Comments Sign up for free to join this conversation on GitHub.Sign in to comment You signed in with another tab or window.Reload to refresh your session.You signed out in another tab or window.Bitcoinx » News » BTChip releases new smartcard-based USB bitcoin wallet BTChip releases new smartcard-based USB bitcoin wallet It sounds like an offline cryptocurrency user’s dream device: A multi-signature enabled, smartcard-based, USB connected hardware wallet able to native support both bitcoin and altcoin wallets.It’s as thin as a credit card, and roughly the size of a house key.And for €20 (roughly $25), it can be yours.The new joint venture from BTChip and GreenAddress is called the HW.1, and it offers a range of features from a developer API to customizable form factors and visual designs.Speaking to CoinDesk, GreenAddress co-founder Lawrence Nahum said that the HW.1 brings together “the best of two worlds,” and added that he expects “a lot of people to be using them” in the near future.

By having a small, secure bitcoin wallet on hand, Nahum explained, “they can bring their wallet with them at all times as it fits a legacy wallet.” The system is aimed at a very broad user base, working with both a native Chrome app (available for Windows, Mac OS X, Android and Linux) or dedicated Android app, and enabled for both full and micro-USB ports (via OTG adapter).Nahum told CoinDesk that the testing is ongoing, and noted that full functionality has been verified on a range of popular mobile devices, including the Samsung Galaxy line, the Nexus 5 and most Android 4.x devices.dao bitcoin mien phiThe HW.1 also has full compatibility with the popular Electrum 2.0 wallet, and can be configured to use two-factor authentication via email or SMS.litecoin mining gpuThe device also includes a bit of good news for those with the pre-order jitters: The HW.1 is currently available, with a two-for-one offer for early adopters.wie entstehen bitcoin

Best CompaniesEmirates Responds to Laptop Ban by Loaning Out Microsoft Surface TabletsRachel KingEmirates responded to the recent ban on electronics in the main cabin on some of its flights with what could be a customer service coup.The Dubai-based airline announced this week that it will be loaning out Microsoft Surface tablets to First and Business Class passengers on affected nonstop U.S.-bound flights from its hub airport—for free.10 gh/s bitcoin miner buyThe tablets will have the Microsoft Office 2016 suite of software for continued productivity while in transit.xapo to bitcoinEmirates says that passengers should download their work to a personal USB drive, which can be brought into the main cabin and plugged into the loaner tablets.The tablet program complements Emirates' laptop and handling service, another free program put in place since the electronics band went into effect in March.dork sql bitcoin

Under this program—available to passengers in all cabins on U.S.-bound flights—customers can hand over laptops, tablets, or any other electronics not allowed in the main cabin for tagged check-in at the boarding gate upon departure.The devices are then handed back over to the customers upon arrival in the United States.Emirates says that nearly 8,000 passengers have used this handling service on 112 weekly nonstop flights between Dubai and U.S.bitcoin usb bootdestinations.Get Data Sheet, Fortune’s technology newsletterThe U.S.bitcoin geld schickenGovernment issued a security directive in late March, banning all personal electronics larger than a smartphone in the main cabin on flights between 10 airports in the Middle East and North Africa to certain destinations in North America.top bitcoin mining pools 2013

followed suit, although several other European countries have dissented.The Department of Homeland Security has not provided an explanation or reason for the sudden change, although there has been speculation ranging from fake iPad plots to concerns about terrorists replicating airport security screening technology.Without evidence to point to, the ban has drawn criticism.Most recently, the CEO of Qatar Airways, which has also implemented a laptop loan program in response—argued that terrorists would still be able to get around the ban just by traveling from cities not impacted by it.The electronics ban is still in place, indefinitely.Asia's 1st Public Bitcoin Vending Machine We are excited to bring Asia's 1st Public Bitcoin Vending Machine to Singapore - the fastest, safest and easiest way to get bitcoins.Hello Singapore!As Singaporeans we are excited to bring the one of the first Bitcoin Vending Machines to Singapore.We think this groundbreaking technology could flourish in Asia.

Singapore is well suited as one of the freest economies in world and Bitcoin itself brings freedom to its users.We think Bitcoin Vending machines could become an essential part of the Bitcoin infrastructure.We look forward meeting you out there in the Bitcoin community!There you can also read the Bitcoin white paper by Satoshi Nakamoto.Bitcoin uses peer-to-peer technology to operate with no central authority or banks; managing transactions and the issuing of bitcoins is carried out collectively by the network.Bitcoin is open-source; its design is public, nobody owns or controls Bitcoin and everyone can take part.Through many of its unique properties, Bitcoin allows exciting uses that could not be covered by any previous payment system.by Tyler Durden Following comments from DoubleLine's Jeff Gundlach tieing the surge in virtual currencies to the demise of China (right before that nation is downgraded), Bitcoin surged overnight, breaking above $2400 for the first time.It is now up over 150% year-to-date.

Bitcoin is up fopr the 26th day in the last 29 sessions, doubling in price in that period... Wednesday's gain comes after a bitcoin scaling agreement was reached by the Digital Currency Group, representing 56 companies in 21 countries, at the Consensus 2017 conference in New York, which reduced some of the fears surrounding the so-called 'hard fork' in Bitcoin's code.The agreement states: "We agree to immediately support the following parallel upgrades to the bitcoin protocol, which will be deployed simultaneously and based on the original Segwit2Mb proposal: "Activate Segregated Witness at an 80% threshold, signaling at bit 4 "Activate a 2 MB hard fork within six months" The announcement is the latest bit of good news for the cryptocurrency.At the beginning of April, Japan announced bitcoin had become a legal payment method in the country.Additionally, Ulmart, Russia's largest online retailer, said it would begin accepting bitcoin even though Russia had said it wouldn't explore the cryptocurrency until 2018.