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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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Litecoin targeted by trojan malware

A security firm has published a report showing malware aimed at stealing Litecoin wallet files.

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OpenCoin: Ripple users can send payments to bitcoin addresses

At Bitcoin London yesterday OpenCoin announced that Ripple users can now make bitcoin payments directly from the Ripple client.

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Should corporations develop their own virtual currencies like bitcoin?

Virtual currencies can ensure that consumers will purchase goods within a company's own ecosystem, but do consumers actually find them useful?

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Bitcoin: The next rewards-based economy?

Could bitcoin be a way to modernise backwards-facing employee and customer rewards programs?

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What are Namecoins and .bit domains?

Namecoin is the basis for a decentralised domain name system (DNS) which could put a stop to Internet censorship.

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Analyst predicts final chapter for Amazon Coins

Amazon Coins are only two months old, but one analyst is already forecasting their potential demise.

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Colored coins paint sophisticated future for Bitcoin

Colored coins could enable you to trade bitcoins as anything, including stocks, bonds, and even IOUs. Danny Bradbury finds out how they may be implemented.

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