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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Justice Department launches probe into Bitcoin price manipulation, report claims
Justice Department launches probe into Bitcoin price manipulation, report claims



This bitcoin explainer created by AI is hilariously insane
This bitcoin explainer created by AI is hilariously insane



How should cryptocurrency be regulated?
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Study claims Bitcoin energy consumption is exploding — leaving us totally rekt
Study claims Bitcoin energy consumption is exploding — leaving us totally rekt




HTC's new phone Exodus will embrace the blockchain
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This 'blockchain-based state' is the disaster love child of Ayn Rand's ghost and pain
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For cryptocurrency to go mainstream, it needs tools like these
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Facebook is working on its own cryptocurrency
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Stratis wants to be a one-stop-shop for ICOs
Stratis wants to be a one-stop-shop for ICOs

Ethereum hits $800 ahead of its big week
Ethereum hits $800 ahead of its big week


UNICEF is fundraising through in-browser cryptocurrency mining
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Sergey Brin shouts out Ethereum and warns of AI in annual founders' letter
Sergey Brin shouts out Ethereum and warns of AI in annual founders' letter

Tim Draper wore a Bitcoin tie on Fox News because fashion is dead
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India just cracked down on cryptocurrency. Hard.
India just cracked down on cryptocurrency. Hard.


Founders of a DJ Khaled-endorsed ICO have been charged with fraud
Founders of a DJ Khaled-endorsed ICO have been charged with fraud
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