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Vericoin: The Altcoin You Can Spend Wherever Bitcoin is Accepted

A new service offered by vericoin enables users to make payments to any bitcoin address.

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CoinDesk Mining Roundup: Dividend Coins, Viper Updates and a CloudHashing Giveaway

Vault of Satoshi has announced a new cloud mining feature while Alpha Technology and Bitmain have released ASIC updates.

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DNA Block Chain Project Boosts Research, Preserves Patient Anonymity

Publishing genetic records on a block chain could help researchers design better drugs, while still maintaining patients' privacy.

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'Adopt a Node' Project Aims to Bolster Bitcoin Network Security

The open-source Fullnode project offers an easy way for anyone to provision the bitcoin network.

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Mike Hearn: Underfunding is Leaving Bitcoin Development in Crisis

The bitcoinj developer has said development of the bitcoin protocol is in a "crisis period" through lack of incentive.

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Could Eroding Net Neutrality Hurt Bitcoin?

If the FCC lets ISPs control which traffic travels most efficiently over the Internet, could bitcoin be in danger?

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MaidSafe COO Reflects on Lessons Learned from Crowdsale

The company is working to increase Internet security, and has learned some valuable lessons in the process.

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Darkcoin Battles New Setback to Anonymous Transaction System

A planned launch of darkcoin's masternode feature has been postponed again following network forking issues.

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CoinTerra Seeks Out-of-Court Settlement to Class Action Lawsuit

Plaintiffs say CoinTerra distorted the technological capacity and energy consumption of its bitcoin mining products.

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KnCMiner Responds to Customer Backlash Over 'Deceptive' Compensation Scheme

KnCMiner is defending against claims it was trying to trick customers with a new hosted bitcoin mining offer.

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