Blockchain's Open-Source Ethos Collides With Corporate America

By Natalie Rodriguez | October 16, 2016, 7:11 PM EDT

Business giants want a piece of the arguably anti-establishment technology behind bitcoin, and tensions are rising as open-source startups balk at efforts to patent innovations in the field.

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