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Crypto Exchange Coinex Set to Auction ‘Epic Satoshi’ From Halving Block for 1 BTC Minimum
22.4.2024
At 8:09 p.m. ET on April 19, 2024, the mining pool Viabtc successfully excavated block 840,000. This block notably encompassed 37.625 bitcoins from transaction fees, alongside a 3.125 bitcoin reward. This significant block also included a rare bitcoin element known as the “epic sat,”...
Recent Analysis Shows Common Transaction Patterns Among Several Bitcoin Mining Pools
18.4.2024
A comprehensive X thread by Bitcoin developer and observer 0xB10C has uncovered that several prominent bitcoin mining pools are using identical block templates and transaction prioritization methods, mirroring those of Antpool. This revelation follows earlier findings that highlighted a notable...
The Lightning Network Is Beneficial For Small-Scale Bitcoin Miners Pre-Halving
18.4.2024
As the Bitcoin halving event draws near, small-scale miners face challenges like increased transaction fees and payout difficulties. The Lightning Network provides a solution, offering instant, low-cost payouts and enhanced privacy. Here's how mining pools like NiceHash and Braiins leverage...
Stablecoin Project Gyroscope to Conduct Points Program, Launch High-Yield Liquidity Pools
19.3.2024
Gyroscope seeks to boost its GYD stablecoin with new products servicing airdrop farmers and yield seekers
CoinGecko API Expands On-Chain Data DEX Coverage to 2.2M Tokens Across 2.5M Liquidity Pools
28.2.2024
CoinGecko's new API provides real-time on-chain data for 2.2 million digital tokens across 2.5 million DeFi liquidity pools. The API covers 900 DEX platforms spread across 120 blockchain networks, including Uniswap, Curve Finance, Sushiswap, and Orca. Explore market data, crypto prices, and more...
Over $11 Million in Liquidity Drained From SafeMoon by Unknown Individual
12.2.2024
An unknown individual drained over $11 million in liquidity from various pools associated with the controversial cryptocurrency project SafeMoon on Monday. The transaction triggered immediate speculation about a possible connection to SafeMoon’s ongoing bankruptcy proceedings. Blockchain...
Moonwell’s Bold $2.3M Plan to Counter Frax Hack Debt Sparks Controversy
19.1.2024
Moonwell, a decentralized finance (DeFi) borrowing and lending protocol, is facing controversy over its proposal to use $2.3 million worth of digital asset collateral to offset bad debt from Frax Finance (FRAX) pools due to a hack nearly two years ago. In a plebiscite held on December 31, 2023...
5 Mining Pools Dominated in 2023, Discovering Over 84% of Bitcoin’s Blocks
31.12.2023
Over the past year, statistics reveal that 54,002 bitcoin blocks have been mined from Dec. 30, 2022, to Dec. 30, 2023. Leading the industry this year, Foundry USA topped the charts by mining 16,492 blocks in the past 12 months. Additionally, miners navigated through a total of 27 difficulty...
Unlimited Innovations vs. 2,500 Swimming Pools — AI Faces Similar Environmental Backlash as Bitcoin Mining
29.12.2023
In recent years, attention has centered on bitcoin mining, particularly its energy usage in securing the network and validating transactions through proof-of-work (PoW). As generative artificial intelligence (AI) emerges as a major force in technology, it’s encountering similar environmental...
Perpetuals Trading Protocol Levana Suffers Oracle Attack, Loses $1.14 Million
28.12.2023
Source: Pixabay Perpetuals trading protocol Levana has fallen victim to an oracle attack, resulting in a loss of $1.14 million. According to a report from the Levana team, the exploitation happened between December 13th and December 26th, with the assailants siphoning off 10% of Levana’s liquidity...
Study Observes Consolidation of Bitcoin Mining Rewards With Antpool
28.12.2023
In a significant shift within the bitcoin mining landscape, Antpool’s resurgence in 2023 has marked a notable trend in the consolidation of bitcoin rewards, surpassing Foundry USA in blocks mined. The Miner Mag’s recent analysis reveals that Antpool, along with other major pools,...
Echoes of 2013: Bitcoin Mining Concentration Reaches Decade-High Levels
16.12.2023
In the past 72 hours, Antpool has dominated 26.48% of Bitcoin’s overall hashrate, closely followed by Foundry USA at 24.95%. Together, these two mining pools wield 51.43% of the prevailing 502 exahash per second (EH/s) total hashrate. This level of concentration in bitcoin mining pools...
Google Ad Change Policy Specifically Targets Cryptocurrency Coin Trusts – Here’s the Latest
11.12.2023
Source: Pixabay Silicon Valley tech giant Google is updating its crypto ad policy to improve its advertising standards, effective January 29, 2024. The revision, specifically, targets Cryptocurrency Coin Trusts – a financial product allowing investors to trade in trusts holding large cryptocurrency...
Ripples in the Bitcoin Sea: Ocean Pool’s Transaction Blacklist Sparks Industry Uproar
10.12.2023
In recent days, discussions have intensified around the emerging bitcoin mining pool Ocean and its decision to exclude certain transactions, specifically those linked to Ordinal inscriptions and coinjoin activities. Luke Dashjr, a key figure in Ocean’s operations and a prominent Bitcoin Core...
Jack Dorsey wants to decentralize Bitcoin mining with new investment
29.11.2023
Ocean, which raised $6.2 million in a funding round led by Jack Dorsey, plans to enable miners to get block rewards directly from Bitcoin
How can NFTs transform daily life?
29.11.2023
By now, hearing "NFT” in any context evokes some sort of reaction — good or bad
KyberSwap Retrieves $4.7 Million After Security Attack
27.11.2023
Source: Pixabay The decentralized exchange protocol recovered the funds following a security attack last week. After the initial attack last week, KyberSwap said that it had lost a total of $47 million from its concentrating liquidity pools. Yesterday, a portion of the funds recovery...
Vitalik Buterin Plans to Redesign Ethereum Staking, Praises UTXO Payment Model
27.11.2023
Source: ETHWORLD / YouTube In a recent interview with the NFT platform Defiant during his visit to Turkey, Ethereum co-founder Vitalik Buterin tackled the issue of staking centralization within the Ethereum network. Buterin highlighted the necessity to revamp Ethereum’s staking mechanism...
Analysis Claims Discovery of Selective Transaction Filtering in Bitcoin Mining Pools
21.11.2023
A recent analysis by 0xB10C, a developer and onchain analyst, has uncovered intriguing findings in the Bitcoin network. The study, which focuses on the mining pools’ transaction selection processes, revealed that certain transactions from U.S. Treasury-sanctioned addresses were missing from...
Critics Alarmed as 2 Major Mining Pools Dominate Over 50% of Bitcoin Hashrate
16.11.2023
On Wednesday, crypto analyst Chris Blec highlighted that Bitcoin’s two major mining pools now control over half of the network’s total hashrate. Blec posits this dominance could transform bitcoin mining into an industry adhering to regulatory standards, with all miners required...