Category: Features
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BitHalo: Smart Contracts Without the Block Chain Bloat
Decentralized platform BitHalo enables the creation of trustless, two-party transactions and smart contracts.
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The Promise and Pitfalls of Crypto Crowdfunding
New initiatives by Swarm are trying to push crypto-based crowdfunding forward. But are they the solution?
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The 9 Biggest Screwups in Bitcoin History
Feeling sadistic? Check out Kadhim Shubber’s list of the nine worst screwups in bitcoin’s short history.
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All Things Alt: The MintPal Fallout, Viacoin’s Big Haul and an Altcoin for Kids
An altcoin presale fetched nearly $400,000, while two coin developers debated the vericoin block chain rollback.
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8 Million Vericoin Hack Prompts Hard Fork to Recover Funds
Cryptocurrency exchange platform MintPal has suffered a successful hack attack that stole 30% of all vericoins.
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5 Global Problems Bitcoin’s Proof of Work Can Help Solve
Could there be better uses of cyrptocurrency proof of work rather than just solving arbitrary cryptographic problems?
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What Would You Buy With 30,000 Bitcoins?
The federal government is auctioning off 30,000 bitcoins. What would you do with them?
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MaidSafe COO Reflects on Lessons Learned from Crowdsale
The company is working to increase Internet security, and has learned some valuable lessons in the process.
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How Cryptocurrency Mining Could Help Archive Society’s Important Data
The vast amounts of computing power going into mining bitcoin could be used for other purposes too, say researchers.
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Citi: Bitcoin a Threat to Debit and Credit Card Issuers
Citi suggests that digital currencies may challenge debit and credit card companies if adoption grows.