Bitcoin News in Review: Dogecoin Troubles, Mining Gear, Voidspace, and More
Happy Sunday, and welcome back to another Bitcoin News in Review, your source for some of the biggest cryptocurrency news of the week. There was a lot of Dogecoin news this week, from the coin's creator leaving the community to a company filing for a trademark on the word "Doge". We also covered some new mining gear, a cryptocurrency-based video game, and more. Check out this Bitcoin News in Review after the break. Dogecoin Troubles. Sad shibe. Just under a week ago, the Dogecoin community found out that a company called Ultra PRO International had announced plans to trademark the word....
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VoidSpace is a new MMORPG game, made by Universe Projects, that looks to bring a whole new life to digital currency. While other MMORPGs have their own economies, VoidSpace wants to implement crypto, specifically Dogecoin and Bitcoin, into their economy and allow players to earn, steal and create currencies in the environment. Recently I was able to speak with VoidSpace's lead developer, Nikolas Gauvreau, about a few of the key elements of VoidSpace along with the digital currency implementation. CCN. What are a few of your favorite features of the game? My favorite feature has to be the....
With the end of another week, it's time for the Bitcoin News in Review, where we feature some of the top stories of the week here on CryptoCoins News. This week, (24 August - 31 August), we lost Bitcoin pioneer Hal Finney, saw Mark Karpelès launch a new company, checked out some new mining gear, and more. Check out our video and keep scrolling for this Bitcoin News in Review, after the break. Remembering Hal Finney. For those who didn't know him, Hal Finney was always extremely active in the cryptology community. Finney was one of the earliest members of the PGP Corporation and ran the....
It's the end of the week, which means it's time for another Bitcoin News in Review, where we take a look at some of the biggest stories of the week on CryptoCoins News. This week was relatively uneventful. besides the Bitcoin in the Beltway event, but there were still some interesting happenings, including a hacker mining 500 million Dogecoins, an upcoming Bitcoin documentary, an interesting altcoin, and more. Keep reading for this Bitcoin News in Review. Hacker Creates Dogecoin-Mining Botnet. Altcoins like Dogecoin are easier to mine than bitcoin, which has a much higher difficulty.....
Nikolas Gauvreau has his fingers crossed this month. The founder of Universal Projects is halfway through his Kickstarter campaign, although he has only raised a little over 5% of his $275,000 target. Gauvreau is developing a game that will let players 'mine' dogecoin, without a hardware mining rig in sight. He has been working on his brainchild for 17 years. Called VoidSpace, it is a massively multiplayer online role-playing game (MMORPG), set in a massive space universe, that is almost entirely empty when the user first arrives. Players proceed to jet around the universe, mining raw....
Welcome back to another Bitcoin News in Review, where we feature our top stories of the week here on CryptoCoins News. This week (11 May - 18 May) we looked at two of the biggest scams in the mining community, saw trouble at the Bitcoin Foundation, looked at some Dogecoin tidbits, and more. Be sure to check out our video and read the articles below on this Bitcoin News in Review. [youtube http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kteZqvX4V3w?rel=0]. Butterfly Labs, LSM Labs, and Other Scams. CCN exposed the scam mining company - LSM Labs. The cryptocurrency mining industry is full of scams, with the....