How I Became a Bitcoin Developer Fresh Out of High School
Daniela Brozzoni describes her journey to the front lines of bitcoin wallet development, thanks to a grant from Spiral.
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Jul 12, 2022 at 6:56 p.m. UTC
Jul 12, 2022
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Jack Dorsey, Block and the Perils of Making Crypto User-Friendly
Everyone seems to agree that crypto needs to improve its user experience. But at what cost?
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Mar 14, 2022 at 8:43 p.m. UTC
Mar 14, 2022
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Intel, Block Supporting Mining a Positive for Bitcoin’s Price: Analyst
The moves will likely lead to increased mining efficiency and greater bitcoin adoption, which in turn should help boost the price of the cryptocurrency.
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Jan 19, 2022 at 7:09 p.m. UTC
Jan 19, 2022
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Tax Preparer H&R Block Sues Block Over Rebranding From Square
The Jack Dorsey-run payments giant is infringing on the accounting firm’s family of trademarks, H&R Block claims.
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Dec 16, 2021 at 5:55 p.m. UTC
Dec 16, 2021
Block’s Cash App Launches Feature Allowing Users to Gift Bitcoin
The new feature is similar to those offered by PayPal and Coinbase.
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Dec 14, 2021 at 7:38 p.m. UTC
Dec 14, 2021
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Jack Dorsey’s Puppet Promotes Spiral’s Lightning Development Kit
Jack Dorsey and the team at Spiral, formerly known as Square Crypto, have released a mini-documentary featuring a puppet Dorsey to explain their Lightning Development Kit (LDK). “The Hash” hosts discuss the latest project turning heads in the crypto community as part of Dorsey’s ongoing bitcoin advocacy.
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Dec 7, 2021 at 9:54 p.m. UTC
Dec 7, 2021
Jack Dorsey Takes Square Deep Down the Bitcoin Rabbit Hole
The payments giant’s name change to Block caps off a transformational year.
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Dec 2, 2021 at 10:36 p.m. UTC
Dec 2, 2021
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Payments Giant Square Is Changing Its Name to Block
The move creates room for the company to move further beyond its roots as a business focused on serving sellers.
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Dec 2, 2021 at 5:55 p.m. UTC
Dec 2, 2021
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Jack Dorsey Is Building a Decentralized Exchange for Bitcoin
Can Square make DeFi on Bitcoin a thing?
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Aug 30, 2021 at 7:08 p.m. UTC
Aug 30, 2021
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Square Crypto’s New Grant Funds Popular Bitcoin Blockchain Explorer
This marks the 26th grant by the Cash App parent-company offshoot.
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Apr 7, 2021 at 6:37 p.m. UTC
Apr 7, 2021