Cryptocurrency

Creating the cryptocurrency requires an enormous amount of energy.

A round-up of images from Viewfinder, Pacific Standard's daily photo feature.

In this photo illustration of the litecoin, ripple and ethereum cryptocurrency "altcoins" sit arranged for a photograph beside a smartphone displaying the current price chart for ethereum on April 25th, 2018, in London, England.

Start-ups are looking to create a gig economy in refugee camps through the use of blockchain technology, but will it work?

Unless energy efficiency improves dramatically, demand for cryptocurrencies will eventually be self-limiting.

Want to grab some Bitcoin with your beer? Bitcoin teller machines across the country are making that a reality.

Can cryptocurrency destabilize pretrial detention? Bail Bloc thinks so—and it's harnessing collective computer power to do just that.