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Scrypt-based miners and the new cryptocurrency arms race

Script-based miner manufacturers are planning to ship equipment that will speed up altcoin mining.

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Vault of Satoshi expands Canadian bitcoin exchange market

Vault of Satoshi aims to lower the price of bitcoin exchanges in Canada.

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PhenixCoin in ashes after developer goes AWOL

The altcoin PhenixCoin's developer has left the project, leaving coins frozen in the associated exchange.

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How to get started with litecoin

CoinDesk walks you through what you need to know about litecoin, the world's second largest cryptocurrency.

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Ripple plan to make its software open source on September 26

Ripple, OpenCoin's decentralised payment system and currency, is to be open sourced at the end of September.

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UNOCS altcoin partnership dismantled following Feathercoin pullout

UNOCS, the partnership designed to take several altcoins mainstream, has been dismantled following the departure of Feathercoin.

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CoinMKT altcurrency exchange to launch public beta next week

CoinMKT, a new cyrptocurrency exchange, is launching its public beta on 3rd September.

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Feathercoin secures its block chain with advanced checkpointing

Feathercoin has announced advanced checkpointing in its block chain to protect against 51% attacks.

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MasterCoin to create new altcoins in Bitcoin's block chain

The Mastercoin protocol layer gains community support to create a new generation of altcurrencies on the Bitcoin block chain.

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Altcurrency exchange Crypto Street converts bitcoin, litecoin and feathercoin

Crypto St. is a US-based exchange focusing its attention on supporting up and coming altcurrencies.

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