Cryptocurrency

Cryptocurrency is a type of digital currency that relies on cryptography and blockchain technology to enable users to send and receive the currency without a trusted third party. The most popular cryptocurrency out there, Bitcoin, works by having numerous computers running a complex math puzzle in order to verify blocks (hence: blockchain) which contain all the new transactions made on the network. Once they do, they get bitcoins as reward, making it lucrative for them to power the network. Since it takes vast computational power to beat all of these computers at math, this makes Bitcoin secure from attackers who would want to falsify transactions. Besides Bitcoin, there are numerous other cryptocurrencies, each with a different goal. Best known among them is Ethereum, which uses similar basic principles as Bitcoin in order to power a network for decentralized applications.

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Jaguar Land Rover will pay you cryptocurrency to hand over driving data
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Bitfinex and Tether accused of $850 million cover-up by New York Attorney General
Bitfinex and Tether accused of $850 million cover-up by New York Attorney General


A dark-web market implodes, and users expect the worst
A dark-web market implodes, and users expect the worst

Samsung might launch its own Samsung Coin
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Coinbase expands by opening shop in 11 new countries
Coinbase expands by opening shop in 11 new countries

Coinbase launches crypto Visa debit card in the UK, rest of Europe coming soon
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Teen ransomware 'K!NG' blew his loot on drugs, gambling, and sex
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Tech CEO wants to 'overthrow some corrupt dictators' and that's totally normal
Tech CEO wants to 'overthrow some corrupt dictators' and that's totally normal

Bitcoin surges, hitting $5,000 for the first time this year
Bitcoin surges, hitting $5,000 for the first time this year

FBI reports Chinese embassy robocall scam is back
FBI reports Chinese embassy robocall scam is back

Jack Dorsey is recruiting his own personal bitcoin posse
Jack Dorsey is recruiting his own personal bitcoin posse



Cryptography experts are already laughing at 'Facebook Coin'
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College kids are using campus electricity to mine crypto
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College kids are using campus electricity to mine crypto

Following backlash, Coinbase to give former Hacking Team employees the boot
Following backlash, Coinbase to give former Hacking Team employees the boot

Facebook might launch a cryptocurrency in the first half of 2019
Facebook might launch a cryptocurrency in the first half of 2019

Ethereum upgrade goes live on second try
Ethereum upgrade goes live on second try

HTC Exodus 1: Hands-on with the blockchain phone
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Facebook acquires team behind blockchain startup Chainspace
Facebook acquires team behind blockchain startup Chainspace
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