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Moving to 2 decimal places is both logical and necessary
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9 January, 2018

Moving to 2 decimal places is both logical and necessary

When it comes to ‘developments’, we so often talk about the code, or the eco-system, that we don’t see the

Electrum to the public: “if you are running Electrum, shut it down right this second”
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8 January, 2018

Electrum to the public: “if you are running Electrum, shut it down right this second”

Electrum wallet just deployed an emergency patch to fix critical security risk. On Saturday, Electrum devs were sent into a

Exchanges call for time-out on new account registrations as demand overflows
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8 January, 2018

Exchanges call for time-out on new account registrations as demand overflows

Coinbase (NASDAQ: COIN) reported a staggering 100,000 signups within 24 hours in November last year. As fluctuations in trading value draw

VISA Europe cuts off BTC debit card services over issuer’s ‘non-compliance’
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5 January, 2018

VISA Europe cuts off BTC debit card services over issuer’s ‘non-compliance’

Spending SegWit1x (BTC) with a debit card has just gotten a lot harder. On Friday, BTC debit card service providers

Lightning Network can’t scale, needs another layer
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5 January, 2018

Lightning Network can’t scale, needs another layer

Devs propose yet another layer to save the legacy chain. Correction: Jameson Lopp’s analysis of the Lightning Network were incorrectly

China plans energy restrictions for Bitcoin miners
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5 January, 2018

China plans energy restrictions for Bitcoin miners

Authorities in China are reportedly planning to throttle power supplies to bitcoin miners, a move that could have serious ramifications

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