cryptocurrency
UNICEF wants you to mine cryptocurrency for charity
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UNICEF has launched a page that lets you donate to its Australian branch without giving any money at all. All you need to do is give away part of your computing power to let it mine cryptocurrency. Over 2,600 people have already donated through what UNICEF calls The Hopepage. Users are able to set what…
Winklevoss twins have a plan to police cryptocurrency trading
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in Latest News(Bloomberg) — The Winklevoss twins have taken on their next project in the cryptocurrency world: regulation. The brothers, who run the Gemini exchange for trading Bitcoin and Ether, have submitted a proposal to create the Virtual Commodity Association, a self-regulatory organization meant to police digital-currency markets and custodians. The non-profit group would aim to develop…
Man sues T-Mobile for allegedly failing to stop hackers from draining his cryptocurrency account
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A man sued T-Mobile on Sunday, claiming that the company’s lack of security allowed hackers to enter his wireless account last fall and steal cryptocoins worth thousands of dollars. Carlos Tapang of Washington state accuses T-Mobile of having “improperly allowed wrongdoers to access” his wireless account on November 7th last year. The hackers then cancelled…
Does Survival of Cryptocurrency Technology Depend on Human Emotion?
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in Latest NewsSome technologies continue to exist even if their creators set them aside in favor of something else. A stone wheel remains a stone wheel, regardless of whether you use it. A printing press in a museum still operates precisely as designed, even though it’s been bucked in favor of digital printers. And combustion engines will…
2 Great Alternatives to BitCoin
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in Latest NewsInvesting in digital currencies provides many rewarding benefits that are hard for anyone to ignore. People from all walks of life are now starting to get involved in this unique investing opportunity. They are buying and selling digital currencies from the comfort of their home. It’s fair to say that BitCoin may be the most…
