Coin Congress: Interview with Kyle Drake of Coinpunk [Part 1]

Coin Congress: Interview with Kyle Drake of Coinpunk [Part 1]

In addition to our awesome interview with Shawn Wilkinson of Storj, we also had a chance to sit down and talk to Kyle Drake of Coinpunk and Project Skyhook . With this interview being pretty in-depth we\'ve split it into two different parts, so be on the look out later this week for part two which gets even better. In part one we talk to Kyle about how he began Coinpunk , the future of Bitcoin, as well as Dark Wallet . Most recently Kyle began working on BitcoinJS , a Javascript library for Bitcoin wallet applications that has been improved a lot here in the last few months. But without any further to do, be sure to check out part one of the interview by clicking the following link.

Coin Congress: Interview with Shawn Wilkinson of Storj

Coin Congress: Interview with Shawn Wilkinson of Storj

While at Coin Congress earlier this week we had a chance to meet with Shawn Wilkinson, the Founder and Owner of Storj , to chat about his new company that was recently started. Pronounced "storage", Storj aims to be the first ever decentralized cloud storage platform for users to securely and safely backup their files. Even though Storj is still in early beta stages, so far it appears to be really promising. Anyhow, be sure to read the full interview by clicking the following link.

Casual Connect: Day Two Roundup, Winners of the Indie Prize Awards

Casual Connect: Day Two Roundup, Winners of the Indie Prize Awards

After many hours of playing games, deliberation amongst the judges, and a couple hours of anticipation, the final results for the Indie Prize awards are finally in. Starting at 8PM PST yesterday, the Indie Prize Awards Ceremony kicked off and the room was full of energy and excitement. Out of nearly 100 games this year at Casual Connect, only a mere 12 walked away with an award. The awards were broken down into 10 different categories each with two nominees and one winner, the Critic\'s Choice Award, and the Audience Choice Award. So without any further to do, be sure to check out the full list below of the winners, categories and nominees by clicking the following link.

Coin Congress: Silicon Valley’s Premier Jeweler Embraces Bitcoin [Press Release]

Coin Congress: Silicon Valley’s Premier Jeweler Embraces Bitcoin [Press Release]

Stephen Silver Fine Jewelry , Silicon Valley’s premier jewelry house, has partnered with GoCoin to accept Bitcoin, Litecoin as well as Dogecoin payments at its new retail store in the luxurious Rosewood Sand Hill hotel. GoCoin is the first e-commerce payment solution designed to handle both Bitcoin and alternative crypto-currencies at checkout. Located along Sand Hill Road, home to notable venture capital firms like Draper Fisher Jurvetson, Khosla Ventures, Sequoia Capital and Andreessen Horowitz, the new 950 square-foot boutique will reflect the tech savvy of its clientele, featuring some of the finest timepieces of high class horology from Richard Mille, Audemars Piguet, HYT, Ulysse Nardin, Arnold & Son, Ressence, Laurent Ferrier, and Devon. The space will welcome guests with video walls, a state-of-the-art sound system, and innovative payment alternatives.

Stephen Silver, chairman and CEO of S.H. Silver Company shared, “We’ve operated in the Bay Area for more than three decades and most of our clients are VCs and in the technology industry, so we’ve naturally become early adopters.” He continued, “GoCoin really appealed to us because they had the foresight to process multiple cryptocurrencies from the outset, which allows us to capture a much broader customer base.”

“It’s exciting to see Silicon Valley’s de facto jewelry house so openly embrace innovation,” said Steve Beauregard, co-founder and CEO of GoCoin. “Stephen Silver Fine Jewelry already deals with portable wealth in the form of precious gems, so allowing high net-worth customers to pay with the most portable form of money was a natural extension.”

Stephen Silver Fine Jewelry has been a trusted source in the Bay Area for nearly 35 years. Since the beginning, the company has married Old World attention to detail with a cosmopolitan eye on design and fashion, producing some of the world’s finest custom-made jewelry.

