2018-10-19 15:00 |
Sia has released the formal code for an imminent hard fork that will block cryptocurrency mining firms like Bitmain from its blockchain network. origin »
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Blockstream and Block, formerly known as Square, have announced plans to start mining Bitcoin in Texas using solar-powered technology created by Tesla. The post Block, Blockstream and Tesla collaborate for green Bitcoin mining facility appeared first on CryptoSlate.
2022-4-9 05:20 | |
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Bitcoin block reward is now officially halved from 12. 5 BTC to 6. 25. The fourth-largest mining pool, China-based AntPool was the one to mine the first block 630,000 with the 6. 25 BTC per block mining cycle.
2020-5-12 15:27 | |
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The Monero community is making one last attempt to block specialized mining hardware devices from the network.
2019-6-12 11:00 | |
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Ben Kaiser from one of the most impressive universities in America, Princeton University and Alex Ledger from Florida International University have written a paper together on what China is impacting Bitcoin.
2018-10-12 08:00 | |
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On Wednesday, Oct. 10, the mining operation SV Pool mined its first Bitcoin Cash block. The pool operators led by the blockchain firms Nchain and Coingeek say that hundreds of miners from all around the world have signed up to mine with the pool.
2018-10-12 04:30 | |
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OsiaNetwork LLC has reached out to the Federal Election Committee (FEC) in the hopes that it will allow computer sharing for crypto mining for campaign donations. Osia says it would like to be the platform in which volunteers share their computer power to mine cryptocurrencies, which are then donated to political campaigns of their choice.
2018-10-5 23:57 | |
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Ethereum Security Lead Joins Effort To Oust Blockchain’s Big Miners There is a strong movement building inside of the Ethereum network to block ASIC miners. As many users believe that the decentralization is important, they seem concerned that ASIC miners could centralize the decision on the network too much and, because of this, some people […]
2018-10-1 00:57 | |
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Think you know the ins-and-outs of bitcoin? Test yourself with 30 questions that grill you on Bitcoin’s history, technology and politics. The 30 questions are split up into three segments ranging from novice to intermediate to expert, and cover a wide range of topics across the Bitcoin landscape.
2018-9-26 02:13 | |
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Several Chinese researchers from Fudan University, Tsinghua University and the University of California Riverside have produced the first systematic study of the malicious mining of cryptocurrencies, known as cryptojacking, unveiling increasing complexity over time.
2018-9-25 23:59 | |
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Komodo is a cryptocurrency that has quietly made headway since its release in September 2016. The underlying software was… The post Major Komodo Milestone Reached: The Mining of Block 1 Million appeared first on Invest In Blockchain.
2018-9-20 05:06 | |
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Cryptocurrency botnets are normally the weapons of evil, used to covertly and illicitly steal other people’s computing power to earn coins. But now there’s a new kid on the block, and it seems to be cleaning up online avenues of crypto-malware.
2018-9-18 17:39 | |
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The founder of cryptocurrency exchange OKEx was detained for questioning on September 10, 2018, by Shanghai police to investigate a case of suspected digital currency fraud related to WFee coin.
2018-9-12 23:42 | |
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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.
2018-9-11 18:15 | |
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The REBGLO project seeks to address and improve on current crypto-currency mining inefficiencies with a combination of software and hardware solutions. The REBGLO project is driven by the REBGLO token, an ERC-20 Token nestled on the Ethereum Block Chain. A total supply of 10 billion REBGLO tokens will be issued.
2018-9-8 07:33 | |
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The asset token and Gold can be exchanged, and it is possible to confirm the real mining mining amount secured confirm on the block chain. Utility token based on ERC 20, asset token based on gold, payment token that can be payed in Myanmar.
2018-9-8 07:33 | |
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AntPool, one of the companies controlled by Bitmain, has decided to activate the so called AsicBoost. With this activation, the mining pool would mine Bitcoin in a more efficient way. The information has been revealed by the website AsicBoost Block Explorer.
2018-9-7 05:47 | |
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New evidence suggests that Bitmain controlled AntPool has activated a controversial hack on its mining operations. The AsicBoost hack supposedly gives a 20% efficiency boost when mining. The Big Reveal Tracking website, AsicBoost Block Explorer, identified that block #530042 was indeed mined by AntPool using the technology.
