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Scaling Consensus? This Turing Winner Thinks He's Found a Way

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

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Which Majority? Bitcoin Exchange Accord Reveals Hard Fork Dilemma

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

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Zcash Launches Non-Profit Foundation to Advance Adoption

A new non-profit foundation has been launched to support the development of the zcash protocol.

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Bitcoin Exchanges Unveil Hard Fork Contingency Plan

A group of bitcoin exchanges are planning to list Bitcoin Unlimited as a separate currency in the event of a network split.

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Bloq Launches Blockchain Lab, Joins Enterprise Ethereum

Blockchain startup has moved to back a pair of new initiatives centered on open-source development.

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Investment Firm Blockchain Capital is Launching a $10 Million ICO

Industry VC fund Blockchain Capital plans to raise a new fund in part by creating a digital token and selling it by way of an ICO.

Blockchain Capital was co-founded by crypto entrepreneur Brock Pierce in partnership with Bart Stephens and Bradford Stephens in 2013. (Sebastiaan ter Burg/Flikr)

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Bitcoin's Scaling Debate is Devolving Into an All-Out Twitter War

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.

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'Super UASF': Could a Clever Idea Break Bitcoin's Scaling Deadlock?

An experimental 'user-activated soft fork' for pushing through a controversial bitcoin code change took another step forward this week

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