Kyt Dotson

Kyt Dotson is a Senior Editor at SiliconAngle and works to cover beats surrounding DevOps, security, gaming, and cutting edge technology. Before joining SiliconAngle, Kyt worked as a software engineer starting at Motorola in Q&A to eventually settle at Pets911.com where he helped build a vast database for pet adoption and a lost and found system. Kyt is a published author who writes science fiction and fantasy works that incorporate ideas from modern-day technological innovation and explore the outcome of living with those technologies.

Latest from Kyt Dotson

Circle announces $50 million investment, Chinese outreach and new USD account features

NEWS By KYT DOTSON11 YEARS AGO

Circle Internet Financial Ltd. announced today a $50 million infusion of investment capital co-led by Goldman Sachs and IDG Capital Partners. Alongside this investment, Circle also revealed that IDG Capital Partners, a leading China-based venture capital firm, will assist the service in …

Bitcoin Weekly 2015 April 29: Nepal earthquake relief, Coinbase expands to UK, Bitcoin Core version 0.10.1

NEWS By KYT DOTSON11 YEARS AGO

Last Saturday, a massive earthquake struck the country of Nepal inflicting untold damage and displacing thousands of people, read on to see how you can assist in relief efforts and what the Bitcoin community is doing. Also in the news, Coinbase is …

Purse.io: Bitcoins for Amazon products outfit plans next move to airline miles

NEWS By KYT DOTSON11 YEARS AGO

Bitcoin is a born-digital currency, a method for exchanging value without ever leaving a computer or a mobile device. This puts bitcoins into an interesting position when it comes to other currencies, such as gift cards and corporate “rewards points.” Purse.io puts …

Tesla Motors website, Twitter account and Elon Musk pwned by hacker prank

NEWS By KYT DOTSON11 YEARS AGO

Over the weekend, Tesla Motors, Inc. had its website hacked and replaced with an odd collage of images in what is common for the cyberspace version of graffiti. Near the same time the hackers also hijacked Tesla’s Twitter account, @TeslaMotors, changed the name …

HaoBTC seeks to become a Coinbase-like service for China

NEWS By KYT DOTSON11 YEARS AGO

Beijing-based HaoBTC recently announced the launch of a wallet service for customers worldwide interested in storing and buying bitcoin. HaoBTC has been around since August 2014 and importantly developed a process for rapid transfer of fiat funds to wallet accounts, which allows for …

Bitcoin Weekly 2015 April 22: Mt Gox heist went on for years, CryptoMoms first anniversary, Xapo partners with Taringa!

NEWS By KYT DOTSON11 YEARS AGO

The crash and burn of Mt Gox felt as if it would shake the foundations of the Bitcoin ecosystem–in hindsight, it did, but not in the way that it seemed it would: instead of causing an economic crash, Mt Gox was quickly …

The U.S. Postal Service has octocopter drones on the brain

NEWS By KYT DOTSON11 YEARS AGO

The United States Postal Service (USPS) is looking for companies to give it the edge for delivering the mail in the future. This means seeking bids with manufacturers who can provide new and better ways to advance its fleet of delivery vehicles. …

Hands on review with Trezor, the Bitcoin hardware wallet

NEWS By KYT DOTSON11 YEARS AGO

Trezor is a bitcoin hardware wallet produced by SatoshiLabs. It is a physical product designed to protect bitcoin private keys so that they are not stored on a potentially vulnerable computer and to provide access controls so that only the authorized user can …

Bitcoin Weekly 2015 April 15: Bitcoin Foundation Reddit AMA, MIT and Bitcoin protocol development, LiveJournal accepts BTC payments

NEWS By KYT DOTSON11 YEARS AGO

The Bitcoin Foundation’s past controversy involving money and transparency has grown into the appointment of a new Executive Director, Bruce Fenton, who went to Reddit to seek the community’s thoughts. In light of these past events, MIT Media Lab Director Joi Ito …

Tether teams up with GoCoin to give merchants free Bitcoin payment processing

NEWS By KYT DOTSON11 YEARS AGO

Tether, a payment service that uses a bitcoin-backend to settle payments without having to use a bank, just announced integration with Bitcoin merchant processor GoCoin. Merchants using GoCoin who transact in Bitcoin, Litecoin, or Dogecoin can instead opt to use Tether’s system. GoCoin, …

Kyt Dotson

Latest from Kyt Dotson

Circle announces $50 million investment, Chinese outreach and new USD account features

Bitcoin Weekly 2015 April 29: Nepal earthquake relief, Coinbase expands to UK, Bitcoin Core version 0.10.1

Purse.io: Bitcoins for Amazon products outfit plans next move to airline miles

Tesla Motors website, Twitter account and Elon Musk pwned by hacker prank

HaoBTC seeks to become a Coinbase-like service for China

Bitcoin Weekly 2015 April 22: Mt Gox heist went on for years, CryptoMoms first anniversary, Xapo partners with Taringa!

The U.S. Postal Service has octocopter drones on the brain

Hands on review with Trezor, the Bitcoin hardware wallet

Bitcoin Weekly 2015 April 15: Bitcoin Foundation Reddit AMA, MIT and Bitcoin protocol development, LiveJournal accepts BTC payments

Tether teams up with GoCoin to give merchants free Bitcoin payment processing

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