Category: Technology News
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Practical Sessions and In-Depth Talks Mark Final Day of Hashers United
Day two of the Hashers United Las Vegas bitcoin mining convention featured both practical and conceptual seminars.
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All Things Alt: Sync’s Stability Bid, an Ivy League Alt and a Coin for World Domination
In this week’s roundup: SYNC adds more services to its network while a block chain-based strategy game takes shape.
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New Altcoin Promotes Fitness with ‘Proof of Sweat’
Mangocoinz uses exercise as proof of work, but how to stop the cheaters?
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Why We Need All The Altcoins We Can Get
Are there too many altcoins? If anything, we need more of them and here’s why.
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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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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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Vericoin: The Altcoin You Can Spend Wherever Bitcoin is Accepted
A new service offered by vericoin enables users to make payments to any bitcoin address.
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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.