January 15, 2016 @ 1:38 pm By JD Alois  |  

“Despite knowing that Bitcoin could fail all along, the now inescapable conclusion that it has failed still saddens me greatly. The fundamentals are broken and whatever happens to the price in the short term, the long term trend should probably be downwards. I will no… Read More

July 17, 2015 @ 12:34 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

Last month, organizers of the This Lighthouse Matters contest launched the crowdfunding competition to give Canadian residences the chance to contribute to lighthouse preservation campaigns in Nova Scotia. According to CBC, the contest was created by National Trust for Canada and the Nova Scotia Lighthouse Preservation Society as… Read More

January 28, 2015 @ 9:19 pm By Midori Yoshimura  |  

  Bitsquare, a fully peer-to-peer decentralized Bitcoin exchange that handles BTC/USD, recently announced it will crowdfund toward a 120 BTC goal (about $28,000), notes BTC Geek. Bitsquare will be crowdfunding using Lighthouse, which was recently released into public beta by Mike Hearn, making it one… Read More

January 20, 2015 @ 9:09 am By JD Alois  |  

Lighthouse Bitcoin crowdfunding App is now available for download for Mac, Linux and yes even Windows.  The Alpha version was released by Mike Hearn, based in Zurich, last September and after many bug fixes and a reported 18 updates the public beta version is ready… Read More

October 27, 2014 @ 3:34 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

Seeking to help connect restaurateurs with investors, a group of Washington D.C.-based entrepreneurs launched their very own equity crowdfunding platform, known as Equity Eats, on Monday (October 27th), to become the ultimate platform for restaurant campaigns. According to the Washington Post, Equity Eats offers four… Read More

September 12, 2014 @ 6:02 pm By JD Alois  |  

After 6 months of development, Zurich based Mike Hearn has open sourced their bitcoin crowdfunding application.  The alpha version is said to be pretty close to the expected final version with most of the desired functionality already incorporated. The files are downloadable now for people… Read More