Showing posts with label security. Show all posts
Showing posts with label security. Show all posts

Friday, May 30, 2014

The Case for Bitcoin at the World Series of Poker

Won't fit a suitcase, will fit a BTC wallet (photo: Joe Giron/WSOP)
Each year at this time, thousands of poker enthusiasts descend upon the Las Vegas Valley  to participate in the storied World Series of Poker (WSOP), often bringing with them untold sums of cash in order to participate. The buy-ins to these events scale up from the $500 Casino Employees Event to the uber-high roller $1,000,000 Big One for One Drop. Even just for the limitless cash games running alongside the WSOP, the cash on hand with players boggles the mind.

So it comes as little surprise that reports came on the first day of the Series that players at the Rio have had their hotel rooms robbed of cash and valuables. While hotel theft of valuables is an issue across the hospitality industry, the loss of large sums of cash can be directly avoided by poker players at the Series if the WSOP high command would do one, little thing...

Adopt bitcoin. 

Wednesday, January 22, 2014

Briefly Bitcoin - 1/22/14: Vegas (baby), Seattle Seahawks & more

Your select guide of bitcoin interest since the last time I posted this

* For whatever reason, industries like entertainment tend to be on the cutting edge of technology. So it should be no surprise that two Las Vegas casinos now accept bitcoin. While you won't be able to scan a QR code to play craps just yet, you can buy some nifty things at the gift shop or pay for you room right now. This also proves that if you ask for bitcoin, it will come!


* One day, announcements like this will be ordinary, but looks like Toronto has its first bitcoin ATM.


* For the truly paranoid, er, security conscious, ConcealBitcoin.com can show you how to hide your bitcoin wallet.dat file inside an image.


* My hometown Seattle Seahawks now accept bitcoin. As if getting to the SuperBowl weren't good enough news! #GoHawks!


Got anything cool and bitcoin-y to share? Leave it in the comments below or email me at blacksinbitcoin@gmail.com!