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SBI Aims for Cashless Society With Mobile Payments Token Trial

Financial giant SBI Group has announced that it is testing a crypto token called "S coin" to enable retail payments over mobile devices.

By Daniel PalmerSep 25, 2018

In the wake of a severe code vulnerability, bitcoin developers are asking if current code review processes are enough to prevent further failures.

By Alyssa HertigSep 25, 2018

An increasing amount of bitcoin is held by active individual users, suggesting the market is ripe for transactional growth, according to Chainalysis.

By Leigh CuenSep 24, 2018

A form of cryptography pioneered by zcash might help scale ethereum "by a huge amount," says founder Vitalik Buterin.

It used to be that downtime was unheard of on blockchain networks. As new protocols and new trade-offs emerge, that’s no longer the case.

By David FloydSep 23, 2018

Several ethereum miners and developers have come forward in the hope of halting ASICs from effectively operating on the ethereum network.

By Christine KimSep 22, 2018

This week's major bitcoin bug was even worse than developers let on – it could have been used to effectively print more bitcoin.

By Alyssa HertigSep 21, 2018

Bitman has launched a new 7nm ASIC processor that it says will soon be powering a new range of its Antminer mining machines.

By Daniel PalmerSep 21, 2018

Instead of tackling ethereum's transaction costs, developer Alexey Akhunov focused on the blockchain's state, and the software is ready.

The next stage in the privacy protocol's roadmap will no longer occur in Q3, according to the company.

By David FloydSep 20, 2018