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

How long would it take to mine Bitcoin by hand?

NEWS By KYT DOTSON12 YEARS AGO

Ever wonder how long it would take to mine a block into the Bitcoin blockchain by hand? Well, wonder no longer because blogger Ken Shirriff has done the work for you with a pencil and paper. In an article entitled “Mining bitcoin with pencil …

Bitcoin Weekly 2014 October 1: Circle exits beta, Square plans POS system for BTC, Reddit alt-coin IPO, OpenBazaar 2.0

NEWS By KYT DOTSON12 YEARS AGO

This week Circle gets the center ring after coming out of its lengthy closed beta to throw open its doors to the unwashed masses. The company hopes to provide another portal for consumers to enter into the bitcoin economy and does so …

Circle out of beta, opens up to international audience

NEWS By KYT DOTSON12 YEARS AGO

Circle, a Bitcoin wallet and payment service, has been a very long time in coming and has carried with it a great deal of hype. The seemingly secretive service went through a recent closed-beta round where invites where at a premium; now …

Bitcoin Weekly 2014 September 24: Enter the dragon—PayPal partners with BitPay, Coinbase and GoCoin

NEWS By KYT DOTSON12 YEARS AGO

This week, PayPal signing on with BitPay, Coinbase, and GoCoin really takes the cake as it paints an interesting future for the mass adoption of Bitcoin. While the PayPal partnership does not mean that PayPal users will receive or store bitcoins, it …

BitPay announces groundbreaking Bitcoin payment partnership with PayPal

NEWS By KYT DOTSON12 YEARS AGO

BitPay just sealed community rumors and speculation today with an announcement that the Bitcoin processing company is partnering with PayPal. BitPay posted about the first step of the partnership on its blog, and that step has been to integrate with PayPal’s Payments Hub. Merchants …

Puppet Labs gives the reins to DevOps with enhanced server and tools

NEWS By KYT DOTSON12 YEARS AGO

This morning Puppet Labs unveiled a new features its DevOps automation software and a constellation of new company initiatives during PuppetConf 2014. The major updates to the Puppet open source and commercial platforms includes an all-new Puppet Apps platform, new management and …

Is the Alibaba IPO why Bitcoin’s market price is dropping?

NEWS By KYT DOTSON12 YEARS AGO

Today Alibaba Group Holding Limited went public with an IPO in the United States priced at $68, raising $21.8 billion for the company and investors. According to The Wall Street Journal, this makes Alibaba the biggest U.S. IPO in history. How is …

Bitcoin Weekly 2014 September 17: Mark Karpeles interview, Gem $2M funding, CNN Money BTC index, IBM IoT block chain technology

NEWS By KYT DOTSON12 YEARS AGO

It’s another morning and another Bitcoin Weekly. This day opens up with an exclusive interview with CEO of Mt. Gox Mark Karpeles giving an exclusive interview to The Daily Beast, the first interview he’s given since the police investigation of the $500 …

Docker’s explosive expansion fueled by $40M Series C funding round

NEWS By KYT DOTSON12 YEARS AGO

Docker, Inc. announced today that it partnered with Sequoia and raised $40 million in Series C funding. The company is behind the Docker platform, a virtual containerization system that is rapidly growing in popularity. There have now been 21 million downloads of …

Quick Guide to the OpenStack Silicon Valley 2014 conference

NEWS By KYT DOTSON12 YEARS AGO

The OpenStack Silicon Valley conference will be bringing numerous presenters to a sold-out venue on Tuesday, September 16th in Mountain View, CA. The event will bring together numerous OpenStack luminaries under one roof for a single day of keynotes, talks, and presentations …

Kyt Dotson

Latest from Kyt Dotson

How long would it take to mine Bitcoin by hand?

Bitcoin Weekly 2014 October 1: Circle exits beta, Square plans POS system for BTC, Reddit alt-coin IPO, OpenBazaar 2.0

Circle out of beta, opens up to international audience

Bitcoin Weekly 2014 September 24: Enter the dragon—PayPal partners with BitPay, Coinbase and GoCoin

BitPay announces groundbreaking Bitcoin payment partnership with PayPal

Puppet Labs gives the reins to DevOps with enhanced server and tools

Is the Alibaba IPO why Bitcoin’s market price is dropping?

Bitcoin Weekly 2014 September 17: Mark Karpeles interview, Gem $2M funding, CNN Money BTC index, IBM IoT block chain technology

Docker’s explosive expansion fueled by $40M Series C funding round

Quick Guide to the OpenStack Silicon Valley 2014 conference

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