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The UN is accusing North Korea of laundering money through a blockchain firm
North Korea has reportedly used a blockchain-focused shell company in Hong Kong to launder money and evade international ...
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Bitcoin handed a lifeline as China lets cryptocurrency miners off the hook
It's been seven months since China decided it wanted to take steps to curtail Bitcoin mining in the country, but now it's ...
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Porcelain business raises suspicion amid China's blockchain renaissance
A porcelain and education business has attracted the suspicion of Chinese regulators after its stock recently boomed, CoinDesk ...
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Moonday Mornings: Bitcoin isn’t money, says UK tax authority
It’s time for Hard Fork’s wrap-up of this weekend's cryptocurrency and blockchain news that you can’t afford to miss, ...
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Tencent given green light to create blockchain-based invoice standards, bad news for tax evaders
After first announcing the project last year, Chinese tech giant Tencent has been given the go-ahead by the country's tax ...
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Bitcoin Cash’s Q3 performance was horrid — here’s what happened
Bitcoin Cash's trading price did not have a great third quarter this year. Coming off the back of a sound second quarter ...
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A quick overview of cryptocurrency whales, bears, and bulls
The world of cryptocurrency can be confusing at the best of times, but if you throw in the terms "whale," "bear," and "bull," ...
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5 reasons why Amsterdam is great for blockchain tech development
Amsterdam is providing one of the best environments to support developers and startups working on the decentralized technology. ...
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Ethereum had a less than stellar Q3, intense 6 months ahead as ETH 2.0 looms — here's what happened
Vitalik Buterin's Ethereum had a great second quarter of this year, but the same cannot be said of Q3. Let's take a look ...
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Popular blockchain influencer gets caught plagiarizing academic paper
Shocking, I know.
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Victim of $5B OneCoin cryptocurrency scam gets death threats for speaking out
One of the victim's of the OneCoin cryptocurrency scam is receiving death threats for her actions against the con artists. ...
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How a blockchain-based digital ID system could help tackle human trafficking
What if emerging technologies such as blockchain could make it harder for criminals to traffic victims and make it easier ...
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Bank of Ireland staff no longer willing to snitch on OneCoin crypto scam
Despite facing calls to testify against the OneCoin scam, Bank of Ireland staff are now pulling back from helping court proceedings ...
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New Ethereum token is backed by gold reserves guaranteed by Australian government
This is apparently the first digital gold token deployed on a public blockchain that's guaranteed by government reserves. ...
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Gartner says blockchain is sliding into ‘the trough of disillusionment’
According to Gartner's Hype Cycle, blockchain is "sliding into the trough of disillusionment," meaning the technology is ...
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UN-backed chocolate bar comes with a free blockchain token — and a choice
A new chocolate bar will reward consumers with a blockchain token that can either be gifted directly to the farmer or be ...
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Here’s why farmers and blockchain are actually a great fit
In agriculture, an industry that employs over one billion people and generates more than $1.3 trillion worth of food every ...
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Report: Blockchain app transaction volume down nearly 40%
According to Dapp.com, blockchain app usage is way down quarter-on-quarter, with gambling cryptocurrency still the primary ...
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You can soon bet on Facebook's 'cryptocurrency' Libra missing its launch date
CoinFLEX's physically-settled futures will pay out Facebook Libra tokens if the 'cryptocurrency' is live by December 30, ...
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IKEA just allowed an invoice to be paid via the Ethereum blockchain
IKEA Iceland accepted payment in digital fiat from Nordic Store, and the invoice was settled using smart contracts programmed ...
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Block.one illegally sold securities to build the EOS cloud computing service, SEC finds
Securities law has finally caught up with Block.one, with the SEC finally recognizing the year-long ICO for EOS tokens to ...
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Bank of Ireland staff asked to testify in $300M OneCoin fraud case
As the multi-billion dollar OneCoin cryptocurrency Ponzi scheme continues to tumble, news of witnesses set to testify are ...
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Vodafone litters London with blockchain tokens in new augmented reality game
Vodafone is using blockchain tech in a new augmented reality game that demands players collect tokens redeemable for Apple ...
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Adult content marketplace Fantasy Market charged with running fraudulent ICO
The founder of Fantasy Market, a purported online adult entertainment marketplace, has been charged with running a fraudulent ...
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Kim Dotcom pushes token sale to build a blockchain content network... but why?
Kim Dotcom is selling Kimcoins to build a P2P content network powered by blockchain. I don't know why this is necessary either, ...
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German telecom giant hires blockchain professor – hopefully, it’s a good thing
Deutsche Telekom, the German telecom company, has created a specialized blockchain professorship in collaboration with a ...
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NASA to hire data scientist with blockchain and cryptocurrency skills
NASA is looking for a candidate with a wide range of skills, but notes that “experience with cryptocurrency and blockchain ...
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Deloitte is testing Bitcoin in its canteen — but staff could get pretty hangry
Deloitte is testing Bitcoin's usefulness through its canteen, but one has to wonder: how long will staff have to wait before ...
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Moonday Mornings: Teen allegedly stole unreleased A-list music to sell for Bitcoin
Gather round forkers, it's time for Moonday Mornings, Hard Fork's wrap-up of the weekend's top cryptocurrency and blockchain ...
