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Bitcoin price surge: Laziness cost me $200,000 - news.com.au

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WTF is Bitcoin?1:18

Bitcoin is an online currency created from computer code, but how does it work and why do people use it?

November 30th 2017

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While he was clearly in a rush typing the word 'Melbourne', Jason's laziness in not following through with this question cost him a lot of money.Source:Supplied

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Bitcoin price: Has cryptocurrency peaked? - news.com.au

Bitcoin has crashed after peaking over $US11,000. Picture: Justin Tallis/AFPSource:AFP

HAS bitcoin peaked?

After a meteoric rise in value since the start of the year, the cryptocurrency smashed through first the $US8000, $US9000, $US10,000 and then briefly the $US11,000 milestones within a fortnight.

But after hitting a new all-time high of $US11,377.33 on Wednesday, bitcoin plunged by nearly 20...

Bitcoin bounties offered to catch online pirates - NewsComAu

A South African start-up is using bitcoin bounties to turn digital pirates against each other.Source:Supplied

CONTENT producers and rights holders have been waging a global war on online piracy and some are even offering "Bitcoin bounties" to get pirates to snitch on file sharers.

Australian-based rights holders have gone through the courts to have websites blocked in a bid to crackdown on...

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