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Vertcoin’s Struggle Is Real: Why the Latest Crypto 51% Attack Matters

Despite the devastating 51 percent attack on Vertcoin, ASIC-resistance is a goal worth fighting for.

December 10, 2018

Airdrops Are a Marketing Ploy (And That’s OK)

A currency is nothing if not widely used, and that can’t be achieved unless people make some cost-incurring effort to encourage widespread usage.

November 12, 2018

Investors Received False Information About Bitmain Funding Round

The pitch decks stated DST Global and GIC had invested in Bitmain. A disgruntled investor wants to take legal action over those false claims.

October 25, 2018

Bitcoin Unlimited Adds ABC Client Upgrade Features for November’s Hard Fork

The Bitcoin Unlimited development team have published the full node clients’ Bitcoin Cash edition version 1.5.0, which includes an implementation of all the November 15 upgrade features from Bitcoin ABC. According to the development team, support for the Bitcoin SV team’s ruleset is “pending” and Bitcoin Unlimited’s lead programmer, Andrew Stone, has explained he would…

October 16, 2018

How a Left-for-Dead, $0.22 Crypto Asset Became a Lifeline for Activists

A tiny cryptocurrency named faircoin is providing an underground economy across the world.

October 14, 2018

Early Execs Leave Block.one, the Peter Thiel-Backed Crypto Startup Behind EOS

As Block.one was raising $4 billion from Silicon Valley and Wall Street, a group of executives decided to quit and build a bigger, better blockchain.

September 25, 2018

When Blockchains Go Down: Why Crypto Outages Are on the Rise

It used to be that downtime was unheard of on blockchain networks. As new protocols and new trade-offs emerge, that’s no longer the case.

September 23, 2018

Less Than Two Months Away – Bitcoin Cash Upgrade Discussion Heats Up

Over the past few weeks, Bitcoin Cash supporters have been debating the upcoming hard fork scheduled for November 15th of this year. Most of the community understands, that as of right now, there are two camps that have entirely different visions. It doesn’t seem like a compromise is coming any time soon. Lately, as each…

September 18, 2018

Grin Is Hard Forking Every Six Months to Keep ASICs Off the Network

Amid crypto’s war on ASICs, the Grin community is taking a new approach – shut them out for a limited time with consistent hard forks.

September 15, 2018

Inside Bitewei: The New Bitcoin Miner Being Hailed as a Serious Bitmain Rival

A startup seeking to rival mining giant Bitmain is gaining a reputation as a firm that could disrupt the balance in crypto’s most lucrative sector.

September 11, 2018

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