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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Google follows Apple, bans crypto-mining apps from Play Store
Google follows Apple, bans crypto-mining apps from Play Store

Twitter will lock your account if you pretend to be Elon Musk
Twitter will lock your account if you pretend to be Elon Musk


The race to build the best blockchain
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Someone is using a cancelled TV show's verified Twitter account to promote a cryptocurrency scam
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There's now a terrifying Ethereum-based 'assassination market' for Donald Trump
There's now a terrifying Ethereum-based 'assassination market' for Donald Trump

Poorly attended blockchain conference offers much-needed reality check
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Oh joy, it's your elected officials rambling on about cryptocurrency
Oh joy, it's your elected officials rambling on about cryptocurrency



SEC comments about a proposed bitcoin ETF are 'liiiiiiiiiit'
SEC comments about a proposed bitcoin ETF are 'liiiiiiiiiit'

Hackers steal $23.5 million from cryptocurrency exchange Bancor
Hackers steal $23.5 million from cryptocurrency exchange Bancor

Coinbase says its problem days are over. Better Business Bureau disagrees.
Coinbase says its problem days are over. Better Business Bureau disagrees.

'Satoshi Nakamoto' says he's writing a book, but is it really him?
'Satoshi Nakamoto' says he's writing a book, but is it really him?

Europe's 'biggest ever' LSD bust nets more than $5 million in seized cryptocurrency
Europe's 'biggest ever' LSD bust nets more than $5 million in seized cryptocurrency

Facebook is totally cool with you shilling shitty cryptocurrencies again
Facebook is totally cool with you shilling shitty cryptocurrencies again

Desperate Coinbase customers turn to SEC with allegations of fraud
Desperate Coinbase customers turn to SEC with allegations of fraud


In huge win for cryptocurrency, SEC says bitcoin and ether aren't securities
In huge win for cryptocurrency, SEC says bitcoin and ether aren't securities


Coinbase is adding Ethereum Classic to its exchange
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WTF is former Congressman Dennis Kucinich doing at this blockchain yacht party
WTF is former Congressman Dennis Kucinich doing at this blockchain yacht party

Bitcoin and Ethereum plummet after Coinrail hack
Bitcoin and Ethereum plummet after Coinrail hack



Monster headphones grasps at relevancy with planned $300 million ICO
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