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Bitcoin investors have had a rough ride this year as the price of the cryptocurrency has tumbled, making it less economical to produce the coins Technology 12 December 2018 By Douglas Heaven Running a bitcoin mining operation is becoming a […]

Virtual currencies were conceived as a tool for the underdog. Venezuela’s leaders are hoping to buy some independence with theirs, says Brett Scott Technology | Comment 31 October 2018 By Brett Scott EFE News Agency / Alamy Stock Photo VENEZUELA […]

The convenience of card and mobile payments means cash use is in freefall globally. But we haven’t thought through the consequences of an all-digital world Technology 22 August 2018 By Joshua Howgego Andrea Ucini WHEN Marco Polo visited Kublai Khan […]

Technology 1 February 2018 By Chris Stokel-Walker Who is hiding out there…? Description: iStock/Getty Images You can surf the dark web but you can’t always hide. People who want to keep their online activities secret will often use both bitcoin, […]

Technology 20 February 2018 By Richard Kemeny Individuals will set the price for access to their sequenced DNA Cristina Fletes-Boutte/St. Louis Post-Dispatch/TNS/Alamy Live News How much is your genome worth? Now you can decide. A number of start-ups are offering […]

By Matthew Sparkes A cryptocurrency mining farm in Nadvoitsy, Russia Andrey Rudakov/Bloomberg via Getty Images Cryptocurrencies based on owning a large number of hard discs, rather than using computer processors, could offer a less energy-intensive alternative to bitcoin and might […]

Technology | Analysis 13 May 2021 By Matthew Sparkes Elon Musk is CEO of Tesla ALEXANDER BECHER/EPA-EFE/Shutterstock Elon Musk has performed a sudden U-turn on bitcoin over concerns about its energy usage, and says his electric car firm Tesla will […]

By Matthew Sparkes Chia miners are buying up hard discs Shutterstock / nikkytok Chia, a cryptocurrency intended to be a “green” alternative to bitcoin has instead caused a global shortage of hard discs. Gene Hoffman, the president of Chia Network, […]