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UK Court Awards Default Judgment In Bitcoin Copyright Infringement Claim

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Monday, June 28, 2021
Articles, File sharing, Cypherpunks, Satoshi Nakamoto, Cryptocurrencies, Intangible assets, Intellectual property law, Copyright law of the United States, Copyright infringement, Nakamoto, Copyright, Bitcoin

LONDON, June 28, 2021 /PRNewswire/ -- London's High Court today granted ONTIER LLP client and Bitcoin creator, Dr Craig Wright, default judgment in his copyright infringement action against 'Cbra', the pseudonymous operator and publisher of the bitcoin.org website.

Key Points: 
  • LONDON, June 28, 2021 /PRNewswire/ -- London's High Court today granted ONTIER LLP client and Bitcoin creator, Dr Craig Wright, default judgment in his copyright infringement action against 'Cbra', the pseudonymous operator and publisher of the bitcoin.org website.
  • Dr Wright owns the copyright to the White Paper, which he authored and first released in October 2008 under the now-famous moniker 'Satoshi Nakamoto'.
  • ONTIER, on Dr Wright's behalf, had previously written to 'Cbra', informing them that they were infringing Dr Wright's copyright and requesting that they remove the White Paper from the website.
  • The Court also ordered that there be an inquiry as to damages caused by the Defendant's infringement of Dr Wright's copyright in the UK and that 'Cbra' makes an interim payment on account of Dr Wright's cost of the proceedings.

UK Court Awards Default Judgment In Bitcoin Copyright Infringement Claim

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Monday, June 28, 2021
Articles, File sharing, Cypherpunks, Satoshi Nakamoto, Cryptocurrencies, Intangible assets, Intellectual property law, Copyright law of the United States, Copyright infringement, Nakamoto, Copyright, Bitcoin

LONDON, June 28, 2021 /PRNewswire/ -- London's High Court today granted ONTIER LLP client and Bitcoin creator, Dr Craig Wright, default judgment in his copyright infringement action against 'Cbra', the pseudonymous operator and publisher of the bitcoin.org website.

Key Points: 
  • LONDON, June 28, 2021 /PRNewswire/ -- London's High Court today granted ONTIER LLP client and Bitcoin creator, Dr Craig Wright, default judgment in his copyright infringement action against 'Cbra', the pseudonymous operator and publisher of the bitcoin.org website.
  • Dr Wright owns the copyright to the White Paper, which he authored and first released in October 2008 under the now-famous moniker 'Satoshi Nakamoto'.
  • ONTIER, on Dr Wright's behalf, had previously written to 'Cbra', informing them that they were infringing Dr Wright's copyright and requesting that they remove the White Paper from the website.
  • The Court also ordered that there be an inquiry as to damages caused by the Defendant's infringement of Dr Wright's copyright in the UK and that 'Cbra' makes an interim payment on account of Dr Wright's cost of the proceedings.

Integrated Ventures Launches Chia Mining - An Environmentally Friendly Bitcoin Alternative

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Wednesday, May 26, 2021
Cryptocurrencies, Articles, BitTorrent, Decentralization, Technology, Cryptography, Bitcoin, Bram Cohen, Cypherpunks, Litecoin, Blockchain, Block chain

PHILADELPHIA, May 26, 2021 /PRNewswire/ -- Integrated Ventures Inc. (OTCQB:INTV), ("Company") is pleased to announce a purchase order with NGD Systems, Inc, for custom designed Chia 2U Mining Server.

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  • PHILADELPHIA, May 26, 2021 /PRNewswire/ -- Integrated Ventures Inc. (OTCQB:INTV), ("Company") is pleased to announce a purchase order with NGD Systems, Inc, for custom designed Chia 2U Mining Server.
  • INTV is currently mining the following cryptocurrencies: Bitcoin, Etherium, Litecoin and Zcash.
  • The Chia network is powered by energy efficient blockchain with less damage to the environment.
  • Specifications for the sample Chia Mining Server:
    Chia was created by BitTorrent inventor Bram Cohen.

