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a young Chinese man wears yellow headphones in front of a computer

Chinese internet users turn to the blockchain to fight against government censorship

Thanks to blockchain, internet users have achieved some victories in the fight against China’s strict internet censorship.

two nurses laugh at a work station in a hospital

US health care companies begin exploring blockchain technologies

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A migrant worker from Myanmar looks at his cellphone at a wholesale market for shrimp and other seafood in Mahachai, in Samut Sakhon province, Thailand, July 4, 2017.

A tech startup called OMG wants to revolutionize cash for hundreds of millions of ‘unbanked’ people in Asia

Technology
Chain of Bitcoin keychains, symbolizing the Bitcoin Blockchain.

Blockchain seems to be all the hype these days. But what, exactly, is it?

Technology
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