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Cryptocurrency Miners May Have to Pay More for Electricity in Chelan County

There is little doubt that cryptocurrency mining is extremely power intensive, with particular emphasis on coins that still rely on the Proof-of-Work (PoW) consensus mechanism. Recognizing this, Washington State’s Chelan County Public Utility District (PUD) has proposed a rate hike for mining enterprises within the region. дальше »

2018-11-18 17:00


Demand For Bitcoin Mining Chips Reportedly Declining as Taiwan’s Chipmaker Slashes Growth Target

The world’s largest chipmaker Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co. (TSMC) has cut its growth target to 6. 5% following a reducing demand for chips by Bitcoin miners. The company had earlier predicted a growth rate range of 7%-9% in the fourth quarter of the year, an expectation which seems to be unattainable. дальше »

2018-10-21 11:00


Report Links 74% of Bitcoin Mining to China, Sees Threat to Network

Bitcoin, the world’s most sought-after cryptocurrency, could be at the wish and whim of Asia’s economic giant. A recent study titled “The Looming Threat of China: An Analysis of Chinese Influence on Bitcoin,” jointly researched by Princeton University and Florida International University researchers, suggests China’s mining scene has an overwhelming influence over Bitcoin, something that could invite network manipulation. дальше »

2018-10-11 00:29


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New Mining Manufacturer Linzhi Announces Ethereum ASIC Miner

Chen Min, the former chief chip maker at Bitcoin mining chip developer Canaan Creative, is turning her attention to Ethereum. Announcing her venture at the Ethereum Classic Summit in Seoul, South Korea, Chen’s new company, Linzhi, will focus on building cryptocurrency mining devices, and its first official products are a series of application-specific integrated circuit (ASIC) miners designed specifically for Ethereum and Ethereum Classic. дальше »

2018-9-15 01:22


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DevCon 4 Will Set the Stage for Ethereum’s Next Milestone: Constantinople

Ethereum is embracing the Constantinople milestone at the end of November 2018, after DevCon4 in Prague. Constantinople is the latest Ethereum release, introduced through a hard fork, that will include five Ethereum Improvement Proposals (EIPs):Bitwise shifting instructions (EIP 145) in the Ethereum Virtual Machine (EVM) allow for direct manipulation of bytes on the EVM layer. дальше »

2018-9-11 18:15


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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


Joyous News For Crypto Miners As Upstate New York Approves Flexible Payment rate For Miners

New developments in New York is likely to make its Upstate cities a more conducive home for cryptocurrency mining. Due to the abundance in power supply, the state’s regulator has opened the doors of New York”s upstate as it approves a decent payment rate for miners who consume massive amounts of electrical power to carry […] The post Joyous News For Crypto Miners As Upstate New York Approves Flexible Payment rate For Miners appeared first on ZyCrypto. дальше »

2018-7-13 23:17


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Crypto miners get updated power rate structure approved by NY state officials.

New York state regulators have approved a new electricity rate scheme for cryptocurrency miners that will allow them to negotiate contracts, Bloomberg reported July 12. According to Bloomberg, several months ago the state of New York gave permission to 36 municipal power authorities to charge crypto miners more than other consumers. The Massena municipal utility дальше »

2018-7-13 06:31


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