Coin Congress: Chamber of Digital Commerce Press Conference [Live Blog]

Coin Congress: Chamber of Digital Commerce Press Conference [Live Blog]

With the recent news of the Chamber of Digital Commerce urging the Bitcoin industry to submit comments on New York\'s proposed BitLicense regulations, they are holding a press conference today at Coin Congress here in San Francisco. That being said, we\'ll be live blogging the entire press conference from start to finish along with some photos as well. Also, check PocketFullOfApps on Twitter for all the up to date news.

Coin Congress: Chamber of Digital Commerce Urges Industry To Submit Comments on New York’s Proposed BitLicense Regulations [Press Release]

Coin Congress: Chamber of Digital Commerce Urges Industry To Submit Comments on New York’s Proposed BitLicense Regulations [Press Release]

The newly formed Chamber of Digital Commerce finds the New York Department of Financial Services (NYDFS) proposed BitLicense rules and regulations to be severely debilitating to the digital currency industry. Despite Ben Lawsky\'s claims that these proposed regulations are intended to be guardrails to "protect consumers and root out illegal activity -- without stifling beneficial innovation" these rules could potential crush the Bitcoin industry in New York and stifle jobs, investment, and innovation. The Digital Chamber agrees that we need guardrails in these areas, but these proposed regulations are onerous and in many cases simply misplaced, potentially seriously injuring legitimate applications of this valuable emerging area.

“One egregious aspect is that the NYDFS is only giving 45 days to comment, which is severely inadequate to proposed regulations of this scope” said Perianne Boring, President of the Digital Chamber.

The Digital Chamber is calling on the Bitcoin community to submit comments to the NYDFS. Instructions on how to submit comments can be found on the NYDFS website. Earlier this week the digital currency and digital asset communities came together to form the industry’s first trade association, the Chamber of Digital Commerce. Opening its doors this week in the nation’s capital and officially announced at the National Bitcoin Conference in Chicago, the "Digital Chamber" will promote among lawmakers, regulators, policy makers and the public the industry’s goals and its potential to innovate global finance for the benefit of society.

Coin Congress: ZipZap Expands in Europe [Press Release]

Coin Congress: ZipZap Expands in Europe [Press Release]

ZipZap , one of the most well known cash transaction networks, has announced their European expansion, offering 34 countries across Europe opportunities to use cash to purchase Bitcoin and other digital currencies. The company has developed strategic partnerships across Europe to provide free sign up, free wallet and free deposits. So, starting today European consumers can purchase digital currencies and pay bills for their relatives or friends in other countries. Following a recent partnership with PayZone in the UK, ZipZap is now accepting both cash and bank transfers from networks such as iDeal, MisterCash, SOFORT, SEPA, GiroPay and many more payment options across Europe.

"ZipZap has a commitment to simplify and democratize payments worldwide," said Simon Nahnybida, SVP business development for ZipZap. "We are now enabling more consumers with the power to easily, safely and securely buy digital currencies at affordable prices using multiple payment options".

"The benefit to consumers is that they will get the best prices while conveniently paying with their preferred method of payment,” added Nahnybida."

In other news, ZipZap recently announced their expansion in Latin America, providing true global payment solutions for Bitcoin and Digital Currencies. Consumers can register online, select the amount they wish to buy and the payment option (cash, bank to bank transfer, or wire transfer). Upon receipt of payment, ZipZap will process the order with one of their exchange partners that offer the best price. At the time of this writing, one Bitcoin is currently hovering around the low $600 area.

Coin Congress: IdentityMind Global Receives Safe Harbor Certification and More for Cryptocurrencies [Press Release]

Coin Congress: IdentityMind Global Receives Safe Harbor Certification and More for Cryptocurrencies [Press Release]

IdentityMind Global, a provider of risk management and payment solutions, have recently announced the international expansion of their Anti-Money Laundering (AML) solution for Bitcoin and other cryptocurrencies, including their low-cost IGNITE program for Bitcoin startup companies. With the newly awarded European Union Safe Harbor certification, the AML solution can receive and store user information, expanding […]

We’ll be at Casual Connect USA and Coin Congress in San Francisco this Week, Don’t Miss Out!