2018-9-6 19:00 | |
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Bitmain’s mining pool, AntPool, has supposedly activated one of their controversial methods of mining Bitcoin more efficiently, called AsicBoost. The controversial Bitcoin mining “hack” supposedly increases mining efficiency by up to 20% and is controversial because many developers claim that its use damages the Bitcoin network.
2018-9-6 13:30 | |
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It looks like one of Bitcoin’s premier mining pools, AntPool, has activated AsicBoost on its mining operations. AsicBoost purportedly increases mining efficiency by up to 20 percent, making its usage very controversial.
2018-9-6 19:10 | |
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The Ethereum network is still working out its economics and attempting to optimize mining, but some see the reward reduction as a move to boost ETH prices.
2018-9-4 13:59 | |
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Firefox hopes to provide a friendlier and more accessible internet for all users.
2018-9-1 23:21 | |
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Mozilla Firefox intends to add a function to block cryptomining scripts on websites by default in one of its upcoming releases.
2018-9-1 21:00 | |
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BTC.com will now offer ethereum and ethereum classic mining pools, as well as a block explorer, the company announced Thursday.
2018-8-30 15:00 | |
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A tweet from Bitcoin’s self-proclaimed creator Craig Wright has got the entire cryptocurrency community turning to calculators. Wright took to Twitter to posit that cryptocurrency mining pools that can’t mine blocks of 32MB – which even a 56K modem could handle – “deserve to be bankrupt.
2018-8-29 18:14 | |
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Based on five-year-old research, Bitcoin enthusiasts and critics alike have often held that Satoshi Nakamoto originally mined some 1,000,000 bitcoin in the early days of the network.
2018-8-24 01:05 | |
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As the impending Constantinople hard fork and Devcon4 draw nearer, the ongoing ASIC vs. GPU mining rig debate appears to have re-emerged. Some in the mining community are campaigning to block ASIC mining rigs, arguing that failing to do so will push GPU mining operations out of business, further plummet the value of Ether, and lead to network centralization.
2018-8-18 01:29 | |
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Ethereum is paying miners around $2.5 billion a year at current prices while its market cap stands at $32 billion. Including the block base reward, uncles rewards, and mining fees,... The post Ethereum Paying Nearly 10% of Its Market Cap to Miners, Holders Vote to Reduce it By Two Thirds appeared first on Trustnodes.
2018-8-13 20:01 | |
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Chinese mining company Bitmain has announced it is exploring new policies that will boost the company’s transparency and communication with the cryptocurrency community.
2018-7-26 19:33 | |
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Although the ideas behind the current Ethereum protocol have largely been stable for two years, Ethereum did not emerge all at once, in its current conception and fully formed. Before the blockchain has launched, the protocol went through a number of significant evolutions and design decisions.
2018-7-21 23:03 | |
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In a blog post published on July 16, 2018, Block. one announced that it successfully managed to secure funding from some private organizations and individuals. The company is best known for its EOS blockchain platform that had its mainnet launch in June 2016.
2018-7-19 21:00 | |
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EOS developer Block. one has secured investments from billionaire PayPal co-founder Peter Thiel and crypto mining hardware billionaire Jihan Wu of Bitmain, according to an official announcement today, July 16.
2018-7-16 21:07 | |
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Perhaps, a $4 billion initial coin offering wasn’t enough. Block.one, creator of EOS, has secured additional funding from a handful of financiers as well as a bitcoin mining company.
2018-7-16 19:25 | |
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In a fresh round of funding, Block.one has added to its line-up of major investors PayPal co-founder Peter Thiel and bitcoin mining giant Bitmain.
2018-7-16 19:10 | |
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Chinese chip mining manufacturer Bitmain and hedge fund investors Peter Thiel, Alan Howard and Louis Bacon participated in the latest funding round of Block.one.
2018-7-16 18:55 | |
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The Bitcoin mining power has been erratic over the past few days, at one point extending block time.
2018-7-16 13:19 | |
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Bitmain, Chinese manufacturer of mining equipment, and Bitfinex, suspected of manipulating the bitcoin price, have become two of the 21 block producers in the EOS network, with Bitfinex being the largest one.