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AWS issues are causing erratic cryptocurrency market data in Asia
Cryptocurrency exchanges are reportedly experiencing some disruption – how the tables have turned – after an outage at ...
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Overstock's blockchain mad CEO resigns after disclosing romantic relationship with suspected Russian spy
The blockchain-mad CEO of online retailer Overstock has stepped down amid a confession that he was romantically involved ...
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Cryptojacking malware found in 11 RubyGem language repositories
Malware designed to surreptitiously mine cryptocurrency on behalf of hackers has been found in 11 code libraries on programming ...
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Liquidators of dead shitcoin factory Cryptopia must reconcile 900,000 user accounts one-by-one
The liquidator overseeing the slow death of New Zealand-based shitcoin factory Cryptopia has issued its latest update and ...
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Binance to launch a blockchain for fiat-backed stablecoins, but who even cares?
Cryptocurrency exchange Binance has announced the launch of a new open blockchain, and it's called project "Venus." It should ...
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Vitalik Buterin: Using Ethereum is expensive, and its blockchain is 'almost full'
Ethereum co-founder Vitalik Buterin has reiterated warnings that his blockchain has significant scalability problems, and ...
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Software giant Oracle sues blockchain startup over similar name
One of the world's most powerful software companies is going after a blockchain-focused venture capital firm for alleged ...
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Russia wants to boost transparency with blockchain – are you kidding me?
Russia, ruled by Vladimir Putin's arguably authoritarian regime, wants to leverage blockchain technology to host Moscow's ...
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BBC’s English language lesson about cryptocurrency isn’t terrible
The BBC is helping non-native English speakers sharpen up their cryptocurrency language skills and knowledge with a 6-minute ...
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Threatened much? Bank industry expected to invest a metric fuckton of cash in blockchain
Bitcoin was released in response to the ills of the traditional banking industry, but those goobers are taking blockchain ...
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How AI, blockchain, and wearables are changing the face of healthcare
Several major classes of technology stand a good chance of changing healthcare as we know it. Home healthcare, in particular, ...
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Amazon hints at putting advertising data on a new blockchain
Internet retail giant Amazon is looking for a software engineer to put advertising data on the blockchain, according to a ...
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Ugh, this is what Bitcoin’s hash rate means and why it matters
Bitcoin's hash rate has been reaching all time highs this year. But what is it? What does it mean? And why is it a measurement ...
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This blockchain-themed maths puzzle can earn you a share of $100,000
Amazon Web Services has teamed up with some blockchain startups to help outsource solutions to some really important problems. ...
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There’s now a cryptoart lottery using Bitcoin blockchain to pick a winner — and it’s brilliant
We've seen auctions using blockchain to record sales of works of art. But what about a cryptoart charity lottery using blockchain ...
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85% of the world’s Bitcoin has been mined
As of yesterday over 85-percent of the total Bitcoin supply has been mined. But seriously, there's no need to worry, there's ...
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Bitcoiners are predicting the future of blockchain with #TheYearIs2030
The year is still 2019, but Twitter's Bitcoin community is sharing its predictions for the blockchain and cryptocurrency ...
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Security firm releases flawed blockchain into the wild to help educate hackers
One security firm thinks it can fix insecure blockchains, and it believes the key is to start with a really insecure one. ...
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FBI suspects tea company that 'pivoted' to blockchain of insider trading
Long Island Tea Corp changed its name to Long Blockchain Corp in 2017. Now the FBI is investigating the company suspecting ...
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Mafia expert: 'Ndrangheta crime family now resembles a 'criminal blockchain'
So there's a major Mafia that's starting to decentralize to stay alive, and investigators say the organization is starting ...
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The New York Times wants to fight fake news using blockchain – good luck to it
The New York Times has announced that it's working on a "news provenance project" based on blockchain technology in an attempt ...
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Data: China has the most blockchain patents, despite banning cryptocurrency
Patents have always been controversial in the cryptocurrency and blockchain space. Our recent analysis revealed some interesting ...
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Bitmain lost $150,000 because it mined an invalid Bitcoin block
Bitmain's Antpool seems to have suffered a very costly error, after the Bitcoin network rejected one of its already-mined ...
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Ohio real-estate developers ditch 'blockchain hub' plans over lack of interest
Real-estate developers wanting to reinvigorate a failing shopping mall with the blockchain are dropping the idea after realizing ...
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Here's why Satoshi Nakamoto set Bitcoin's supply limit to 21 million
There will be a maximum of 21 million Bitcoin, and that's it. But why 21 million? Why not more? Why not less? Tell me, damnit! ...
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India addresses cryptocurrency scam wave with new police training course
High-ranking police officers in India will receive cryptocurrency training to help with investigations involving digital ...
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Meet the blockchain developer building 12 Lightning apps in 12 months
Hard Fork spoke with developer Guillaume Verbal who has set himself the challenge of making 12 Lightning Apps in 12 months ...
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Ethereum still loved by dapp developers, but trails behind in active users
There's a huge number of dapps running on Ethereum, more than any other blockchain, but platforms on other networks have ...
