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German Police Detain 'Bitcoin Mining Hackers'

German police have detained two people suspected of hacking computer networks, mining over €700,000 in bitcoin.

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Unsuspecting PC Users Duped into Mining Bitcoin by Malware

A number of software applications that run on Windows are mining small amounts of bitcoin from people's computers.

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KnCMiner Launches Neptune ASIC Bitcoin Miner With at Least 3TH of Power

Pre-orders for KnCMiner's Neptune ASIC bitcoin miner open today. This could be one of the firm's last retail products.

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Alpha Technology Announces ASIC Miners for Litecoin are Coming Soon

Alpha Technologies will start developing purpose-built ASIC mining hardware for Litecoin in partnership with Indian manufacturer Dexcel Designs.

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Gaming Company to Pay $1 Million for Secretly Using Customer Computers for Bitcoin Mining

Gaming company reaches $1m settlement with Attorney General after admitting to injecting bitcoin mining code into users' computers.

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Litecoin Spikes to $200 Million Market Capitalization in Five Hours

Litecoin caught the market’s attention earlier this year when it spiked approximately 10,000% in a few weeks.

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KnCMiner sells $3 Million of bitcoin mining equipment in just four days

KnCMiner sold a whopping $3m worth of bitcoin mining equipment over the course of just four days last week.

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Is bitcoin broken? Gavin Andresen responds to mining vulnerability paper

Gavin Andresen today formally addressed the recent paper titled 'Majority is not enough: bitcoin mining vulnerable'.

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Bitcoin mining network vulnerability 'not a big deal'

A paper released yesterday suggested a major bitcoin vulnerability, but has been quick to draw dismissal from developers.

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CoinLab's Alydian files for bankruptcy and reveals debt of over $3.6 Million

CoinLab's first incubator company Alydian has filed for bankruptcy after only launching three months ago.

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