2018-7-5 18:30 | |
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Bitcoin core developer Matt Corallo has launched a mining pool which aims to increase decentralization as Bitcoin mining becomes increasingly monopolized. Corallo: Miners ‘Have No Control’ Beginning June 25 but still with what Corallo describes as “vulnerabilities,” the pool uses BetterHash, a protocol which seeks to offer mining pool users the option to use their own block templates rather than those prescribed by pool owners.
2018-7-3 20:00 | |
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Last year, growing problems of Bitcoin mining centralization came to light with the controversy of an AsicBoost scandal. As a largely centralized hash rate began to threaten the software’s magical property, concerns were raised that incentives at the crux of Bitcoin’s game theory had broken away.
2018-6-29 16:42 | |
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Recent Bitcoin block data shows that Bitcoin’s mining pools BTC. com, AntPool and ConnectBTC, respectively mined about 25. 7 percent, 16. 1 percent and 0. 2 percent of all new blocks over the past week.
2018-6-29 23:07 | |
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A Zcash fork is now imminent. Tomorrow, the 26th June 2018 will see the implementation of the Zcash Overwinter hard fork, upon the completion of the mining of block 347500 which is expected to take place at 02:06 UTC+1:00 tomorrow (though the time may change slightly based on the network).
2018-6-25 13:30 | |
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Venezuela authorities are worried as they see hyperinflation driving bitcoin trading volumes beyond control. In the last week, the records have been astonishingly high, as trading in the ‘grey market’ financial trading continued to soar.
2018-6-22 17:21 | |
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Also read: Robinhood Reportedly Considering Formal Banking Services One Row of Zeros, Infinite Possibilities On June 19 at 19:32 UTC, block number 528249 was discovered by the BTC.TOP mining pool. But when the block is viewed in an explorer such as Blockchair, something astonishing appears when you hover your cursor over the block hash: the number
2018-6-21 20:57 | |
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Earlier this week, the Bank of International Settlements (BIS) in Switzerland issued a new document as part of its annual economic report that warns citizens of the dangers of digital currencies.
2018-6-20 22:29 | |
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All Cypherpunks value privacy; it’s basically the founding principle of the collective of cryptographers, academics, developers and activists grouped around the 1990s mailing list by the same name.
2018-6-15 23:31 | |
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Despite heavy pullbacks in price, the network continues to perform better than ever. Transactions are cleared quickly and fees are low. The economical use of block space through batching and SegWit are strong contributing factors.
2018-6-14 06:35 | |
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Coinbase dominated headlines across the space this week with a pair of significant developments. The San Francisco–based exchange announced on Monday, June 11, its intention to add Ethereum Classic to its trading platform and then quickly followed the news on Tuesday with the official opening of a crypto index fund.
2018-6-14 01:32 | |
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Siacoin (SC) is among many altcoins experiencing a notable price increase on Wednesday, gaining 29% in the past 24 hours. On Wednesday, the price of Siacoin rose to $0.005248 from its low of $0.004103, extending gains seen since the altcoin…
Siacoin jumped as high as 20% in 24 hours as liquidity rotated around crypto’s $2 trillion market.
Cryptocurrencies are having a good weekend as Bitcoin sits at its highest level in over 18 months. Bitcoin was trading at $38,775 while Ethereum price has soared to a high of $2,102. In all, the total market cap of all digital currencies jumped to over $1.
Siacoin (SC) has weakened from $0. 0052 to $0. 038 since August 11, 2022, and the current price stands at $0. 0039. The cryptocurrency market tumbled this Friday after Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell’s hawkish speech at the Jackson Hole conference in Wyoming, and for now, everything indicates that we could see new lows.
Sia has launched Skynet, a content delivery network (CDN) and web hosting platform. Skynet is powered by Sia’s blockchain-based, peer-to-peer file storage network. Users and developers can upload files and...The post Sia Launches Skynet, Blockchain Peer-to-Peer Web Hosting appeared first on Crypto Briefing.
Sia has launched Skynet, a content delivery network (CDN) and web hosting platform. The platform provides a blockchain-based peer-to-peer file storage system. Skynet is powered by Sia’s blockchain-based, peer-to-peer file...The post Sia Launches Skynet, Blockchain Peer-to-Peer File Storage appeared first on Crypto Briefing.
Sia, a decentralized blockchain storage platform, announced today the addition of a streaming endpoint. Users can now stream their favorite content from a fast, cost-effective and fully decentralized network.