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The NSA's elite teams of hackers have for years made it their mission to silently compromise computer systems around the globe. Now one group of anonymous hackers claims to have executed a counter-hack with none of the same discretion: They've br
The many uses and proposed uses for blockchain technology include smart contracts, decentralized payment systems, insurance claims, supply chain management, health records management, land title registration, energy grid management and now protection
Ross Ulbricht's legal defense filed a reply to the government as part of his appeal this week. On behalf of Ulbricht, who was sentenced to double life in prison without parole for operating the Silk Road dark marketplace under the alias Dread Pirat
Bitcoin's block reward halved for the second time last week, from 25 to 12.5 bitcoins. The event, commonly referred to as "the halving" (or sometimes: "the halvening"), was a key moment in Bitcoin's history. Such halvings are scheduled to occ
IBM has announced a cloud service for organizations requiring a secure environment for blockchain networks. According to the company, the service, which allows clients to test and run blockchain projects that handle private data securely, is ideal fo
"It Is Shocking That US Citizens Are Not In An Uproar Over How Exposed They Are As a Nation". Hillary Clinton's emails and server misconduct are the least of our worries. The fact that her server was receiving files that passed through or origi
The Chamber of Digital Commerce (CDC) has appointed Mark Wetjen, head of global public policy at the Depository Trust & Clearing Corporation (DTCC), to its board of advisors. The DTCC, the world's top post-trade market infrastructure for internatio
Increased activity within the cryptocurrency ecosystem within the past few weeks has given rise to many questions.
Bitcoin wallet and exchange Coinbase has revealed new funding methods – PayPal and credit cards, to further enable digital currency transactions and swaps in its exchange. The support for the two new funding mechanisms is currently in beta.
Piotr Piasecki is a master of science and a double bachelor in the field of computer science and informatics. He is currently an Advisor for the Crypto Currency Certification Consortium, and Chief Scientist at Provable Inc.
When an asset rises by almost 30% in a few weeks, it tends to attract attention.
We had an all-day meeting on Friday about Digital Identity, at the United Nations. There are almost two billion people born with no identity. There is no record of their birth. There is no proof of their existence. As a result, these people can disa
The DAO has become the talk of the digital town since its launch less than a month ago.
A coalition of leading open internet advocates is pressuring federal regulators to crack down on the controversial broadband industry practice of "zero-rating," calling it a threat to net neutrality, the principle that all content on the internet
A panel at a recent cryptocurrency event hosted by the Cato Institute discussed the differences between public blockchains (such as Bitcoin) and the distributed ledger technology currently being researched by various Wall Street firms and consortiums
As Bitcoin blocks get closer to full capacity, some members of the community are claiming many of the transactions on the network are nothing more than spam.
Mycelium provides one of the oldest, most popular, and feature-rich bitcoin wallets on offer. The company's latest estimate is close to 200,000 active wallet users, with over 157,570 installs from Google Play, and about 150,000 more from alternative
Creator of online money Liberty Reserve gets 20 years in prison … Before the virtual currency Bitcoin there was Liberty Reserve -- and its founder just got sentenced to 20 years in prison. Arthur Budovsky, 42, ran an online digital money business
Patrick Byrne, Founder and CEO of Overstock.com, presents his talk "Liberalism, Social Justice, and the Cryptorevolution" as the guest of the Departments of Economics and Philosophy and the Executive Dean of the School of Arts and Sciences, ...
Attention DeepCapture fans in the New York and New Jersey area: our own Patrick Byrne will be speaking at Rutgers University on Monday, February 22, 2016 at Hageman Hall, New Brunswick Theological Seminary, at 4:30pm (EST).
Last month, a "secret meeting" that involved more than 100 executives from some of the biggest financial institutions in the United States was held in New York City.
Despite being the first company to offer Bitcoin trading in Poland, Bitbay has not stopped there and has announced the inclusion of Ethereum as a tradable asset.
A draft of the Compliance with Court Orders Act of 2016 was officially released last week, confirming that the WikiLeaks release was accurate. Written by Senate Select Committee on Intelligence Chairman Richard Burr and Vice Chairman Dianne Feinstein
On the corners of Lagos' Sin Street, the purveyors of the oldest profession in the world have embraced the digital age.
Almost two years ago, a group of Bitcoin developers, including Amir Taaki, developed an early prototype of a decentralized marketplace during the Toronto Bitcoin Expo Hackathon.
This is a guest post by Sunil Aggarwal. He runs an online learning solutions company, Theory Frames, and has taught about Bitcoin and blockchain at the National Academy of Legal Studies and Research in Hyderabad, India.
MIT Technology Review is weighing in again on the issue of Bitcoin scalability with an article titled "Technical Roadblock Might Shatter Bitcoin Dreams." The question is whether the Bitcoin network could be scaled up to support thousands of trans
The Aite Group projects the blockchain market could be valued at $400 million by 2019. For that reason, some of the biggest names in banking, industry and technology have entered into the space to evaluate how this technology could change the financi
Two groups of people make money from the so-called dark web: Criminals who use it to peddle illegal goods, and the companies who offer to track them on behalf of law enforcement and private clients.
The war on cash is more than just a currency war to clamp everyone down on the electric grid. It is also a war on your privacy, and the nail in the coffin for the free market of low level transactions.
