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Bitcoin Cash Declares War: Why Coming Hard Fork Could Mean Another Split

After a year of peaceful hard fork upgrades, bitcoin cash is in the throes of a fiery debate over its future – one that could lead to a chain split.

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As Plasma Stalls, Snarks Become New Hope for Scaling Ethereum Now

As work on ethereum's plasma scaling solution proceeds, some developers are hailing a form of cryptography used by zcash as an alternative.

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Bitmain to Begin Selling New Bitcoin Miners Later This Week

Bitmain's recently revealed 7nm ASIC mining chip will be included in new Antminer S15 and T15 models, which go on sale Thursday.

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Ethereum Energy Project Now Powers 700 Households in 10 Cities

Little-known ethereum project Lition is live and quietly helping German citizens hunt down cheaper energy options.

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Builders on Wall Street: Bitcoin Devs Host Lightning Hack Day

At the Lightning Hackday, it was hard to keep up with all the futuristic ideas for bitcoin's layer-two, but some devs are focusing on the basics.

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There's a New Plan to Build the Hardware for Ethereum 2.0

The Ethereum Foundation is funding efforts to create specializing mining hardware in partnership with blockchain data storage network Filecoin.

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IDG-Backed Ethereum Wallet to Integrate With Ledger Device

China-based imToken has revealed a solution it says will let Ledger hardware wallet users manage their assets in its mobile wallet app.

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Bitcoin's White Paper Is Not a Bible – Stop Worshipping It

Software evolves, read-only text documents do not.

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Vitalik Ends Devcon Talk With Sing-Along About Failed Ethereum Ideas

At the Devcon4 developer conference, the founder of ethereum presented the current roadmap to a more scalable network – and a song.

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The Pen Is Mightier Than the Sword? Bitcoin's White Paper Proves It

The pen is mightier than the sword, or so Satoshi Nakamoto proved with bitcoin.

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