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Developer Proposes Decentralized Bitcoin Hashrate Derivatives
20.1.2020
There’s a new concept called Powswap that lets people speculate on hashrate in order to hedge against price volatility. Powswap was developed by the software engineer Jeremy Rubin who believes hashrate derivatives products allow people to leverage new trading strategies. Also read: Regulatory...
Pre-Bitcoin Halving Race Pushes Mining Difficulty to Record High
14.1.2020
As Bitcoin (BTC) mining difficulty and hashrate are reaching new all-time highs, the Cryptoverse is discussing the meaning behind it, and it seems unlikely that the miners are capitulating ahead of the Bitcoin mining reward halving in May.
As reported by Cryptonews.com in October 2019, miners will...
This Metric Suggests Bitcoin Has Bottomed Out
10.1.2020
Bitcoin likely carved out a major price bottom in December, according to a non-price metric, which has proved as a reliable price indicator in the past
Ethereum Devs Reconsider ‘Difficulty Bomb’ Timing as Hard Forks Loom
3.12.2019
Developers may punt a network feature two years down the road to avoid complicating ethereum's transition to proof-of-stake (PoS)
Bitcoin Mining Difficulty, Hash Rate Up; Miner Capitulation Postponed?
22.11.2019
While the price of Bitcoin (BTC) is dropping, the mining difficulty and hash rate went up. This has led some market observers to believe that we may not see a mass miner capitulation yet.
When the price drops and mining revenues decrease, miners who struggle to earn profits are forced to shut...
Bitcoin Cash Difficulty Volatile Ahead of Nov. 15 Hard Fork
15.11.2019
Miners might be playing games with Bitcoin Cash as speculation about intentional manipulation of its difficulty adjustment algorithm is addressed in the community
Bitcoin Mining Difficulty Estimated to Drop Again + More Crypto News
11.11.2019
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After seven increases in a row, the Bitcoin mining difficulty dropped by 7.1% on November 8 and is estimated...
Bitcoin Mining Difficulty Sees Biggest 2019 Drop as Hash Rate Spikes
11.11.2019
Bitcoin difficulty drops but hash rate estimate improves
Stealth Miners on the BCH Network Attract Scrutiny
28.10.2019
In roughly 17 days, the Bitcoin Cash network will upgrade by adding two new features to the protocol. Meanwhile, prior to the forthcoming changes, a large percentage of the BCH hashrate is being processed by unknown miners. Crypto proponents have been very focused on the hashrate and BCH pool...
Bitcoin Miners Uber Bullish as Difficulty Set for 60% Quarterly Growth
20.9.2019
Bitcoin fundamentals keep surprising as data shows difficulty boom
New Mining Difficulty Metric Points to $31K Bitcoin Price by 2021
11.9.2019
Bitcoin price set to rise to 1,000% of 2018 low, mining difficulty chart suggests
Bitcoin Teeters on $10K, But Can It Fend Off Another Bear?
28.8.2019
Bitcoin’s (BTC) recent market movements have thrown into contention the mid-term direction with some asking if BTC’s demand is enough to beat off another bear market?
In Future, Difficulty to Mine Bitcoin will Certainly Increase
26.8.2019
In recent news, Bitmain, Bitcoin (BTC) mining giant, is planning to increase its mining capacity by 50% in the following six months on the back of a large hardware order, said by a close source to the deal. “Based on this calculation, after half a year, Bitmain’s total network computing power will...
Litecoin’s Mining Power Has Fallen 28% Since Its Block Rewards Halving
23.8.2019
Mining power on the litecoin network has dropped by 28 percent since its recent "halving" event as miners struggle for profit
High-Powered Mining Rigs Drive Bitcoin’s Accelerating Hashrate
20.8.2019
On August 19, the combined SHA-256 hashrate between the BCH and BTC networks touched a massive high of over 91 exahash per second (EH/s). One notable contribution to today’s network hashrates is the manufacturing of next-generation mining rigs that produce a significant number of terahash....
Post-Halving Litecoin to Readjust its Mining Difficulty Today
7.8.2019
The 5th cryptocurrency network by market capitalization, Litecoin (LTC) had its second halving two days ago but the other network metrics haven't experienced dramatic changes as of yet. The hashrate, or the computing power of the network, corrected lower but is still a few times bigger than in...
Bitcoin Mining Difficulty Posts Biggest Jump in 12 Months
9.7.2019
Bitcoin mining difficulty has grown faster in the last two weeks than in any period since August 2018, a sign that competition is heating up
It’s Now Harder to Mine Bitcoin Than Ever Before
27.6.2019
Bitcoin mining has become competitive than ever, new network data shows
Solving Life’s Problems with CSS
28.5.2018
Or: When all you have is a CSS hammer, the world looks like a CSS nail.
Whenever I hear a perfectly nice comment like, "Yeah, representing the tech field!" in response to my pure-CSS art, I get a sharp feeling of panic.
Like many people who work on UIs for a living, I have difficulty applying...
Ethereum Classic Freezes ‘Difficulty Bomb’ With ‘Diehard’ Fork
14.1.2017
Ethereum classic just forked again, putting in place a change that delays a so-called "difficulty bomb" on the network