2022-1-30 20:22 |
A recent meetup on the Capitol Hill highlighted several key debates that will define the mining industry’s development in the years to come. origin »
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The House is set to take an in-depth look into the environmental impacts of Bitcoin mining. The Memo cites the data provided by Statista and Digiconomist in arriving at the metrics of energy usage. Witnesses include the former acting Comptroller of the Currency and other key players in the field. As talk about the impacts […]
2022-1-22 11:47 | |
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Key Takeaways Iran places a three-month ban on Bitcoin mining. The move will see up to 206 megawatts of electricity freed up to meet household energy needs. Bitcoin mining continues to face energy issues globally.
2022-1-6 00:38 | |
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Four publicly-traded bitcoin mining companies have outperformed the price of bitcoin since 2020 for a few key reasons.
2021-12-24 05:00 | |
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Key Takeaways Bitcoin miners unspent supply sitting just 500 BTC below its previous all-time high according to Glassnode. The data asserts the bullish position of Bitcoin miners. Despite a high profit margin, Bitcoin mining still faces some serious challenges.
2021-12-22 16:52 | |
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2021-12-17 10:23 | |
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The electrical equipment provider is key to Riot’s bitcoin mining operations and will enable timely installation of miners after the transaction.
2021-12-2 01:47 | |
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Leading Venture funds including Exnetwork Capital, CSP DAO, STC Capital, Oracles Investment Group, MoonBoots, Leos Ventures, Global Key Investment, and Aza Groups, have successfully led a funding round for MINE Network.
2021-11-27 09:31 | |
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Key takeaways Marathon, a leading Bitcoin mining firm affirms that the operation remains highly profitable. Marathon’s CEO reveals that Bitcoin would have to plunge 80% to become unprofitable.
2021-11-20 18:19 | |
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Key takeaways Jack Dorsey says that Square has plans to build a globally accessible Bitcoin mining system. The project which will be led by Square’s Head of Hardware Jesse Dorogusker will take on prevalent problems of Bitcoin mining.
2021-10-17 18:40 | |
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Key takeaways Russia seeks to regulate cryptocurrency mining as entrepreneurship. Crypto mining is receiving serious attention from investors, critics, and regulators as the industry expands. Cryptocurrency mining has been affected by the attention and volatility of the asset class.
2021-9-12 14:09 | |
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Bitcoin (BTC) miners in one of Venezuela’s most important industrial states, Carabobo, had their electricity cut off by authorities, Criptonoticias reported. On August 7, the regional officials effectively shut down crypto mining operations in the key state by suspending the power supply to all registered miners in the territory.
2021-8-11 02:05 | |
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Ethereum ETH/USD has dropped under $1,800 in June of 2021. The last time it traded below $1,800 was on March 29. China broadened its crackdown on the massive cryptocurrency mining industry by banning mines in a key southwest province known as Sichuan, where they ordered the closure of 26 mines.
2021-6-23 02:35 | |
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China's clampdown on cryptocurrency mining in the key province of Sichuan piled on further selling pressure on the global cryptocurrency market. Market leader Bitcoin suffered yet another pullback as The post This would be decisive for Bitcoin's movement over the coming days appeared first on AMBCrypto.
2021-6-22 22:00 | |
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Authorities in China have ordered the closure of crypto mining farms in Ya’an, a prefecture city in Sichuan that has emerged as a key crypto mining center. The order comes on the heels of Beijing’s wider clamp down on the bitcoin mining industry.
2021-6-18 16:55 | |
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Bitcoin mining's energy consumption has been a major concern given how climate change and pollution are key challenges of our times. With mining companies worldwide drifting towards environmental-frieThe post Are we ignoring this about Bitcoin mining appeared first on AMBCrypto.
2021-4-26 22:30 | |
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Bitcoin mining farms and renewable energy facilities can greatly help each other to create an “abundant, clean energy future,” according to a joint research report published by payments company Square and asset manager Ark Invest yesterday.
2021-4-23 22:00 | |
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Ark Invest and Square have teamed up to release a White Paper advocating for increased Bitcoin mining as a way to mold the future of clean energy. As expected, various popular figures in the crypto space like Anthony Pompliano, and Twitter’s Jack Dorsey took notice and threw insights into the new development, with Tesla’s Elon […]
2021-4-23 17:02 | |
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As bitcoin propels its mining industry to new heights, the challenge of obtaining new equipment is critical.
