Blockchain
Billions are being poured into startups working on blockchain, the technology behind Bitcoin. Supporters say it could become as disruptive as the internet. But how can we tell if they're right?
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Long Island Iced Tea Soars After Changing Its Name to Long Blockchain - Bloomberg
What You Need To Know About Initial coin Offering Regulations
Bitcoin: A Peer-to-Peer Electronic Cash System
How blockchains could change the world - McKinsey & Company
How The Blockchain Will Transform Everything From Banking To Government To Our Identities - Forbes
Some Simple Economics of the Blockchain
Beyond the Bitcoin Bubble - The New York Times Magazine
Don't Let Doubts About Blockchains Close Your Mind - Bloomberg
Bitcoin and Ethereum vs Visa and PayPal - Transactions per second - Altcoin Today
Bitcoin's Growing Energy Problem - Cell
Blockchains don't scale. Not today at least. But there's hope. - Hackernoon
Ten years in, nobody has come up with a use for blockchain - Hackernoon
'I forgot my pin': An epic tale of losing $30,000 in Bitcoin - Wired
Law and global trade in the era of blockchain - Medium
The Economic Limits of Bitcoin and the Blockchain - Eric Budish, June 5 2018
Ex-Iced Tea Maker 'Long Blockchain' Faces Reckoning as Nasdaq Prepare to Delist its Shares
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