Increase in transaction volume triggers split in Bitcoin
The breakaway group is offering an alternative called Bitcoin Cash...
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Russia, Ukraine hit by cyber attack
Hackers attacked hard drives of computers running Microsoft Windows and announced that data had been encrypted before demanding ransom to restore access...
What does Trump mean for Bitcoin?
One of the more significant developments of the post-Obama United States could be a rapid increase in the value of Bitcoin January 27, 2017: Republican or Democrat, American or not, it’s hard to avoid the inexplicable rise to fame of The Apprentice star and occasional professional wrestler, Donald Trump. The billionaire’s pledges around immigration, healthcare,...
Sweden’s Riksbank contemplates digital currency
Could potentially develop a new payment system after seeing a substantial dip in the use of conventional currency IFM Correspondent November 22, 2016: Sweden’s central bank — Riksbank — is considering the option of using digital currency. This is mainly due to the fact there has been a drastic decrease in the use of notes...
NEM launches alternative to Bitcoin
It features a 100% original codebase, an unprecedented Proof-of-Importance algorithm and claims low energy use April 15,2015: NEM is an original blockchain technology platform using a breakthrough innovation for blockchain consensus called Proof-of-Importance (POI). POI is a consensus mechanism that calculates an importance score for an account by taking into consideration its balance, activity of...