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Hive Blockchain's ethereum mining facility in Boden, Sweden (Sandali Handagama).

Tough market conditions are forcing miners to make tough decisions. Jeff Wilser checks in with Econoalchemist, a longtime pseudonymous miner.

By Jeff Wilser

Aug 2, 2022 at 4:40 p.m. UTC

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Ledger's Vault Scores $150 Million in Crypto Insurance From Lloyd's Syndicate

The move is another sign that the insurance industry is gradually becoming comfortable writing coverage for digital assets.

By Ian Allison

Nov 14, 2019 at 2:00 p.m. UTC

Nov 14, 2019

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You Can Now Prove a Whole Blockchain With One Math Problem – Really

According to Electric Coin Company research, you can prove the whole bitcoin blockchain in less space than a bitcoin blockhead, only 80-bytes of data.

By William Foxley

Sep 14, 2019 at 10:30 a.m. UTC

Sep 14, 2019

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Facebook's Libra Lacks Foundational Components for Crypto Key Security

After a review of documentation for the Libra protocol and its planned ecosystem, Steven Sprague believes Facebook left out key security components.

By Steven Sprague

Jul 7, 2019 at 10:00 a.m. UTC

Jul 7, 2019

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Bitcoin and Blockchain: The Tangled History of Two Tech Buzzwords

The word "blockchain" isn't used in the bitcoin white paper, the document that started it all. So, how did the term take off as a buzzword?

By Alyssa Hertig

May 19, 2019 at 9:15 a.m. UTC

May 19, 2019

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About That Orange B... The History of Bitcoin’s Logos

Can a logo symbolize the ethos of a project? An industry? An entire movement? Bitcoin's might have come close.

By Annaliese Milano

May 18, 2019 at 10:20 a.m. UTC

May 18, 2019

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Is It Time for a Blockchain Brexit?

The U.K. is on the brink of a previously unthinkable 'hard Brexit' from the European Union. A solution could be found in the capabilities of blockchain.

By Pindar Wong

Apr 8, 2019 at 4:26 a.m. UTC

Apr 8, 2019

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How Lightning Makes Bitcoin Great Again (for Payments)

Lightning Labs' Alex Bosworth talks about how the lightning network provides bitcoin's best hope for becoming the payments network of the future.

By Bailey Reutzel Evan Engel

Mar 24, 2019 at 11:05 a.m. UTC

Mar 24, 2019

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I Got the Mark of the Beast – And It Will Hold My Bitcoin

There's a lot of overlap between bitcoiners and body hackers. CoinDesk editor Bailey Reutzel traveled to Austin, Texas to explore that crossroads and become a bitcoin holding...

By Bailey Reutzel

Mar 15, 2019 at 5:15 p.m. UTC

Mar 15, 2019