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It's Never Been So Difficult to Mine Bitcoin; Miners Offload More BTC
13.7.2020
Bitcoin (BTC) mining difficulty just reached a new all-time high, increasing pressure on less efficient miners that have already started selling more BTC.
Bitcoin mining difficulty, which is the measure of how hard it is to compete for mining rewards, just jumped by 9.89%, climbing above 17 T...
Tiktok Ban: US May Join India in Banning Chinese Social Media Apps
7.7.2020
The Trump administration is looking at banning Tiktok and other Chinese social media apps, according to Secretary of State Mike Pompeo. The US has been concerned about Tiktok being used by the Chinese government to mine American users’ data. India has already banned Tiktok in its country...
Diabolical Malware Targets Windows Users to Mine Monero
25.6.2020
A malware called “Lucifer” is targeting old vulnerabilities in Windows systems to install a well-known Monero mining application
Researcher: Satoshi Nakamoto Apparently Didn't Mine Bitcoin for First 5 Minutes
25.6.2020
According to the latest research from Sergio Demian Lerner, Satoshi likely restrained himself from mining Bitcoin in the first five minutes of the block interval
Meet Mistcoin – The First Mineable SLP Token Implementation Launched on Bitcoin Cash
22.6.2020
Bitcoin Cash proponents have been introduced to a new project built using the Simple Ledger Protocol (SLP) framework called mistcoin (MIST). The new token is essentially the first mineable implementation of colored coins on Bitcoin Cash. Mist allows participants to mine the SLP tokens “using...
Bitcoin Mining Heats Up: High Difficulty Adjustment, Pool Consolidation, Less Concentration in China
18.6.2020
It’s been approximately 37 days since the notorious Bitcoin reward halving that took place on Monday, May 11, 2020. On June 16, the Bitcoin network saw a large upwards difficulty adjustment making it much harder to mine bitcoins and slowing down the issuance rate because block generation...
Microsoft Azure Machine Learning Clusters Cryptojacked to Mine Monero
12.6.2020
Hackers have attacked badly configured machine learning clusters on Microsoft’s Azure cloud computing network, and hijacked them to mine Monero
Russia’s Biggest Bank is Buying 5000 Blockchain ATMs That Can Mine Crypto
28.5.2020
Russia’s biggest bank is spending more than $100 million on 5,000 blockchain enabled ATMs ... that are capable of mining cryptocurrency
First Mover: Bitcoin Just Got Easier to Mine, But for How Long?
20.5.2020
Bitcoin's mining "difficulty" just fell 6%, giving small-scale miners a reprieve. But this is only a small dip before an even steeper ascent
EU Supercomputers Hijacked From COVID-19 Research to Mine Cryptocurrency
19.5.2020
A number of supercomputers programmed to search for a vaccine for the coronavirus were remotely hijacked last week using stolen credentials
Is 3 Confirmations Still Enough if F2Pool Can Mine 6 Consecutive BTC Blocks?
18.5.2020
Does F2Pool mining 6 consecutive blocks put the Bitcoin network’s security at risk?
18 Months In, Few People Use, Mine or Buy Privacy Coin Grin
18.5.2020
Despite launching with considerable fanfare in early 2019, grin, the first cryptocurrency to test privacy protocol MimbleWimble, is showing no signs of life
Hackers Are Using Supercomputers to Mine Crypto
17.5.2020
Hackers attacking supercomputers across Europe, trying to get their hands on the crypto hot commodity
Iran Licenses $7.3 Million Bitcoin Mining Enterprise, Move Aimed at Easing U.S. Sanctions
5.5.2020
Iran has issued a bitcoin mining license to Iminer, a Turkish-based company. Iminer will operate up to 6,000 rigs, with a computing power of 96,000 terahash per second (TH/s) in total. According to media reports, the miner has spent $7.3 million setting up the mining facility, located...
Chinese Kennel Owner Caught Stealing Electricity to Power Underground Bitcoin Mining Farm
29.4.2020
The largest oil field in the People’s Republic of China has been a target for individuals and organizations attempting to mine bitcoins with free electricity. After a bunch of mining farm operators allegedly got caught last summer, a dog kennel owner was recently busted for running cable...
Seeking Profits: A Number of Large Crypto Exchanges Are Mining and Staking Digital Assets
18.4.2020
During the last 12 months, large cryptocurrency exchanges have been getting into digital currency staking and creating SHA256 mining operations. Just recently, Binance announced the launch of its mining pool following exchanges like Okex, and Huobi. Alongside this, a great number of crypto...
HTC Says Its Exodus ‘Blockchain Smartphone’ Will Mine Monero (XMR)
11.4.2020
The electronics giant will launch a mobile app to enable users mining Monero through a smartphone
Mine Crypto Using Brain Waves? Microsoft Thinks You Can
30.3.2020
Microsoft, via its subsidiary Microsoft Technology Licensing (MTL), has made a bold crypto move by securing a patent for a mining system that uses human body activity as proof-of-work in the creation of crypto tokens.
The patent was granted by the World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO)...
Aspiring CME Director Wants Exchange to Mine Bitcoin and Issue Tokens
27.3.2020
A nominee for a CME director position argued for tokenizing certain shares and building renewable energy sources which could also mine crypto
$65M Investment Fuels Natural Gas Provider’s ‘Behind-the-Meter’ Bitcoin Mining Operation
5.3.2020
On Thursday, a natural gas-based power plant in Dresden, New York, Greenidge Generation LLC, revealed the energy provider has the capacity to mine around $50,000 worth of bitcoins (5.5 BTC) every day. The 65,000 square-foot natural gas utility plant was upgraded when the firm installed 7,000...