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The project lead of Monero, Riccardo Spagni, steps down
The head of the privacy-centric altcoin Monero is stepping down after leading the project since its inception. The news comes at a time when…
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National digital currencies fail to fix the stablecoin problem
2019 will go down as the year when the world went digital currency crazy. Not crypto crazy (that was 2017), but crazy for issuing…
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The Race to Bitcoin SegWit: Poloniex’s Justin Sun promises 2020 support, but will Binance fulfill its EOY 2019 promise?
If you've perused the annals of Bitcoin, you've likely heard the term “SegWit” or “Segregated Witness” mentioned many a time. SegWit, for those unaware,…
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There are now more than 350,000 verified publishers on Brave
Privacy-focused browser Brave shows no signs of slowing down as it reached a new milestone three weeks before the end of the year. According…
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Ethereum could soon enable thousands of transactions per second
Over the weekend, Ethereum went through a significant software upgrade, dubbed Istanbul. The hard fork brought several improvements to the network. And, it allowed…
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Litecoin Foundation launches crowdfunding campaign to develop confidential transactions for LTC
The Litecoin Foundation has announced the creation of a dedicated fund to support the ongoing development of privacy features for Litecoin and is calling for…
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Grin developer: Litecoin closer to gaining privacy features with MimbleWimble
The Grin developer tasked with implementing privacy features in Litecoin, David Burkett, has created a thread for monthly updates on the LTC MimbleWimble integration…
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RTrade CEO talks Interplanetary File System (IPFS) – potential applications, challenges of good user experience for crypto/web3 devs, ETH 2.0 & ENS Domains
Derrick Foote is a Canadian web 3.0 entrepreneur dedicated to helping build Web 3.0 with trust and transparency, giving back data freedom and control…
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Privacy-focused Brave browser surpasses 40 million downloads
Privacy-focused browser Brave has surpassed 40 million downloads. While it still has a long way to go before it overtakes competitors Mozilla and Google…
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Crypto community urges Jack Dorsey to memorialize Bitcoin pioneer Hal Finney’s Twitter account
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Verge (XVG) prepares for a hardfork that could impact its price
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Founders of privacy-focused Brave browser say they’re in an arms race they can win
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