Only a few days after bitcoin officially became a method of paymentin Japan on April 1 two major Japanese retailers have partnered with Japanese bitcoin exchanges to start accepting the digital currency for payments

The world of Bitcoin ransomware has gotten a lot more creepy now that security researchers have announced it is all but impossible to crack the encryption used by the latest strain of TeslaCrypt Keeping in mind how this Bitcoin ransomware is being spread by infected and networks on the main media outlet websites there is an alarmingly high possibility of infection and no way to do anything about it but paying the ransom fee TeslaCrypt 301 is one type of Bitcoin ransomware that nobody wants to deal with right now

A primary attraction of decentralized cryptocurrencies is that theyre censorshipresistant The more centralized a coin is the easier it is for its supply to be controlled But theres another problem with overlycentralized cryptocurrencies such as ripple they risk being classified as a security which brings all kinds of problems

Only a few days after bitcoin officially became a method of paymentin Japan on April 1 two major Japanese retailers have partnered with Japanese bitcoin exchanges to start accepting the digital currency for payments