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All Things Alt: Shibe Social, Blackcoin Boom and the Twin Easter Egg

Dogecon, new GPUs and the potential future of payments – these and more in this week's All Things Alt.

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The Bitcoin Word Game

How specific words and phrases are being crafted in an attempt to shape the public's perception of bitcoin.

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What Will Become of Your Bitcoins When You Die?

The Law Society is urging people to leave instructions for their intellectual property and digital media in their wills.

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Is Bitcoin Over the Hill?

The technology industry can be a fickle business. Research firm Gartner has a name for it: 'the hype cycle'.

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'Emergency Hearing' Could Lead to New Discoveries in Mt. Gox Case

An emergency court hearing set for tomorrow could enable the prosecuting attorneys to obtain new fact-finding abilities.

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Block Chain Technology Offers New Crime-Fighting Options

A new generation of services will utilize the unique properties of block-chain technology to provide scalable security.

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Survey Results: 96% of Merchants Would Recommend Bitcoin to Peers

Part Three of our survey examines merchant satisfaction with bitcoin, as well as their interest in altcoins.

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What Facebook's Mobile Money Plans May Mean for Bitcoin

Facebook is reportedly exploring a money service that would allow its users exchange monetary value.

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Why Know-Your-Customer Rules Won't Work With Bitcoin

Know Your Customer rules exemplify why moulding bitcoin into the current regulatory framework won't work, argues Ariel Deschapell.

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Crash and Carry on, Canadian Chip Chumps, and the Internet of Sins

This week John Law glues together broken China, mops up Canada's sticky MintChip mess and proposes new altcoin 'karmacoin'.

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