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IT Consultancy Wipro Joins Hyperledger Blockchain Consortium

India-based IT services and consultancy firm Wipro has joined Hyperledger, the Linux Foundation-led consortium building blockchains for enterprises.

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Raiden Preview: Ethereum Scaling Solution Issues Developer Demo

The ethereum scaling solution Raiden has reached a notable milestone in a launch designed for early testing and developer feedback.

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Better, Faster zk-SNARKs: Zcash Developers Release New Privacy Tech

Privacy-oriented Zcash is getting a speed boost with researchers investing a faster elliptic curve for generating zk-SNARKs transactions.

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SBI Ripple Asia to Test Blockchain Bank Transfers Between Japan and South Korea

SBI Ripple Asia will reportedly start testing its blockchain-based funds-transfer system between Japanese and South Korean banks by the end of 2017.

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'Revolutionary': Finland Central Bank Paper Heaps Praise on Bitcoin

Researchers at Finland's central bank have dubbed bitcoin's economic system "revolutionary" in a new staff paper.

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Ethereum's ERC-20 Token Standard Has Been Formalized

Ethereum's ERC-20 standard – which sets the rules for token issuances – has been finalized after being introduced in 2015.

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MASTer Plan: Better Bitcoin Smart Contracts Could Go Live This Year

Blockstream co-founder Mark Friedenbach is breathing new life into bitcoin smart contracts with his MAST proposal.

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Scaling Lightning? How Revive Could Boost Bitcoin's Boldest Scaling Plan

A new proposal for optimizing bitcoin's Lightning Network suggests off-chain micropayments could become even more scalable than conceived.

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Metropolis Today: The Shifting Plans for Ethereum's Next Big Upgrade

Ethereum's next big upgrade is approaching – but how soon and just what will it entail? To the question, there are shifting answers.

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Broken Hash Crash? IOTA's Price Keeps Dropping on Tech Critique

IOTA's price has tanked since an MIT researcher revealed that code vulnerabilities had led to a patch for the widely-touted cryptocurrency.

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