Altcoins
Developers attempt to resurrect Namecoin after fundamental flaw discovered
A fatal flaw has been discovered in the Namecoin protocol, but a fix is on the way.
Scrypt-based miners and the new cryptocurrency arms race
Script-based miner manufacturers are planning to ship equipment that will speed up altcoin mining.
Vault of Satoshi expands Canadian bitcoin exchange market
Vault of Satoshi aims to lower the price of bitcoin exchanges in Canada.
PhenixCoin in ashes after developer goes AWOL
The altcoin PhenixCoin's developer has left the project, leaving coins frozen in the associated exchange.
How to get started with litecoin
CoinDesk walks you through what you need to know about litecoin, the world's second largest cryptocurrency.
Ripple plan to make its software open source on September 26
Ripple, OpenCoin's decentralised payment system and currency, is to be open sourced at the end of September.
UNOCS altcoin partnership dismantled following Feathercoin pullout
UNOCS, the partnership designed to take several altcoins mainstream, has been dismantled following the departure of Feathercoin.
CoinMKT altcurrency exchange to launch public beta next week
CoinMKT, a new cyrptocurrency exchange, is launching its public beta on 3rd September.
Feathercoin secures its block chain with advanced checkpointing
Feathercoin has announced advanced checkpointing in its block chain to protect against 51% attacks.
MasterCoin to create new altcoins in Bitcoin's block chain
The Mastercoin protocol layer gains community support to create a new generation of altcurrencies on the Bitcoin block chain.