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Monero security flaw could've seen XMR stolen from cryptocurrency exchanges
Monero devs have disclosed nine security vulnerabilities over the past two days - and some could have been outright devastating. ...
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Nestlé plans blockchain pilot for its palm oil, but it won't run on IBM tech
Nestlé says it will start piloting a DLT system to help with its problems with transparency. First, it will put milk on ...
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A blockchain payment system can empower refugees – if they participate in its design
In Lebanon, around 350,000 Syrian refugees don’t have access to enough safe and nutritious food. To stem the crisis, the ...
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Opera officially launches its blockchain-ready browser for the iPhone
Opera already launched its cryptocurrency and blockchain-ready browser for Android and PC users. Today it launches its iPhone ...
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Why it’s time to drop the dogma and become blockchain rationalists
In the past few years, the conversation about cryptocurrency has taken on the tenor of a religious debate, with people either ...
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Here's how digital forensics experts track down hackers
As society becomes increasingly data driven, the importance of ensuring this data’s security and fidelity grows exponentially. ...
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Bitcoin healthy AF following Zuckbuck reveal, hash rate hits all-time high
Bitcoin is running on more computational power than ever before, proof that it simply doesn't care who or what launches which ...
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Australia: Cryptocurrency unlikely for retail payments, Facebook or not
Australia's reserve bank reckons Bitcoin purists will have a tough time stomaching Facebook's new Libra cryptocurrency, and ...
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Industry bigwigs explain 'blockchain' in as few words as possible
We asked industry experts to explain blockchain in as few words as possible at this year's TNW conference, here's what they ...
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Blockchain is the fastest growing skill in Singapore, says LinkedIn
A LinkedIn report found blockchain to be the fastest growing skill in Singapore and among the top three in China, Japan, ...
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Insurance firm Legal & General adopts Amazon's blockchain for pension deals
Legal & General, a multinational British insurer, has partnered with Amazon to create a blockchain system for corporate ...
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3 years later, Visa’s blockchain-powered payment network finally goes live
Visa’s blockchain-powered B2B payments product has finally gone live after almost three years in the making.
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Addressing the privacy paradox: Top leaders and experts share insights
During TNW Conference 2019, top government officials, business and technology leaders came together at The Assembly to discuss ...
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Blockchain startup hacked itself to 'save' $13M of its users’ cryptocurrency
Komodo devs took all cryptocurrency out of affected wallets and will keep it in a safe place until users submit claims to ...
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This girthy penis is buried deep inside the Ethereum blockchain (NSFW)
A pair of conceptual artists have claimed the first ASCII penis to be written to Ethereum's blockchain, a milestone in cryptocurrency ...
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Microsoft seems very proud of its smart contract auditing tools for blockchain
Microsoft is very proud of its Azure Blockchain-powered smart contract auditing tools for Ethereum which supposedly make ...
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Enterprise blockchains are screwed, 90% will need replacing by 2021
Think corporate blockchain adoption is going well? Think again. Nearly all the current enterprise-level blockchains will ...
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Walmart teams up with Big Pharma to track drugs on the blockchain
Global retail Goliath Walmart has joined a consortium that's attempting to build a blockchain for tracking pharmaceutical ...
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Bitcoin as healthy as ever as the network hits all-time high mining difficulty
Bitcoin is having a very good week – both in terms of price and the stability of its blockchain – as the network hits ...
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Two more universities get into blockchain education with specialized online courses
This week sees two more universities get into the blockchain game by offering courses in cryptocurrency, fintech, and distributed ...
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ABN AMRO is helping BUX blockchainify its new stock trading app
A division of the major Dutch bank ABN AMRO and a mobile trading app are collaborating to offer stock investments using the ...
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EY built a blockchain for wine snobs to confirm the authenticity of their plonk
Accounting behemoth EY is putting wine on the blockchain, so customers can trace the origins and authenticity of each bottle. ...
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Moonday Mornings: Microsoft helped Louis Vuitton put overpriced rags on the blockchain
Louis Vuitton is launching a blockchain pilot, ConsenSys says the industry is boombing, and other cryptocurrency news you ...
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These are the top 10 programming languages in blockchain
It turns out that Ethereum's Solidity, JavaScript, and Java are the most popular blockchain development languages, according ...
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Top 100 dapps: Ethereum is for gaming, EOS and TRON are for gambling
Gambling persists as a primary use case Ethereum, EOS and TRON, with almost half of the top 100 decentralized apps focused ...
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Blockchain startups RepuX and JoyToken pull exit scam after raising $8M in ICOs
Even thought it's 2019, ICO exit scams are still being uncovered. The latest to surface has seemingly conned over $8 million ...
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Hackers made $32K in 7 weeks by fixing bugs in cryptocurrency projects
Blockchain projects TRON, Brave, and EOS have rewarded white hat hackers with cash for fixing their security flaws, according ...
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Supply chain managers don't want to buy blockchain
Despite the excitement currently surrounding blockchain it seems supply chain managers are falling out of love with the decentralized ...
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Opera will support ‘multiple blockchains’ in its browser, starting with TRON
Opera will soon be adding support for the TRON blockchain in its cryptocurrency-focused browser. Up until now, the browser ...
