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Bitcoin sculpture made from scrap metal outside the BitCluster mining farm in Norilsk, Russia. (BitCluster)

In the same way Bitcoin mining incentivizes more energy, cheaper energy and new energy, Bitcoin can also incentivize the building of more products, cheaper products and new pr...

By Allen Farrington

Apr 15, 2024 at 1:42 p.m. UTC

Apr 15, 2024

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Galaxy Digital CEO Mike Novogratz (Will Foxley/The Big Empty)

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Bitcoin Mining’s Boon for Small Town America

Will Foxley’s doc about a small Texas town’s embrace of a new mining facility paints a more positive story about Bitcoin’s impact on rural communities than typically reported....

By Daniel Kuhn

Apr 5, 2024 at 7:18 p.m. UTC

Apr 5, 2024

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Must Bitcoin ‘Drop Ideals’ of Decentralization to Achieve Mass Adoption?

Key management is crucial to crypto maintaining decentralization. But, as hacks and exploits have grown in number, the dream of self-custody has become more difficult to maint...

By Daniel Kuhn

Apr 3, 2024 at 5:04 p.m. UTC

Apr 3, 2024

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Has public perception of the much-hyped Lightning networks changed over the years? (Rizka/Wikimedia Commons)

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Are Bitcoin Developers Losing Faith in Lightning?

High-profile defections, and ongoing criticism from the community, paints a picture of a much-hyped scaling project running out of steam. But bitcoiners have always been criti...

By Daniel Kuhn

Apr 2, 2024 at 5:59 p.m. UTC

Apr 2, 2024

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Edvard Munch's "The Scream" (Art Institute of Chicago)

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Opinion

The Munchables Hack Is Way Worse Than It Seems

Apparently orchestrated from North Korea, the $63 million hack adds grist to the argument that crypto exploits pose a plausible national security risk.

By Daniel Kuhn

Mar 27, 2024 at 5:47 p.m. UTC

Mar 27, 2024

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Remembering ‘True Names’ Author Vernor Vinge

Known for popularizing the term “singularity,” the cypherpunk writer, who died this week, was prophetic about the age of artificial intelligence and cryptocurrency.

By Daniel Kuhn

Mar 22, 2024 at 5:43 p.m. UTC

Mar 22, 2024

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Is Toxic Bitcoin Maximalism Getting Less Toxic?

As BTC gets Wall Street approval and developers build new applications on the network, bitcoiners are ditching some of their previous siege mentality.

By Daniel Kuhn

Mar 18, 2024 at 8:35 p.m. UTC

Mar 18, 2024

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San Salvador, El Salvador (Oswaldo Martinez/Unsplash, modified by CoinDesk)

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Where Is Nayib Bukele Actually Storing El Salvador's Bitcoin?

Last week, the sats stacking president of the "Land of Many Volcanoes" announced he was moving thousands of the country's BTC into a bitcoin "piggy bank."

By Lina Seiche

Mar 18, 2024 at 3:26 p.m. UTC

Mar 18, 2024