Richard Boase

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Richard Boase is a freelance writer and PR consultant who got his degree in Multimedia in Brighton before studying for an MA in Journalism at the University of Kingston. He has a keen interest in social media and publicity, worked as a creative director for a marketing and publicity company in Tokyo and as a commercial editor and film-maker in Paris. His interest in bitcoin began in June 2012 and he has written for Cybersalon, the Independent and Press Gazette amongst others.

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Gaming Company to Pay $1 Million for Secretly Using Customer Computers for Bitcoin Mining
Gaming company reaches $1m settlement with Attorney General after admitting to injecting bitcoin mining code into users' computers.
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Litecoin Spikes to $200 Million Market Capitalization in Five Hours
Litecoin caught the market’s attention earlier this year when it spiked approximately 10,000% in a few weeks.
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Bitcoin Price Skyrockets as Senate Hearing Concludes
Bitcoin surpasses Western Union in daily transaction volume as the price reaches a new all time high.
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Sinister New Site 'Assassination Market' Enables Users to Contribute Bitcoins for Murder of US Officials
An anonymous Assassination Market has recently launched with six targets submitted, with bitcoin donations.
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Bitcoin exchange BTC China experiences all-time price high
Chinese bitcoin exchange BTC China hit its all-time high at the weekend, trading bitcoin at ¥1,978 each.
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Canada Revenue Agency says tax rules apply to bitcoin
The Canada Revenue Agency has issued an official release on how to treat bitcoin for taxation purposes.
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The Netherlands' biggest food delivery network now accepts bitcoin
Holland's 10th biggest online retailer has just announced it is now accepting payment in bitcoins.
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Is bitcoin broken? Gavin Andresen responds to mining vulnerability paper
Gavin Andresen today formally addressed the recent paper titled 'Majority is not enough: bitcoin mining vulnerable'.
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Hackers steal $1.2 Million of bitcoins from Inputs.io, a supposedly secure wallet service
Approximately $1.2m worth of bitcoin have been stolen from a wallet service intended to be high-security.
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Bitcoin mining network vulnerability 'not a big deal'
A paper released yesterday suggested a major bitcoin vulnerability, but has been quick to draw dismissal from developers.
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