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HTC's new $300 blockchain phone will double as a Bitcoin node
Taiwainese mobile phone manufacturer HTC is launching a more affordable blockchain phone with full Bitcoin node capabilities. ...
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Moonday Mornings: Binance to resume deposits and withdrawals after $40M Bitcoin hack
It's time for Moonday Mornings, Hard Fork's wrap-up of the weekend's top Bitcoin, cryptocurrency and blockchain headlines ...
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Opera: Self-sovereign identity is the next target for dapps
Margarita Khartanovic took to the Hard Fork stage at TNW2019 this morning to talk with Charles Hamel, Opera's crypto product ...
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Here's why Binance can't erase the $40M hack from Bitcoin's blockchain
Binance CEO Changpeng Zhao briefly mulled 're-organizing' Bitcoin to exact revenge on the hackers that stole 7,000 BTC from ...
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Deloitte’s tips on coming up with viable blockchain use cases
Deloitte shared some tips on how to use blockchain to streamline your business operations – and find suitable use cases ...
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Prince Charles on Bitcoin: 'It's a very interesting development'
A Twitter user posted a video of them asking Prince Charles what he thought of Bitcoin, cryptocurrency, and blockchain yesterday. ...
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IBM is putting sustainable shrimp on the blockchain
Shrimp is the latest foodstuff to make its way to the blockchain, courtesy of IBM's blockchain-based Food Trust ecosystem. ...
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Bitcoin miners earn $305M in April as transaction fees jump 250%
Recently-positive action for Bitcoin led miners to enjoy increased revenue last month, but more Bitcoin usage still makes ...
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TRON suffered from a critical bug that could’ve crashed its entire blockchain
A recent HackerOne disclosure reveals the TRON network had a pretty nasty security flaw, and a security researcher was paid ...
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IBM’s Hyperledger isn’t a real blockchain — here’s why
Back in 2016, enterprise “private blockchain” was a new, unfamiliar idea. There were not many major players in the private ...
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Blockchain is the best way to truly benefit from our own data
It’s said that data powers today’s most profitable corporations, just like fossil fuels energized those of the past. ...
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Microsoft teams up with JP Morgan to shill enterprise blockchains
Microsoft and American banking giant JP Morgan are teaming up to make it easier to put enterprise businesses on the blockchain. ...
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Chinese blockchain firm swaps Bitcoin for cannabis in search of new highs
Following the crypto-winter, one Chinese firm has been forced to diversify away from blockchain. It's chosen industrial hemp ...
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Want a blockchain job in big tech? This course might help you land one
What do Facebook, Visa, Shell, IBM, and EY have in common? They're all hiring blockchain talent – and this course could ...
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Amazon says AT&T, Accenture, and Nestle are all using its blockchain tools
Amazon is ramping up its blockchain services – and it's already convinced giants like AT&T, Accenture and Nestle to use ...
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Vitalik Buterin schools Elon Musk on Ethereum's best use-cases
After some quick trolling, Elon Musk asked Ethereum co-founder Buterin what he thinks should be built on the Ethereum blockchain. ...
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Dutch central bank tested blockchain for 3 years. The results? ‘Not that positive’
Cross-border payments, tokenization, and some smart contract stuff. These are blockchain's potential use-cases, according ...
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HTC wants to launch ANOTHER blockchain phone this year
Taiwanese mobile phone manufacturer HTC is reportedly planning to launch another blockchain phone before the end of 2019. ...
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Europe’s largest port set to test its blockchain-powered energy trading platform
Europe's largest ferry port is readying its blockchain-based energy trading application for deployment and will begin testing ...
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Moonday Mornings: Jaguar Land Rover plans to reward drivers with IOTA cryptocurrency, and more
Here's the weekend's top cryptocurrency and blockchain headlines. Jaguar Land Rover is getting on the blockchain, and cases ...
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One mining pool controls a dangerously dominant share of BitcoinSV's hash rate
Calvin Ayre's CoinGeek is approaching 51% of Bitcoin Satoshi Vision's hash rate - which would mean it has huge power over ...
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Nike’s ‘cryptokicks’ trademark application hints at its new blockchain ambitions
Nike Inc has submitted a trademark application for the word ‘cryptokicks’, signalling it may be gearing up to launch ...
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Samsung supposedly looking to launch its own Ethereum-based blockchain and token
Samsung is reportedly looking to develop its own proprietary blockchain network as well as its own token some time in the ...
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JD.com says putting chickens on the blockchain was great for business
JD.com started tracking free-range chicken with a blockchain early last year, and it worked so well, it's going to do the ...
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BitcoinSV's blockchain is struggling with its enormous 128MB blocks
BitcoinSV suffered two 'block re-organizations' overnight, and it could present the perfect environment for 51-percent attackers. ...
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US presidential candidate Andrew Yang wants to fix ‘confusing’ cryptocurrency regulations (and give $1,000 to everyone)
Andrew Yang released a statement on cryptocurrency and digital assets yesterday, making a bid to regulate virtual assets ...
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IBM launches blockchain skills academy with University of Louisville
One of top 200 universities in the US, along with a helping hand from IBM, is getting its students into blockchain with dedicated ...
