December 31st, 2007
3rd Runner Up:
Liberty Dollar Sues US Government and Gets Raided
A company based in Evansville, Indiana, Liberty Dollar has been in operation since 1998 with its currency backed by precious metals like gold, silver, platinum and copper. In 2006, The Justice Department prosecutors has determined that using Liberty Dollar as circulating currency is a Federal crime.
Bernard […]
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December 29th, 2007
Hey ho hey ho! It’s time to sit down and look back on the big news and happenings in the Digital Currencies World of 2007. Here are your nominees for the awards!
*Munches popcorn and sips coke
Tags: Amazon, Amazonpayment, c-gold, WebMoney, WMG
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By Benson -- 3 comments
December 29th, 2007
Just in case you’re worried about not being able to access E-gold’s site, here’s an update from them stating on their intentions for a scheduled maintenance.
Please note that the e-gold website will be offline as described below. Times provided are estimates only - actual downtime duration may be slightly shorter or longer.
Scheduled Maintenance
Begins: Tuesday, January […]
By Benson -- 0 comments
December 25th, 2007
Many times I’ve seen people asking in HYIP related forums on whether they could fund their digital gold currencies (DGCs) like E-gold or E-bullion with Paypal, since they want to save the hassle of going through their exchanger.
From my understanding, people just want to just use their credit card to fund the DGC accounts but […]
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December 23rd, 2007
Just gotten a usual phishing spam email coming through my mailbox with ‘Paypal’ asking me to login.
Notice the URL isn’t going to bring you to Paypal?
General Advice on Phishing Emails
First of all, if you haven’t used the email that the ‘Paypal’ notification that came in, you are relatively safe. It makes perfect sense to you […]
By Benson -- 0 comments
December 19th, 2007
Remember FriendlyPay?
Months back, Mark conducted an interview with Timothy Thomas and James Holland. It was suppose to be a digital currency established in 2003 and had great track records with businesses on the low fees as well as their unique escrow function which allows consumers and merchants to transact with greater peace of mind.
In August […]
By Benson -- 12 comments
December 19th, 2007
As we ponder and wait for the indictment of E-gold to unfold, I begin to wonder what will become of our E-gold accounts which has served us loyally for the past 10 years (at least 5 for me for different online purchases and services)
By and large, most of the exchangers have stopped dealing with E-gold […]
By Benson -- 2 comments
December 17th, 2007
I’ve just asked B5 to install this good looking poll and would like everyone who uses digital currency to participate. If you could leave a reason why that particular digital currency is your favorite, I’d like to hear!
Which is your favorite Digital Currency
Paypal
E-gold
E-bullion
Liberty Reserve
Web Money
Gold Money
Money Bookers
Pecunix
C-gold
Add an Answer
View Results
*Places my own vote in
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By Benson -- 5 comments
December 12th, 2007
Uh uh, so this is what Mark has been busy with!
The first issue of his own DGC Magazine is out, you should really check out the cool online magazine and the content rich publication. Some of the articles might be familiar to you if you’re always following his articles previously in Digital Money World.
Check it […]
By Benson -- 9 comments
December 11th, 2007
Not that I’m a particular fan of GDCA, but they’ve issued a warning on Netpay, another e-currency which I’ve heard of it’s existence when DXGold evolved.
After multiple complaints from customers, exchangers and GDCA members, and lack of reply from NetPay, we suspended their membership. As at least three cases involve substantial amounts we are also […]
By Benson -- 4 comments
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