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Chain Reflects on the Growing Role of Bitcoin APIs  in 2014
Chain's Eric Rykwalder examines how bitcoin APIs have been a boon for developers over the last year, and looks ahead to what 2015 might bring.
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Coinbase Launches Toshi, a Free Bitcoin API for Developers
Coinbase has released Toshi, a new free API toolkit for bitcoin app developers.
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Bitcoin Companies Must Start Giving Back
It's Time for Bitcoin Companies to Give Back
Bitcoin companies are making a buck from the protocol. They should help develop it, too.
Bitcoin Companies Must Start Giving Back

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Israeli VC Fund Offers $50k Bounty for Cost-Cutting AppCoin
Venture capital fund Aleph announced the developer bounty for code to reduce transaction costs on its new Karma platform.
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MIT Bitcoin App Contest to Award Innovative Developers $15k in Prizes
The MIT contest will award developers $15,000 in prizes to bolster bitcoin awareness at the university.
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Chain's API Takes the Hard Work Out of Bitcoin App Development
The new block chain API could make it far easier for developers to build on top of bitcoin technology.
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Bitcoin Version 0.9.0 Brings Transaction Malleability Fixes, Branding Change
Core developers have renamed the bitcoin reference client Bitcoin Core to reduce confusion between the network and the software.
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Ripple Courts Developers, Entrepreneurs With New Initiatives
Ripple is on the lookout for developers and entrepreneurs, hoping to attract third-party support for its payments protocol.
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BitPay Unveils Bitcore, its New Open-Source Project for App Developers
With Bitcore, BitPay aims to encourage app development in a new, open-source environment.
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Gavin Andresen and Jeff Garzik: Mt. Gox is Wrong, Bitcoin isn't Broken
Bitcoin core developers Jeff Garzik and Gavin Andresen have responded to Mt. Gox's scathing claims about the Bitcoin software.
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