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New Paper Explores Cooling Challenges in Bitcoin Mining Industry

A new white paper provides an in-depth look at the cooling challenges experienced by large-scale bitcoin mines.

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Bitcoin Vigil Guards Against Intrusion and Coin Theft

A new project uses bitcoin wallets to detect computer malware and intruders' attempts to steal coins.

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New Radeon Launches Just in Time for No Miner to Care

AMD has launched its fastest graphics card to date, but scrypt miners are unlikely to care, argues Nermin Hajdarbegovic.

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Wladimir van der Laan's Top Four Priorities for Bitcoin

Private keys, the Bitcoin-Qt wallet and faster blockchain downloads are on the mind of Bitcoin's incoming lead developer.

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Money Spinners: Bitcoin ATMs Make Capitol Hill Debut

This week's bitcoin ATM roundup takes us from Helsinki all the way to the US House of Representatives.

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Ripple Labs' Grand Plan to Build a Global Payment Protocol

Ripple wants to build the best global payment protocol, and it needs talented people in order to do that.

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Startup Accelerator Boost VC Hosting Silicon Valley Bitcoin Hackathon

Hosting a bitcoin hackathon is a way for Boost VC to encourage new business ideas within the cryptocurrency industry.

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Bitcoin Core Developers Weigh in on Side Chain Proposal

Would bitcoin benefit from having multiple extra blockchains? Two influential figures think so.

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Study: Bitcoin Wallet Attacks Rose Sharply in 2013

New data from cybersecurity firm Kapersky Labs shows a sharp increase in bitcoin-related malware attacks occurred in 2013.

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How Dogetipbot Turned a Spoof Altcoin into a Tipping Phenomenon

Dogecoin has become a hugely popular way to reward people on reddit, and it's all thanks to Dogetipbot.

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