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Coverage from Blockchain Hackathon

For the third year running, Chainsmiths, a Dublin based blockchain consultancy firm, has been running a Blockchain Hackathon, with several thousand euro in prizes, and sponsored by some interesting names from Irish corporate life. While …

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Chainsmiths & Citibank host BIP reading

On 6th of April, in the rather nice Citibank building on Dublin’s quays, fellow Dublin blockchain company Chainsmiths held a reading of the SegWit proposals, with a readthrough of BIP141, BIP142 and BIP143. This was organised via the …

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If you're just getting started with cryptocurrency, there are several methods to get your first couple of euro of cryptocurrency to put in your wallet.

Did you know that the Crypto part of Revolut has a section called Learn? You can earn around €10 in free crypto from doing some lessons (and they've recently finally added the option to withdraw your bitcoin from your account to an external wallet address! )

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