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SparkPool ETH Miner Shuts Its Business Post Crypto Ban in China
30.9.2021
SparkPool, considered to be one of the world’s largest miners of Ethereum, has just ceased operations as China’s crackdown intensifies. The mining pool of Ethereum shut down in China in the wake of the country’s decision to ban cryptocurrencies. This follows the People’s...
Minority Mining Pools Threaten to Collude Against Contentious Ethereum Update
21.1.2021
A small band of Ethereum miners are trying to pick off larger mining pools’ subscribers in a bid to shoot down EIP 1559
Grin Network Victim of 51% Attack, Unknown Miner Commands 58% of the Hashrate
10.11.2020
The privacy-centric cryptocurrency network Grin (GRIN) has been the victim of a 51% attack according to a number of reports. Allegedly an unknown entity gained control of over 57% of the network hashrate on Saturday. According to the Grin website, the team is recommending people wait...
DeFi Has a Front-Running Problem. Sparkpool’s Potential Fix Is Launching This Month
1.10.2020
Ethereum mining pool Sparkpool will launch its new mining network, Taichi Network, complete with a “private transaction” feature this month
Mining Pool Distributes $2.4M Transaction Fee After Flood of Phoney Refund Claims
15.6.2020
Mining pool Ethermine said it would never freeze transaction fees again
Speculation Rife as User Pays a Second $2.6 Million Fee in Ether Transaction
11.6.2020
History repeated itself on Thursday, after the Ethereum blockchain processed another transfer with fees of $2.6 million – the second such unusual, record-fee transaction in 24 hours. A user sent 350 ether (ETH), worth about $86,400 and paid 10,668 ETH, or $2.6 million, in transaction fees....
Nightmare Come True: User Pays $2.6 Million in Transaction Fees to Send $134 of Ether
10.6.2020
A record ethereum transaction fee has been paid today: $2.6 million to transfer $134. The user probably mixed up the fields on the value of the transfer and the fee, eventually paying 10,668 ETH in fees, or $2.6 million, on a transaction mined by Sparkpool. A nightmare come true, the customer sent...
‘Whale’ Just Sent $130 in Cryptocurrency With a $2.6M Transaction Fee
10.6.2020
The sender's identity isn't known, but their wallet still holds more than $11 million-worth of ether