Team puts an ancient spin on a new digital currency
Cryptocurrency might seem like a next-generation idea, but two University of Oregon researchers say it has roots in the past.
Cryptocurrency might seem like a next-generation idea, but two University of Oregon researchers say it has roots in the past.
Archaeology
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People who have used Bitcoin, and those who don't have any experience with it, have something in common: Both groups share misconceptions about how the controversial digital currency actually works.
Internet
Jan 25, 2016
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The name cryptocurrency does not inspire trust. Advanced statistical analysis for the Bitcoin market carried out at the Institute of Nuclear Physics of the Polish Academy of Sciences in Cracow, however, has not shown any ...
Mathematics
Oct 11, 2018
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The Bitcoin digital currency system is in danger of losing its credibility as an independent payment system because of the growing power of a group that runs some of the computers behind it.
Internet
Jun 17, 2014
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Australian entrepreneur Craig Wright on Monday identified himself as the creator of Bitcoin following years of speculation about who invented the pioneering digital currency.
Internet
May 2, 2016
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Cryptocurrencies like Bitcoin can be analysed because every transaction is traceable. This means that they are an attractive system for physicists to study.
General Physics
Jul 2, 2018
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The British government called Thursday for global regulation of controversial virtual currency bitcoin, adding that the G20 would address the topic in March.
Internet
Jan 25, 2018
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Scientists have crunched data to predict crime, hospital visits, and government uprisings—so why not the price of Bitcoin?
Computer Sciences
Oct 22, 2014
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The EU's top court ruled Thursday that the exchange of Bitcoin and other virtual currencies should be treated just like traditional money in Europe and not incur any sales tax.
Internet
Oct 22, 2015
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Microsoft and Bank of America Merrill Lynch on Tuesday announced they are working together to make financial transactions more efficient with blockchain technology—the foundation of bitcoin digital currency.
Internet
Sep 27, 2016
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