02-22-2025 
Cecille de Jesus
Author
Cecille is an educator and science communicator who is particularly interested in building social impact projects using blockchain technology, and enticing the general audience to get involved in similar efforts. She started studying blockchain systems after stumbling upon it in her research while writing science news for Futurism. With a background in teaching design and UI/UX, she looks at blockchain possibilities, hinderances and opportunities for mainstream adoption, and is currently building her own project, PRODIGY. She is not a robot, as far as she knows.
Article by Cecille de Jesus
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6 November, 2017
The Uruguayan peso goes digital—central bank clarifies it’s not like bitcoins
The Central Bank of Uruguay just rolled out its own digitized version of their peso. On November 3, Uruguay’s central
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3 November, 2017
Warning: phishing scams are stepping up their game
Google search results are being manipulated and fake websites are looking more and more like the legitimate ones. As blockchain
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3 November, 2017
The war of two SegWits: the SegWit vs SegWit2x saga simplified
As the scheduled hard fork for Bitcoin’s legacy chain draws near, SegWit Core (BTC or BT1) supporters are clashing with
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30 October, 2017
Startup opportunity: budding entrepreneurs should look at renewable energy for blockchain mining
This marriage has to happen at some point. Ironically, although blockchain technology can be used to optimize the distribution of
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30 October, 2017
Using virtual currencies in Vietnam will now land you a $9000 penalty
No mention of mining and blockchain technology in its entirety, however. Vietnam is now officially a no-fly zone for virtual
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29 October, 2017
Dr. Craig S. Wright on the untapped powers of the Bitcoin protocol: people just need to unleash them
If you’re thinking of building a blockchain-based startup, you might want to consider digging up buried ideas from a few
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