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All Things Alt: Darkcoin Duels XC and the Demise of McDogecoin

This week saw several coin communities erupt into turmoil, while McDonald’s stifled a dogecoin awareness initiative.

Interest in fundraising in bitcoin is growing among charities, but the donations are slow to come in.

How alike are bitcoin and the Internet, and what conclusions can we draw from the comparison?

As the mining industry evolves, there are always new products and services hitting the market for enterprising cryptocurrency entrepreneurs.

Dogecon, new GPUs and the potential future of payments – these and more in this week’s All Things Alt.

The technology industry can be a fickle business. Research firm Gartner has a name for it: ‘the hype cycle’.

How to reduce carbon emissions from bitcoin mining? CoinDesk looks at the pros and cons of the available options.

Bitcoin enthusiasts and critics alike discussed security, regulation and entrepreneurship at a panel discussion on Saturday.

The exchange currently trades 157 cryptocurrencies and 70,000 active users, but it hasn’t added fiat currency – yet.

John Law remembers a 1930s currency revolution, survives exuberant optimism, and (almost) finds something good about mobile malware mining.