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Sleuth Discovers Satoshi’s Long-Lost Bitcoin Version 0.1 Codebase, Raw Code Contains Bitcoin Inventor’s Never-Before-Seen Personal Notations
7.10.2022
On October 7, 2022, a bitcoin supporter named Jim Blasko explained that he discovered the oldest upload of Bitcoin’s version 0.1 codebase. The original code was thought to have been lost for more than a decade and with a “little browser hacking” Blasko was able to find the lost...
Current Block Times and Estimates Suggest Bitcoin’s Mining Difficulty Is About to Catapult Much Higher
7.10.2022
As bitcoin is coasting along under the $20K region, the network’s hashrate is still riding high at 250.04 exahash per second (EH/s) following the all-time high (ATH) the hashrate tapped on October 5. At the time of writing, the current speed at which blocks are processed is faster than...
Crypto News Summary: Visa Report Says $400M Stolen from Crypto Bridges, Bitstamp to Assists Mt. Gox Repayment Process, Solana Reveals a Bug
7.10.2022
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Grayscale Investments Announces New Bitcoin Mining Venture
7.10.2022
Grayscale Investments, the world's largest crypto assets manager, has announced the creation of a new entity called Grayscale Digital Infrastructure Opportunities LLC (“GDIO”) that will focus on Bitcoin mining infrastructure investments. ...
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Bitcoin Miner Greenidge Seeks to Raise $22.8 Million in Class A Common Stock Proposal
7.10.2022
The bitcoin mining operation Greenidge Generation is seeking to raise roughly $22.8 million, according to a U.S.Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) filing published Wednesday. According to the prospectus disclosing information, the New York-based Greenidge conducted a sales agreement with...
Marathon reports $80M exposure to bankrupt mining firm
7.10.2022
Marathon has outlined that at this stage its operations hosted by Compute North will continue to operate as usual, and highlighted an improved BTC mining production in Q3
Grayscale announces new arm to invest in Bitcoin mining hardware
6.10.2022
Grayscale plans to buy mining equipment at discounted prices and offer co-investment opportunities to accredited investors
Grayscale’s New Co-Investment Vehicle Aims to ‘Capture the Upside of Crypto Winter’
6.10.2022
On October 6, Grayscale Investments announced a new venture that gives accredited investors the opportunity to invest in the mining infrastructure that powers the digital asset ecosystem. According to the announcement, the co-investment vehicle is called Grayscale Digital Infrastructure...
Bitcoin Mining Is About Get Tougher With Difficulty Primed for Another Sharp Rise
6.10.2022
Miners with higher cost and large debt load will be weeded out by the crypto winter, according to industry experts
Norway's government proposes eliminating reduced electricity tax for Bitcoin miners
6.10.2022
"We are in a completely different situation in the power market now than when the reduced rate for data centers was introduced in 2016," said Norway's finance minister
Crypto News Summary: Hiro Integrates w/ Ledger, SWIFT Lays Out Global CBDC Blueprint, Greenidge Generation Looking to Raise up to $22.8M
6.10.2022
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Grayscale’s New Venture Aims to Capture Bear Market Opportunities in Bitcoin Mining
6.10.2022
Foundry will manage the day-to-day operations of Grayscale’s new co-investment vehicle
Bitcoin’s Total Network Hashrate Hits an All-Time High at 321 Exahash per Second
5.10.2022
According to statistics on October 5, the total computational power backing the Bitcoin network tapped a fresh all-time high reaching 321.15 exahash per second (EH/s). Just after the record high, the network’s total hashrate was coasting along above the 300 EH/s on Wednesday afternoon (ET)...
GPU Mining on Ethereum After ‘The Merge’
5.10.2022
Major digital currencies have come under scrutiny in recent years for being particularly power-hungry. Currently, in widespread usage, the proof-of-work system safeguards transactions by having users execute progressively more complex cryptographic calculations. However, the networks provide...
What is Bitcoin hash rate and why does it matter?
5.10.2022
Cryptocurrency’s hash rate measures a blockchain network’s processing power to process transactions
Federal Energy Agencies’ Unwillingness to Act on White House’s Crypto Mining Recommendations Miffs US Lawmaker
5.10.2022
Jared Huffman, a United States lawmaker who advocates for increased scrutiny of crypto-mining entities, has reportedly chastised U.S. energy agencies that he accuses of failing to act on the White House’s call on them to do “reliability assessments of current and projected...
Argentine Oil Subsidiary YPF Luz Powering Bitcoin Mining Activities With Residual Gas
4.10.2022
YPF Luz, a subsidiary of the Argentine state oil company YPF, is currently piloting a project to power bitcoin mining operations with residual gas. The initiative, which is currently being tested in Vaca Muerta, one of the biggest oil fields in the country, seeks to take advantage of this byproduct...
Bitcoin price plummets while miner hash rate soars to all-time highs
4.10.2022
The overall security of the Bitcoin protocol, or hashrate, hit a new high of 158 exahash per second despite the price being down over 50% year to date
Argentina's State-Owned Energy Company Moves Into Crypto Mining
3.10.2022
YPF is currently supplying power for a 1 megawatt operation and plans to launch a second project eight times larger before the end of the year
Data Shows Bitcoin’s Hashrate Has Grown by More Than 4 Quadrillion Percent Since 2009
3.10.2022
Following the network difficulty change six days ago on September 27, Bitcoin’s hashrate surpassed the 295 exahash per second (EH/s) range two times during the first two days of October. Presently the network is coasting along at 229 EH/s and block intervals have been faster than...