We answer your Mining questions, and face reality: difficulty is up, ASICs are hitting the market, and it’s getting hot outside. Should you still mine bitcoin?

Plus the surge in alternative crypto-currencies, ESEA League’s DRM slips in a bitcoin miner, new regulators looking at bitcoin, and a Bitcoin health check.

To Mine or Not to Mine? | Plan B 5

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A landmark ruling in Germany combined with the media’s attempt to label Bitcoin legal status collide this week on the Plan B show. Plus the security warning Blockchain.info users need to know, and Butterfly Labs pokes the hornets nest!

Bitcoin is Legal-ish | Plan B 20

An organized effort is underway at multiple levels of the US government to investigate, understand, regulate and potentially domesticate Bitcoin. We dig through the details and ponder the future.

Plus the ASIC challenge, the Electrum server outage, and a PSA for Android users.

US vs Bitcoin Revolution | Plan B 19

We’re joined by guest Adam B. Levine to discuss his new project to reinvent funding online with Bitcoin, the meta themes he took away from the recent Inside Bitcoins conference, and the big Bitcoin story this week that turned out to be fake.

Then we open up the lines and answer your hard questions, debate the future of Litecoin and more!

The Big Picture Perspective | Plan B 18

Compliance is the buzzword of the season for Bitcoin, but on further reflection we have to ask – could regulation compliance weaken Bitcoin?

Plus the story of Thailand banning Bitcoin might be exaggerated, how deflation can help the middle class, and the Kickstarter upset of the week!

Regulation Dooms Bitcoin? | Plan B 17

A series of events kick off this week that lay the foundation for a very productive Bitcoin summer, plus a popular Bitcoin gambling site sells for a record breaking amount, a Bitcoin Ponzi scheme is busted, your emails of the week, and a few surprises!

To Mine or Not to Mine? | Plan B 5

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