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The Sierra Leone Vote: What We Got Wrong
Recent media coverage overstated a blockchain startup's involvement in the Sierra Leone election. CoinDesk inadvertently contributed to the problem.
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Mar 26, 2018 at 1:30 a.m. UTC
Mar 26, 2018
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First Results of Sierra Leone's Blockchain Vote Are In
The early returns of the first ever presidential election tracked on a blockchain are in, but some problems not even distributed ledgers can solve.
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Mar 10, 2018 at 11:30 a.m. UTC
Mar 10, 2018
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Sierra Leone Secretly Holds First Blockchain-Audited Presidential Vote
Sierra Leone has allowed blockchain tech in a presidential election for what appears to be the first time, marking a milestone in election technology.
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Michael del Castillo
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Mar 8, 2018 at 3:00 p.m. UTC
Mar 8, 2018
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Dark Market Agora Shuts Down Citing Security Threat
Agora has announced it will shut down temporarily while it explores defence mechanisms against attacks which could identify its servers and operators.
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Yessi Bello Perez
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Aug 26, 2015 at 4:45 p.m. UTC
Aug 26, 2015
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Here's How a Dark Market Bot Sent Ecstasy to an Art Gallery
Artists have created a shopping bot that buys random items off Agora with a weekly $100 bitcoin budget.
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Joon Ian Wong
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Nov 13, 2014 at 8:23 p.m. UTC
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Silk Road 2.0 Hit by 'Sophisticated' DDoS Attack
An advanced DDoS attack has forced online black market Silk Road 2.0 to suspend services to maintain security.
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Sep 15, 2014 at 12:37 p.m. UTC
Sep 15, 2014
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