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Carrefour wants to track 20% of its products on the blockchain by 2020
French supermarket giant Carrefour wants to track 20 percent of all of its in-house products on the blockchain by the end ...
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eToro launches new ‘pro’ cryptocurrency exchange – and 8 stablecoins
eToroX – eToro's blockchain division – is launching a new cryptocurrency-only exchange desks for experienced traders. ...
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Moonday Morning: IMF builds its own cryptocurrency 'for learning,' and more
Welcome to another Monday and with that, another Moonday Morning – where we take a look at the weekend’s top blockchain ...
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Only 2% of companies accept Bitcoin payments, Stack Overflow finds
The vast majority of organizations across the globe are not using blockchain technology, according to Stack Overflow’s ...
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Cryptocurrency market report confirms gamblers drive blockchain adoption
Ethereum is still the number one choice for developers looking to build decentralized apps, according to a recent blockchain ...
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PewDiePie to give $50K via blockchain app that deplatformed Alex Jones
PewDiePie will donate up to $50K in cryptocurrency during a live broadcast on DLive, but the app is likely not the streaming ...
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Bitcoin hits massive milestone with its 400,000,000th transaction
Bitcoin's blockchain has processed 400 million cryptocurrency transactions in just over 10 years - without permission from ...
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KPMG survey: 67% of corporates are not using blockchain technology
If a recent poll conducted by KPMG is anything to go by, blockchain technology still has a way to go in terms of corporate ...
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Stop trying to solve Brexit with blockchain
With so much at stake, it’s incredibly frustrating that technologists are taking the opportunity to tout blockchain as ...
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Opera releases its browser with built-in cryptocurrency wallet to everyone
Opera’s long-awaited web-browser, Reborn 3, which features an integrated cryptocurrency wallet is officially launching ...
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A cryptocurrency debunker's quixotic quest to save endangered marmots with an emoji
The Vancouver Island Marmot is under threat, with only a couple of hundred observed in the wild. One cryptocurrency anti-influencer ...
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I took a virtual walk in the blockchain so you don’t have to
Everything including orange juice, milk, and even fridges have been "put on the blockchain." Now you can put yourself on ...
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Tech companies still care more about AI and IoT than blockchain
Blockchain might be the hot buzzword of the moment, but according to new research, it's being bested by the Internet-of-Things ...
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PayPal makes its first blockchain startup investment
The payments giant, PayPal, has invested in Cambridge Blockchain, a startup developing digital identity management software ...
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US SEC is hiring a cryptocurrency specialist to help with regulations
Based on its latest job posting, the US Securities and Exchange Commission's (SEC) could be stepping up its involvement in ...
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4,000 art auction houses are putting their sales records on the blockchain
A merger between a blockchain-based art registry and an international auction database will see records from over 4,000 auction ...
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EOS and TRON's most used dapps are either gambling or 'high risk'
The most recent dapp statistics show cryptocurrency gamblng apps are all the rage on Ethereum's rival blockchains EOS and ...
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Moonday Mornings: Bithumb hacked for $19M, SEC delays Bitcoin ETF decision again, and more
It's another week which means it's time for another wrap up of the weekend's blockchain and cryptocurrency news, here's Moonday ...
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North Korean dissidents raise $14K with 100th 'post-liberation visa' on Ethereum blockchain
Civil Cheollioma Defense selling special visas for Ethereum cryptocurrency, said to allow holders entry to North Korea 'upon ...
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Why I believe the future of work is on the blockchain
Mobile and internet technologies have made it easy for people across the world to successfully work on and get paid for projects, ...
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Weiss Ratings: EOS is the best cryptocurrency, then Ripple, and THEN Bitcoin
Weiss Ratings' latest report placed alternative cryptocurrencies EOS and Ripple alongside Bitcoin as the top three, snubbing ...
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‘First cryptocurrency football club’ is still paying players’ salaries in fiat
Contrary to what was promised last year, semi-professional football team Gibraltar United is still not paying its players ...
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Facebook is hiring 22 people for its secretive blockchain division
Facebook is currently seeking to hire a number of blockchain and cryptocurrency experts in the fields marketing, UX design, ...
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A quick guide to understanding blockchain smart contracts
‘Smart contracts’ is a term that gets thrown about quite often in the blockchain world, but there seems to be some confusion ...
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Moonday Mornings: Twitch drops Bitcoin, most BTC trading could be fake, and more
It's a new week, it's Monday, which means there's a weekend's worth of cryptocurrency and blockchain news to catch up on. ...
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Here's how much 'Bitcoin Twitter' loves presidential candidate Andrew Yang
Cryptocurrency fans have a favorite presidential candidate. They believe his plan to gift $1,000 to US citizens every month ...
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Huawei is putting blockchain into the stratosphere
At its 2019 "Cloud Summit" industry conference in Hong Kong, Huawei unveiled a new blockchain-based cloud service for Hong ...
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Facebook is hiring a lead for its blockchain counsel
It seems Facebook isn't content with its team dedicated to building its cryptocurreny, it's now looking for someone to lead ...
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Nobody wants a Bitcoin ETF because cryptocurrency 'has no intrinsic value'
We're going to have to take a step back and rethink the whole "Bitcoin ETFs are coming" trope as the SEC receieves negative ...