2021-4-6 21:14 | |
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Helium's token soars to a new all-time high as the number of active nodes increases and the community begins making key governance decisions.
2021-1-28 00:15 | |
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I asked some friends who were Bitcoin noobies what they wanted to know about Bitcoin, and was ready with some answers. Here’s what we came up with. Common Questions about Bitcoin, Answered How does mining work? Mining is a key component of the Bitcoin system.
2020-12-24 07:15 | |
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Bitcoin Cash (BCH) price is trading over 9% higher this week to bring the buyers to a key weekly resistance near $255. Fundamental analysis: A new merge mining pool captured 33% of Bitcoin Cash hashrate Supporters of Bitcoin Cash (BCH) have been recently talking about a new high-hashrate mining entity that joined the network.
2020-10-15 14:53 | |
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Steemit veterans vow to improve blockchain upgradeability and avoid damaging hard forks
2020-10-13 15:04 | |
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Despite the BTC hashrate drop, BTC is still trading close to the $10,000 resistance. The Blockware Mining CEO reckons BTC is ready to take it and start testing $10,522
2020-5-18 11:37 | |
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Decentralization is one of the key characteristics that define Bitcoin and its vision of finance. While Bitcoin's Proof of Work consensus algorithm has proven to be highly secure and robust, there havThe post Can cloud mining solutions for Bitcoin offer greater decentralization? appeared first on AMBCrypto.
2020-4-26 15:00 | |
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MicroBT is rolling out three top-of-the-line bitcoin miners hoping to eat further into Bitmain's market dominance at a key time for the industry.
2020-4-19 10:52 | |
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Bitcoin’s mining difficulty rate adjustment is one of the key innovations behind the success of the Nakamoto consensus. As the amount of miners increases or decreases the difficulty of Bitcoin’s PoW increases or decreases, every 2016 blocks.
2020-3-10 03:00 | |
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A key measure of competition among bitcoin miners has stagnated in the past two weeks as the coronavirus outbreak disrupts economic activity in China.
2020-2-12 08:00 | |
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Blockchain startup Blockstack has paused its App Mining pilot until it resolves the key challenges
2020-2-12 00:54 | |
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The Bitcoin price has increased from $6,400 to $10,150 in less than two months. Ahead of the block reward halving in May, BTC is likely to see a continuous upward trend. The Bitcoin halving in May reduces the total reward miners get for mining blocks containing transactions on the network.
2020-2-10 23:00 | |
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It has been over two years since the People’s Bank of China (PBoC) effectively banned crypto exchanges and trading. Yet, China remains a key topic in the crypto space in 2020. Three important aspects of China’s crypto sphere investors have to consider are: the prosperous local bitcoin mining industry, rapidly growing blockchain development, and the […] The post What’s happening with crypto in China? 3 things investors should consider appeared first on CryptoSlate.
2020-1-14 00:00 | |
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The MetaMask Ethereum wallet, one of the key entry points to crypto-based logins and distributed apps, has been suspended from the Google Apps Store. The reason cited was that MetaMask allowed phone-based mining, which the wallet provider denied.
2019-12-27 13:38 | |
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As prices slowly recover following a rough November, metrics for bitcoin and Ethereum illustrate positive industry sentiment moving forward. These metrics include measures related to active addresses, fees, movement, mining, and more, as outlined in Coin Metrics’ State of the Network: Issue 28.
2019-12-3 19:42 | |
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Special thanks to Justin Drake and Jinglan Wang for feedback In 2014, I made a post and a presentation with a list of hard problems in math, computer science and economics that I thought were important for the cryptocurrency space (as I then called it) to be able to reach maturity.
2019-11-25 04:03 | |
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For any of us that have either been in a guidance counselor's office in their days at school, or attended any career advisors meeting, you'll likely have one key skill etched into your mind: the skill that is regarded as one of the most valuable for success in the 21st century marketplace, Adaptability. In the […]
2019-11-19 03:18 | |
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The final nail was just put in the coffin of bulls. An indicator that tracks the health of the Bitcoin (BTC) mining ecosystem has just flashed bearish for the first time in a year, signaling impending capitulation.
2019-11-15 05:40 | |
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Bjarne Stroustrup, the Danish computer scientist who birthed the programming language C++, has lamented the fact that his creation plays such a key role in Bitcoin’s function. Stroustrup, speaking on a podcast with Lex Fridman, said Bitcoin uses too much energy and “mostly serves criminals.
