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Saying Goodbye to the Blockchain Romantics
Decentralization may sound like a sexy concept, but realism may be a better real-deal solution, argues Elly Zhang.
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US Government Interested in Tracking Privacy Coins, New Document Shows
The U.S. Department of Homeland Security wants to find out if it's feasible to track transactions conducted using privacy coins.
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A Decentralized Bitcoin Exchange That's Almost Decentralized
Bisq is launching a bitcoin-based token to pay code contributors and a DAO to manage payouts, all in service of further decentralizing the exchange.
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Monero Fees Fall to Almost Zero After 'Bulletproofs' Upgrade
Monero's "bulletproofs" hard fork has led to a major reduction in transaction fees.
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Monero to Become First Billion-Dollar Crypto to Implement 'Bulletproofs' Tech
A highly anticipated technology designed to make blockchain privacy features more scalable will be tested on Monero soon.
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One Musician's Creative Solution to Drive ASICs Off Monero
Howard Chu, a monero core dev and musician, has created an algorithm that he thinks will keep ASICS at bay on the privacy-oriented cryptocurrency.
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Attacker Installs Crypto Mining Malware on Over 170,000 Devices
Coinhive was installed on more than 170,000 devices in Brazil last month.
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A Small Crypto Coin Is Making Big Claims About a Private Proof-of-Stake
Even though it's yet to gain much notoriety, token project Spectre is innovating in a trending area – private staking for proof-of-stake blockchains.
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Monero-Style Privacy Is Ready for Ethereum – Who Will Implement It?
A new white paper contends that monero-style privacy can be implemented on ethereum without much work.
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Crypto's War On Miners? It Might Already Be Over
Months ago, savvy coders were taking an any-means-necessary approach to keeping big miners off their blockchains. Now, reality is setting in.
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