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Could Bitcoin's Lightning Power Mobile Communications? This Startup Thinks So

New research from mobile mesh networking company goTenna explores how bitcoin's lightning network can help decentralize mobile communications.

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Bitcoin Struggles for Price Gains As Litecoin Hits 13-Month high

Bitcoin is lacking a clear directional bias for the eighth consecutive day as litecoin continues to surge.

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'It Feels Like Family': Bitcoiners Gather for Security Conference in Amsterdam

For Breaking Bitcoin 2019, technologists gathered in Amsterdam to explore the future of bitcoin.

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No Man's Land: Bitcoin Price Locked in $600 Range for 7th Day

Bitcoin's struggle for direction continues with prices locked in a tight range for a week.

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Fraud-Fighting 'Watchtowers' to Arrive in Next Bitcoin Lightning Release

So-called lightning network "watchtowers" – a much-anticipated next step for securing the network – are coming soon.

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Michael Ford Named Newest Bitcoin Core Code Maintainer

Long-time Bitcoin Core contributor Michael Ford has been named the newest maintainer of the open-source software project.

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100 Bitcoin Users Perform What Might Be Largest 'CoinJoin' Transaction Ever

The startup behind the privacy-centric bitcoin app Wasabi Wallet recently brought together 100 people to collectively execute a "CoinJoin" transaction.

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Bitcoin Risks Short-Term Bear Reversal Below $7.4K Price Support

Bitcoin's bulls need to keep prices above key support at $7,432 to avert a short-term bearish reversal.

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Samourai, Nodl to Launch Bitcoin Lightning Node With Mixing Features

A new hardware partnership is helping the team behind Samourai Wallet extend their obsession with privacy to the world of bitcoin nodes.

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Why Academics Love Bitcoin – and Crypto

For academics, bitcoin, and more broadly crypto, is an exciting space where the ideas they write up in papers actually get built and tested.

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