The9 Signed Chia Cryptocurrency Mining Machine Purchase and Cloud Service Leasing Agreements

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Friday, May 14, 2021
BitTorrent, Cryptography, Cryptocurrencies, Payment systems, Digital currencies, Bram Cohen, Cypherpunks, Bitcoin, The9

b'SHANGHAI, May 14, 2021 /PRNewswire/ -- The9 Limited (Nasdaq: NCTY) ("The9"), an established Internet company, today announced that it signedthree Chia (XCH) cryptocurrency mining machine purchase and cloud service leasing agreements with three unrelated vendors, with the total contract sum of more than US$5.7 million.

Key Points: 
  • b'SHANGHAI, May 14, 2021 /PRNewswire/ -- The9 Limited (Nasdaq: NCTY) ("The9"), an established Internet company, today announced that it signedthree Chia (XCH) cryptocurrency mining machine purchase and cloud service leasing agreements with three unrelated vendors, with the total contract sum of more than US$5.7 million.
  • Upon the executions of these agreements, The9 is going to obtain approximately 130 Pebibytes Netspace, and to join the ecological construction of Chia cryptocurrency, also known as the "Green Bitcoin Alternative".
  • Chia is the third type of cryptocurrency mining implemented by The9.\nChia was created by Bram Cohen, the inventor of BitTorrent and a network protocol engineer.
  • The9 plans to seek for more innovative and high return cryptocurrency mining targets.\nThe9 Limited (The9) is an Internet company based in China listed on Nasdaq in 2004.

Blockstream Purchase $25M of Bitcoin Mining Hardware from MicroBT

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Thursday, January 28, 2021
Payment systems, Cryptocurrencies, Concurrent computing, Computing, Digital currencies, Cypherpunks, Blockstream, Bitcoin, Adam Back, Colocation centre

VICTORIA, British Columbia, Jan. 28, 2021 /PRNewswire-PRWeb/ -- Bitcoin infrastructure startup Blockstream has today announced a US$25 million purchase of WhatsMiner Bitcoin miners from Shenzhen-based MicroBT, the world's leading manufacturer of Bitcoin mining equipment.

Key Points: 
  • VICTORIA, British Columbia, Jan. 28, 2021 /PRNewswire-PRWeb/ -- Bitcoin infrastructure startup Blockstream has today announced a US$25 million purchase of WhatsMiner Bitcoin miners from Shenzhen-based MicroBT, the world's leading manufacturer of Bitcoin mining equipment.
  • "The WhatsMiner purchase cements Blockstream Mining's position as one of the largest Bitcoin mining operations in North America," said Adam Back, CEO of Blockstream.
  • Blockstream Mining provides enterprise-class mining facilities for the colocation of Bitcoin mining operations.
  • Blockstream Mining provides Bitcoin mining equipment colocation in purpose-built data centers designed to meet the needs of institutional and enterprise customers.

Renowned Security Technologist Bruce Schneier to Keynote (ISC)² Security Congress

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Monday, August 31, 2020
Cypherpunks, Bruce Schneier, Schneier, Click Here to Kill Everybody, Bruce, Cryptography, Computer security

CLEARWATER, Fla., Aug. 31, 2020 /PRNewswire/ -- (ISC) the world's largest nonprofit association of certified cybersecurity professionals, today announced best-selling author and renowned "security guru" Bruce Schneier will give the opening keynote at its tenth annual Security Congress held virtually from November 16-18, 2020.

Key Points: 
  • CLEARWATER, Fla., Aug. 31, 2020 /PRNewswire/ -- (ISC) the world's largest nonprofit association of certified cybersecurity professionals, today announced best-selling author and renowned "security guru" Bruce Schneier will give the opening keynote at its tenth annual Security Congress held virtually from November 16-18, 2020.
  • In particular, he will discuss the ethics of data privacy and security.
  • Who: Bruce Schneier is an internationally renowned security technologist and best-selling author of over a dozen books including his latest, Click Here to Kill Everybody, exploring the risks and implications of our new hyper-connected era.
  • With a readership of over 250,000, Schneier also publishes a free monthly newsletter, Crypto-Gram and blog, Schneier on Security, explaining, debunking and drawing lessons from security stories that make the news.

Black Hat USA 2020 Announces Keynote Lineup Featuring Election Security and Disinformation Experts

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Wednesday, July 15, 2020
Cypherpunks, Matt Blaze, Hacking, Black Hat Briefings, McDevitt, Georgetown University, Black hat, Computer security, Cryptography

SAN FRANCISCO, July 15, 2020 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Black Hat, the worlds leading producer of information security events, announces that Matt Blaze, McDevitt Chair in Computer Science and Law at Georgetown University, and Rene DiResta, Research Manager at Stanford Internet Observatory, will keynote Black Hat USA 2020, taking place virtually August 1st-6th.

