That Time We Gave $500,000 in Bitcoin to College Kids…
A thriving bitcoin community emerged at MIT after two students put together a $500,000 bitcoin distribution project.
A thriving bitcoin community emerged at MIT after two students put together a $500,000 bitcoin distribution project.
Litecoin is now playing a role in bitcoin's scaling debate. Here's our easy overview of the developing situation and why it matters.
Ether prices have been building strong support at $40. Does this mark a new floor for the emerging cryptocurrency?
An ethereum-based decentralized domain registrar is again moving towards launch following a holdup caused by critical bugs last month.
Chinese digital currency exchange OKCoin has stopped accepting US dollar deposits, a move it attributed to banking issues.
The Harvard researcher talks blockchain governance and her novel alternative to proof-of-work.
'Bitcoin Milestones' continues with a look back at TNABC Miami 2014 – the conference where Bruce Fenton says the industry grew up.
The team behind ethereum’s most popular user client have released a new update that includes support for alternative consensus systems.
Derivatives giant CME Group is looking to patent a way for bitcoin miners to hedge against the risks they face.
More than $4m worth of classic ether remains in a DAO refund smart contract.
The development team behind the zcash project has released a new software update following the discovery of a denial-of-service vulnerability.
TrueBit, an under-the-radar effort to supercharge ethereum smart contracts, is gaining momentum, with some dapps already planning an integration.
A startup tied to Australian academic and businessman Craig Wright, who last year claimed to be the inventor of bitcoin, has been sold.
Greg Maxwell discusses his assertions about an alleged controversial mining technique and the way forward for bitcoin.
While the use case for blockchain in enabling the Internet of Things holds much promise, more research and cooperation is required.
Overstock looks back at its groundbreaking decision to accept bitcoin in 2014 – a notable early boost for digital currency.
Will activating SegWit make litecoin a better investment? CoinDesk asks analysts and traders to weigh in on a pressing markets topic.
Mining firm Bitmain has announced a new litecoin mining rig it says will ship in Q2 2017.
Testing has begun on a blockchain-based gold trading platform backed by the UK's Royal Mint.
Italian banking conglomerate Banca Intesa Sanpaolo has tested a tool built on the bitcoin blockchain as part of a bid to validate trading data.
Will the 'economic majority' prevail? The latest twist in bitcoin's scaling debate is a backlash movement against its mining community.
Euroclear is planning to launch its blockchain-based gold trading platform later this year.
The discovery of a coding error has brought to light an issue that could put ethereum-based tokens held at exchanges at risk of theft.
Investor Adam Draper recounts the day the US government sold 30,000 bitcoins at auction – and his father won.
CoinDesk's Bailey Reutzel examines the darker side of dogecoin, chronicling the scams that almost killed the iconic project.
Members of the ethereum community mostly seem unconcerned about an upcoming technical change, despite risks inherent in the update.
A deep dive into the history of Bitcoin Unlimited, a bitcoin implementation seeking to become the dominant software on the network.
A new bitcoin implementation called 'Bcoin' is attracting wide support as a means to end the scaling debate.
A new blockchain voting prototype built by the operator of the Toronto Stock Exchange has been constructed using code from the Hyperledger project.
One of the industry's largest mining chip manufacturers is weighing in on new controversy surrounding how miners engage with the network.