New Bitcoin Foundation aims to bring legitimacy to digital currency

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A new foundation will seek to rally support for Bitcoin, aiming to overcome the challenges faced by the digital currency and boost its use in the long run. Peter Vessenes, the entrepreneur behind the CoinLab incubator in Seattle, is the executive director of the newly launched Bitcoin Foundation. “My hope is that the Bitcoin Foundation… Read More…

CoinLab: New center for Bitcoin projects in Seattle

Peter Vessenes and Mike Koss

A group of Seattle entrepreneurs is forging ahead into the uncertain and intriguing world of Bitcoin with a new center for incubating projects and potential businesses involving the digital currency. Called CoinLab, it’s the creation of Peter Vessenes, Mike Koss and Tihan Seale, housed inside the StartPad co-working space that Koss oversees in downtown Seattle…. Read More…

Bitcoin: Tech vets explore potential of digital currency, try to avoid pitfalls

Peter Vessenes and Mike Koss (Erynn Rose photo)

Seattle tech startup entrepreneurs Mike Koss and Peter Vessenes joined us on the latest GeekWire radio show and podcast to talk about Bitcoin, the digital currency that has been getting lots of attention lately, good and bad. Koss and Vessenes have been exploring the world of Bitcoin and  thinking about starting a Bitcoin-related development center… Read More…