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Bitcoin Under Attack! How to Defend Mining From Patent Trolls

Bitcoin Under Attack! How to Defend Mining From Patent Trolls

The world of Bitcoin mining, where digital gold is forged through computational power, faces a growing threat: patent trolls. In particular, Non-Practicing Entities (NPEs)—often called patent trolls—have made a fortune by acquiring patents. They concentrate on enforcing these patents against third-party businesses rather than developing the technology or commercializing it...

Bitcoin's Under Attack! 5 Ways We Can Crush These Patent Trolls

Bitcoin's Under Attack! 5 Ways We Can Crush These Patent Trolls

Malikie Innovations, patent trolls extraordinaire, are back at it again, this time setting their sights on Bitcoin. Core Scientific and Marathon Digital are their first targets. Honestly, let’s not kid ourselves – this attack was on all of us. Specifically, they’re accusing Bitcoin’s use of Elliptic Curve Cryptography (ECC) of...

Bitcoin Under Attack: Can Patent Trolls Shut Down Mining?

Bitcoin Under Attack: Can Patent Trolls Shut Down Mining?

The world of Bitcoin, built on the principles of decentralization and open-source innovation, now faces a significant threat: patent trolls. NPEs buy patents with the intent to sue. They have no plans to create or even develop real technology; rather, their business model lies in enforcing these patents against developers...

Bitcoin's David vs. Goliath Moment: Can We Beat the Patent Trolls?

Bitcoin's David vs. Goliath Moment: Can We Beat the Patent Trolls?

I think back to visiting my cousin Linh’s little coffee shop in Hanoi a few years ago. She was struggling, barely making ends meet. Then she started accepting Bitcoin. Now, all of a sudden, she had customers from all around the world, and without the exorbitant transaction fees that were...