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Untangling Bitcoin: Why Russell Yanofsky Is Taking Apart Crypto's Oldest Code

One developer is quietly working on splitting up bitcoin's codebase – an effort aimed to give users more flexibility and developers more clarity.

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Geth Releases Software Update Ahead of Ethereum 'Byzantium' Hard Fork

A new version of Geth, a command-line interface for running ethereum nodes, includes changes that could see the software running at far higher speeds.

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Database Giant Oracle Wants Better Governance for Blockchains

Multinational software provider Oracle is working on a way to bring "fair" governance to permissioned blockchains, according to a patent application.

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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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Code Bug Exploit Sends Bitcoin Unlimited Nodes Offline

Bitcoin Unlimited's network of nodes took a hit today.

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Blockstack Launches Decentralized Internet Platform on Amazon's AWS

Blockstack Core, a bitcoin development platform, is now available on the Amazon Web Services (AWS) marketplace.

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MIT Expo Spotlights Bitcoin Tech Concerns

The fourth annual MIT Bitcoin Expo this week saw much discussion of the need for more bitcoin nodes to avoid centralization of the tech.

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Can A New Method for Monitoring Blockchains Stop Sybil Attacks?

A group of researchers has proposed a new way to more closely monitor the behavior of nodes that relay information on a blockchain network.

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Bitcoin's Security Model: A Deep Dive

CoinDesk takes a look under the hood to understand what security features are and aren't offered by bitcoin.

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This A16z Startup is Building a 'Virtual Galaxy' for Bitcoin Nodes

The developers of an effort to create a distributed network of servers called Urbit is hoping to help make it easier for users to run bitcoin nodes.

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