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IMF and World Bank Annual Meetings Explore Block Chain’s Potential

Bitcoin was discussed at the annual International Monetary Fund and World Bank meetings held in Washington, DC, this weekend.

Business  ·  14 October 2014
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DigitalTangible Expands Crypto 2.0 Gold Trading Platform to Asia

Bitcoin and gold-trading platform DigitalTangible is expanding to Asia, thanks to a partnership with Hong Kong-based exchange Melotic.

Tech  ·  1 October 2014
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12 Ways to Measure the Bitcoin Network’s Health

The health of the distributed bitcoin network is vital to its performance capabilities, but how is it measured?

Tech  ·  27 September 2014
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Coinbase Launches Toshi, a Free Bitcoin API for Developers

Coinbase has released Toshi, a new free API toolkit for bitcoin app developers.

Tech  ·  17 September 2014
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It’s Time for Bitcoin Companies to Give Back

Bitcoin companies are making a buck from the protocol. They should help develop it, too.

Tech  ·  7 September 2014
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Why a Faster Bitcoin Network Would Keep Fees Low

Transaction fees could quadruple if the propagation of information on the bitcoin network does not improve.

Tech  ·  6 September 2014
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BlockSign Utilises Block Chain to Verify Signed Contracts

BlockSign allows documents to be digitally signed online and preserves a verifiable record in the bitcoin block chain.

Tech  ·  27 August 2014
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Ethereum Launches Own ‘Ether’ Coin, With Millions Already Sold

The presale of Ethereum's own platform-specific altcoin kicked off last night, with sales already booming.

Tech  ·  23 July 2014
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Ripple Labs Unveils Proposal for New Smart Contract System

The company's proposed system could reinvigorate the movement to build smart contract mechanisms.

Business  ·  21 July 2014
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Keybase Project Plans to Make Cryptography as Easy as Twitter

Cryptographic keys are confusing to use and proving ownership is tricky, but a solution is in the pipeline.

Tech  ·  16 July 2014
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ING: Future Bitcoin Protocol Should Include Central Bank Functions

ING Bank has issued a new video assessment of bitcoin that suggests how it can be improved.

Business  ·  15 July 2014
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Pantera Launches BitIndex to Track Bitcoin

The index was created by the investment firm to forecast "what may happen to bitcoin in the medium term".

Business  ·  10 July 2014
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New Study: Low Bitcoin Transaction Fees Unsustainable

As transaction fees come back into the light, new research shows low fees could be unsustainable.

Tech  ·  9 July 2014
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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?

Tech  ·  3 July 2014
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Free Multi-Signature API Could Help Boost Bitcoin App Security

BlockCypher has released an API that allows developers to implement 'multisig' authentication in an hour, it says.

Business  ·  3 July 2014