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Iceland is in the spotlight this week following its innovate methods to power the crypto mining network. Proposed by maths teacher Krista Hannesdóttir, the Scandinavian country is utilising its plentiful geothermal resources to power the mammoth network. Bitcoin Australia speak to blockchain specialist Alex de Vries, to see if these new innovations are all that they […]

Blockchain could be the key to solving one of the most critical issues of this planet: the food crisis. This issue is getting worse year by year, prompted by population growth, the climate changes and geopolitical unrest. Chain Business Insights, an independent research company, believes that smallholder farms are the solution to this ongoing crisis.

North Korean hacker group Lazarus is responsible for at least five attacks on cryptocurrency exchanges, looting an estimated $571.3 million US according to a report by cyber security company Group-IB.

Chilean Buda Exchange is making headlines after integrating Bitcoin into the Lightning Network (LN).   This comes after Buda filed a lawsuit against 10 Chilean banks earlier this year.

Co-founders of Blockchain and ICO advisory Crypto PR Lab, Alexandra Karpova and Masha Prusakova are making their mark in the crypto community. The two are equally inspiring, with Masha a former Olympic snowboarder cross Berkeley Law student, before discovering crypto. For Alexandra, her beginnings were in some of New York’s top finance and Real Estate […]

The emergence of Bitcoin and other cryptocurrencies has changed the way people view money, payments and asset trading. The invention of the first cryptocurrency as well as its subsequent trials and tribulations made the front page of reputable newspapers across the globe and enjoyed prime time broadcast on TV. Likewise, there are already dozens of […]

Looking for some Bitcoin and blockchain-related events in Australia? Here are some of the most interesting ones taking place in October and November.

In this guide, we explain what is Ethereum and unpack the differences between Ether and Bitcoin.