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How Dogetipbot Turned a Spoof Altcoin into a Tipping Phenomenon

Dogecoin has become a hugely popular way to reward people on reddit, and it's all thanks to Dogetipbot.

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Building a Greener Bitcoin: How to Reduce Carbon Emissions

How to reduce carbon emissions from bitcoin mining? CoinDesk looks at the pros and cons of the available options.

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Charlie Lee Proposes Merged Mining of Litecoin and Dogecoin

The success of dogecoin has changed the way that miners view scrypt. And that's bad, according to Charlie Lee.

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Are Cryptocurrencies in a State of War?

Are cryptocurrencies in the midst of a battle similar to that fought by HD DVDs and Blu-ray Discs?

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Canadian Government to End 'MintChip' Digital Currency Program

The Canadian government has announced plans to sell its MintChip digital cash service to the private sector.

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LA's First Dogecoin Party Promises DJs, Dogs, Much Fun and Such Charity

Here's what to expect when shibes take over LA's Meltdown Comics this Friday.

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Bitcoin Commodity Exchange CEX.io Imposes Trading Fee, Prepares for USD

The CEX.io bitcoin commodity exchange is to introduce a trade fee in two stages within weeks.

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Cryptsy Founder Paul Vernon on Worthy Altcoins, Pre-Mining and Compliance

The exchange currently trades 157 cryptocurrencies and 70,000 active users, but it hasn't added fiat currency – yet.

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Hullcoin: The World's First Local Government Cryptocurrency?

David Gilson reports on the very first UK local government operated cryptocurrency, HullCoin.

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Kim Dotcom Launches Political Party, Proposes National Cryptocurrency

Tech entrepreneur and web bad boy Kim Dotcom is back in the news, having launched the 'Internet Party'.

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