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The crypto world is full of idiotic ideas and gag tokens that are bringing in real money. Here are the best of the worst.

The internet is a strange place filled with stranger blockchain-based currencies, from PotCoin and porn coins to TrumpCoin and PutinCoin. Follow us down the rabbit hole.

Blockchain is hovering near the peak of inflated expectations — but seeing the glimmers of a nascent technology evolve is exciting

Mobility defines the world today. In its fast-paced nature, we need to be at many places at the same time, shuffling our schedules around…

The financial sector continues to show an increasing interest in blockchain technology and cryptocurrencies. To that end, the Ubank team is looking to enter the crypto market with a new blockchain-bas

VC firms are raising massive funds. What does this mean for the startups they're backing?

Getting your head around cryptocurrencies was hard enough before governments got involved. But now that policy makers around the world are drawing up fresh regulations on everything from exchanges to initial coin offerings, keeping track of what’s legal has become just as daunting as figuring out which newfangled token might turn into the next Bitcoin.

Bitcoin is the first purely digital, decentralized money. It has been on my mind a lot lately and apparently, I'm not the only one. Paul Graham called it a paradigm shift; Marc Andreessen believes Bitcoin is as big of a technological breakthrough as PCs and the Internet; Ben Bernanke said virtual currencies may hold long-term promise; Chris Dixon is investing millions in it; Google is interested in Bitcoin; Apple is afraid of it. In short, Bitcoin is something you should be paying attention to.

Have you ever tried to explain public-key cryptography (a.k.a. asymmetric cryptography) or the concept of public and private keys and what they’re for to non-techies? It’s tough, and I’ve spent the last little while trying to come up with an analogy that’s layperson-friendly and memorable. It turns out that it already exists, and Panayotis Vryonis, pictured …

Untrusted Communication Channels This is a story about Alice and Bob. Alice wants to send a private message to Bob, and the only easy way they have to communicate is via postal mail. Unfortunately,…

It’s not as complicated as it sounds.

To make learning more fun and interesting, here's a list of important computer science theories and concepts explained with analogies and minimal technical te