Vertcoin, a crypto project that aims to keep mining power decentralized, has suffered its second 51-percent attack in a year. The incident saw 603 genuine blocks on the Vertcoin main blockchain ...

A bitcoin-replica launched with an aim to discourage miners from forming pools and gain a monopoly over its network has been compromised. Mark Nesbitt, a security expert, revealed that the blockchain ...

Michael J. Casey is the chairman of CoinDesk’s advisory board and a senior advisor for blockchain research at MIT’s Digital Currency Initiative. The following article originally appeared in CoinDesk ...

The topic of alt coins is something that thoroughly annoys some hardcore Bitcoiners. SEAMAN! We thought you were our guy. Now you’re covering alt coins, you snake! Lol. I’m certainly not against ...

When bitcoin was launched back in 2009, anyone with a computer connected to the internet and with the right software could mine it. Early users gathered thousands of coins with ease, but because they ...

Vertcoin (VTC) has become the latest cryptocurrency to benefit from a large altcoin price surge due to Segregated Witness (SegWit) implementation. At press time, the proportion of miners signaling ...

Cryptocurrency advocates are constantly trying to convince non-experts of the advantages of permissionless blockchains, typically by explaining how a decentralized system of consensus-based ...