All Things Alt: The MintPal Fallout, Viacoin’s Big Haul and an Altcoin for Kids

With the summer (or winter, depending on where you are) nearly half over, there’s been seemingly no end to the exciting times in the world of alt.

8 Million Vericoin Hack Prompts Hard Fork to Recover Funds

Digital currency exchange platform MintPal has suffered a successful hack attack that resulted in the loss millions of vericoins from its hot wallet.

Expresscoin Raises $150,000 in Funding from Bitcoin Shop

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Digital currency-only online retail outlet Bitcoin Shop has announced a $150,000 investment in cryptocurrency-buying service expresscoin.

Facebook Breaks Up Cryptocurrency Mining Botnet Lecpetex

Facebook has successfully dismantled a major bitcoin botnet operated by a small team of cyber criminals based in Greece.

How Does Cloud Mining Bitcoin Work

If you want to invest in bitcoin mining without the hassle of managing your own hardware, there is an alternative. You can use the cloud to earn your coins

Put very simply, cloud mining means using (generally) shared processing power run from remote data centres. One only needs a home computer for communications, optional local bitcoin wallets and so on

How to Make a Paper Bitcoin Wallet

One of the most popular options for keeping your bitcoins safe is something called a paper wallet. Here we explain how to transfer all those digital coins into a physical paper form using just a printer.