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Chinese Bitcoin Miners Migrate North After Wet Season
10.10.2019
A China-based crypto news outlet recently published a comprehensive report on the costs associated with building a digital currency mining farm in China. Additionally, the local publication revealed that Chinese miners are starting to migrate north to access cheap thermal power and wind power after...
Paperform
26.9.2019
Buy or build is a classic debate in technology. Building things yourself might feel less expensive because there is no line item on your credit card bill, but has cost in the form of time. Buying things, believe it or not, is usually less expensive when it comes to technology that isn't your core...
The Rise of the Electric Scooter
12.9.2019
In an electric car, the (enormous) battery is a major part of the price. If electric car prices are decreasing, battery costs must be decreasing, because it's not like the cost of fabricating rubber, aluminum, and steel into car shapes can decline that much, right?
On an electric scooter, though
Vitalik Buterin: Increasing Transaction Costs Risk Limiting Ethereum Adoption
21.8.2019
Buterin said altering verification could lower fees by a factor of 100 per transaction, freeing space for organizations to build on the blockchain
$500K, 60 Lawyers: Filing Reveals Costs of Bitfinex’s Fight With NY Regulators
30.7.2019
Bitfinex has spent half a million dollars producing documents in its ongoing battle with the New York Attorney General's office, a new filing says
Costs of One Day Delivery Puts a Dent in Amazon’s Growth in Second Quarter
27.7.2019
Over the course of the last two decades, Amazon has created a new industry altogether and has become the biggest e-commerce company in the world. The primary reason why the company has grown at such a breakneck pace and has spread all over the world is due to its commitment to innovation....
Deutsche Bank’s Restructuring Costs Could Set It Back By $5.7 Billion
4.7.2019
Deutsche Bank used to be one of the biggest banks in the world, and after a while, it decided to enter the world of high finance by expanding aggressively into new markets in the United States, United Kingdom, and Asia. It seemed like a sound strategy for Germany’s biggest bank, but then the 2008...
Why Bitpay Is Really Charging More for BTC Transactions
6.6.2019
Bitpay has recently been attacked on social media for charging an extra fee for BTC transactions that it doesn’t ask of BCH users. The reality is that the company simply has to cover its operational costs related to the BTC network, whose fees are currently very high again. Also Read: How...
The Software We Pay For
5.12.2018
We did a Web Developer Economics series a few years ago, where we looked at the various costs of being a web developer:
Web Developer Economics: One-Off Software Costs
Web Developer Economics: Hardware Costs
Web Developer Economics: Monthly Service Costs
Web Developer Economics: The Wrapup
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