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Yet another solo Bitcoin miner solved a valid block, earning a reward worth over $220,000
25.1.2022
Mining bitcoin without any help from a larger pool has become an increasingly-improbable feat over the last decade
Bithumb to block crypto withdrawals to unverified private wallets
25.1.2022
Bithumb users in South Korea have just two days to perform another round of KYC in order to whitelist their personal wallets, or crypto withdrawals will be blocked
US Still Dominates Bitcoin Mining Sector, 30-Day Stats Show Foundry USA Takes Top Pool Position
25.1.2022
Since the Cambridge Bitcoin Electricity Consumption Index (CBECI) project updated its mining map in mid-July, the United States has continued to dominate in terms of the amount of hashpower worldwide. Moreover, data shows that Foundry USA has managed to command the top pool position with...
Bitcoin records all-time high network difficulty amid price fluctuations
23.1.2022
Data from BTC.com estimates that the network will continue to grow stronger by attaining another ATH in the next 12 days — with a network difficulty of 26.70 trillion
Elon Musk Criticizes Twitter — Gets Blasted for Using Tesla to Promote Crypto, Dogecoin
23.1.2022
Tesla and Spacex CEO Elon Musk has criticized Twitter for using its engineering resources to provide a non-fungible token (NFT) profile picture service. “Twitter is spending engineering resources on this bs while crypto scammers are throwing a spambot block party in every thread,”...
While BTC’s Price Slid Lower, a Miner Spent an 11-Year-Old Block Reward from 2010 Worth $1.8M
22.1.2022
Following the large string of block rewards from 2010 spent in November 2021, no block rewards from that year were discovered in December and throughout the next month up until January 21. On Friday, an 11-year-old block reward originally mined on November 22, 2010, was transferred for the first...
Bitcoin Mining Difficulty Reaches Lifetime High, It’s Now More Difficult Than Ever Before to Find a Block Reward
21.1.2022
Following the drop in value during Thursday evening’s trading sessions, Bitcoin’s mining difficulty rose to a lifetime high, reaching 26.64 trillion after jumping 9.32% at block height 719,712. The mining difficulty’s all-time high (ATH) is now higher than the ATH it reached...
Dan Larimer Returns With a 'Multi-Year Plan to Revitalize EOS'
20.1.2022
After rebelling against Block.one, the developer of EOSIO, an open-sourced blockchain software, the EOS community is once again teaming up with Dan Larimer, the former chief technology officer of Block.one, as they're preparing for the "shortest path to EOS independence."...
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Pakistan Telecom Authority Asked to Block Over 1,600 Crypto Sites — Minister Says Government Intends to ‘Regularize’ Crypto
20.1.2022
The Pakistan Telecommunication Authority has been requested to ban more than 1,600 crypto websites by the Federal Investigation Agency (FIA). The action followed a complete crypto ban recommendation by the central bank, the State Bank of Pakistan (SBP). Meanwhile, the country’s science...
Individual ETH miner hits jackpot with $540K block reward
20.1.2022
An individual miner defied the odds and managed to collect 168 ETH from a solo mining pool this week worth 42 times the average block reward
4 Quality Options for a Table of Contents Block in WordPress
19.1.2022
There are a number of options for including a Table of Contents lock in WordPress. You can use a plugin, or try to do it yourself.
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Another Solo Miner Wins 'Life-Changing' Sum, Rakes In USD 536K in Ethereum Block Reward
18.1.2022
Solo miners are off to a strong start this year. On Monday, a solo Ethereum (ETH) miner with an average hashrate capacity of 2.19 Giga hashes per second (GH/s) won a block race on the Ethereum blockchain and raked in a reward of ETH 168, currently worth just below USD 536,000. ...
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Jack Dorsey’s Payments Company Is ‘Officially Building an Open Bitcoin Mining System’
16.1.2022
In mid-October 2021, Twitter founder Jack Dorsey revealed the payments firm Block Inc. (formally Square) was considering joining the bitcoin mining industry. Three months later, Dorsey tweeted that his firm was “officially building an open bitcoin mining system.” The Block’s...
Pakistan Seeks to Block Websites Dealing in Cryptocurrency: Report
16.1.2022
Pakistan’s Federal Investigation Agency (FIA) is reportedly seeking to block websites dealing in cryptocurrency. The decision followed a meeting the agency had with the State Bank of Pakistan (SBP) which recently recommended a complete ban on crypto. Pakistan’s FIA Reportedly Seeks...
Bitcoin hash rate jumps to ATH as Jack Dorsey confirms Block's mining system
14.1.2022
Bitcoin hash rate hits new all-time highs as Jack Dorsey tweets that Block is “officially building an open Bitcoin mining system.”
Jack Dorsey’s Block Announces Bitcoin Mining System, Building the Core Team
14.1.2022
Block, the payments company formerly known as Square and headed by Twitter founder Jack Dorsey, is building a Bitcoin (BTC) mining system and is hiring a team for it.
“We’re officially building an open bitcoin mining system,” tweeted Dorsey on Thursday....
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BIS Claims a CBDC Interoperability Victory – While US Congressman Bids to Block Digital USD
13.1.2022
The Bank for International Settlements (BIS) says it has made another breakthrough in its central bank digital currency (CBDC) interoperability project – claiming that it has “successfully tested” the integration of wholesale CBDC settlement with commercial banks....
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'Insane Luck at Work' as Second Solo Bitcoin Miner Wins the Block Race in a Week
13.1.2022
Another solo Bitcoin (BTC) miner with a hashrate capacity of 116 terahashes per second (TH/s) has won a block race on the Bitcoin network, securing the block reward of BTC 6.25 plus a fee reward of BTC 0.018 -- cumulatively worth over USD 274,041 at current rates. ...
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‘1 in a billion’: Second tiny miner solves a block
13.1.2022
Each of the lucky miners will take home over $266k, as well as bragging rights to overcoming “one in several billion odds.”
Parcel CSS: A New CSS Parser, Transformer, and Minifier
12.1.2022
Hot off the presses from Devon Govett, creator of Parcel, is Parcel CSS:
A CSS parser, transformer, and minifier written in Rust.
Nice. The CSS world could use a little processing shake up like this.
I just wrote a …
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