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DigitalBTC Reports Early Success on Australian Securities Exchange

The Australian bitcoin firm has reported its first quarterly earnings since it was re-listed on the ASX.

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The Bitcoin Mining Arms Race: GHash.io and the 51% Issue

Tensions have eased following the mining industry's summit, but we're still in an ASIC arms race, argues Jon Matonis.

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GHash Commits to 40% Hashrate Cap at Bitcoin Mining Summit

Organized by GHash.io and CEX.io, attendees failed to agree on a fix but laid the foundation for possible solutions.

GHash.io advertises no fees and 24/7 support for miners that join its pool.

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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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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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CoinSummit Day Two: Mining Superpowers and the 51% Challenge

During the second day of CoinSummit in London, miners talked nomenclature while exchange operators discussed banking.

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5 Global Problems Bitcoin's Proof of Work Can Help Solve

Could there be better uses of cyrptocurrency proof of work rather than just solving arbitrary cryptographic problems?

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VoidSpace Aims To Let Gamers Mine Dogecoin – With Lasers

An indie game developer hopes to marry gaming economies and cryptocurrencies. But he needs dollars first.

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