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The Tale of Bitcoin Community and Big Bad Roskomnadzor

Special Read in Russian January 13th of 2015 has every right to bear the name of ‘black Tuesday’ in all history books of Bitcoin industry. That day, Bitcoin price dropped to $218, and comprised $166.45 the very next day. Russian Bitcoin community, however, suffered more than just Bitcoin price falling. Notorious Roskomnadzor blocked access to […]

Survey: 80% of Russians Heard Nothing of Bitcoin Whatsoever

Special Read in Russian According to the survey held by Center for Contemporary Research ProResearch in association with National Agency for Financial Researching (NAFR) in April 2015, most Russians never heard a thing about Bitcoin.

Lifetime Banner Sales Launched: Put Yourself on Bitcoin Record with ForkLog

Special Read in Russian ForkLog announces sales of commercial areas in lifetime format on “Highway to the Moon” web page. The banner area also acts as 404 page. The offer is a part of a development & support campaign for the project.

New Malware Allows Mining Bitcoin More Effectively on Infected Computers

Special Read in Russian Unknown developers published a report on two new malware items capable of introducing dramatic amendments into Bitcoin mining on infected computers. As opposed to their counterparts, those malware programs are made in quite an exquisite way and remain almost invisible to a victim.

Ukrainian Bitcoin Exchange BTC-TRADE Hacked Again

Special! Read in Russian Ukrainian cryptocurrency exchange Btc-trade.com.ua has once again announced it was hacked.

Bitcoin sites blockage: crowdfunding camaign announced

Special Read in Russian Bits.media provided more information on the site’s blockage by Roskomnadzor back in January. In particular, relevant documents are displayed, and a donation campaign is announced to collect money for lawyers.

Bitcoin will change Ukraine forever

Special Read in Russian It’s a common knowledge that presently Ukraine is facing economical and political crisis, yet, notwithstanding all the difficulties it presents, bitcoin community is quite active there. One may buy bitcoins from a kiosk or a payment terminal in Kyiv and Lviv, and even pay for a cup of coffee with cryptocurrency. […]

Russia starts trial for Bitcoin sites blocking

Special Read in Russian The first session of Sverdlovsk Oblast court scrutinizing an appeal petition to consider cryptocurrency websites ban under order by Nevyansk town court illicit started today.

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