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Visa is looking for someone to spearhead permissionless blockchain
Global payment services provider and Fortune 500 company, Visa, is showing signs that cryptocurrency and blockchain will ...
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Australia’s new blockchain strategy is $71K and a non-existent roadmap
Australia says its ready to create a new blockchain strategy, but it's simply a promise of a roadmap and a travel stipend. ...
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'Blockchain' won't save your bad business from going bust
Blockchain name-dropping seems to be dying as one Hong Kong tea maker tried and failed to perk up its stock price just by ...
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Israel regulators support ‘heavily regulated’ cryptocurrency trading platform
An Israeli financial market regulator has given its recommendation for the creation of a heavily regulated cryptocurrency ...
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The top 3 blockchain employers are old-school corporates, our data shows
Despite the crypto-winter causing widespread layoffs in the blockchain and cryptocurrency industry, there are still plenty ...
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Ethereum insiders deny there’s only one computer keeping a copy of its blockchain
After Ethereum's most recent fork, the cryptocurrency community learned of its special "big, scary nodes," and immediately ...
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4 cryptocurrency Twitter takes you really need to read
Did you miss these hot Twitter takes from cryptocurrency insiders? Hard Fork has you covered, we wouldn't let them go to ...
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All you need to know about Bitcoin network nodes
The blockchain has many types of node, each helps the blockchain network function correctly. Let's take a look at what each ...
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Here are the 3 ways OneCoin defrauded cryptocurrency investors for billions
Another multi-billion dollar Pyramid scheme run by corrupt cryptocurrency crooks has been busted - but how in the hell was ...
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Moonday Mornings: 30% of cryptocurreny startups failed in 2018
Another weekend has come and gone, meaning there's blockchain and cryptocurrency news to catch up on, thankfully Monday Mornings ...
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Carrefour will use blockchain to let curious mammals know where their milk came from
French supermarket giant Carrefour is pouring milk all over its blockchain, allowing its customers to see the whole thing ...
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Colorado senator wants to study blockchain for water rights management
A senator in Colorado wants the state to study the potential use of blockchain technology in water rights management.
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FCA: Cryptocurrency noobs still buy Bitcoin without understanding it
It’s been 10 years since Bitcoin and its underlying blockchain first emerged, but it seems consumers are still largely ...
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None of the ‘mining phones’ announced at MWC19 actually mine cryptocurrency
A few blockchain startups announced new "mining phones" at Mobile World Congres (MWC) in Barcelona. The problem: none of ...
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Alors Monsieur Macron, stop trying to make la chaîne de blocs happen
French President Emmanuel Macron wants to leverage the power of blockchain technology to make the agriculture industry more ...
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Here are the 5 hottest startups in… the rest of Europe ¯\_(ツ)_/¯
By Marta Dawydzik and Andrea Hak Together with payments tech company Adyen, we set out in search of the most promising ...
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Let’s reminisce about 2014's bizarre cryptocurrency market
2014 was five years ago, and oh so much has changed in cryptocurrency. Do you remember Peercoin or Auroracoin? What about ...
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Ethereum is forking again – here's what you need to know
The Ethereum community is today getting ready for two upgrades to its blockchain, following various security-related delays. ...
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How this Australian bank tracked 17,000 kilos of almonds with the blockchain
Last year the Commonwealth Bank of Australia put a shipment of 17,000 kilos of almonds on the blockchain. But how exactly ...
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Mercedes-Benz develops blockchain pilot to find better third-party suppliers
Well-known car manufacturer Mercedes-Benz is launching yet another blockchain pilot in the supply management space.
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Moonday Mornings: The institutions are coming for your blockchain
It's Monday, you know what that means. It's time for Moonday Mornings, Hard Fork's wrap-up of the weekend's cryptocurrency ...
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Inside NEO’s plans to get Microsoft .NET devs to build apps on its blockchain
We spoke with NEO insiders to find out about NEO 3.0, and understand its plans to decentralize the blockchain (and get Microsoft ...
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Why did the chicken cross the road? To get fed by blockchain
All you have to do is fire up your Lightning Wallet and send the paltry sum of 1,000 Satoshis and it will feed the chickens ...
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Zuckerberg's 'blockchain login' plan makes absolutely no sense
Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg is exploring blockchain technology for the company's third-party login services, but his plan ...
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Binance launches its decentralized cryptocurrency exchange, but there’s a catch
Binance has finally launched its decentralized cryptocurrency exchange (DEX) powered by its own blockchain – but it's only ...
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The blockchain industry is sexist and still sucks at diversity
Diversity is a term that’s thrown about often, and sometimes rather vacuously, but the fact of the matter is that the blockchain ...
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JP Morgan’s new digital 'coin' is not a cryptocurrency, or even a stablecoin
Do we really need another digital payment thing for institutional players to send money between themselves? JP Morgan says ...
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The pros, cons, and taboo nature of enforcing smaller Bitcoin blocks
Bitcoin Core developer Luke Dashjr has a suggestion: decrease the size limit of Bitcoin's blocks to make it easier for new ...
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The ultimate cryptocurrency explainer: Bitcoin, utility tokens, and stablecoins
Ten years ago, the arrival of Bitcoin changed how we view the global monetary system: it ushered a new era that is reshaping ...
