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Kraken, a global bitcoin exchange headquartered in San Francisco, announced the launch of Monero (XMR) trading, which effectively enables users to trade Monero with bitcoin, U.S. …
By satoshi
January 3, 2017
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Born as a rebellion against Ethereum’s hard fork to retrieve funds from The DAO after it was “hacked” last summer, Ethereum Classic has increasingly formed a unique identity since. The …
By satoshi
December 13, 2016
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SegregatedWitness (SegWit) — the proposed upgrade to the Bitcoin protocol developed by the Bitcoin Core developers — is still far from activation. Requiring 95 percent of hash …
By satoshi
December 12, 2016
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Zcash (ZEC), the new digital currency lauded for its privacy features, is launching today amidst some massive hype. But until enough tokens become available on exchanges, …
By satoshi
October 28, 2016
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In January, Bitcoin Magazine reported that a public alpha technology preview of Zcash, “a decentralized and open-source cryptocurrency that aims to set a new standard for …
By satoshi
August 30, 2016
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Ethereum Classic’s ability to gain a somewhat sizeable market share in terms of price and network hashrate has been surprising to many in the digital currency …
By satoshi
August 30, 2016
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Ethereum Classic started off as what is perhaps best described as a protest movement, opposing a (perceived) bailout of Ethereum’s leaderless investment venture, The DAO. But …
By satoshi
August 19, 2016
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Although a large proportion of the Ethereum community believed the recent hard fork would result in one chain that the entire community could get behind, it’s …
By 1BitcoinNews
August 5, 2016
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Ethereum Classic is dominating the cryptocurrency news cycle. After a slumber of some days following the Ethereum hard fork that refunded investors of the raided DAO, the …
By 1BitcoinNews
July 31, 2016
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Ethereum Classic is dominating the cryptocurrency news cycle. After a slumber of some days following the Ethereum hard fork that refunded investors of the hacked DAO, …
By 1BitcoinNews
July 30, 2016
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Ethereum Classic is dominating the cryptocurrency news cycle. After a slumber of some days following the Ethereum hard fork that refunded investors of the hacked DAO, …
By 1BitcoinNews
July 30, 2016
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Ethereum hard forked today. As per what seemed to be the popular demand, the protocol rules have been updated incompatibly with the existing Ethereum protocol. Users …
By 1BitcoinNews
July 20, 2016
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The DAO, a decentralized autonomous organization built on the Ethereum blockchain, has been the subject of a continued hack today that has seen the theft of over 3.5 million …
By 1BitcoinNews
June 17, 2016
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Altcoins have a long tradition in the Bitcoin community, but they tend to cause a contentious divide among those who think they’re useful and those who …
By 1BitcoinNews
May 20, 2016
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For many people involved with Bitcoin, altcoins are nothing more than testnets. Hundreds of digital currencies are currently listed on CoinCap.io, but Bitcoin still dominates 78 …
By 1BitcoinNews
May 19, 2016
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To many people in the Bitcoin community, altcoins are considered nothing more than scams. Part of the reason is that altcoin developers and promoters are often …
By 1BitcoinNews
March 23, 2016
