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The Creator of Proof-of-Stake Thinks He Finally Figured It Out
Pseudonymous developer Sunny King, the creator of proof-of-stake, has a new approach for the consensus mechanism – and it revolves around hardware.
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Building a Greener Bitcoin: How to Reduce Carbon Emissions
How to reduce carbon emissions from bitcoin mining? CoinDesk looks at the pros and cons of the available options.
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Pony Botnet Virus Steals $220k from 30 Types of Digital Wallets
A new virus is said to be affecting more than 30 types of digital currency wallets.
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Vault of Satoshi Rolls Out New Altcoin Support
Dogecoin, primecoin and namecoin are among the new coins on offer at the Canadian exchange.
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Alternative Cryptocurrencies Thrive in Bitcoin's Shadow
Numerous altcoins are riding on bitcoin's coattails: some designed to improve upon bitcoin and others designed for specific purposes.
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McxNOW Cryptoexchange Suspends Trading Following Support Request Overload
The McxNOW cryptoexchange has suddenly suspended trading due to overwhelming user growth and support requirements.
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Litecoin Spikes to $200 Million Market Capitalization in Five Hours
Litecoin caught the market’s attention earlier this year when it spiked approximately 10,000% in a few weeks.
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Altcurrency exchange Crypto Street converts bitcoin, litecoin and feathercoin
Crypto St. is a US-based exchange focusing its attention on supporting up and coming altcurrencies.
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Discount code and Primecoin mining enthusiasm cause cloud server overload
Miners of Primecoin, a new digital currency, caused DigitalOcean, a cloud server provider, to restrict sign ups.
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New currency Primecoin searches for prime numbers as proof of work
Primecoin is a new digital currency that uses methods to find prime numbers as a way of providing a useful by-product from its proof-of-work calculations
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