Altcoins
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.
Altcurrency exchange Crypto Street converts bitcoin, litecoin and feathercoin
Crypto St. is a US-based exchange focusing its attention on supporting up and coming altcurrencies.
Altcoin partnership UNOCS launches Bridge service for instant merchant payments
UNOCS has announced a new payment system to enable instant payments between consumers and merchants.
Bitcoin activists propose hard fork to Bitcoin to keep it anonymous and regulation-free
Two anonymous authors have published what amounts to a manifesto for preserving decentralized control in Bitcoin.
Feathercoin enthusiasts celebrate pub meetup by testing merchant interface
Last Saturday saw the first meetup for UK-based cryptocurrency Feathercoin at the Oxford Blue pub in Oxford.
Litecoin founder Charles Lee on the origins and potential of the world's second largest cryptocurrency
Litecoin's creator Charles Lee speaks out about Mt. Gox, Bitcoin, and what's missing from his altcurrency.
