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    Exchanges (to buy/sell bitcoins):

LocalBitcoins (for small amounts, cash)
BitStamp
MtGox
Bitfinex
BTCe
Tradehill
Coinsetter
Kraken
Coinbase
Wallets (to store/send/receive bitcoins):

Blockchain
Android Bitcoin Wallet
Electrum
Coinbase
Bips
Multibit
WalletBit
Merchant services (for merchants to accept Bitcoin):

Bitpay
Coinbase
MtGox
WalletBit
Bips
Paysius
Bitcoin asset markets:

MPEX
BTCt
CoinBr
Bitfunder
ICBIT
Basic information:

Price charts
Blockchain stats
Bitcoin client global downloads
Global Volume by Exchange
Bitnodes Active Nodes on the Network
Coinometrics Transaction Volume
Currencies flowing into BTC real time
Best explanation of Bitcoin as money (Eric Voorhees speech at Bitcoin 2013)
Summary video (Weusecoins.com)
Another summary video
Khan Academy Bitcoin course
Udemy Bitcoin course
Bitcoin.org Home Page
Wikipedia page on Bitcoin
Wired Magazine's take on Bitcoin
Basic primer
The Moneyness of Bitcoin
How a bitcoin transaction works
Six bitcoin resources
Video: The Rise and Rise of Bitcoin
Erik Voorhees interview
The problem with Altcoins
The Bitcoin Ecosystem
Bitcoin News:

Sub-Reddit
Coindesk
Venture Capitalists interested in Bitcoin:

Ribbit Capital (Micky Malka)
Social+Capital (Chamath Palihapitiya)
Union Square Ventures (Fred Wilson)
Lightspeed Venture Partners (Jeremy Liew)
Andreessen Horowitz (Chris Dixon)
DFJ (Tim Draper)
Accel (Jim Breyer)
Bessemer Venture Partners (Alex Ferrara)
RRE Ventures (Adam Ludwin)
High-Profile VCs Caught up in Bitcoin Mania
Various investors (video)
Companies interested in Bitcoin:

PayPal (David Marcus)
eBay (John Donahoe)
Western Union
MoneyGram
Bitcoin criticisms:

Paul Krugman, The New York Times:
Golden Cyberfetters
Adam Smith hates Bitcoin
The Antisocial Network
Bitcoin is ludicrous, but it tells us something important about the nature of money
Neil Erwing, The Washington Post: Great, now engineers think they can be economists too
Bryan Godlberg, Pandodaily: Great, now engineers think they can be economists too
Matthew O'Brien, The Atlantic: Bitcoin is the Segway of Currency
David Evans, PYMNTS.COM: Bitcoin Is A Remarkable Innovation, Here’s Why It Will Fail
Karen Webster, PYMNTS.COM: Would A Bitcoin By Any Other Name Smell As Sweet?
Charlie Munger: Bitcoin is like rat poison
Gary North: Bitcoins: The Second Biggest Ponzi Scheme in History
Data:

Globe showing all active Bitcoin nodes
Top 10 Bitcoin stats
Price charts 
Blockchain stats
Bitcoin client global downloads
Global Volume by Exchange
Bitnodes Active Nodes on the Network
Coinometrics Transaction Volume
Bitcoin Price:

Price & Market depth
Order book
One year price chart
Satoshi Nakamoto, creator of Bitcoin:

Bitcoin: A Peer-to-Peer Electronic Cash System (May 2009 p aper by Satoshi Nakamoto)
The New Yorker tries to find out who is Satoshi Nakamoto
Fast Company replies to the New Yorker article
Ted Nelson thinks he knows who is Satoshi
Sergio Lerner on Satoshi’s fortune
Is Satoshi Finnish?
Bitcoin adoption in the cash economy:

Foreign Policy: The Shadow Superpower
Robert Neuwirth: The power of the informal economy
Forbes: Could Bitcoin become the currency of System D
Technical description:

Bitcoin: A P http://evoorhees.blogspot.com.ar/2013/05/bitcoin-2013-role-of-bitcoin-as-money.html?m=1 http://evoorhees.blogspot.com.ar/2013/05/bitcoin-2013-role-of-bitcoin-as-money.html?m=1 eer-to-Peer Electronic Cash System (May 2009 p aper by Satoshi Nakamoto)
Detailed video on technical aspects
Stanford paper on 51% vulnerability
Regulatory:

Bitcoin policy primer by Mercatus
FinCEN guidance
Fincen Chief Q&A
Schwatz & Ballen memo about FinCEN guidance
White paper on regulatory landscape
Bitcoin services:

https://www.coinlenders.com/
https://bitcoinatm.com/
http://bex.io/
http://satoshidice.com
https://btcjam.com/
https://www.bitcoinary.com/
http://www.bitmit.net/
https://bitpay.com/
http://www.bitcoinstarter.com/
https://zipbit.co/
http://bitcoin100.com/
http://betsofbitco.in/
http://www.bitvisitor.com/
http://coinlab.com/
https://www.bitinstant.com/
https://sealswithclubs.eu/
http://bitminter.com/
http://celular.bitrecargas.com/
https://www.havelockinvestments.com/
http://www.bitbills.com/
http://www.btcvc.com/
http://btctree.net/
http://www.bitbillions.com/
Interesting/fun articles:


Technology Review: What is Bitcoin and Why it Matters


Wired (the rise and fall of bitcoin)


Wired (bitcoin comeback)


The New Yorker, “The Future of Bitcoin”


The Huffington Post video


Bitcoin no es una burbuja


Why I invested in Bitcoin


The Future of Money & Bitcoin (Chris Larsen)


Discussion:

Primary message board for all things Bitcoin
Email lists:

criptomonedas@googlegroups.com (Argentina, good for buying/selling btc there)
Facebook groups:
https://www.facebook.com/groups/BitcoinArg/ (Argentina)
https://www.facebook.com/groups/434507713266778/ (Latin America)
IRC channels:

Freenode.net #bitcoin
Freenode.net #bitcoinassets
Freenode.net #mtgoxlive
Freenode.net #bitcoin-market
Freenode.net #bitcoin-ar (Argentina btc community)
Freenode.net #bitcoin-bra (Brazil btc community)