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• Altcoins, Bitcoin, Bitcoin Price, News, News teaser

  Bitcoin Price Leaves Earth Again As Trades Head To $16k

  Bitcoin price gained almost $2000 in 12 hours into Tuesday as the virtual currency’s correction gives way to gains and investors reaffirm their faith. Bitcoin Price Optimism Returns Volatility has briefly returned to markets post-Christmas, Bitcoin currently circling $15,200 according to Coinmarketcap’s average trading prices, up from $13,680 Monday but coming down from the day’s high of $15,700. The move has dampened altcoins, with a mixed bag of gains and losses greeting investors today. Civic,

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  Wilma Woo · December 26, 2017 · 8:30 am
• Altcoin Price, Bitcoin, Bitcoin Cash, News, News teaser

  ‘Bitcoin Cash is Centralized Sock Puppetry’ Says Bitcoin Pioneer Nick Szabo

  Pioneering Bitcoin developer Nick Szabo has described Bitcoin Cash (BCash) as “centralized sock puppetry” as analysts voice concern over its network. Alibaba Hosts 54% Of BCash Nodes Retweeting findings by software architect Sondre Bjellås, Szabo, who is considered one of the most likely candidates to have created Bitcoin, was candid in his opinion of the controversial Bitcoin hard fork. "Bitcoin Cash" is centralized sock puppetry. https://t.co/OJJo5vwEfn — Nick Szabo (@NickSzabo4) December 21, 2017 BCash has

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  Wilma Woo · December 22, 2017 · 7:30 am
• Bitcoin, Bitcoin Politics, News, News teaser

  BitGo Engineer Jameson Lopp Swatted for Bitcoin Views

  Jameson Lopp, an engineer with BitGo, was the victim of swatting after someone called in a fake hostage situation to the police. It’s nothing new to see an argument break out on the internet. In fact, it’s insanely routine, but a lot of people do take it too far and engage in massive flame wars and even more. A disturbing trend called “swatting” has emerged over the last few years, which occurs when someone phones

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  Jeff Francis · October 18, 2017 · 12:00 pm
• Bitcoin, Companies, News, News teaser

  Coinbase 100% Overspends On Fees, Loses Up To ’15 BTC Per Hour’

  Coinbase has been described as “hemorrhaging money” this week after data showed it had been paying double transaction fees. Fees Glitch Adds To Coinbase Woes The overspending, likely due to a software problem, is the latest in a series of technical mishaps for the exchange and wallet provider. BitGo engineer Jameson Lopp originally raised the alarm Friday noting “something weird” was occurring on the Bitcoin network, tweeting: 12 hours ago an entity began sending BTC transactions

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  Wilma Woo · July 16, 2017 · 9:30 am