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A Strange High: Two Days at Denver's Crypto-Cannabis Conference
While bitcoin can be used without interacting with the traditional financial system, many people and businesses won't use it like that for various reasons and so must follow the rules of the traditional financial system.
The Blockchain Created By Ethereum's Fork is Forking Now
That's the situation the developers behind ethereum classic face ahead of a hard fork expected to be enacted on its blockchain on 25th October.
The Stolen DAO Funds Are On the Move
Sep 6, 2016 at 21:31 UTCUpdated Sep 7, 2016 at 14:00 UTC. More than $5m worth of digital currency associated with the attack on The DAO is on the move.
Bitcoin Privacy Tool 'CoinShuffle' Sees First Transaction
A type of anonymous transaction that bitcoin enthusiasts have been awaiting for years has finally been tested successfully on the network.
On Tokens and Crowdsales: How Startups Are Using Blockchain to Raise Capital
User tokens are earned by providing value to these networks.
Steemit Bridges Blockchain and Social Media, But How Does It Work?
In the case of Steem Power, should a user want to convert back to the base currency of Steem, it will need to occur in 104 weekly conversions.
Cryptsy CEO Stole Millions From Exchange, Court Receiver Alleges
Cryptsy CEO Paul Vernon may have stolen as much as $3.3m from the now-defunct digital currency exchange and destroyed evidence of his illicit actions.
Amid Blockchain Hype, Is There Still a Place for Litecoin?
Once heralded as the "Silver to bitcoin's gold", the developers behind the long-running digital currency litecoin are seeking to reestablish the project's prior position as the world's second most popular cryptocurrency.
Alternative Ethereum Blockchain Gains Support as Price Declines
Ethereum Classic went from a protest vehicle to a more serious project this weekend following notable nods of support from major exchanges and community members.
Ethereum Hard Fork Creates Competing Currencies
The Ethereum hard fork executed last week as a means of reimbursing investors who lost funds in the collapse of a major project has resulted in the creation of a competing currency on a blockchain replicating the platform's original consensus rules prior to the fork.
Bitcoin: The Trust Anchor in a Sea of Blockchains
Bitcoin advocates often distill trustlessness as meaning "You don't have to trust anyone", but this is an oversimplified perspective.
Why Russia's CSD Believes Blockchain is a 'Blue Ocean' Opportunity
Movements by the the Depository Trust & Clearing Corporation in the US and the National Settlement Depository in Russia have shown a willingness to use blockchain as a tool to expand and improve CSD operations.
Digital Currency Exchange Gatecoin Offline After Loss of Funds
UPDATE: This piece has been updated with a statement from Gatecoin.
Russia's Sole Central Securities Depository Trials Blockchain Voting
Apr 28, 2016 at 1:00 p.m. UTCUpdated Apr 28, 2016 at 10:27 p.m. UTC. The National Settlement Depository, Russia's sole central securities depository, has announced it has tested a blockchain-based voting system.
Microsoft Adds Distributed Storage Blockchain to Azure
Distributed file storage startup Storj Labs is the latest blockchain service provider to join Microsoft's Blockchain-as-a-service offering.
Dubai Government Looks to Blockchain Amid 'Smart Cities' Drive
Among the groups working toward this tomorrow today is the Museum of the Future, an ambitious project backed by the government of Dubai with the mandate to highlight how new tech breakthroughs are making these innovations possible.
Microsoft Adds 5 New Blockchain Partners to Azure
Tech giant Microsoft has added five new services to its Azure blockchain-as-a-service solution, including decentralized prediction market Augur and Ethereum startup Slock.
Bitcoin World Sceptical About Claims Craig Wright is Satoshi
Dec 9, 2015 at 3:00 p.m. UTCUpdated Dec 10, 2015 at 6:37 a.m. UTC. The bitcoin world reacted with a mixture disbelief, open scepticism and aloofness at the latest claims that Satoshi Nakamoto is a pseudonym of Australian Craig S Wright.
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Scotland Should Create its Own Cryptocurrency
Scotland should create its own digital currency, named 'ScotPound', an independent economic think tank has advised.
Why and How Banks Should Embrace Blockchain Tech
In the first of this three-part series, he discussed how banks dealt with the emergence of the Internet and how blockchain technology is causing these institutions a whole new headache.
Italian Banking Group: Bitcoin's Advantage is its Network Effect
Aug 5, 2015 at 8:31 p.m. UTCUpdated Aug 6, 2015 at 6:27 p.m. UTC. The European Securities and Markets Authority has published a number of responses stemming from a request for information on the topic of virtual currency.
Uber Denies Plans to Accept Bitcoin Payments
Jul 8, 2015 at 17:50 UTCUpdated Jul 9, 2015 at 14:04 UTC.Uber has denied that it is currently integrating bitcoin as a payment option for its on-demand mobile ride-sharing services.
Mining Malware Developer Settles with Federal Trade Commission
Developer Ryan Ramminger and Equiliv Investments were named in the settlement in connection with the development and distribution of a mobile app called Prized that contained hidden mining software.
Polish Exchanges Lose Payment Processors in Bitcoin Crackdown
Jun 18, 2015 at 15:45 UTCUpdated Jun 19, 2015 at 16:14 UTC. Polish payment processors and at least one bank in the country have closed the accounts of local bitcoin exchanges.
Bitcoin Extortion Group DD4BC Prompts Warning from Swiss Government
May 8, 2015 at 20:30 UTCUpdated May 8, 2015 at 22:16 UTC. Extortionist group DD4BC appears to be connected to a new wave of distributed denial of service attacks against organizations in Switzerland, New Zealand and Australia.
Dogecoin Founder Exits Crypto Community Citing 'Toxic' Culture
Apr 24, 2015 at 00:10 UTCUpdated Apr 27, 2015 at 15:09 UTC. UPDATE: Jackson Palmer indicates that his leave of absence from the crypto community includes a separation with micropayments project Neucoin.
CoinDesk Launches Moon Bureau
CoinDesk is shutting down its operations on planet earth today.
ProTip App Proposes Bitcoin Solution for Content Monetization
So says Chris Ellis of the ProTip micropayments project that is seeking to create peer-to-peer mechanisms for people to support musicians, artists and other creators of digital media using bitcoin.
ShapeShift Raises $525k, Reveals Erik Voorhees as Creator
Mar 10, 2015 at 15:00 UTCUpdated Mar 11, 2015 at 17:12 UTC. Instant bitcoin and altcoin exchange ShapeShift has received $525,000 in seed funding from investors Barry Silbert and Roger Ver.
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