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Intel takes on IBM and Microsoft with its own ‘off-the-shelf’ blockchain packages
Intel is expanding its blockchain offering even further to make it easier for businesses to get into the blockchain game. ...
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How Twitter's Jack Dorsey became Bitcoin's unlikely champion
Twitter CEO Jack Dorsey endrosed Bitcoin and blockchain in chat with Joe Rogan, and now the cryptocurrency community has ...
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TNW Answers’ best cryptocurrency and blockchain insights from 2018
A series of prominent figures in blockchain have answered the questions of a curious cryptocurrency community in 2018, here's ...
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Blockchain investment still lags behind fintech despite record-breaking 2018
European blockchain technology companies had a record year in terms of VC investment in 2018, although overshadowed by funding ...
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Public pensions back new $40M blockchain fund raised by Morgan Creek
The pension funds of the Fairfax County police and its employees are now invested in blockchain, thanks to a new $40M digital ...
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Only 3 of the top 50 blockchain apps are running on Ethereum
Believe it or not, only three of the top 50 decentralized apps (dApps) are running on the Ethereum blockchain. Say hello ...
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Hype is killing blockchain technology
Hype will be detrimental to blockchain technology's true potential.
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This startup is putting degrees on the blockchain to beat fake diplomas
Fake diplomas and embellished work experience are a bigger problem than you might realize. There are a growing number of ...
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Blockchain researchers are still finding critical vulnerabilities in EOS
2019 has barely started and Block.one has already handed out $50,750 worth of bug bounties to researchers who found kinks ...
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Blockchain and AI could be a perfect match – here's why
With blockchain technology and AI converging with the greater public there's never been a better time to explore the convergence ...
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BitcoinSV ‘feature’ exploited to store child abuse imagery on the blockchain
A change to the Bitcoin Satoshi's Vision (BSV) protocol has led to child exploitation material being posted to its blockchain, ...
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Facebook is doing something with blockchain, but nobody knows what
In true tech company fashion, Facebook has remained tight-lipped about its blockchain-related plans.
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You ought to understand Bitcoin’s Proof-of-Work after reading this
This episode of Hard Fork Basics is going to take a look at one of the blockchain's most defining characteristics, its consensus ...
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Moonday Mornings: The SEC wants to know about your blockchain
It's time for the wrap of the weekend's cryptocurrency and blockchain news with Moonday Mornings, check it out here.
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Cryptocurrency: Yay or Nay?
This article presents both sides of the debate without bias, allowing you to decide for yourself whether digital currencies ...
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What big-time blockchain investors look for when funding a startup
At Hard Fork, we want to know what piques investors' interest, what drives them to back certain companies, what they're uninspired ...
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Devs say real blockchain use is coming, but many feel it's overhyped
We’re likely to see a real-world application of blockchain technology over the next two years – if recent research is ...
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The Bitcoin Halvening is happening – here's what you need to know
Something major is happening to Bitcoin in 480 days - the Halvening. Here's what it is and why it happens every few years. ...
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Ethereum blockchain undergoes massive cryptocurrency gambling exodus
The Ethereum blockchain was once home to the bulk of the internet's cryptocurrency gamblers, but not anymore. It seems they've ...
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This (free) 'future of tech' webinar will get you your next raise
Artificial intelligence, the blockchain, Internet of Things. You know you’ve heard these terms about a thousand times but ...
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Ballsy mobile devs can now monetize their games with cryptocurrency
Mobile games made with the Unity engine can now support earning, spending, and tipping cryptocurrency thanks to a new SDK. ...
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The controversies of blockchain governance and rough consensus
The governance of blockchains is one of the most fascinating, contentious, and difficult topics to master, but it’s one ...
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HOLD: On-chain vs off-chain transactions: An explainer so simple your grandparents would understand
Welcome to Hard Fork Basics, a collection of tips, tricks, guides, and advice to keep you up to date in the cryptocurrency ...
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UK financial watchdog asks the public how to regulate cryptocurrency
The UK’s financial watchdog has launched a consultation on existing guidance around cryptoassets amid fears that companies ...
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Dutch hacker puts his kid’s LEGO train on the blockchain
A Dutch hacker/dad has made his son's LEGO toy into a literal STEEM train, after he modified it to be driven by mining the ...
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Understanding blockchain is way easier if you think of it as an onion
Blockchain has more than two layers, in fact, it can be split down to as many as five layers. Let me explain what this all ...
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Nasdaq goes $20M deep in support of enterprise blockchain startup
Blockchain startup Symbiont has raised a $20m Series B as traditional exchanges from across the world look to capitalize ...
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Here's an explainer about soft forks you'll actually understand
In this article, Hard Fork is going to take a look at what soft forks are, and how they work.
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Major Dutch bank bets on NY blockchain firm with 5-year deal
Dutch multi-national banking giant ING has signed a five-year deal with a blockchain services firm to roll out distributed ...
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Moonday Mornings: Dark Web Bitcoin transactions doubled in 2018
Today is Monday, January 21, which means two things. One, it's time for another Moonday Mornings; and two, it's the most ...