We’ll be at Casual Connect USA and Coin Congress in San Francisco this Week, Don’t Miss Out!

With only a couple days to go until the start of Casual Connect USA and Coin Congress in our favorite city -- San Francisco -- we wanted to give you folks one last reminder that we\'ll be at these two events. If you\'d like to meet up for lunch or coffee, do an interview to be featured here on PocketFullOfApps, just want to say hi, or about anything else, be sure to drop us a line or get in touch through Twitter. While we\'re at these two events you can safely expect to see photos, coverage during the conferences, some live blogs, as well as plenty of post-event coverage. In addition, you can find PocketFullOfApps at Casual Connect USA\'s post-event parties as well as the Indie Prize Awards Ceremony at the San Francisco City Hall on July 23rd from 8PM PST to 9PM PST. See you there!

PocketFullOfApps Celebrates its 5th Anniversary, Heading to Casual Connect USA and Coin Congress in San Francisco

PocketFullOfApps Celebrates its 5th Anniversary, Heading to Casual Connect USA and Coin Congress in San Francisco

Well folks, today may seem like a normal, average Wednesday afternoon, however, for us it means something pretty exciting and special. As mentioned in the title of this post, today marks the 5th anniversary of PocketFullOfApps and we\'re ecstatic that we\'ve made it this far. Rewinding to five years ago on this very day, PocketFullOfApps was a really small website that only averaged 100 page views a day, if were that lucky. Now on average we see anywhere from 20,000 to 30,000 page views a day and average almost 150,000 unique visits every month. Sure we may not be the biggest iOS blog or website that\'s out there compared to others, but so far we\'re pretty satisfied with the progress made so far. That put aside, we will continue pushing forward to achieve bigger goals and bring you more of the same great content and articles since day one. In summary, here\'s some highlights:

• Roughly 150k unique visits/page views a month.


• Over 600k page views a month.


• Year to date -- ~4.2 million page views and ~1 million unique visits.


• Over 7,500 Twitter followers.

Looking towards the future, everyone here at PocketFullOfApps is excited to see what\'s in store and where we will be in a few years from now. To all of our readers and fans, no matter how long or short you\'ve been visiting, we would like to thank you for your continued support and reading what we have to say. Last but certainly not least, in celebration we have an exciting announcement to make about two conferences we will be attending next week in San Francisco.

Casual Connect USA

For those that may not remember, earlier this year we attended the well-known conference MacWorld in San Francisco. While at the event we did plenty of live blogs, took a lot of photos, did some interviews as well as some post-conference coverage on various topics. This time around we\'re making the trek out to San Francisco yet again for Casual Connect USA, one of the biggest gatherings for indie developers as well as mobile apps and games. In addition, we\'ll be judging in the renowned Indie Prize event as well, so be on the look out for us while we\'re on the showroom floor looking at all the vendors, cool games and everything else the event has to offer. Moving forward, if you\'d like to schedule a time to meet up, chat, grab a coffee, or get some lunch, be sure to let us know. Apart from that, you can expect to see us at some of the great post-conference networking events Casual Connect USA has to offer. While at the event we\'ll be doing some coverage, however, it\'s safe to say we\'ll do more roundups and coverage after the event.

Coin Congress

Doubling up with Casual Connect USA and Indie Prize is another conference by the name of Coin Congress. Focusing on Bitcoin and other crypto-currencies like Litecoin, Coin Congress features a wide range of speakers like Bobby Lee of BTC China, Charlie Lee (creator of Litecoin), Vinny Lingham of Gyft, Jason King of Sean\'s Outpost, and many more While we\'ll be focusing primarily on Casual Connect USA, if you\'re heading to Coin Congress by any chance, be sure to drop us a line as well. Even though our articles mainly target iOS and other Apple related subjects, we have done some coverage on Bitcoin related topics. If either of these events happen to interest you, be sure to check out the registration page for Casual Connect USA here and Coin Congress here.