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New Radeon Launches Just in Time for No Miner to Care

AMD has launched its fastest graphics card to date, but scrypt miners are unlikely to care, argues Nermin Hajdarbegovic.

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Wladimir van der Laan's Top Four Priorities for Bitcoin

Private keys, the Bitcoin-Qt wallet and faster blockchain downloads are on the mind of Bitcoin's incoming lead developer.

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Chicago Sun-Times Gets 11% of New Subscriptions in Bitcoin

The Chicago Sun-Times started accepting bitcoin this month, but digital currency orders already account for 11% of new subscriptions.

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Video: Roundup of This Week’s Bitcoin News 11th April 2014

In this week of closures, crashes and Heartbleed, here are three of the biggest stories we covered on CoinDesk.

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Ripple Labs' Grand Plan to Build a Global Payment Protocol

Ripple wants to build the best global payment protocol, and it needs talented people in order to do that.

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Startup Accelerator Boost VC Hosting Silicon Valley Bitcoin Hackathon

Hosting a bitcoin hackathon is a way for Boost VC to encourage new business ideas within the cryptocurrency industry.

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Bitcoin Core Developers Weigh in on Side Chain Proposal

Would bitcoin benefit from having multiple extra blockchains? Two influential figures think so.

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Study: Bitcoin Wallet Attacks Rose Sharply in 2013

New data from cybersecurity firm Kapersky Labs shows a sharp increase in bitcoin-related malware attacks occurred in 2013.

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Legg Mason's Bill Miller: Buffett is Wrong About Bitcoin

Bill Miller reiterated his support for bitcoin today, taking aim at past statements by famed investor Warren Buffett.

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