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Renewable Energy Keeps Bitcoin Miners Afloat

A recently-published report suggests that more than three-quarters of Bitcoin (BTC) mining activity relies on cheap renewable energy in order to remain financially viable. The report, issued by the cryptocurrency investment firm CoinShares, reprises the points which the company’s researchers made last May, and again in November: that a significant amount of mining activity is […] The post Renewable Energy Keeps Bitcoin Miners Afloat appeared first on Crypto Briefing. дальше »

2019-3-1 20:33


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After reports of Nicehash controlling around 70% of DASH Nethashrate, the 51% attack is once again a real Threat

Nicehash owns about 70% of DASH mining network according to a Reddit user (Jan 10), and the news is already causing a wave of concerns within the community Investigation It looks like someone currently controls over 51% of DASHs hashrate over Nicehash mining pools; a recent Reddit post accusing Nicehash of being a threat to Proof of Work (PoW) cryptocurrencies. дальше »

2019-1-11 15:22


Lunar Digital Assets CEO: Ethereum’s Constantinople Hardfork Can Signal the Death of GPU Miners

Ethereum’s Constantinople hard fork scheduled to take place later in the month will come with some irreversible repercussions. According to Han Yoon, the chief executive of Lunar Digital Assets, Ethereum mining won’t be the same again – not due to the falling profit margin, but because of the expected end of Ethereum mining. Just published […] дальше »

2019-1-10 21:06


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Bitcoin Price to $17K in 2020, Says ‘Unorthodox’ Mining Difficulty Prediction

An ‘unorthodox prediction’ of mining difficulty increases puts the bitcoin price somewhere around $17,000 in 2020 — due to the possible power law relationship between the two. Bitcoin price and difficulty ‘power law relationship’ Twitter user @100trillionUSD is back again with another intriguing chart — this time plotting the relationship between BTC price and expected bitcoin mining difficulty in the coming years. дальше »

2018-12-23 22:00


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Bitmain IPO in ‘Death Spiral’? Rumors Of $740M Q3 Loss as Bitcoin Cash Crashes

Fresh rumors over the financial health of Bitcoin mining giant Bitmain cast a shadow over the company again this week, suggesting it faces losses close to $1 billion. Bitmain’s Worst Quarter? Originally reported by the Twitter account known as BTCKING555 December 3, the author of which almost exclusively tweets about Bitmain, unreleased quarterly earnings data for Q3 2018 allegedly reveals $740 million losses. дальше »

2018-12-5 13:00


After Pulling Stunts on Warren Buffet and Jamie Dimon, Genesis Mining – the World’s Leading Cloud Mining Company, Does It Again!

Genesis Mining has made a name for itself in the crypto industry as one of the leading, and a reliable mining contracts provider. While the platform has got a strong following of crypto-miners, enthusiasts, and professionals, it is also known to take initiatives towards creating awareness about cryptocurrencies, their underlying blockchain technology, cryptocurrency mining and. дальше »

2018-11-20 20:09


Blockchain Projects Diginex And Symbioses To Partner For Mining Network

After its partnership with the Mekong Club, an anti-slavery group, at the end of August, Diginex has once again gone to out to find institutional partners to adopt its technologies. Diginex, a global blockchain solutions company made an announcement this September 3rd 2018, publicizing its partnership to provide decentralized ledger infrastructure Symbioses SA Ltd. Diginex, […] дальше »

2018-9-4 14:37


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Genesis Mining Asks Unprofitable Miners to Upgrade Contract or Face Termination

The bearish trend that has been haunting crypto investors since the beginning of 2018 is now taking a visible toll on mining firms as well. Following the footsteps of rival Hashflare, the Iceland-based cloud crypto mining platform Genesis has announced a drastic step that yet again depicts the woes of a progressively distressed global mining […] Genesis Mining Asks Unprofitable Miners to Upgrade Contract or Face Termination was originally found on [blokt] - Blockchain, Bitcoin & Cryptocurrency News. дальше »

2018-8-20 16:29


Report: Fraudulent Monero Mining Generates $100K Per Month for Hackers

A German university released a cryptocurrency mining-centric report, Aug. 14, noting a rise in revenue generated by illegal mining software, despite the fall in “cryptojacking.” Coinhive Faces the Heat Again As reported by Digital Trends, RWTH University in Aachen, Germany, has presented a detailed account of the infamous, browser-based miner Coinhive being used to produce over $250,000 […] The post Report: Fraudulent Monero Mining Generates $100K Per Month for Hackers appeared first on CryptoSlate. дальше »

2018-8-17 12:00


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Central City Rockdale Reinvents Itself from Mining Coal to Mining Bitcoin

Rockdale, a town in central Texas, has made headlines due to plans of converting their town from mining coal, into mining bitcoin according to local reports on July 20, 2018. Bitmain Invades, Again In a post-industrial society, many areas that relied on the extraction of raw resources such as coal are beginning to face an economic struggle. дальше »

2018-7-27 01:00


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Governance, Part 2: Plutocracy Is Still Bad

Coin holder voting, both for governance of technical features, and for more extensive use cases like deciding who runs validator nodes and who receives money from development bounty funds, is unfortunately continuing to be popular, and so it seems worthwhile for me to write another post explaining why I (and Vlad Zamfir and others) do not consider it wise for Ethereum (or really, any base-layer blockchain) to start adopting these kinds of mechanisms in a tightly coupled form in any significant way. дальше »

2018-7-21 23:03


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PoWx Seeks to Change Bitcoin Mining with “Optical PoW”

Nonprofit organization PoWx has launched this week with the goal of boosting the idea behind proof of work (PoW) through more innovative algorithms. The company is seeking to decentralize Bitcoin mining and make it more accessible to consumers through a new technology that executives have dubbed “optical PoW” — a new type of hardware that utilizes a more advanced and energy-efficient form of laser technology as the cornerstone of mining. дальше »

2018-7-14 01:04