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Blockchains Don't Have to Be Perfect, They Just Have to Be Better

A blockchain can contain garbage data but in many cases, it will still be better than the status quo. We might even find often that it's a lot better.

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$13.5 Million Hack Ignites Fresh Debate Over Crypto Project Bancor

The security breach of a well-funded blockchain project renewed critiques against its technology this week.

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PoWx: The New Effort to Change Bitcoin Mining Explained

Technologists unveiled a foundation dedicated to rewriting bitcoin's underlying tech, giving the long-controversial idea new wings.

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Two Big Crypto Startups Are Out to Build One Universal Wallet

The two startups are offering developers $50,000 to build a wallet that would support almost any token, even those that haven’t been created yet.

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Decentralized Exchange Startup 0x Raised $775K in SAFT Sale Last Year

Decentralized protocol 0x has raised $775,000 through a SAFT sale last year.

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Ex-Trump Adviser Bannon Says Cryptocurrency Will Bring 'True Freedom'

Steve Bannon, the former White House strategist and right-wing firebrand, is now touting the liberating potential of cryptocurrency and blockchain.

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Ripple Papers Pledge New Start for $40 Billion XRP

Ripple, the startup behind the world's third-largest cryptocurrency, has released two white papers that it hopes will move the technology forward.

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What a Facebook Blockchain Token Might Look Like

If Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg really wants to experiment with decentralized systems, a publicly issued crypto-token would be hell of a way to do it.

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2018: The Year Blockchain, AI and IoT Converge

Cryptocurrencies emerged as a leading tech in 2017, but 2018 may find them merging with other technologies to become even more ubiquitous.

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Scratch That: CryptoKitties Isn't Quite Ethereum's Vision for Apps

Ethereum's biggest success story isn't showcasing the full benefits of the platform, at least that's what its critics allege.

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