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Blockchain, the operator of the world’s most popular bitcoin wallet service, is currently offline. CoinDesk was last able to retrieve data from the site’s API at 05:44 UTC this morning, with a Reddit user noting the issue at around 07:00. A message on the site’s homepage states it will "back shortly".
04 Sep 2015 12:16 pm | Emily Spaven
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Bitcoin was designed to be a decentralised peer-to-peer payment protocol and one that would fall outside the control of governments and banks. This, however, has not prevented central banks from voicing their opinion on the digital currency. Who's said what about bitcoin and when? Check out our interactive timeline.
04 Sep 2015 11:13 am | Yessi Bello Perez
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The story of the rise and fall of bitcoin exchange Mt Gox and its CEO, Mark Karpeles, could find its way to the silver screen. The Hollywood Reporter reports that a film version of David Kushner's recent 'Rolling Stone' piece on Mark Karpeles and Mt Gox is being shopped around by Creative Artists Agency.
03 Sep 2015 10:50 pm | Stan Higgins
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The Connecticut Technology Council has partnered with blockchain startup Tierion for a government-funded survey that finds it using bitcoin for recordkeeping. Though not integral to the project, Tierion indicated that it used its role in the survey to highlight the benefits of blockchain technology to the state.
03 Sep 2015 09:48 pm | Pete Rizzo
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Researchers at the London innovation lab of Swiss banking giant UBS are developing a new blockchain implementation for transaction settlement. The lab is currently at work on a cryptocurrency that "would be directly linked to real-world currencies and connected to central bank accounts".
03 Sep 2015 08:41 pm | Stan Higgins
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The controversial group behind several bitcoin 'stress tests' has confirmed next week it will push ahead with its biggest so far. Speaking to CoinDesk, CoinWallet COO James Wilson said the test – which could allegedly cause a 30-day backlog of transactions – would be executed at 10am Thursday (GMT).
03 Sep 2015 07:35 pm | Grace Caffyn
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