The Graph Launches Microtransaction System for Blockchain Data Providers
The new microtransaction system Scalar is meant to enable new ways of monetization for node operators and data providers.
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Apr 21, 2021 at 5:23 p.m. UTC
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Lightning App for Sending Bitcoin Tips on Twitter Is Now Easier to Use
An app that lets you send lightning tips via Twitter just got a 1.0 software release with a set of new features.
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May 24, 2019 at 5:20 p.m. UTC
May 24, 2019
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Bitcoin's Open Secret: Lightning Is Making Better Online Payments Possible
An influx of lightning apps are mostly silly, but they demo a serious point: the tech enables bitcoin to compete with traditional payment rails.
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Aug 10, 2018 at 4:00 a.m. UTC
Aug 10, 2018
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Blockchain for Journalism: How a Big Funding Idea is Starting Small
As print newspapers suffer from the move to digital, and online ad revenues prove an insufficient funding model, could crypto-tokens fill the gap?
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Jan 22, 2017 at 1:02 p.m. UTC
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Ethereum Scaling Advances With 'First' Off-Blockchain Payments
A team of ethereum developers has successfully completed what they say is the first off-blockchain transaction on the network.
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Aug 11, 2016 at 12:48 p.m. UTC
Aug 11, 2016
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ChangeTip Now Allows Facebook Friends to Tip in Bitcoin
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Jan 18, 2015 at 3:20 p.m. UTC
Jan 18, 2015
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ChangeTip Brings Bitcoin Micropayments to YouTube, Google+ and Tumblr
Bitcoin tipping platform ChangeTip has announced that it is expanding its service to YouTube, Tumblr and Google+.
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Aug 8, 2014 at 3:19 p.m. UTC
Aug 8, 2014
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How Dogetipbot Turned a Spoof Altcoin into a Tipping Phenomenon
Dogecoin has become a hugely popular way to reward people on reddit, and it's all thanks to Dogetipbot.
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Apr 10, 2014 at 11:32 a.m. UTC
Apr 10, 2014
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Dogecoin's Jackson Palmer on Fast Transactions, Many Tips and Much Inflation
Jackson Palmer tells CoinDesk why he founded dogecoin and why it is more appealing than bitcoin.
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Mar 28, 2014 at 11:24 a.m. UTC
Mar 28, 2014
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Credit Cards Have Not Evolved With the Internet. Enter Bitcoin.
Credit card companies have not evolved with the internet, creating issues that prove how outdated they have become.
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Jan 5, 2014 at 11:57 a.m. UTC
Jan 5, 2014