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How Blockchain Trade Finance Is Breaking Proof-of-Concept Gridlock
After years of tests and concepts, enterprise blockchain may be having a breakthrough moment, with several notable trials in trade finance advancing.
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By Noelle Acheson
Apr 30, 2018 at 8:00 a.m. UTC
Apr 30, 2018
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Hard Fork vs Soft Fork
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By Noelle Acheson
Apr 16, 2018 at 12:02 p.m. UTC
Apr 16, 2018
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What Is an ICO?
ICO stands for “initial coin offering,” and refers to the creation and sale of digital tokens.
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By Noelle Acheson
Apr 16, 2018 at 11:44 a.m. UTC
Apr 16, 2018
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What is Bitcoin's Lightning Network?
In 2016, developers Thaddeus Dryja and Joseph Poon proposed a protocol called “the lightning network” that would enable faster and cheaper transactions while not having to cha...
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By Noelle AchesonHoa NguyenJohn BiggsEli Tan
Feb 23, 2018 at 6:42 p.m. UTC
Feb 23, 2018
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Can the Bitcoin Network Scale?
You want to spend bitcoin in your daily purchases. But what would that look like in a world where services like Visa and Mastercard still dominate?
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By Eli TanNoelle AchesonJohn BiggsHoa Nguyen
Feb 23, 2018 at 6:30 p.m. UTC
Feb 23, 2018
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What is SegWit?
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By Noelle Acheson
Feb 22, 2018 at 8:42 p.m. UTC
Feb 22, 2018
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Banks and the Blockchain Blues
Banks excited about their blockchain work may do well to monitor their signal-to-noise ratios in 2018.
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By Noelle Acheson
Jan 8, 2018 at 2:00 p.m. UTC
Jan 8, 2018
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Futures
The Threat of Bitcoin Futures
Should the prospect of regulated futures trading be pushing up the bitcoin price? CoinDesk's Noelle Acheson isn't quite so sure.
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By Noelle Acheson
Dec 8, 2017 at 5:00 a.m. UTC
Dec 8, 2017
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BTC to DLT: Why Aren't Banks Giving Blockchain Startups Accounts?
A recent report by the FCA recognized that cryptocurrency startups have a hard time getting bank accounts. CoinDesk's Noelle Acheson looks at why.
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By Noelle Acheson
Oct 30, 2017 at 4:00 a.m. UTC
Oct 30, 2017
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Thinking Big? Bank Blockchains Will Advance By Doing Anything But
Recently announced bank blockchain projects may be modest in scope, but they are beginning to paint a much larger picture.
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By Noelle Acheson
Oct 23, 2017 at 8:00 a.m. UTC
Oct 23, 2017
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