Bitcoin Miners Are Investing Again, Expecting a Cheap Power Boom Soon
Bitcoin miners in China are betting that abundant water this summer will make their business profitable again.
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Mar 5, 2019 at 5:30 a.m. UTC
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Bitcoin's 'Lightning Torch' Explained: What It Is and Why It Matters
The bitcoin community is currently immersed in an experiment called the “lightning torch," and it's reached 37 countries so far.
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Feb 5, 2019 at 8:25 a.m. UTC
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US SEC Seeking Big Data Tool for Major Blockchains
The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission is seeking vendors to provide detailed blockchain data in order to improve crypto compliance.
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Feb 4, 2019 at 9:00 a.m. UTC
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Don't Believe the FUD: Ethereum Can Scale
The narrative that ethereum can't scale is being actively disproved in production environments on a daily basis.
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Feb 2, 2019 at 11:40 a.m. UTC
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This Spongebob-Themed Tech Proves That Bitcoin's Lightning Is Advancing
Spongebob Squarepants term "wumbo" has been appropriated to describe one of the next milestones for bitcoin's lightning network.
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Jan 30, 2019 at 8:30 a.m. UTC
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Why 'Mainstream Adoption' Is an Unfair Success Metric for Dapps
We are way too early for “mainstream adoption” to be a sensible success metric for dapps, says Coleman Maher.
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Jan 19, 2019 at 10:35 a.m. UTC
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The Time Is Now: We Need an Active Approach to Blockchain Inclusion
If blockchain is to be part of our financial and governance future, the development process must represent a diverse population, says Alexis Gauba.
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Jan 13, 2019 at 12:59 p.m. UTC
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Web 3.0's Crypto Winter Mission: Keep Our Heads Above the Hype
Despite the gloomy narratives, 2018 was hugely productive for teams building the decentralized web, says Parity's Jutta Steiner.
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Jan 12, 2019 at 11:00 a.m. UTC
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Ethereum Developers Give 'Tentative' Greenlight to ASIC-Blocking Code
A 'tentative' consensus was reached today that ethereum's developers will propose blocking ASIC before the blockchain's proof-of-stake upgrade.
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Jan 4, 2019 at 4:40 p.m. UTC
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How to Last the Crypto Winter? Seek Simplicity, Manage Complexity
Decred's Jake Yocom-Piatt explains in this exclusive op-ed why he thinks information asymmetry is a key factor driving the manic buying and panic selling cycles in the crypto...
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Jan 3, 2019 at 4:10 a.m. UTC
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