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Could Bitcoin's Lightning Power Mobile Communications? This Startup Thinks So

New research from mobile mesh networking company goTenna explores how bitcoin's lightning network can help decentralize mobile communications.

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Inside Monero's 'Last Ditch Effort' to Block Crypto Mining ASICs

The Monero community is making one last attempt to block specialized mining hardware devices from the network.

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Enigma Launches Second Testnet for 'Secret Contract' Blockchain

Ethereum developers can now start coding specialized smart contracts called "secret contracts" that leverage the Enigma protocol for data privacy.

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Fraud-Fighting 'Watchtowers' to Arrive in Next Bitcoin Lightning Release

So-called lightning network "watchtowers" – a much-anticipated next step for securing the network – are coming soon.

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Michael Ford Named Newest Bitcoin Core Code Maintainer

Long-time Bitcoin Core contributor Michael Ford has been named the newest maintainer of the open-source software project.

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100 Bitcoin Users Perform What Might Be Largest 'CoinJoin' Transaction Ever

The startup behind the privacy-centric bitcoin app Wasabi Wallet recently brought together 100 people to collectively execute a "CoinJoin" transaction.

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Zilliqa Passes 'Milestone' With Addition of Smart Contracts to Its Blockchain

"Next-generation" cryptocurrency Zilliqa has announced the launch of smart contracts on its platform.

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Samourai, Nodl to Launch Bitcoin Lightning Node With Mixing Features

A new hardware partnership is helping the team behind Samourai Wallet extend their obsession with privacy to the world of bitcoin nodes.

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Why Academics Love Bitcoin – and Crypto

For academics, bitcoin, and more broadly crypto, is an exciting space where the ideas they write up in papers actually get built and tested.

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Ethereum Classic to Test Code for 'Atlantis' Upgrade This Month

Ethereum classic developers are speeding up plans to test a proposed upgrade for the blockchain network later this month.

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