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Research Shows Ethereum Blockchain Miners Get Paid Almost $2.5 Billion per Year

Research Reveals That Ethereum Miners Make $2.5 Billion On An Annual basis While the prices of Ethereum have been faltering and its network faced with endless scalability challenges, investors who mine the second largest digital currency somehow managed to rake in an annual payout worth a whopping $2.5 billion. As per a report published by […] дальше »

2018-8-20 19:56


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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


Notes on Blockchain Governance

In which I argue that “tightly coupled” on-chain voting is overrated, the status quo of “informal governance” as practiced by Bitcoin, Bitcoin Cash, Ethereum, Zcash and similar systems is much less bad than commonly thought, that people who think that the purpose of blockchains is to completely expunge soft mushy human intuitions and feelings in favor of completely algorithmic governance (emphasis on “completely”) are absolutely crazy, and loosely coupled voting as done by Carbonvotes and similar systems is underrated, as well as describe what framework should be used when thinking about blockchain governance in the first place. дальше »

2018-7-21 23:03


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Op Ed: Addressing the Threat of Cryptomining Malware

One major class of attacks to hit the hacking landscape recently is cryptomining. While cryptomining on its own supports a good cause when being done consciously, it also allows nefarious actors to make a lot of money fast, and, with the sheer number of cryptocurrencies available to mine, it is becoming a popular choice for attackers. дальше »

2018-7-18 23:18


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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


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U-Turn: Electroneum Fork Welcomes ASICs Back To ETN Network

The cellphone-based blockchain platform, Electroneum (ETN) performed a U-turn by bringing ASICs back to confirm transactions after originally forking to become ASIC-resistant. Electroneum’s founder and CEO, Richard Ells, said in the company’s Telegram group they decided to take ‘urgent action’ and re-introduce ASIC miners, reversing a fork that had integrated ASIC-resistant code at the end of […] The post U-Turn: Electroneum Fork Welcomes ASICs Back To ETN Network appeared first on Crypto Briefing. дальше »

2018-7-6 01:30


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Bitcoin Hashrate Drops as China Floods Knock Out ‘Tens Of Thousands’ of Miners

Bitcoin network hashrate appeared to dip June 27, coinciding with reports floods in China had inundated and destroyed “tens of thousands” of miners.   Machines ‘Beyond Repair’ According to local Chinese media reports, the floods occurred principally in the country’s western Sichuan province, an area which accounts for around 70% of China’s mining output. дальше »

2018-7-1 19:00


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One to Vote for Network’s Block Producers as ‘Community Member’ Eos Creator Block

EOS developer Block.one has announced it will begin to stake its share of tokens to vote for the network’s 21 ‘Block Producers’ (BPs), in an announcement posted yesterday, June 28. In the EOS ecosystem, EOS holders can stake their tokens to vote for so-called ‘Block Producers’ (BPs) – the equivalent of miners on the Bitcoin дальше »

2018-6-30 23:46


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‘Roger Ver Will Now Cry’: Stress Testers Start Attack on Bitcoin Cash

BitPico, a group of “Bitcoin developers, miners and whales” which previously stress-tested the Lightning Network, has begun attacking altcoin Bitcoin Cash (BCH). ‘The Bcash attack has been started’ In a series of tweets beginning June 22, the group, whose members’ identities remains unclear, declared that having tested Lightning’s mainnet implementation for rigidity via a coordinated attack, it would do the same to test the BCH network – this time using a 51% attack. дальше »

2018-6-26 20:00