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Connecticut Non-Profit Uses Blockchain for Government Project

The Connecticut Technology Council has partnered with blockchain startup Tierion for a trial that finds it using the technology for recordkeeping.

records, files

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Bitcoin Developers Pen Open Letter on Network Scalability

More than 30 bitcoin developers and contributors have signed a letter that discusses how the project aims to achieve consensus for scalability.

blocks, business

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Inside the Movement to Build a Bitcoin-Powered Reddit

CoinDesk previews developer Ryan X Charles' forthcoming decentralized Reddit project, now known as DATT.

Reddit

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Bitcoin Block Size Debate: Who's Picking Sides?

Which companies are supporting BIP 100 or BIP 101? We've tracked down the answers.

Mining pickaxe

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Blockchain Tech Could Save Global Business $550 Billion Per Year

Jeremy Almond, CEO of payments-as-a-service platform PayStand, examines whether blockchain technology can rescue the last bastion of analog payments.

Check book, cheque

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Blockstack.io on Wall Street's Budding Blockchain Interest

CoinDesk profiles Blockstack, one of a new wave of blockchain firms seeking to partner with financial firms on initiatives involving the technology.

Wall Street

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BTCChina Support Gives BIP 100 Bitcoin Hashrate Majority

BTCChina has backed Jeff Garzik's block size scaling solution, giving BIP 100 a majority of the network's hashing power.

bitcoin

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BitFury Backs BIP 100 Blocksize Proposal

BitFury – the best-capitalised mining firm in bitcoin – has waded into the block size debate, stating it must be resolved by consensus.

Black and White Blocks

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Overstock's tØ Acquires Broker Firm for Wall Street Disruption

Overstock's crypto subsidiary tØ has acquired Wall Street firm SpeedRoute, a move CEO Joseph Cammarata termed a "quantum leap" for securities trading.

patrick byrne, overstock

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Support Grows for BIP 100 Bitcoin Block Size Proposal

Support for BIP 100, the scalability fix from core developer Jeff Garzik, is growing as more miners pick sides in bitcoin's block size debate.

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