Altcoins
New currency Primecoin searches for prime numbers as proof of work
Primecoin is a new digital currency that uses methods to find prime numbers as a way of providing a useful by-product from its proof-of-work calculations
Litecoin targeted by trojan malware
A security firm has published a report showing malware aimed at stealing Litecoin wallet files.
OpenCoin: Ripple users can send payments to bitcoin addresses
At Bitcoin London yesterday OpenCoin announced that Ripple users can now make bitcoin payments directly from the Ripple client.
Should corporations develop their own virtual currencies like bitcoin?
Virtual currencies can ensure that consumers will purchase goods within a company's own ecosystem, but do consumers actually find them useful?
Bitcoin: The next rewards-based economy?
Could bitcoin be a way to modernise backwards-facing employee and customer rewards programs?
What are Namecoins and .bit domains?
Namecoin is the basis for a decentralised domain name system (DNS) which could put a stop to Internet censorship.
Analyst predicts final chapter for Amazon Coins
Amazon Coins are only two months old, but one analyst is already forecasting their potential demise.
Colored coins paint sophisticated future for Bitcoin
Colored coins could enable you to trade bitcoins as anything, including stocks, bonds, and even IOUs. Danny Bradbury finds out how they may be implemented.
Feathercoin's Peter Bushnell: There's room for more crypto-currencies
We talked to Peter Bushnell to learn more about Feathercoin's origins and how to best mine the currency.
Freicoin's attempt to free the economy
Freicoin wants to fundamentally change the rules of finance and economics. Danny Bradbury talks to co-developer Mark Friedenbach.
