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CoinDesk Explainer: The Bitcoin Unlimited Debate

Depending on who you ask, Bitcoin Unlimited is either the future of bitcoin or a broken implementation of the software. One thing’s for certain, though, the controversial alternative to Bitcoin Core (the technology’s standard software implementation) has...

How the ‘Dole Stock Crisis’ is Reigniting the Push for Blockchain

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Earlier this year, a rare window opened into the way the stock market currently operates when a class action lawsuit revealed that there were recently 12 million more shares of Dole Foods than the company thought existed. The events that led up to the publication of a...

EU Law Enforcement: Digital Currency is Impeding Investigations

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Law enforcement agencies in the European Union are alleging that the growing use of digital currencies is impairing their efforts. Europol, the EU’s top police agency, and Eurojust, an agency focused on cross-border judicial matters, released a joint paper on...

Code Bug Exploit Sends Bitcoin Unlimited Nodes Offline

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Nearly 70% of nodes running Bitcoin Unlimited went offline today as word emerged of a bug in the software’s code. The bug opened a vulnerability through which a certain kind of message sent to nodes could cause them to be taken offline. Nodes are responsible for...

Bitcoin Core Developers Attack Bitcoin Unlimited

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The empire strikes back. As the people rise and gain the majority of miners who have decided, Bitcoin Core developers have gone on the attack. A bug on the overlay xThin client has been exploited, rather than professionally and rationally revealed, to send...