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The importance of receipts in blockchain payment systems
Chase Smith, Lead Blockchain Architect at OPEN, discusses a decentralized receipt of purchase solution called OPEN State.
Search for extraterrestrial life hampered as cryptocurrency miners hog the tech alien hunters need
GPU manufacturers are scrambling to deal with rapidly rising demand for graphics cards.
Cryptocurrency Valentine's Day with Bitcoin futures expiration
Capital.com is a fintech startup providing an AI-powered trading platform designed to take trading to the next level
OpenBazaar adds BCH, Zcash and looks towards tokens
OpenBazaar CEO Brian Hoffman said a token event is being planned for around the end of March.
Lazarus: North Korean hackers resurface with aggressive HaoBao campaign against banks, Bitcoin users
Widely believed to be linked to the North Korean regime, Lazarus Group has been linked to the 2014 Sony hack and the WannaCry ransomware attack in 2017 among others.
Cryptocurrency: eToro adds Stellar as investor appetite for crypto grows
Stellar now added to Bitcoin, Ethereum, Bitcoin Cash, XRP, Litecoin, Ethereum Classic and Dash.
How blockchain and cryptocurrency might realistically reinvent the advertiser-customer relationship
Charles H. Silver, CEO, Algebraix looks at personal data spending power
Blockchain: the solution to the cybercrime epidemic?
Paul Worrall, Co-Founder of Zonafide talks about self-sovereign identity as a solution to cybercrime.
Cryptocurrencies are too big for UK banks to ignore
CEO of Confirm, Pawel Kuskowski talks about the crypto barbarians at the gate
BTCC Pool introduces transparent FPPS Bitcoin mining and 1% fees
The new 1% promotion fee for bitcoin mining is the lowest fee in the industry, said BTCC.
Bitcoin billionaires downgraded to millionaires after major sell-off
The Winklevoss twins and Ripple co-founder Chris Larsen are among those at the top of Forbes' cryptocurrency rich list who will have seen their Bitcoin billions slump this week.
Russian nuclear engineers arrested for using one of country's largest supercomputers to mine Bitcoin
The nuclear facility houses a 1-petraflop supercomputer that is capable of performing around 1,000 trillion calculations per second.
North Korean hackers ordered to make $100,000 a year for the regime - or else
A group of North Korean hackers were sent to China and required to make up to $100,000 a year for the reclusive regime by any means, or face "severe" consequences.
Crypto scammers pose as John McAfee and Elon Musk on Twitter to steal bitcoin
Cryptocurrency scammers are invading the Twitter timelines of famous technologists and companies in an attempt to dupe fintech fanatics into sending them money.
Hackers behind $530m cryptocurrency heist 'flog coins on the dark web with 15% off'
Sources said that the Coincheck hackers are using the anonymity provided by the dark web to help launder the stolen cryptocurrency, which is known as NEM.
Etherisc pushes standard insurable crypto wallet
Etherisc co-founder Stephan Karpischek is looking to create completely new value networks and realign incentives across the whole value chain.
US man sues T-Mobile after his bitcoins were hacked
Carlos Tapang of Washington alleges that T-Mobile's poor security allowed hackers to steal thousands of dollars in bitcoin.
Bitcoin is 'a bubble, a Ponzi scheme and an environmental disaster' claims top banker
Carstens said many people believe so far that, given the limited size of virtual currencies, "concerns about them do not rise to a systemic level".
Police release e-fit images of three men suspected of trying to force man into bitcoin transfer
Four men entered Oxford home, threatened occupants with firearm and forced victim to transfer bitcoin.
PC gamers mine cryptocurrency to help save children in war-torn Syria
Global children's charity Unicef launches pilot scheme asking gamers to create Ethereum to fund emergency aid in Syria.
Japan Net Bank tests blockchain with mijin and Hyperledger
Fintech and cryptocurrency solutions company Tech Bureau developed mijin blockchain
Blockchain security and the cryptocurrency boom, Part 2: Application
Steve Giguere, engineer at Synopsys, takes a look at the wallet options out there.
To capitalise on crypto, do your due diligence
Iqbal Gandham, UK Managing Director at eToro, reflects on the Bitconnect debacle.
Lloyds Bank bans customers from buying bitcoin on their credit cards
Bitcoin lost 30% of its value last week, ending at $8,291.87, less than half its $19,000 value reached in November.
Blockchain tokens and ICOs: An open letter to the SEC
Web pioneer, author, and serial entrepreneur David Siegel challenges the SEC's stance on digital currencies and consideration of tokens as securities.
Decentralisation experts unpack the problems of 'Web 3.0'
Nick Szabo, Zooko Wilcox and Paul Frazee talk about the goals and challenges of the next generation of the internet.
EDF Energy and Shell join Electron's blockchain energy consortium
Consortium also includes: Baringa, Flexitricity, Kiwi Power, Northern Powergrid, Open Energi, Statkraft and UK Power Networks.
Blockchain not required: Beaker Browser's Paul Frazee on building the decentralsed web
'The original vision of the web was that anybody could create and own their website. It was creative and diverse. Now, all that power to create is on other people's servers.'
Blockchain security and the cryptocurrency boom
Steve Giguere, engineer at Synopsys, provides a comprehensive explainer here for crypo-n00bs.
Blockchain: How to write safe and verifiable smart contracts
Blockchain platform Zilliqa introduces Scilla, a language for formally verified smart contracts