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Fire the Miners? Radical Ideas Emerge as Bitcoin Fork Talk Escalates

As tensions rise in bitcoin's scaling debate, support is growing for a solution that could sideline miners should they try to force a code change.

By Alyssa HertigMar 22, 2017

With 80 banks already among its members, distributed ledger consortium R3 is now setting its sights on bringing more regulators into the fold.

A blockchain partnership spearheaded by Foxconn could have ripple effects for global supply chains and lending, CoinDesk's Noelle Acheson argues.

By Noelle AchesonMar 20, 2017

IBM has launched IBM Blockchain, a new product it is calling the "first commercial application" of Hyperledger Fabric.

Turing Award winner Silvio Micali is working on a new consensus algorithm, one he argues could help massively scale blockchains.

By Amy CastorMar 19, 2017

After the first bitcoin exchange-traded fund was rejected by the SEC, what lies in store for the digital currency within the financial sector?

By Aaron StanleyMar 18, 2017

William Mougayar lists his ultimate 18 web resources for those wanting to research, track or launch initial coin offerings or ICOs.

A newly released statement from major exchanges today may have stoked tensions in the ongoing bitcoin scaling debate.

By Pete RizzoMar 18, 2017

Infosys's Peter Loop examines four potential opportunities in which blockchain could improve public processes.

By Peter LoopMar 17, 2017

The community has been in a furore over an attack that took down 70% of Bitcoin Unlimited nodes. Here are 12 of the best Twitter responses.

By Alyssa HertigMar 16, 2017

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