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Venezuelan Government Accused of Using Bitcoin to Bypass US Sanctions
25.7.2019
Nicolás Maduro and the United Socialist Party of Venezuela have been accused of circumventing financial blockades imposed by the U.S. government. According to local reports, Maduro’s regime evades sanctions with cryptocurrency alongside an airline application called Jetman Pay....
Desktop Crypto Mining Malware Is Disappearing but Cloud Computing Exploits Are Growing
24.7.2019
A new report suggests that cloud containers are the next target for mining malware
Sorry, I Don’t Want to Pay for More Bombs: Bitcoin as a Hedge Against Funding War
23.7.2019
After nearly two decades of U.S.-led coalition bombs falling on the Middle East, peace in the region still has not been achieved. Now the United States is once again bolstering military forces, this time in Saudi Arabia. Meanwhile, taxpayers in multiple countries are being forced to pay for these...
Iran Legalizes Crypto Mining
22.7.2019
Iran is officially recognizing bitcoin mining as an industry it will regulate and for which it will set electricity rates
How Big Hydro Power Partners With Bitcoin Miners to Prevent Energy Waste
22.7.2019
We are often told that the verification of bitcoin transactions eats a lot of energy. The largely inaccurate comparison to a small country, the size of Ireland or Denmark, is evoked thanks to numerous clickbait headlines. What mainstream media fails to explain, however, is that bitcoin mining...
7 Unorthodox Ways to Mine Bitcoin
20.7.2019
Bitcoin isn’t crazy – in fact it might just be the soundest monetary system this generation has ever known. Some of the techniques miners have devised to extract it, however, are extremely unorthodox, ranging from the ingenious to the downright crazy. Here are seven of the strangest...
Bitcoin Mining Helps Oil Companies Reduce Carbon Footprint
19.7.2019
Natural gas acquired as a byproduct of oil extraction has become synonymous with wasted energy. In certain areas, drilling companies are unable to find a profitable market for the excess fuel. It’s often vented into the atmosphere. Startups are now offering on-site systems that utilize...
Grin Network Executes First Hard Fork in Bid to Decentralize Mining Power
17.7.2019
Wednesday's planned system upgrade for the Grin blockchain tweaked a mining algorithm
Polychain Leads $7 Million Round in Crypto Trading Desk Altonomy
16.7.2019
Altonomy, a trading desk and cloud mining company, has raised $7 million in equity investment
Police Bust Chinese Bitcoin Mining Farm After Surge in Power Usage
14.7.2019
Police confiscated over 4,000 mining devices in a 20 person bust
Miners Flock to Iran Where Bitcoin Mining Is Set to Be Sanctioned
12.7.2019
According to regional reports, the Central Bank of Iran (CBI) is planning to allow licensed cryptocurrency mining as long as operations are charged for electricity based on the price of export. The CBI governor, Abdol Nasser Hemmati, explained that mined cryptocurrencies should flow back into...
Charlie Lee: Next Month’s Halving Will Be a ‘Shock’ to Litecoin Mining
10.7.2019
Litecoin creator Charlie Lee has predicted that miners may shut up shop after the coin’s forthcoming halving this summer
Chia Releases Green Paper Detailing Eco-Friendly Means of Crypto Mining
9.7.2019
Chia Network has published a green paper that describes an eco-friendly way of mining cryptocurrencies
Scientist Mines Bitcoin on Computer Model Used by Apollo Missions
9.7.2019
American scientist managed to mine Bitcoin on a 52-year-old Apollo Guidance Computer, one of the computers used by NASA to navigate moon landings
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
Trading Bitcoin Is Illegal in Iran, Central Bank Official Warns
8.7.2019
Buying and selling bitcoin is prohibited in Iran by a local AML authority, a Central Bank official said
Experts Dissect Craig Wright’s ‘Satoshi’ Testimony and Court Documents
8.7.2019
Last week, Craig Wright, the man who claims he’s Satoshi Nakamoto, appeared in court and testified why he did not have access to his public bitcoin addresses and trust information. Since then a lot of new evidence has been submitted to the court and members of the crypto community have...
Iran’s Crypto Mining Is Under The US Radar
8.7.2019
The troubled relationship between the US and Iran has now spilled over to the cryptocurrency sector. After slamming sanctions on a number of petroleum, technology, and industry products of Iran, the US is now working to come up with the legislation that will ban Iran’s access to mine...
Regulatory Overview of Crypto Mining in Different Countries
7.7.2019
Following a moratorium on crypto mining in Iran, Cointelegraph highlights the most popular cryptocurrency mining countries and the challenges they face from regulatory pressures
Iranian Official Says US Congress is Working to Block Iran’s Crypto Mining
6.7.2019
Representative for Iran’s Ministry of Industry, Trade, and Supply says US Congress sees mining in Iran as a threat to the success of sanctions