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'Building' Bitcoin's Software Just Got a Bit More Trustless

There's a bit less trust now needed when developers compile the software at the heart of bitcoin.

cory, fields, MIT

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Ethereum: What the Next 4 Years Look Like

Ethereum celebrated its fourth birthday yesterday. Here's what insiders had to say about the blockchain's next four.

Vitalik Buterin at DEVCON 2018

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Samsung's Galaxy S10 Adds Wallet App from Blockchain Phone Rival Pundi X

The blockchain smartphone makers are working together to boost crypto adoption, with Pundi X's wallet being added to the Galaxy S10's options.

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Multicoin Leads $20 Million Round for Speed-Focused Solana Blockchain

Claiming it can handle many more transactions per second than existing blockchains, Solana has raised capital to ramp up development.

Kyle Samani of Multicoin (CoinDesk)

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MIT Fellow Says Facebook 'Lifted' His Ideas for Libra Cryptocurrency

MIT fellow Alex Lipton claims Facebook borrowed the guts of its Libra project from a paper he co-authored last year.

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What It’s Like to Review Bitcoin's Code

CoinDesk dives deep into the complex process of reviewing code for the Bitcoin Core software.

Are QR codes the answer for in-person bitcoin payments? Source: Hack A Day

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Coder Proposes Alternative to Bitcoin's 'Notoriously Unreliable' Testnet

Introduced Wednesday, a new proposal called Signet offers a fresh alternative to bitcoin's test network.

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Korea's Biggest Credit Card Firm Wins Patent for Blockchain Credit System

Shinhan Card has been granted a patent for a blockchain payment system that could reportedly do away with physical credit cards.

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Bitcoin Could Help Stop News Censorship – From Space

An advocacy group is testing out the idea that the combination of bitcoin and orbital communication can help fight news censorship.

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