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Government use of blockchain will shape our digital identity
To be honest, I hate the word "identity." There’s a lot of talk about this now, but if anyone is telling you they’re ...
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Blockchain sharding made so simple your dog would understand
Welcome to Hard Fork Basics, a collection of tips, tricks, guides, and advice to keep you up to date in the cryptocurrency ...
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SAP's new blockchain project helps weed out counterfeit drugs
SAP has launched a blockchain-based supply chain tracking system to allow drug wholesalers to authenticate pharmaceutical ...
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Bitcoin Cash has failed to make use of its 8MB block size, analysts say
Over the past 500 days, Bitcoin blocks have been 30 times bigger than BCH blocks, on average, so was the 8MB block size increase ...
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ICOs banked $13B with ‘little work, accountability, or transparency,’ report
Ethereum's ICO process has earned token founders estimated combined profits of $12.8B, made entirely of cryptocurrency created ...
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Oil behemoths join Shell and friends on energy trading blockchain
A host of new petrochemical and oil giants – including Chevron, Total, and Reliance – are joining the likes of Shell ...
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Ford drives cobalt supply chain transparency with IBM blockchain
Ford has become the latest company to jump on the blockchain pilot bandwagon.
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Israel shipping giant opens its blockchain after successful trial
Israel's largest shipping firm is opening up its blockchain to all of its clients of specific trades following a successful ...
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How Spain’s Iberdrola is using blockchain tech to push renewable energy
Iberdrola, one of Spain’s main energy companies, has completed a blockchain pilot to track renewable energy more accurately ...
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HSBC leans on blockchain tech to process $250b worth of fx transactions
Global bank HSBC has processed more than 3 million foreign exchange (fx) transactions using blockchain technology.
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NASA looks to secure flight data with blockchain tech
NASA is exploring potential use-cases for blockchain technology in a bid to safeguard the privacy and security of aircraft ...
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New blockchain center opens in New York amid cryptocurrency market woes
The city of New York has a new Blockchain Center.
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China is forcing blockchain devs to dox users, censor content
The Chinese government is forcing blockchain companies to censor content, store users' identity data and share it with authorities. ...
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South Korean government gives tax break to blockchain trailblazers
The South Korean government is giving the blockchain industry a tax break in a bid to help foster innovation in decentralized ...
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Ethereum Classic hackers steal over $1.1M with 51% attacks
Ethereum Classic, one of the most popular forks of the second most valuable cryptocurrencies by marketcap has suffered a ...
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5 of the best podcasts to get you into cryptocurrency and blockchain
Getting into blockchain and cryptocurrency can be pretty threatening to newbies – especially because the space is so flush ...
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Hackers pocketed $878,000 from cryptocurrency bug bounties in 2018
Blockchain companies have resolved more than 3,000 vulnerability reports in 2018 alone. In return, white hackers pocketed ...
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7 of the best, top, highest rated, essential books on Bitcoin and blockchain
We were all cryptocurrency and blockchain novices once. We tried to overcome our shortcomings by reading endless mind boggling ...
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Hard Fork's blockchain and cryptocurrency expectations for 2019
The cryptocurrency and blockchain industry has had a particularly turbulent year. In January Bitcoin prices were well over ...
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Moonday Morning: Fortnite accidentally started accepting Monero
It's the first Moonday Morning of 2019 and that means that there's a lot of cryptocurrency and blockchain news to catch up ...
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How blockchain technology can — and can't — prevent sexual assault
This story explores how projects like Callisto and LegalFling are using blockchain technology to store vital information ...
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Vodafone, Huawei, Intel and friends form blockchain industry group
The European Telecommunications Standards Institute (ETSI) is getting in the blockchain game, having set up a new industry ...
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Blockchains should have ‘privacy by design’ for GDPR compliance
LTO Network hosted speakers at Hard Fork Decentralized last night to tackle some of the blockchain industry's toughest GDPR ...
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‘Unregulated ICOs are dead’ — welcome to the era of the STO
One of Alan Sugar's earliest apprentices and author of Tokenomics: The crypto shift of blockchains, ICOs and tokens, Thomas ...
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ConsenSys teaches devs how to make their first dApp on the blockchain
Developers from blockchain technology services firm ConsenSys took to the Hard Fork Decentralized stage to demonstrate how ...
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Binance launches a new platform to teach you about blockchain and cryptocurrency
Binance wants to teach you the basics of cryptocurrency and blockchain. The exchange has launched a new education page to ...
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85% of employees at recently launched blockchain startups are male
Recent analysis has discovered men comprise an overwhelming majority of recent blockchain startups - just 14.5 percent of ...
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Scaling blockchain: Sidechains explained in plain English
One emerging technology that is trying to make the blockchain more efficient and scalable is "sidechains." Here's what they're ...
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Samsung could be developing its own blockchain phone
There might be another name joining HTC and Sirin Labs as makers of blockchain smartphones, and it's one of the world's largest ...
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South Korean bank wants to use blockchain to reduce human error
South Korea's second largest bank is in the middle of rolling out a blockchain-based system designed to reduce human error. ...
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Facebook is hiring engineers and researchers for its blockchain team
It seems Facebook is looking to step up its "decentralization" efforts. The social media giant is recruiting blockchain engineers ...
