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Colin Harper

Colin Harper

Colin writes about Bitcoin. Formerly, he worked at CoinDesk as a tech reporter. Now, he is the Head of Research and Content at Luxor Technologies, and he also freelances for CoinDesk, Forbes and Bitcoin Magazine." He holds bitcoin.

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MakerDAO
Tech
Makerdao
MakerDAO Adds Chainlink, Compound, Loopring as Collateral Options
MakerDAO has voted to add support for a trio of new tokens for the decentralized finance (DeFi) loans that generate DAI stablecoins.
MakerDAO
By Colin Harper
Sep 30, 2020 at 10:22 p.m. UTC
Sep 30, 2020
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bitcoinacks
Tech
Developers
BitcoinACKs Lets You Track Bitcoin Development and Pay Coders for Their Work
BitcoinACKs aggregates pull requests for upgrades to Bitcoin Core and lets users pay for the Bitcoin development they want to see.
bitcoinacks
By Colin Harper
Sep 30, 2020 at 8:00 a.m. UTC
Sep 30, 2020
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Haseeb Awan, founder of Efani
Tech
Cybersecurity
This Entrepreneur Was SIM-Swapped so Often, He Started a Company to Fight It
Efani’s solution to SIM-swapping? Make it so difficult to make changes to a cell phone account that an attack is virtually impossible.
Haseeb Awan, founder of Efani
By Colin Harper
Sep 25, 2020 at 4:02 p.m. UTC
Sep 25, 2020
CybersecuritySIM Swapping
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Tech
Open source
Blockchain Commons Internship Introduces New Developers to Open Source
The Blockchain Commons took on seven interns this year to build out the organization’s many open-source projects.
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By Colin Harper
Sep 23, 2020 at 5:50 p.m. UTC
Sep 23, 2020
Open SourceBlockchain EducationBlockchain Commons
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Finance
Compliance
BRD Is Breaking Into the Crypto Compliance Game
The new tech stack will provide AML and compliance tools for financial institutions, government agencies and cryptocurrency service providers.
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By Colin Harper
Sep 22, 2020 at 1:01 p.m. UTC
Sep 22, 2020
ComplianceAMLBRD
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Tech
Bitcoin
New on Bitcoin’s Lightning Network: LND Adds Accounting Feature, c-lightning Gets an Upgrade
Lightning Labs made bookkeeping easier for node operators. Blockstream’s c-lightning 0.9.1 release improves channel opening and routing mechanisms.
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By Colin Harper
Sep 18, 2020 at 4:14 p.m. UTC
Sep 18, 2020
BitcoinBlockstreamLightning NetworkLightning Labs
Ava Labs founder Emin Gün Sirer (CoinDesk archives)
Markets
Avalanche
Ava Labs Sets Avalanche Mainnet Launch for Sept. 21
With $60 million in funding at its back, Ava Labs' Avalanche is the latest next-gen blockchain network to enter the DeFi landscape.
Ava Labs founder Emin Gün Sirer (CoinDesk archives)
By Colin Harper
Sep 16, 2020 at 2:02 p.m. UTC
Sep 16, 2020
AvalancheDeFiAva Labs
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Tech
Smart contracts
Discreet Log Contracts Are Bringing Private, ‘Scriptless’ Smart Contracts to Bitcoin
A smart contract has logged bets for the U.S. election on Bitcoin’s blockchain. When the votes are tallied, we won’t know who won, but that’s the whole point.
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By Colin Harper
Sep 15, 2020 at 7:57 p.m. UTC
Sep 15, 2020
Smart ContractsBitcoinDLCs
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Tech
Smart contracts
RGB Continues Its Work to Bring Better Smart Contracts to Bitcoin
The RGB protocol, now in beta, is working to outfit Bitcoin with the capabilities that have made Ethereum the go-to blockchain for issuing tokenized assets.
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By Colin Harper
Sep 14, 2020 at 7:25 p.m. UTC
Sep 14, 2020
Smart ContractsBitcoinRGB
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Tech
Smart contracts
SushiSwap's Users Ordered Changes, but the Protocol Can't Deliver Without an Overhaul
Another SushiSwap smart contract migration may be on the menu if newly voted-for policy proposals are going to be implemented.
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By Colin Harper
Sep 11, 2020 at 9:23 p.m. UTC
Sep 11, 2020
Smart ContractsDeFiSushiSwap