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Tech

Butterfly Labs Faces $5 Million Lawsuit Over Unfulfilled Order

The maker of high-end ASIC miners is facing a lawsuit over a costly order that never got shipped.

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Marc Andreessen Predicts Bitcoin Will Change Chip Design Forever

Silicon Valley venture capitalist Marc Andreessen believes digital currencies will transform the way we design processors.

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CoinTerra Battles With Performance Issues and Security Breach

CoinTerra’s TerraMiner IV units are about 20% slower and consume 20% more power than originally promised.

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Policy

FinCEN Declares Bitcoin Miners, Investors Aren't Money Transmitters

FinCEN stated that virtual currency miners and investors aren't subject to money transmitting laws.

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CoinTerra Ships First Terahash Bitcoin Mining Rig

CoinTerra announced today it had finally started shipping its highly anticipated terahash-class TerraMiner IV professional mining rigs.

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Markets

Video Cards Drive First-Day Sales Surge For TigerDirect

Video cards, power units, tablets and Xbox units drove first-day bitcoin sales for TigerDirect.

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CoinSeed Announces $5 Million Investment in BitFury Mining Gear

Investment fund CoinSeed announced that it has acquired $5m worth of BitFury’s 55 nanometre bitcoin hardware.

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The CoinDesk Mining Roundup: 21e6, KnCMiner Profits and New Hardware

Check out the bitcoin mining news that's making waves around the globe, featuring: 21e6, Butterfly Labs, KnCMiner and more.

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Humint Hopes to Custom-Build Altcoins for Brands

Could company-branded altcoins be on the horizon? Humint thinks so.

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Bitcoin Miners Ditch Ghash.io Pool Over Fears of 51% Attack

Bitcoin miners around the world are leaving Ghash.io, following a significant increase in the pool’s hash share.

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