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Bitmine to drop 4PH/s of ASIC power onto bitcoin network

Swiss firm Bitmine and HK investment house Massive Luck Investments are preparing a new generation of dynamically scalable ASICs.

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KnCMiner takes delivery of ASIC boards

KnCMiner has taken delivery of boards for its ASIC mining boxes. Now, it's waiting for the chips.

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MasterCoin to create new altcoins in Bitcoin's block chain

The Mastercoin protocol layer gains community support to create a new generation of altcurrencies on the Bitcoin block chain.

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Alydian targets big ticket miners with Terahash hosting

Alydian's hosted mining service will be pricy on a per-GH basis, but could be produced more quickly than others.

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Raspberry Pi used to power bitcoin-funded WiFi hotspot

A working prototype of a bitcoin-enabled WiFi hotspot built on top of the Raspberry Pi has been created.

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ASIC bitcoin miner arms race: the definitive CoinDesk roundup

Read our in-depth roundup on ASIC miners discussing what's available, what's not available on the current market.

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Private and secure file storage service SpiderOak to accept bitcoin

SpiderOak, the private storage company that can't unencrypt your data even if it wanted to, will start taking bitcoin.

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Lamassu is now taking pre-orders for its bitcoin ATM

Lamassu, the makers of a bitcoin ATM that was demonstrated at Bitcoin London, are now taking pre-orders.

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Defcon hackers crack physical bitcoin Casascius coins

The Casascius coin was shown to be vulnerable to physical attack at this year's Defcon conference.

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Developers find Android flaw that makes bitcoin wallets vulnerable to theft

An Android flaw is compromising all wallets running on Google's mobile platform. Here's what to do.

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