Bitcoin Magazine

Bitcoin Magazine
Headquarters Nashville, Tennessee, USA
Area served Worldwide
Industry Digital Currency
Website Official website
Launched May, 2012

Bitcoin Magazine is a news site and print magazine specializing in Bitcoin and digital currencies. Bitcoin Magazine began publishing in 2012, and was founded by Vitalik Buterin and Mihai Alisie.

History

Buterin became interested in bitcoin in 2011, and co-founded the periodical Bitcoin Magazine with Mihai Alisie.[1][2][3] The first issue of the magazine was released in May 2012. The magazine is mailed to subscribers worldwide, sold at Barnes & Noble, bookstores and published online.[4] Bitcoin magazine was the first magazine dedicated to crypto currency.[4] Bitcoin Magazine today is under the BTC Media Group umbrella.[5]

Growth to print magazine

Bitcoin Magazine in 2012 later began publishing a print edition and has been referred to as the first serious publication dedicated to cryptocurrencies.[6]

BTC Media

Bitcoin Magazine is now owned by BTC Media who acquired the magazine in 2014 from Coin Publishing LLC.[4] BTC Media also publishes another digital publication name yBitcoin.

References

  1. ↑ Kelly, Brian. "Smart Money, set it and forget it". The Bitcoin Big Bang: How Alternative Currencies Are About to Change the World. Wiley Publishing. p. 155. ISBN 978-1118963661.
  2. ↑ Finley, Klint (27 January 2014). "Out in the open: Teenage hacker transforms web into one giant Bitcoin network". Wired. Retrieved 7 February 2014.
  3. ↑ del Castillo, Michael (24 September 2014). "Dark wallet: A radical way to Bitcoin". The New Yorker. Retrieved 24 January 2014.
  4. 1 2 3 "BTC Media Acquires Bitcoin Magazine". Bitcoin Magazine. Coin Publishing Ltd. Retrieved 3 May 2016.
  5. ↑ "About us – Bitcoin Magazine". Bitcoin Magazine. Coin Publishing Ltd. Retrieved 23 February 2014.
  6. ↑ Vigna, Paul; Casey, Michael J. "Community". The Age of Cryptocurrency: How Bitcoin and the Blockchain Are Challenging ... Macmillan Publishers. p. 88. ISBN 9781250065636.

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