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Keybase Project Plans to Make Cryptography as Easy as Twitter

Cryptographic keys are confusing to use and proving ownership is tricky, but a solution is in the pipeline.

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Industrial Bitcoin Mine Employee Disappears After $190k in Alleged Theft, Fraud

A man using at least two aliases has defrauded both investors and a Tampa-based industrial bitcoin mine.

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ING: Future Bitcoin Protocol Should Include Central Bank Functions

ING Bank has issued a new video assessment of bitcoin that suggests how it can be improved.

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Butterfly Labs Accused of Buying Blog to Hide Negative Search Results

Mining hardware manufacturer Butterfly Labs is accused of buying satirical blog Buttcoins.org to manage its online reputation.

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Banning, Dumping and Attacks on Mining: Could Bitcoin be Hijacked?

Has bitcoin reached a point where its technology infrastructure is safe from attack? Or is it still vulnerable?

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CoinDesk Mining Roundup: BitFury's Latest Venture and a Global Scrypt Network

In this week's roundup: PeerNova gets new funding while BitFury enters the investment game with a new venture fund.

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Mystery Scavenger Hunt Gives Away Bitcoin in San Francisco

A mystery donor is leaving aluminium bitcoin wallets all over San Francisco, as part of an educational scavenger hunt.

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Pantera Launches BitIndex to Track Bitcoin

The index was created by the investment firm to forecast "what may happen to bitcoin in the medium term".

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New Study: Low Bitcoin Transaction Fees Unsustainable

As transaction fees come back into the light, new research shows low fees could be unsustainable.

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Philippines Startups Aim to Fulfil Bitcoin's Remittance Promise

Workers sending money home face high fees from 'legacy' payments services. Now some Philippines startups want to change that.

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