2019-11-11 21:10 | |
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An Internet of Things startup Helium has announced its plans to expand from one city to more than 250 in the U. S. Cities like New York, San Francisco, Denver, Chicago, Houston, Seattle, Dallas, Houston, and Atlanta, are the key cities.
2019-9-25 19:02 | |
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Cybersecurity researchers have profiled a hacking crew named “Panda” believed to have amassed roughly $90,000 worth of cryptocurrency via remote access tools (RATs) and illicit mining malware. The Cisco Talos Intelligence Group noted that while Panda isn’t exactly sophisticated, it has persisted as one of the internet’s most active attackers in recent years.
2019-9-18 15:12 | |
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With day one of North Queensland’s Bitcoin Cash City all wrapped up, conference attendees were left with an overflow of big ideas to distill, process, and potentially integrate. These include underwriting merchant adoption, building tech parks and mining operations, BIP70 applications, separation of money and state, government applications of crypto, user experience, and regulation.
2019-9-5 08:07 | |
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Youch. On Saturday, Bitcoin (BTC) was subject to the umpteenth flash crash in the past few weeks. Within a few minutes’ time, the cryptocurrency had shed $500 — around 4. 5% — to lose the key support of $11,800.
2019-8-12 21:00 | |
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It’s no secret that mining bitcoin consumes an extraordinary amount of energy—in fact, more than the entire country of New Zealand. Such a level of energy consumption is not only a problem for the existential issue of climate change, but also threatens the sustainability of the entire bitcoin (and crypto) economy.
2019-6-30 18:00 | |
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The cryptocurrency market, at the moment, is in the middle of a rollercoaster ride, causing prices to fluctuate significantly after a bullish hike lifted the industry’s value and the collective market cap.
2019-6-4 12:00 | |
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BLABBER is a social platform serving users, businesses, and advertisers internationally. BLABBER revolutionizes social media by giving users the choice of how advertisers and businesses access and use their personal data.
2019-5-21 00:15 | |
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On May 9, 2019, the Financial Crimes Enforcement Network (FinCEN), issued new “interpretive guidance” about how its regulations apply to businesses that conduct money transmissions in virtual currencies.
2019-5-11 21:34 | |
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Hut 8 Mining (named after Hut 8 in Bletchley Park, where Alan Turing broke the enigma code and accelerated the end of World War II) has just filed its audited financial statements for 2018, detailing a tight but still profitable bitcoin mining business.
2019-5-10 20:04 | |
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On April 23-24 more than 3000 attendees from 70 countries gathered in the world’s blockchain capital — Singapore. Top crypto companies (Binance, Huobi, Listing. Help, crypto messenger ELVN and others), world famous experts (Tim Draper, Roger Ver, Alex Reinhardt and others), mining giants (Bitmain, Btc.
2019-5-2 15:25 | |
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On April 23-24 more than 3000 attendees from 70 countries gathered in the world’s blockchain capital — Singapore. Top crypto companies (Binance, Huobi, Listing. Help, crypto messenger ELVN and others), world famous experts (Tim Draper, Roger Ver, Alex Reinhardt and others), mining giants (Bitmain, Btc.
2019-4-30 19:07 | |
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On April 23-24 more than 3000 attendees from 70 countries gathered in the world’s blockchain capital – Singapore. Top crypto companies [Binance, Huobi, Listing. Help, crypto messenger ELVN and others], world-famous experts [Tim Draper, Roger Ver, Alex Reinhardt, and others], mining giants [Bitmain, Btc.
2019-4-28 09:30 | |
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On April 23 to 24, 2019, more than 3,000 attendees from 70 countries gathered in the world’s blockchain capital — Singapore. Top crypto companies (Binance, Huobi, Listing. Help, crypto messenger ELVN and others), world famous experts (Tim Draper, Roger Ver, Alex Reinhardt and others), mining giants (Bitmain, Btc.
2019-4-28 21:00 | |
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This year saw the realignment of the crypto industry toward greener, more energy-efficient blockchains.
Fee-less system or flexible blockchain with smart contracts: What do you choose to build your DApp? Or you don’t need to choose at all?
Crypto mining’s environmental impact continues to raise concerns with regulators and businesses alike.
Bringing the social and governance spheres to the discussion about the sustainability and potential of blockchain technology.
Amid the COVID-19 pandemic, the role of digitalization has become central to achieving sustainability and lessening climate change.