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Bitcoin and the Politics of Non-Political Money

The Cato Institute's Jim Harper discusses how bitcoin needs level-headedness from its community to survive as a non-political digital currency.

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5 Must-Read Excerpts from the UK Government's Blockchain Report

CoinDesk examines the most notable recommendations from a new report on distributed ledger tech issued by the UK's chief scientific adviser.

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Is Bitcoin Dead? Not the Part that Matters

Michael J Casey provides perspective on how bitcoin can move forward despite a bitter debate over a needed technical feature.

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Big Miners Back Bitcoin Classic As Scaling Debate Evolves

Following a months-long debate on how to scale the bitcoin network, bitcoin mining firms are voicing their support for a newly introduced proposal.

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Blockstream CEO: Bitcoin Creating 'Toxic' Environment for Developers

CoinDesk speaks to Blockstream CEO Austin Hill about the industry's ongoing debate on how best to scale the bitcoin blockchain.

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Bitcoin Industry Optimistic Amid Bitter Battle for Scaling Solution

At the first stop on bitcoin's annual event calendar, opinions were diverse and divisive on how the network can scale to accommodate new users.

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Is Bitcoin For the Masses or Against the State?

CoinDesk contributor Bailey Reutzel argues the communication breakdown in bitcoin reveals the project is no longer making good on its original ideals.

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Making Sense of Bitcoin's Divisive Block Size Debate

Confused about the current state of bitcoin's 'block size debate'? CoinDesk rounds up thoughts from a recent influx of blogs on the subject.

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LHV Bank: We Support Bitcoin's Values

CoinDesk interviews LHV Bank's new cryptocurrency product manager to learn more about its blockchain experimentations.

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5 Big Questions for Bitcoin in 2016

Ryan Selkis of CoinDesk and Digital Currency Group asks 5 big questions of bitcoin for 2016.

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