] daily posts
* [[Research]]
* [[Research]]
* [[Bitcoin Press Center]]
* [[CoinDesk]]


==References==
==References==

Latest revision as of 22:30, 2 September 2015

This article lists Bitcoin-related press from the project's creation through October 2011. Since that time, due to the increased frequency of published articles, a Press forum board was created on the BitcoinTalk Forum to allow the wider Bitcoin community to share articles as they are discovered.

Press and notable mentions

Articles / Blog Posts

2011

October

On techradar.com there was a balanced article [2011-10-15, UK, en]:
The death of money Electronic payments are everywhere. Is it time for cash to take a hike?

Quotes
  • By 2015, cash could be looking like an endangered species.
  • So is Bitcoin the future of money, or is it only of interest to currency fans, cyber-utopians and speculators?

On The Guardian there was a negative and stupidly wrong article [2011-10-18, UK, en]:
Bitcoin value crashes below cost of production as broader use stutters

Quotes
  • the appreciation in value was a speculative bubble, caused by people hoarding the currency, rather than the start of a new (or parallel) economy.
  • With the value of Bitcoins dropping so low, and the computing power required to produce them growing steadily, it is becoming uneconomic to generate more except through the use of hacked computers in "botnets".


July

On PacoAhlgren.com there was a angrily positive article [2011-07-25, US, en]:
Bitcoin Cannot Fail

Quotes
  • They can’t make the rules. And that scares the hell out of them.
  • This may be the purest form of democracy the world has ever known, and I — for one — am thrilled to be here to watch it unfold.


On canada.com there was a very positive article [2011-07-22, Canada, en]:
Bitcoins create truly democratic policy, followers say

Quotes
  • Money may be the next frontier of the Internet revolution thanks to Bitcoin, a burgeoning new digital currency.
  • ``If we remember, 15 years ago if you were doing anything on the Internet you were going to make millions, said Kenna. ``I think it could be the same with bitcoin.


On npr.org there was a neutral to slightly negative article [2011-07-12, United States, en]:
The Tuesday Podcast: Bitcoin

Quotes
  • I have to say this part of the whole Bitcoin thing for us did seem really easy. Easier than using a credit card or wiring a friend some money.


June

On The Economist there was a neutral article [2011-06-13, GB, en]:
Bits and bob

Quotes
  • Now, Friedman's dream has finally been realised—albeit not by a real-world central bank.
  • Most people would rather devolve this sort of responsibility to the authorities. Until this mindset changes, Bitcoin will be no rival to real-world dosh.


On Telepolis there was a skeptical article [2011-06-10, DE, de]:
Wenig Unterschied zu Aktien

Quotes
  • Stoppt die amerikanischen Drogenpolizei DEA den Höhenflug der Bitcoin-Währung?
  • Silk Road dürfte unter anderem deshalb schwer zu schließen sein, weil Betreiber ebenso wie Benutzer durch TOR weitgehend anonym sind.


On Smart Money there was a critical article [2011-06-10, USA, en]:
The Bitcoin Triples Again

Quotes
  • To recap, it's is a purely online currency with no intrinsic value; its worth is based solely on the willingness of holders and merchants to accept it in trade.
  • Readers tempted to bet on the Bitcoin should resist, not least because it's unclear whether it will have any enduring worth.


May

April

March

Feb

Jan

On Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF) there was a balanced to positive article [2011-01-20, USA, en]:
Bitcoin - a Step Toward Censorship-Resistant Digital Currency

Quotes
  • To understand digital currency, one must first note that money in the digital age has moved from a largely anonymous system to one increasingly laden with tracking, control and regulatory overhead.
  • It's too early to say whether Bitcoin will be a success. Any new currency system faces an uphill battle, both technically and legally.


2010

On LWN there was a positive article [2010-11-10, USA, en]:
Bitcoin: Virtual money created by CPU cycles

Quotes
  • The bigger open questions about Bitcoin are about its viability as a currency system.
  • Bitcoin is different from electronic payment systems like Paypal that are really just computerized interfaces to traditional banks.


On Bitcoin Blogger there was a positive article [2010-09-30, ?, en]:
Bitcoin Electronic Currency: The Future of Money

Quotes



On /. there was a neutral article [2010-07-11, USA, en]:
Bitcoin Releases Version 0.3

Quotes



Podcasts / Video

Presentations

See Also

References

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