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Bitcoin Magazine is a full-color monthly American magazine, published in both print and online editions, that discusses Bitcoin, and how it affects Cypherpunks, Investing, Currency, Finance, Remittances, and the Global Culture. It is currently owned by Coin Publishing, ltd., which is headquartered in Orlando, Florida and has been in publication since May 2012.

From May 2012 to November 2012, Bitcoin magazine and Bitcoinmagazine.com were owned by the current Editor-in-Chief, Mihai Aisle. Magazines were also made in the United Kingdom, and distributed from Romania. In December of 2012, Coin Publishing bought the magazine and website from Mihai Aisle and hired Mihai as an Editor-In-Chief for a 12 month period. Bitcoin's lead writer, Vitalik Buterin, was also brought on for a 12 month period as a lead writer.

Mihai posted a response to the change of ownership on bitcointalk.org to quell any concerns that the magazines investors would dilute the quality of the magazine. Here is a quote:


 * "If you don’t know me (Mihai Alisie), I have been involved with Bitcoin Magazine since its original conception and creation with Vitalik, Matthew, Adam and Vladimir over 1 year ago. While Matthew and Vladimir were the outspoken ones in the community, I have always been in charge of the creative content that everyone reads and sees... I should add that none of our investors are involved with writing or any of the creative content.  Our investors are active bitcoin enthusiasts who see our magazine as a great marketing tool to expand and educate the bitcoin user base.  There are actually 10 owners of Bitcoin Magazine now, including myself and Vitalik, and everyone is 100% dedicated to the growth of the printed publication, digital publication, and some exciting expansions that will come next year.


 * We are also planning to open the magazine more to the community, and have you more involved in the topics and interviews that will be featured in each issue of the magazine. I remember that a while ago there was a thread where the community was nominating the persons that Bitcoin Magazine should interview. I encourage these styles of actions and so far I think that we have already interviewed a couple of persons from that list."

Published Issues
https://bitcoinmagazine.com/magazine/product-category/print/

Contributors
Over the years, Bitcoin's writers have included Vitalik Buterin, Mihai Aisle, Jeffrey Tucker, David Perry of http://codinginmysleep.com, Elizabeth Ploshay, M.K. Lord, David Shares, Kenny Spotz, Stephen Malagodi, Adam Hofman, Joel Dietz, Tristan Winters, Hayden Gill, Ruben Alexander, Pua Pyland of http://thebitcoinwife.com, Cathy Reisenwitz