Showing posts with label Coinbase. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Coinbase. Show all posts

Wednesday, October 22, 2014

Government Briefing or Education On Bitcoin and Bitpay Digital Currency

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The bitcoin logo (Photo credit: Wikipedia)



Though we have not used this digital currency as of yet, we happen to like most of the facts and information surrounding Bitcoin and a few of the other digital currencies.  They are not controlled by any governments and it is extremely difficult to manipulate this form of currency, especially by any government of any country.  Here is nearly a two hour video for those who are still not familiar with Bitcoin.  Even though this is a Canadian briefing, it applies to every country in many areas.


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Friday, June 27, 2014

Bitcoin 101 - Calling All APIs - Live Streaming Price Data From Bitcoin Exchanges

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The bitcoin logo (Photo credit: Wikipedia)



Confused about APIs and JSON? Looking to run an arbitrage business or build a data intensive site? Well this video is for you. This is the first of our videos looking at programming calls for exchange data. In just a few lines of code, we grab the last price from four exchanges (Btc-e, Kraken, Bitstamp and Bitfinex) and pseudo exchange extraordinaire, Coinbase. James walks you through the first steps of building a live feed of this data.

Tuesday, April 15, 2014

Wednesday, February 19, 2014

Coinbase - No Easier Way To Get Started With Bitcoin

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The bitcoin logo (Photo credit: Wikipedia)



Are you looking to buy, sell, send or receive bitcoins? Do you want a full featured wallet without all the techy feel? Well, Bloomberg's Businessweek said it best, "there is no better on-ramp to the bitcoin world than Coinbase." And we agree. Usually, with our normal videos we cover just one feature or one idea, but because Coinbase is so easy to use, we can do a bunch. In this video we are going to open an account on Coinbase, send bitcoins to email addresses and bitcoin addresses, receive bitcoins and yes, we're even going to buy and sell some BTC. Amazing.

Even though we will move slowly, chatting the whole way there will still be time left for discussing the pros and cons of the Coinbase system (one that is likely to be imitated around the world. But, we must a agree with Bloomberg, and it leaves us to wonder -- how great it would be if every country had a Coinbase? Enjoy.

https://coinbase.com/

Bigest problem with Coinbase? Well for us, who enjoy learning how bitcoin works, Coinbase keeps us too far removed from the mechanics and the technology. If you're the type who needs to be in full control of your money (you keep your gold in a hole in your back yard) well again, Coinbase isn't for you.

Welcome to WBN's Bitcoin 101 Blackboard Series -- a full beginner to expert course in bitcoin. We hope you enjoy. And remember the official WBN launch is coming up : March 1st, 2014.
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Tuesday, February 11, 2014

Bitcoin 101 - Getting Your BTCs out of Your Paper Wallets & Cold

Bitcoin Wallpaper (2560x1600)
Bitcoin Wallpaper (2560x1600) (Photo credit: PerfectHue)



Are your bitcoins stuck in cold storage or on your paper wallet? Sure those are both GREAT places to keep them, but how do you get them out? That's the goal of this video. Hopefully by the end of these videos you will no longer be afraid to take your bitcoins out of the reaches of malware programmers.

This is part two of our bitcoin security series. Here's the intro to the series...

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Bitcoin security? UGH!!! Way too many bitcoins are being stolen by crafty malware programmers.

Bitcoin does so many things better than banks (trusts, escrows, programmable money, cheap transfers, instant accounts, etc.), but one area that is not quite so nice, is security.

While the bitcoin network, itself, appears bullet-proof, lots of bitcoins are being stolen, via hacking, malware and flaws in online wallets and even google's random number generator.

The answer is to get your bitcoins entirely offline, and the two ways to do this are paper wallets and cold storage. The previous video is an introduction to making both, while this video focuses on how to get your bitcoins out of cold storage (to spend, to move to another wallet, etc).

James walks you through the software and ideas used in making 'sloppy' offline wallets (which are great to have). He also gives suggestions at making even better offline wallets. This is the first of many videos we will make on bitcoin security, and the least technical.

We hope you'll enjoy.

Here's the public address to the wallet we sent the funds too...good luck...hope you get there first.
https://blockchain.info/address/19Zxx...
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Wednesday, February 5, 2014

Bitcoin 101 - Bitcoin Vs. Gold - How Bitcoin Could Take Over a Trillion Dollar Market

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The bitcoin logo (Photo credit: Wikipedia)



This is the 1st episode in our Big 5 blackboard series -- where we look at five features (likely more in the future) where bitcoin's inherent features could take over five different trillion dollar markets. The video starts with the misconception many people have with the idea of intrinsic value. It turns out that bitcoin is laden with amazing values, all 'inherently' intrinsic. Enjoy.


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