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BitPay Seeks to Decentralize Digital Identification with BitAuth

BitPay's latest contribution to bitcoin's infrastructure, BitAuth, finds the company tackling digital identity with bitcoin technology.

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First Trezor 'Classic' Hardware Wallets Could Ship This Month

The wallet's manufacturer, SatoshiLabs, says prototypes are entering testing and shipping should start by the end of July.

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MegaBigPower's Franchisee Program Could Reshape Bitcoin Network

Industrial bitcoin miner MegaBigPower is seeking to aggressively expand its operations through a new franchise program.

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MasterCard Patent Would Add Bitcoin to Global Shopping Cart

A newly-surfaced patent filing from MasterCard seeks to incorporate bitcoin as a payment method.

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Bitmain Releases Energy Efficient 478GH/s AntMiner S3

At 0.75 BTC, the AntMiner S3 claims to deliver up to 478GH/s while consuming 366W of electricity.

Bitmain AntMiner S3

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Stripe CTO: Bitcoin Could Unify the World's Financial Systems

Greg Brockman told CoinDesk that rather than replacing the existing financial infrastructure, cryptocurrencies hold promise as a unifying technology.

Greg Brockman, Stripe CTO

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Vericoin: The Altcoin You Can Spend Wherever Bitcoin is Accepted

A new service offered by vericoin enables users to make payments to any bitcoin address.

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CoinDesk Mining Roundup: Dividend Coins, Viper Updates and a CloudHashing Giveaway

Vault of Satoshi has announced a new cloud mining feature while Alpha Technology and Bitmain have released ASIC updates.

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DNA Block Chain Project Boosts Research, Preserves Patient Anonymity

Publishing genetic records on a block chain could help researchers design better drugs, while still maintaining patients' privacy.

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'Adopt a Node' Project Aims to Bolster Bitcoin Network Security

The open-source Fullnode project offers an easy way for anyone to provision the bitcoin network.

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