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The Solution to the World’s Toughest Bitcoin Puzzle Is as Clever as Its Creator

The Solution to the World’s Most Toughest Bitcoin Puzzle Is as Clever as Its CreatorLast week, an enigmatic and fiendishly tricky puzzle that had baffled bitcoiners for years was finally solved. In the process, it earned the individual who cracked it a 5 BTC jackpot and brought new acclaim to the team behind the project. After being launched in 2015, at the height of the bitcoin bear market, the […]

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February 6, 2018 0

Bitcoin Cash Supporters Prepare for the Network’s Next Six Months

Bitcoin Cash Supporters Prepare for the Network's Next Six MonthsIt’s been six months since the inception of the Bitcoin Cash (BCH) network, and the decentralized currency’s infrastructure continues to grow. Over the past week, there’s been many new announcements surrounding the BCH chain and its ecosystem. See also: Bitcoin ABC Developers Announce Medium-Term Bitcoin Cash Roadmap Six Months In, the Bitcoin Cash Network Celebrates a […]

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January 28, 2018 0

Blockchain Rolls Out Trading Feature for 22 States in the U.S.

Blockchain Rolls Out Trading Feature for 22 States in the U.S.This week the UK-based company Blockchain has announced it has begun to roll out buying and selling features for U.S. residents. Starting now Blockchain Wallet users from 22 states can sell units of bitcoin core from within the wallets interface and other digital assets like bitcoin cash and ethereum will soon follow. Also read: Markets Update: […]

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January 21, 2018 0

Kraken Exchange Returns After Longest Downtime Since 2013

Kraken Exchange Returns After Longest Downtime Since 2013Earlier this week the San Francisco-based cryptocurrency exchange Kraken scheduled some downtime to upgrade the trading platform’s system. The upgrade for one of the world’s largest digital asset exchanges was supposed to last for only two hours, but the website remained down for well over 24 hours. Kraken is now back online and plans to […]

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January 15, 2018 0

Six Months Later Bitcoin Cash Support Continues to Grow

Six Months Later Bitcoin Cash Support Continues to GrowOver the past few weeks, there’s a lot going on within the bitcoin cash (BCH) ecosystem. Just recently businesses and service providers have been working towards changing their infrastructure to the new BCH address format. Additionally, the bitcoin cash environment got more support from organizations like the Bitclub Network and the merchant Kimchi Socks. Also […]

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January 14, 2018 0

Microsoft Has Stopped Accepting Bitcoin Deposits

Microsoft Has Stopped Accepting Bitcoin DepositsCryptocurrency users are used to seeing more and more adoption of the instruments by companies. From time to time there are setbacks however, like Microsoft now reversing its previous bitcoin position. Also Read: Is Bitpay Bullying Other Bitcoin Wallets and Hurting Users’ Privacy? Microsoft’s About-Face on Bitcoin Technology giant Microsoft (NASDAQ:MSFT) has canceled a previous […]

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January 9, 2018 0

Venezuela Seeks Miners for the Petro – Maduro Claims 860,811 Already Signed Up

Venezuela Seeks Miners for the Petro - Maduro Claims 860,811 Already Signed UpVenezuela is looking for miners for the country’s national cryptocurrency, the Petro. The government has opened up a registry for miners to sign up to mine and gain access to the new currency. According to Venezuela’s president Nicolás Maduro, 860,811 young people have already registered to create the Petro mining farms. Also read: Venezuela Unveils Mining, […]

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January 4, 2018 0

Community-Focused Exchanges with Proprietary Tokens Are Prospering

Community-Focused Exchanges with Proprietary Tokens Are Prospering“Community” is a word that is synonymous with cryptocurrency projects, but aside expressing a desire to develop a strong user base, what does it actually mean? For exchanges, having a community-oriented model means consulting customers on new tokens, incentivizing participation, and creating a revenue-sharing system. Binance and Kucoin are two platforms that have tried this […]

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January 3, 2018 0