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Programming Blockchain Can Change How You See Bitcoin

Jimmy Song's Programming Blockchain workshop taught me about a lot more than bitcoin.

However distant it may seem, powerful quantum computers have the potential to ruin cryptocurrency, and developers are already devising solutions.

By Alyssa HertigMar 17, 2018

The crypto revolution may be happening in real time, but that doesn't mean that definitions, while not final, can shape our understanding today.

A structured note is being issued on the ethereum blockchain, with an identical one settled on a traditional clearing house to test the cost savings.

Giving away free money isn't as simple as it sounds in crypto. In fact, an upcoming plan to do just that is being labeled an attack by some.

Scrapping public tokens for free airdrops has become the new way crypto issuers are building communities and even keeping themselves out of trouble.

By Brady DaleMar 16, 2018

Little-known startup Loom Network claims it's ready to take on ethereum's thorny scaling problems with a centralized version of sidechains.

By Alyssa HertigMar 15, 2018

Big investors are lining up to back the startup behind the most advanced implementation of bitcoin's in-development Lightning Network.

By Leigh CuenMar 15, 2018

Upcoming legislation in the U.S. could have an impact on cryptocurrency use in the sex industry, and those affected are speaking out.

By Leigh CuenMar 15, 2018

You've probably heard of "forks," a way of making changes to cryptocurrencies. Now researchers are realizing there's a new kind.

By Alyssa HertigMar 15, 2018

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