This week, the developers of Monero (XMR) patched a bug that could allow an attacker to ‘burn’ the funds of an organization’s wallet. The breach was initially revealed by a community member, and XMR developers were quick enough to fix it before any damage was done. Anonymity above all: How Monero works Simply put, Monero (XMR) is a cryptocurrency like Bitcoin (BTC), but with an additional focus on anonymity. It was established in 2014, when bitcointalk.org user thankful_for_today forked the codebase of Bytecoin into the name BitMonero. To establish the new coin, he used ideas that were first outlined in …

Bruce Fenton is a well-known Bitcoin activist in the crypto community. The Managing Director and founder of Atlantic Financial Inc. and Boston Gulf Advisors Group, more recently Bruce has been voted into the Bitcoin Foundation as executive director. He has big plans to revamp the foundation and bring some fiscal change. Cointelegraph previously briefly discussed with Bruce the realities of issues such as Ben Lawsky and the BitLicense scheme, but this time around we had a chance to have a more in-depth look at how Bruce aims to solidify the Bitcoin Foundation itself. Cointelegraph: Can you give our readers a …

Max Keiser is the co-founder of StartJOIN, a crowdfunding platform and launch pad for business ideas and projects that leverages on cryptocurrency such as StartCOIN and Bitcoin. Here it is not only financial backing that people give but also other forms of support such as sharing the ideas, providing feedback, consultation, and skills. Max is also the host of Keiser Report, a financial program that airs on RT. Cointelegraph had an opportunity to have an exclusive interview with Max on StartJOIN’s progress so far and what we can expect in the future. “I'm confident that StartJOIN and StartCOIN will […] …

Note: The following article has been hand picked for being one of the standouts in the Ziftr article contest on the topic of what needs to happen for Bitcoin to enter the mainstream. Happy reading! When people talk of Bitcoin “going global” or “hitting the mainstream”, and 2015 being the “year of Bitcoin,” they themselves may well believe it. But plenty of other people will still shake it off with a casual smirk. Why? Because it still sounds ludicrous. This is because even after several years of cool developments, investment, even modest propagation, Bitcoin is still mired in contradictions and …

Hundreds of developers, opinion leaders, bitcoiners and enthusiasts have already confirmed their attendance at the first virtual cryptocurrency conference: the Crypto Money Virtual Expo. On the 5-6 of Dec., 2014, the global crypto community will come together for the first time to mingle, share knowledge and network at the 1st Crypto Money Virtual Expo - an “online meetup” that offers access to every professional, developer, Bitcoiner, and enthusiast from around the world. Cointelegraph is also proud to announce that it is an official media partner of the event. Just like your typical conference, it will include exhibitions halls with virtual …

The recent shake up and then crash of Moolah, and apparently everything connected with it, has led to a great deal of speculation in the cryptocurrency community. Moolah CEO “Alex Green” has issues several statements on the issue, officially resigning in his latest blog post. He also vehemently claimed that Moolah was not a scam and that the failure was simply caused by bad management. He also claims that any suggestions that he has been involved in scams in the past are completely false. Because of the controversy, Cointelegraph reached out to Ben Doernberg, former Board member of the Dogecoin …

Personal Details James Tate, born 1970, currently living in Wichita, Kansas Education Currently attending the College of Engineering at Wichita State University; studying physics and computer engineering with a focus on AI Professional experience and achievement James describes himself as “a born entrepreneur.” His professional experience has focused largely on sales, which most recently included home improvement sales. He has since put that career on hold to pursue science and technology, which he describes as his true passions. Interests Freedom, science, technology, sci-fi, philosophy and “just about any subject that I can spend time debating with knowledgeable individuals or contemplating …