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Bitcoin and the Brave Future of Browsers

A new bitcoin-powered browser called Brave promises to bring users a more private, ad-free Internet experience, and boost income for web publishers.

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How Ethereum's Wallets Are Evolving

Ethereum was built using different consensus rules than bitcoin, so wallets also need to function in an alternative way. But what are the options?

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The Upside of the Internet: Defending Bitcoin's 'Downside'

BlockCypher's Josh Cincinnati critiques a recent NYTimes article that suggested bitcoin's immutable ledger of transactions is its weakness.

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Does the Original Bitcoin Wallet Still Matter?

The descendant of Satoshi's original bitcoin wallet is still available today, and continuing to see upgrades.

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Making Sense of Blockchain's Summer of Stupid (On Perfect Illusions)

What do we make of the blockchain's confounding summer of 2016? CoinDesk's Pete Rizzo attempts to explain.

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On High Seas of Bitcoin Trading, Whales Still Make Waves

Over the last few weeks, market analysts have repeatedly cited a single trader when explaining sizeable fluctuations in bitcoin prices.

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Why Our Economic Liberty Depends on the Blockchain 

Should 'trustless-ness' be a requirement for transacting safely in a free-market economy?

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The Trend Towards Blockchain Privacy: Zero Knowledge Proofs

George Samman, former CMO of Fuzo, looks at how solutions like zero knowledge proofs could preserve privacy on blockchain platforms.

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It Isn't 'Consensus': Toward Cooler Protocol Debates

The idea that bitcoin and blockchains run on "consensus" among their users is counterproductive, argues Jim harper.

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The Blockchain: An Experiment in Governance Without Power

Cryptocurrencies aren't just an experiment in monetary theory, but also a radical experiment in decentralized governance, says Ariel Deschapell.

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