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Bitcoin splits and Bitcoin Cash is created. Explaining why and what happens now

  • Written by: David Glance, Director of UWA Centre for Software Practice, University of Western Australia
imageBitcoin CashNikoNomad/shutterstock

It all started as a discussion about how to change Bitcoin. Something was needed to help it cope better with the increasing number of people using the cryptocurrency.

After years of debate, however, two different ideological camps arose with opposing views. This has resulted in the “forking” of Bitcoin...

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More than 'slacktivism': we dismiss the power of politics online at our peril

  • Written by: Joel Penney, Professor of Communication and Media, Montclair State University
imagePolitical groups of all stripes recognise the enormous power of online mass persuasion, one meme at a time.Fibonacci Blue/flickr, CC BY-SA

This article is part of the Democracy Futures series, a joint global initiative between The Conversation and the Sydney Democracy Network. The project aims to stimulate fresh thinking about the many challenges...

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Home ownership falling, debts rising – it's looking grim for the under 40s

  • Written by: Roger Wilkins, Professorial Research Fellow and Deputy Director (Research), HILDA Survey, Melbourne Institute of Applied Economic and Social Research, University of Melbourne

Home ownership among young people is declining, as mortgage debt almost doubles for the same age group, results from the Household Income and Labour Dynamics in Australia (HILDA) survey show. It also shows young people are living with their parents longer.

The Melbourne Institute of Applied Economic and Social Research undertakes the survey every...

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Men still prefer mothers to stay at home: 12 charts on attitudes to work and family

  • Written by: Emil Jeyaratnam, Multimedia Editor, The Conversation

The Household Income and Labour Dynamics in Australia (HILDA) survey is Australia’s only nationally representative household longitudinal study, following the same individuals and households since 2001.

This infographic shows how our family and work life has changed over 16 years and how this is reflected in our attitudes today.

imageCC BY-ND

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  1. Australians want more children than they have, so are we in the midst of a demographic crisis?
  2. Pokies, sport and racing harm 41% of monthly gamblers: survey
  3. Curious Kids: What's going to happen to the Sun in the future? Will it explode?
  4. Affordable housing shortfall leaves 1.3m households in need and rising – study
  5. NAPLAN is ten years old – so how is the nation faring?
  6. The Method gone bananas? How motion capture actors are embracing their inner ape
  7. 'Just do the weather': does it matter if TV weather presenters aren't experts?
  8. So many in the West are depressed because they're expected not to be
  9. Party turmoil over way ahead on same-sex marriage
  10. Trump's Obamacare repeal attempt fails in US Senate
  11. Like a TARDIS in your head, memory helps you travel through time
  12. Workers are actually feeling less insecure in their jobs
  13. Security gets $1.2b, community programs to counter violent extremism $40m – that's a foolish imbalance
  14. The good news and bad news about the rare birds of Papua New Guinea
  15. Bottleshops affect people's health, so our laws need to reflect that
  16. Universities unveil plan to reduce sexual harassment and sexual assault on campus
  17. Climate change set to increase air pollution deaths by hundreds of thousands by 2100
  18. A full ban on political donations would level the playing field – but is it the best approach?
  19. Why are there so few women screen composers?
  20. Universities have a problem with sexual assault and harassment: here's how to fix it
  21. Voluntary assisted dying is not a black-and-white issue for Christians – they can, in good faith, support it
  22. Three charts on: who is the typical investor in the Australian property market?
  23. Vanishing Australian backyards leave us vulnerable to the stresses of city life
  24. Planners know depressingly little about a city's impacts on our mental health
  25. Facebook is fighting social media identity theft in India, but it's a global problem
  26. Spilling blood in art, a tale of tampons, Trump and taboos
  27. How to know what you're getting when you buy free-range eggs
  28. Showdown on same-sex marriage looming within the Liberals
  29. New research highlights challenges of building networks for employees and entrepreneurs
  30. Les Murray's death deprives football in Australia of its most passionate and inspiring voice
  31. Explainer: how to extend your phone's battery life
  32. Australia leads the world in hepatitis C treatment – what's behind its success?
  33. We’ve got to stop meeting like this
  34. How farming giant seaweed can feed fish and fix the climate
  35. Is there such a thing as a 'true self'?
  36. Cancer immunotherapy drugs like Keytruda and Opdivo hold hope for some, but there's still a way to go
  37. Downsizing cost trap awaits retirees – five reasons to be wary
  38. Snakebites are rarer than you think, but if you collapse, CPR can save your life
  39. Ice causes death in many ways, overdose is just one of them
  40. Who are you calling 'anti-science'? How science serves social and political agendas
  41. Loss, trials, and compassion: the music of Australia's Jewish refugees
  42. Discontents: identity, politics and institutions in a time of populism
  43. Pig-hunting dogs and humans are at risk of a disease that can cause miscarriages and infertility
  44. Government calls for release of costings as Labor unveils trusts crackdown
  45. The government is backing the wrong industries, as our economy changes: Productivity Commission
  46. Turnbull's chief-of-staff is the new defence head
  47. Shorten pledges republic vote in first term
  48. Here's an important reason the gender pay gap isn't closing
  49. A delightfully playful portrait, a historic moment for landscape painting
  50. Boris Johnson puts on the charm offensive to entice Australia into Britain's post-Brexit future

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