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Bitcoin Software Wars: The Battle Between Nodes, Hashpower and Developers While many bitcoiners have been focused on the competition between Bitcoin (BTC) and Bitcoin Cash (BCH), another significant battle is taking place. View On WordPress

Estonia wants to launch its own cryptocurrency Estonia is considering taking advantage of the cryptocurrency hype to do an initial coin offering (ICO) for its own country. Kaspar Korjus, a … View On WordPress

China’s Fosun invests in local version of bitcoin tech blockchain BEIJING (Reuters) – Chinese conglomerate Fosun Group has made a foray into blockchain with an investment in the Shanghai startup behind Onchain … View On WordPress

Lightning Network creator Tadge Dryja is developing an experimental tool he hopes will help bitcoin users safely claim their newly created bitcoin … View On WordPress

South Africa’s Central Bank: It’s ‘Too Risky’ to Launch a Cryptocurrency A senior official for South Africa’s central bank has said it’s “too risky” for the institution to launch its own cryptocurrency. Speaking during the Strate … View On WordPress

Russian Real Estate Firm Experiments With Selling a Luxury Mansion for Bitcoin The Russian real estate firm Kalinka Group has announced that once of its clients is selling his luxurious home for bitcoins. The 4200 square foot … View On WordPress

Bitcoin Skeptic Mark Cuban Reverses Course Billionaire investor and Bitcoin skeptic Mark Cuban is warming up to the cryptocurrency, signaling that he is investing in a new venture capital fund … View On WordPress

IRS Making Gains on IDing Bitcoin Users While its relative anonymity is one of the main appeals of Bitcoin and other digital currencies, the IRS has been making progress in finding ways to … View On WordPress

This European country may hold an ICO and issue its own cryptocurrency We’ve officially hit peak ICO. Estonia, a small country in Northern Europe, just floated the idea of potentially raising money by issuing a token called … View On WordPress