Cointelegraph and Ziftr's competition to win BTC and ZiftrCOINs ends, and it's time to vote for a winner. For the last few weeks Cointelegraph has partnered up with Ziftr in an exciting competition offering our readers a chance to win some bitcoins, along with hundreds of the new ZiftrCOINs. We've been asking for answers to the ultimate digitial currency riddle, “What will it take for Bitcoin to gain mass acceptance?”, and now it's time for you to vote for a winner. ZiftrCOIN made a stir back in 2014 by offering a value guarantee in the sometimes volatile world of altcoins. …

Note: The following article has been hand picked for being one of the standouts in the Ziftr article contest on the topic of what needs to happen for Bitcoin to enter the mainstream. Happy reading! When people talk of Bitcoin “going global” or “hitting the mainstream”, and 2015 being the “year of Bitcoin,” they themselves may well believe it. But plenty of other people will still shake it off with a casual smirk. Why? Because it still sounds ludicrous. This is because even after several years of cool developments, investment, even modest propagation, Bitcoin is still mired in contradictions and …

Note: The following article has been hand picked for being one of the standouts in the Ziftr article contest on the topic of what needs to happen for Bitcoin to enter the mainstream. Happy reading. According to Bitcoinobituries.com, bitcoin has already been declared dead 40 times in its short life. This can't be seen as an impressive track-record for a piece of technology that's also widely regarded as a game-changing financial tool, one capable of altering the way we handle money forever. This attitude, however, is a good demonstration of the greatest hindrance that digital currencies face today. It also …

Be sure to check out and share our Contest Page! Ziftr the online price comparison add-on and its altcoin offspring ziftrCOIN have teamed up with Cointelegraph to offer our readers a chance to win bitcoins! The winner will also receive the value-guaranteed (in their retailer network) digital currency ZiftrCOIN, which celebrates the end of its pre-sale on February 10. ZiftrCOIN made a stir in 2014 by bringing a value guarantee to the often unstable altcoin world. When consumers conduct transactions within Ziftr’s retailer network, each ziftrCOIN can be redeemed for at least US$1/coin, for up to 5% of the purchase. …

Ziftr CEO Bob Wilkins thinks his e-commerce platform could be poised to introduce the next wave of adopters to cryptocurrency technology. Ziftr itself predates cryptocurrencies, having been founded in 2008 as a way to make online shopping more user-friendly. Among the company’s first tools was a browser plug-in that compared prices across different e-commerce sites, sending users an alert when there was a price drop on something they were thinking of buying. But in the last year, Wilkins has gone from hobbyist miner to crypto-evangelist. On December 9, his company launched a presale of its own coin, ziftrCOIN, which will …