Lamassu Releases Open Source Software For Their Bitcoin ATM Network

New Hampsire-based Lamassu — the manufacturer of one of the leading bitcoin ATMs available today — has announced the release of something they are calling Rakía, a brand-spanking-new open source back-end system that will redefine how the company’s network of ATMs in use around the world are utilized by customers.

Operators of the Lamassu devices — which presently allow consumers to buy butcoin with fiat currency in a matter of seconds — will be independent nodes, and won’t have to rely on a centralized service. According to Lamassu, these operators will have complete control over setting pricing, commission fees, and background trading operations. On top of that, operators will potentially be able to accommodate integration with “any relevant Bitcoin service or software.”

The software can be view on GitHub here.

When using Lamassu’s Santo Tirso stand, these devices can be transformed into two-way ATMs, allowing the end user to buy bitcoin with fiat and also sell bitcoin in exchange for local currency.

Read more: Lamassu Announces a Modular Two-Way Bitcoin ATM System

That’s really where the beauty of Rakía comes in. The company says:

One use case of the Rakía platform would be to have a two-way Lamassu machine in two international airport hubs. Another, remittance between developed and developing nations. A third: a bankless-ATM.

“It’s important to note that we don’t plan to be the next Western Union, Moneygram or Travelex,” said Lamassu CEO Zach Harvey. “We want to create a platform for thousands of small businesses to compete against these legacy financial institutions, and against each other. These are markets in dire need of fierce competition to bring down transfer and exchange fees.”

Because Rakía is open source, developers will be able to make tools that can make these machines even more useful, and Lamassu adds they too will continue to expand functionality as time progresses.

“This is an evolution of the Bitcoin ATM format. We’ve already spoken to several key Bitcoin businesses that are excited about integrating their services with our new Rakía platform,” Harvey added. “What this means for our operators is that their machines are about to graduate from Bitcoin ATMs to full-fledged Bitcoin portals, granting users effortless access to remittance, cash exchange, cash withdrawal and bill-payment services.”

Rakía will be demonstrated live at CoinSummit in London from July 10th-11th.

BBB: Businesses Hit By “Bitcoin Extortion” Scheme Safe From Bad Ratings

Remember those extortion letters a number of businesses began receiving a few weeks ago? The Better Business Bureau has come out to say “don’t worry” about the whole thing.

And just in case you’re not briefed on the matter, a number of business owners received letters with an explicit threat: pay up or horrible things will happen to your business.

The blackmail letters read:

You business, BUSINESS NAME, has been targeted for extortion. The selection process is random, and was not triggered by any event under your control.

Should you fail to pay the one-time monetary tribute, by the deadline provided below, your business will be severely and irreparably damaged.

The letter threatened business owners that they could receive harassing telephone calls, vandalism, mercury contamination, false reports of tax evasion, money laundering, health code violations, and even methamphetamine production if they didn’t pay one bitcoin to an address specified on the letter.

This letter was received by Neapolitan Pizzaria in New Hampsire. Via: Krebs on Security

One other threat provided was complaints to the Better Business Bureau, an agency that keeps records of complaints toward businesses with the end goal of having those complaints resolved. Often times, consumers will consult a business’s rating with the Better Business Bureau before giving them their business, and as such, a bad rating could mean less business.

“It’s a bit flattering that the extortionists singled out BBB, but their threat is completely worthless,” Mary E. Power, president and CEO of the Council of Better Business Bureaus. “The first thing BBB does when we get a complaint is share it with the business and verify that the complainant is a real customer. If they are a customer, we help the business and the consumer work it out. If they are not a customer, we don’t accept the complaint and it has no bearing at all on the business’s BBB rating.”

The extortion letters also threaten to leave businesses who don’t pay with negative online reviews.

“BBB also scrutinizes customer reviews,” said Power. “BBB doesn’t publish reviews until we have verified the reviewer. Businesses should feel assured that these extortionists will not be able to make good on their threats involving BBB complaints or reviews.”

Cases in which these extortion letters have been distributed are minimal, but businesses can take comfort in knowing they are at least protected on one front if they become an unlucky recipient.

Central Bank of Ireland Official Considers Bitcoin’s Impact on Traditional Finance

A Central Bank of Ireland official is raising questions about the potential impact of bitcoin on the traditional finance sector, Irish news outlet RTÉ reports.

Gareth Murphy, Director of Markets Supervision at the Central Bank, made the comments during the Bitfin 2014 conference taking place in Dublin Thursday, noting that currencies that compete with the Irish legal tender are capable of creating challenges: specifically, the “central banks’ ability to influence the price of credit for the whole economy.”

The official reported added that the country’s finances could be threatened if an increasing amount of transactions are carried out via these non-legal tender currencies, such as bitcoin, as there is the possibility of easily avoiding taxation.

Murphy included in his statements that a decrease in consumer confidence in traditional finance (which is often a talking point highlighted when bitcoin is spoken about) could cause a drop in economic activity, though the statement seems to be taking things to the extreme.

In other words: bitcoin is a challenge because we have no control over it.

Of course, that’s the point, but you probably would have expected a banker to say such a thing anyway.

Still, Murphy says that those who turn to alternative currencies aren’t able to enjoy consumer protections available via current means, which refers to bank balances being insured to a certain level if a bank goes belly-up.

