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Altcoin partnership UNOCS launches Bridge service for instant merchant payments

UNOCS has announced a new payment system to enable instant payments between consumers and merchants.

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Bitcoin activists propose hard fork to Bitcoin to keep it anonymous and regulation-free

Two anonymous authors have published what amounts to a manifesto for preserving decentralized control in Bitcoin.

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Feathercoin enthusiasts celebrate pub meetup by testing merchant interface

Last Saturday saw the first meetup for UK-based cryptocurrency Feathercoin at the Oxford Blue pub in Oxford.

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Litecoin founder Charles Lee on the origins and potential of the world's second largest cryptocurrency

Litecoin's creator Charles Lee speaks out about Mt. Gox, Bitcoin, and what's missing from his altcurrency.

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Discount code and Primecoin mining enthusiasm cause cloud server overload

Miners of Primecoin, a new digital currency, caused DigitalOcean, a cloud server provider, to restrict sign ups.

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Altcoins to take centre stage at Feathercoin meetup in Oxford

A Feathercoin meetup is being held in a pub in Oxford, England, this weekend.

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Bitcoin developer Jeff Garzik on altcoins, ASICs and bitcoin usability

Jeff Garzik, one of Bitcoin's core developers, shares his thoughts on alternative currencies, ASIC miners, and bitcoin usability.

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The 6 weirdest alternative currency stories ever

CoinDesk takes a look at some of the weirdest alternative currency stories over the past few years.

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Feathercoin, PhenixCoin and Worldcoin partner to form UNOCS, the United Open Currencies Solutions group

Feathercoin, PhenixCoin and Worldcoin have partnered to form United Open Currency Solutions (UNOCS).

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New currency Primecoin searches for prime numbers as proof of work

Primecoin is a new digital currency that uses methods to find prime numbers as a way of providing a useful by-product from its proof-of-work calculations

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