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Bitcoin developer Jeff Garzik on altcoins, ASICs and bitcoin usability

Jeff Garzik, one of Bitcoin's core developers, shares his thoughts on alternative currencies, ASIC miners, and bitcoin usability.

By Danny BradburyJul 15, 2013

alt currency

Merchant-friendly payments: less than perfect, but better than before

Bitcoin is due for an overhaul of its payment mechanism to make it more merchant-friendly.

By Danny BradburyJul 12, 2013

payment

Bitcoin developer Jeff Garzik on Satoshi Nakamoto and the future of Bitcoin

Jeff Garzik, one of Bitcoin's core developers, talks about his views on Satoshi Nakamoto and the future of Bitcoin.

By Danny BradburyJul 9, 2013

coding and credit card

Bitcoin network recovering from DDoS attack

The bitcoin network suffered a denial of service attack last week that exploited never-implemented skeleton features embedded in the Satoshi client.

By Danny BradburyJun 25, 2013

DDoS attack

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Wall Street transfer agents lobby SEC, warning that third-party tokens pose risks to market integrity

The Securities Transfer Association, an industry group for transfer agents, said company-authorized tokenization should receive preferential treatment under future rules.

12:49 PM

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Robinhood Chain surges into top five by DEX volume: Bernstein

Robinhood's new blockchain quickly became a top-five network by DEX volume, signaling strong early demand for its tokenized asset platform, the broker said.

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Michael Saylor’s Strategy added $467 million in cash, made no changes to bitcoin holdings

The company raised the fresh cash via sales of common stock; its USD Reserve now stands at $3 billion.

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SBI Holdings' blockchain initiative pivots to Solana for tokenization, stablecoin issuance

The SBI Solana Global joint venture now includes the Solana Foundation, the Swiss organization that oversees the layer-1 network.

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