Just because digital currency isn’t in the direct control of the Central Bank doesn’t mean they aren’t keeping their eyes on it, however. It would be silly to imagine they weren’t. But according to Murphy, supervising digital currency requires resources, and whether or not the Central Bank will allocate them is unclear.

Overstock CEO Aims to Give Special Deals to Vendors Who’ll Accept Bitcoin

Some interesting comments coming from Overstock.com CEO Patrick Byrne, as pointed out by CoinDesk. The e-retailer’s head honcho took to a podcast at the Porcupine Freedom Festival recently and made statements that anyone in the community would be proud of:

“We’re going to start giving sort of special deals to the vendors who want to be paid in bitcoin,” he said.

That is to say, the company is looking to work more closely with businesses that deal with bitcoin. Why? Because Patrick Byrne himself is a huge fan of digital currency. In an interview with me last year, Byrne reiterated that bitcoin “is good money” for a number of reasons, including the fact that more of it can’t be created with the stroke of a pen.

Overstock has established itself as a prime example of how a bitcoin-accepting business should operate. They’ve made it clear through their actions that they aren’t accepting bitcoin for PR reasons, but because the boss is a believer. Moreover, instead of simply converting all bitcoin holdings to dollars, the company is holding ten percent of bitcoin revenues as just that, bitcoin.

Even recently, Byrne announced that his company was poised to begin donating three percent of bitcoin sales revenues to support cryptocurrency adoption.

If that wasn’t enough, he announced earlier this year that he’s gone out and purchased several million dollars worth of the digital currency as a personal investment.

How’s that for committed?

Class-Action Law Firm Berns Weiss Launches ‘Digital Money Practice Group’

A nationally recognized class-action law firm, Berns Weiss LLP, has announced something they are calling the ‘Digital Money Practice Group’, an endeavor that seeks to helping the crypto-currency community in developing “beneficial products” for the use of consumers in financial transactions.

Berns Weiss says this Digital Money Practice Group will be working with consumer protection agencies in order to create safeguards for consumers in this particular sector.

“After having seen the destruction the current financial system has caused on good hard working Americans, I firmly believe that Digital Money is going to be the manner in which we stop allowing our interests to come second to that of the financial industry,” said Berns Weiss Managing Partner, Jeffrey Berns.

“Digital money is something that Progressives, Democrats, Independents, Republicans and Conservatives can all support. Digital money is more efficient than the current system, because it eliminates barriers and reduces waste, allowing vendors both small and large to save 2-3% a year in transaction costs, which means they can lower the costs of the products we purchase, give their employees a raise, or provide additional returns to their stock holders.”

Both Jeffrey Berns and his partner Lee Weiss are said to be well-known for filing claims against financial institutions on behalf of consumers. Together, they have collected over two billion dollars in relief for their clients in these actions during their professional careers.

“While working to ensure that regulators police entities that take advantage of consumers using digital money, the Digital Money Practice Group at Berns Weiss is also prepared to file class-action lawsuits against entities who are allegedly mishandling consumer’s digital money,” Lee Weiss added.

The formation of this group comes during a time where the crypto-currency industry is very much still on it’s own, so to speak. It’s not quite a wild west, but there also aren’t a lot of rules on the books to protect consumers from the questionable actions of companies who operate in the space.

Many users in the crypto-currency community are well familiar with the mishandling of their digital money. From the collapse of the Mt. Gox exchange to the exorbitant delays at Butterfly Labs, most everyone can agree there’s still a lot of work to do.

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به نقل از اکونومیست، سکه بیت ، اولین وجه نقد دیجیتالی دنیا در سال 2009 است که توسط شخصی مرموز (یا اشخاصی) با نام مستعار ساتوشی ناکوموتو به کار گرفته شد. در اخبار این هفته اعلام شد که ارزش هر واحد سکه بیت که در ابتدای ماه فوریه تنها 20 دلار بود، ناگهان رکورد شکست  به 250 دلار رسید، و این افزایش پیش از آن بود که سقوط کرده و ارزش آن در 11 آوریل به 150 دلار کاهش بیابد. حال سکه بیت دقیقا چیست و چه می کند؟
برخلاف پول های رایج که توسط بانک های مرکزی منتشر می شوند، سکه بیت هیچ مرکز رسمی ای برای پولش ندارد. در عوض توسط یک شبکه کامپیوتری نظیر به نظیری پشتیبانی می شود که از رایانه های کاربرانش استفاده می کند. مانند آن دسته از شبکه هایی که از بیت تورنت (یک سیستم اشتراک فایل) ، اسکایپ، یا یک سرویس صوتی، تصویری یا چت پشتیبانی می کنند. سکه های بیت به طور ریاضی وار تولید می شوند و طی زمان تولید آنها دشوارتر خواهد شد و مجموع سکه هایی که ممکن است در سطح دنیا «استخراج» شود در حدود 21 میلیون سکه ثابت خواهد ماند. از این طریق راهی باقی نخواهد ماند که مثل ارزهای رایج دنیا یک بانک مرکزی با سرازیر کردن مقدار زیادی از سکه های بیت به بازار از ارزش آن سکهها که هم اکنون در بازار وجود دارند بکاهد.
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