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Indian Tax Authorities Seek Clarification on Bitcoin

Taxmen have paid an unusually friendly visit to an Indian bitcoin startup, asking for advice.

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Alpha Technology Takes Pre-Orders for Litecoin ASIC Miners

UK company Alpha Technology says it is now taking pre-orders for the first litecoin ASIC mining devices.

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FinCEN: Bitcoin Miners Need Not Register as Money Transmitters

The US Financial Crimes Enforcement Network (FinCEN) says bitcoin mining "for users' own purposes" is not money transmission.

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Online Thief Steals Amazon Account to Mine Litecoins in the Cloud

An enterprising fraudster who stole an Amazon Web Services account ran up a $3,420 bill mining litecoins.

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Radeon GPUs in Demand as Litecoin Mining Difficulty Increases

ASICs are a no-brainer when it comes to bitcoin, however litecoin is a different story.

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CoinTerra Announces Tape Out of GoldStrike ASIC

CoinTerra has announced that its new GoldStrike I ASIC chip has taped out.

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Bitcoin 0.8.6 Fixes Bugs And Updates Block Size Limits

Bitcoin 0.8.6 has been released, featuring bug fixes and some nifty updates, such as relaxed restrictions on block size.

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Meet China's Biggest Bitcoin Multi-Millionaire

Li Xiaolai, perhaps the most famous figure in the Chinese bitcoin world recounts his dealings with the cryptocurrency.

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German Police Detain 'Bitcoin Mining Hackers'

German police have detained two people suspected of hacking computer networks, mining over €700,000 in bitcoin.

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Unsuspecting PC Users Duped into Mining Bitcoin by Malware

A number of software applications that run on Windows are mining small amounts of bitcoin from people's computers.

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