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Polluters or saviours? Bitcoin miners revisited

January 23, 2019 0 comments

Bitcoin miners secure the cryptocurrency’s network and mining has evolved into an energy-intensive, highly specialist industrial activity. But is bitcoin mining a totally unnecessary waste of electricity? Or could it […]

Quantum-proofing digital money

January 22, 2019 1 comment

As developments in computer science promise huge advances in processing power, some cryptocurrency designers are aiming to ensure their digital moneys’ underlying code does not become obsolete. Cryptocurrencies—and all the […]

Data firms buck cryptocurrency bear market

January 14, 2019 0 comments

While cryptocurrency exchanges, trading firms and investment funds lay off staff in droves, one sector is bucking the last year’s savage bear market: data provision and analytics. Several companies involved […]

Central banks dither over digital currencies

January 8, 2019 0 comments

The world’s central banks are proving reticent to introduce digital currencies, despite mounting market pressures for them to do so, according to a new report from the Bank for International […]

The streamline effect

November 28, 2018 0 comments

One of the most obvious potential applications of distributed ledger technology is in financial record-keeping. Blockchains promise greater efficiency and higher resiliency, say the technology’s advocates, as well as cutting […]

Can cryptocurrency networks govern themselves?

November 21, 2018 2 comments

Last week’s dramatic price decline across the cryptocurrency market has reignited an old debate—are networks like bitcoin inherently ungovernable? The fork forks again On November 15 bitcoin cash (BCH), itself […]

Recovering from identity loss

November 15, 2018 0 comments

Dystopian visions Bit by bit, the optimism of the early internet era has dissipated, replaced by widespread fear over a dystopian future. Valuable personal information is exposed unwittingly and carelessly […]

How identity systems create financial power

November 12, 2018 0 comments

Money, identity and privacy are all linked. But these concepts are constantly changing in the face of new technology. Should money be anonymous or tied to the identity of the […]

New shoots for crypto-based fundraising

November 8, 2018 0 comments

In theory, decentralised ledgers could help revolutionise the global capital-raising process, disrupting the share and bond markets in the same way that bitcoin promises an alternative to central bank-issued money. […]

Cutting through the blockchain hype

October 23, 2018 0 comments

“‘Blockchain’ and ‘distributed ledger technology’ (DLT) have become almost meaningless buzzwords that are mainly used for marketing and PR purposes,” say the authors of a new Cambridge University study. Given […]

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