Key Points: 
  • SAN FRANCISCO, July 15, 2020 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Black Hat, the worlds leading producer of information security events, announces that Matt Blaze, McDevitt Chair in Computer Science and Law at Georgetown University, and Rene DiResta, Research Manager at Stanford Internet Observatory, will keynote Black Hat USA 2020, taking place virtually August 1st-6th.
  • Matt Blaze will present on August 5th to discuss election security and Rene DiResta will kick off August 6th to explore the potential impacts of disinformation campaigns on the upcoming 2020 election.
  • Black Hat USA 2020 keynote lineup:
    Blaze holds the McDevitt Chair in Computer Science and Law at Georgetown University.
  • For more than 20 years, Black Hat has provided attendees with the very latest in information security research, development, and trends.

Lumu to Host “Illumination Summit” on July 16th with Monica Puig, Lane Bess and Bruce Schneier

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Tuesday, July 7, 2020
Bruce Schneier, Cypherpunks, Schneier, Internet privacy, Cryptography, Computer law

The Illumination Summit will also feature a presentation by internationally renowned security technologist and best-selling author Bruce Schneier who will be giving a presentation on The False Sense of Security.

Key Points: 
  • The Illumination Summit will also feature a presentation by internationally renowned security technologist and best-selling author Bruce Schneier who will be giving a presentation on The False Sense of Security.
  • In Lumu's Illumination Summit, I will talk about the need for prevention, detection and response -- and discuss how all of those working in concert can result in resilience."
  • When people want to understand the vulnerabilities of our increasingly digital world, and how to protect their privacy within it, they turn to Bruce Schneier.
  • Learn more about how Lumu illuminates network blindspots at www.lumu.io.

New Research Suggests Bitcoin Founder Satoshi Nakamoto Created Monero

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Wednesday, April 1, 2020
Cryptocurrencies, Digital currencies, Bitcoin, Cypherpunks, Pseudonyms, Satoshi Nakamoto, Humans, Monero, Nakamoto, Satoshi, Articles, Money

Today, as a new financial crisis threatens, historical research and textual analysis indicate Satoshi Nakamoto and Nicolas van Saberhagen may have been the same person or group.

Key Points: 
  • Today, as a new financial crisis threatens, historical research and textual analysis indicate Satoshi Nakamoto and Nicolas van Saberhagen may have been the same person or group.
  • He, she, or they are largely defined through the document "Bitcoin: A Peer-to-Peer Electronic Cash System," called the Bitcoin Whitepaper.
  • "I will, though, say with confidence that if Satoshi Nakamoto is Nicolas van Saberhagen, Monero was Satoshi's greatest work."
  • Monero Outreach is a semi-autonomous workgroup, separate from Monero's Core Team, focused on Monero public relations, education, and marketing.

Bitcoin SV Wallets Collaborate to Bring Peer-to-peer Transactions Back to Bitcoin

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Monday, March 30, 2020
Cryptocurrencies, Free software, Digital currencies, Cypherpunks, Bitcoin, Satoshi Nakamoto, Computing, Articles, Draft:Bitcoin SV, Bitcoin Core

LONDON, March 30, 2020 /PRNewswire/ -- HandCash and Money Button two leading wallets in the Bitcoin SV ecosystem are collaborating to bring back true "peer-to-peer" transactions for Bitcoin, the way Bitcoin's creator Satoshi Nakamoto intended.

Key Points: 
  • LONDON, March 30, 2020 /PRNewswire/ -- HandCash and Money Button two leading wallets in the Bitcoin SV ecosystem are collaborating to bring back true "peer-to-peer" transactions for Bitcoin, the way Bitcoin's creator Satoshi Nakamoto intended.
  • HandCash and Money Button will now send signed BSV transactions to each other directly, without third parties involved, restoring the true Satoshi Vision for Bitcoin.
  • The Paymail protocol (announced for Bitcoin SV in May 2019) brings back true peer-to-peer transactions.
  • A call to the Bitcoin SV ecosystem:HandCash and Money Button have agreed to launch this change on their wallets in order to quickly demonstrate the original peer-to-peer design of Bitcoin.