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Bitcoin Mining is a Family Business for This Father and Son

In Raleigh, North Carolina, a father-and-son team are bucking the trend of industrial bitcoin mining.

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Credit Unions Turn to Blockchain Amid Increasing Competition

The credit union industry's distributed ledger initiative has sparked the interest of CUSOs, a group that has typically not collaborated much.

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Why Weight? Bitcoin Scaling is Moving Beyond Block Size

Day two of Scaling Bitcoin in Milan showcased how bitcoin's technical community is trying to put the contentious "block size debate" in the rearview.

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What If One Bitcoin Isn't Like the Others? Fungibility Debated At Scaling Conference

The fungibility of bitcoin emerged as a central topic of debate on day one of the annual Scaling Bitcoin conference in Milan.

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Live Free or Mine: How Libertarians Fell in Love With Bitcoin

Was bitcoin innately libertarian? Or did its users make it so? CoinDesk's Corin Faife analyzes the issues in this feature report.

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What's Left Before SegWit Goes Live

After months of testing, bitcoin's big scaling upgrade is almost here.

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So, Ethereum's Blockchain is Still Under Attack…

What began over two weeks ago with spam attacks has escalated into a battle pitting ethereum developers against unknown antagonists.

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Bitcoin Lightning Payments Pass 'Milestone' With Blockstream Test

Bitcoin's Lightning Network has passed another key milestone.

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Scams or Not, Crypto Tokens Have History on Their Side

Blogger Alex Millar looks at how new technologies are evolving to circumvent problems with well-meaning but restrictive financial regulations.

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Why CGI Doubled Down on Ripple's Distributed Ledger Tech

A deep dive in how CGI is turning its Ripple validator node into an offering for 2,500 financial clients.

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