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Bitcoin's blockchain technology may be its real legacy

May 2, 2016
Hundreds — if not thousands — of companies are looking at new applications.
In an age of encryption, one of the major innovations of Bitcoin is their block-chain technology, which allows for total transparency.
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A model for higher education where all learning counts

Apr 19, 2016
The technology behind bitcoin could help create a new way to measure education.
The technology behind digital currencies could power new education credentials.
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"Bitcoin Boulevard" no longer booming

Jan 8, 2016
When businesses in a Cleveland suburb began accepting bitcoin, the response was huge

Companies look to alternative to bitcoin technology

Dec 18, 2015
Bitcoin system could serve as trading ground for financial securities in the years to come.

Unmasking the mysterious creator of Bitcoin

Dec 9, 2015
Gizmodo and Wired identify Australian Craig Wright as the real Satoshi Nakamoto.

Who owns the most bitcoin?

Oct 22, 2015
The U.S. Marshals Service is auctioning off more bitcoin seized from Silk Road.

Regulation may be coming for Bitcoin

Sep 18, 2015
An American financial regulator has its eyes on the virtual currency Bitcoin.

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Bitcoin offers no easy escape for Greece

Jul 2, 2015
Expecting Bitcoin to fix Greece is like trying to run Netflix on the Internet of 1995.

Nasdaq experiments with the Bitcoin blockchain

May 11, 2015
The traded commodity becomes the stock exchange itself.

I submit before the court: Exhibit smiley face

Jan 30, 2015
As the Silk Road trial continues, emoji head to the courtroom.