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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First hacker convicted for SIM swapping gets 10 years in prison for stealing millions
First hacker convicted for SIM swapping gets 10 years in prison for stealing millions

He had sole access to $190 million worth of customers' crypto. Then he died.
He had sole access to $190 million worth of customers' crypto. Then he died.



Samsung's Galaxy S10 may come with a cryptocurrency wallet
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Ethereum's important upgrade postponed to late February
Ethereum's important upgrade postponed to late February

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The sad story of an alleged SIM swapper who boosted millions

Ethereum upgrade delayed over security vulnerability
Ethereum upgrade delayed over security vulnerability

Ethereum is about to get a big upgrade. Here's what you need to know.
Ethereum is about to get a big upgrade. Here's what you need to know.

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Ledger's new crypto wallet lets you send coins wirelessly, with your phone
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Facebook is building a cryptocurrency to be used in WhatsApp, report says
Facebook is building a cryptocurrency to be used in WhatsApp, report says

2018 was crypto's year of reckoning, but there's hope ahead
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Cryptocurrency exchange Gemini launches mobile trading app
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Move over HODL, it's time to BUIDL
Move over HODL, it's time to BUIDL


As bitcoin tanks, Ohio decides to let businesses use it for tax payments
As bitcoin tanks, Ohio decides to let businesses use it for tax payments




Bitcoin Cash is set to hard fork, and people are losing their cool
Bitcoin Cash is set to hard fork, and people are losing their cool

Initiative Q doesn't exist. But its marketing is genius.
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Hublot's new watch is a perfect fit for Bitcoin millionaires
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Satoshi Nakamoto's Bitcoin whitepaper turns 10
Satoshi Nakamoto's Bitcoin whitepaper turns 10

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