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Bitcoin Mining Pools Attack When Threatened, Study Finds

Researchers have investigated the conditions under which bitcoin mining pools will attack one another or co-exist peacefully.

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Mike Hearn: How Bitcoin's Technology Advanced in 2014

Bitcoin developer Mike Hearn takes a look at how bitcoin's technology has advanced this year and predicts where things will go in 2015.

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MegaBigPower: 2014 Was a Game Changer for Bitcoin Mining

MegaBigPower's Dave Carlson looks back at the changes to bitcoin mining in 2014, and predicts what the next year will bring.

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Gregory Maxwell: How I Went From Bitcoin Skeptic to Core Developer

The bitcoin core developer discusses his early disbelief in bitcoin's basic concept, how he helped develop sidechains and the issues facing bitcoin.

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6 Charts That Show Massive Bitcoin ATM Growth in 2014

As 2014 draws to a close, CoinDesk examines the various trends in the growing bitcoin ATM ecosystem.

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Review: Ledger Wallet Nano Provides Premium Security on a Budget

The Ledger Wallet Nano is a relatively affordable bitcoin hardware wallet with a few clever tricks up its sleeve.

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Coinkite Removes Limits on Multisig Bitcoin Wallets in Service Fee Shakeup

Coinkite is now offering consumers unlimited access to its multisig wallets, a move it said was inspired by the ecosystem's recent security issues.

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Court Strikes Down FTC Request for More Butterfly Labs Oversight

Embattled bitcoin mining hardware company Butterfly Labs is back in business, following a federal court ruling on Friday.

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'Good Samaritan' Blockchain Hacker Who Returned 267 BTC Speaks Out

A researcher who swept (and returned) 267 BTC from Blockchain wallets has told CoinDesk how and why he did it.

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Ledger Launches USB Bitcoin Wallet With 'Bank-Grade' Security

Three French startups that have teamed up to produce a hardware wallet they say is almost immune to hacking attacks.

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