CoinDesk's 2016 in Review Reviewed: The Best of the Series
After publishing more than 1,500 news stories and features, how do you sum up an entire year? That was the tall task facing CoinDesk at the end of December, and our second annual Year in Review was our best effort to do just that. Boasting 50 full-length opinion articles from 60 industry contributors, the goal of the month-long conversation was to showcase the sheer depth and breadth of industry thinking. From security to regulation to marketing and history, we strived to offer something for everybody. Armed with so many contributors, we admit we may have gone a bit overboard with the....
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Ledger, the first ever peer-reviewed academic journal devoted to cryptocurrencies such as a bitcoin, launched today. Arising from a partnership between the University of Pittsburgh, MIT Media Lab and partly funded by Coin Center, Ledger Journal will attempt to lead the research being done in the cryptocurrency field. Dr Peter R. Rizun, co-managing editor at Ledger, told CoinDesk he wants to create a mechanism for efficient peer review within the bitcoin community, adding: "I wanted to build an academic and interdisciplinary communication channel that would allow bright minds in economics,....
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