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Vitalik Buterin's Dad on Ukraine, Censorship and Decentralization
22.3.2022
Dima Buterin: Ukraine war might be the “next big push towards adoption of crypto.”
Bitmain Redux: Bitdeer and BitFuFu Are About to Test US Stock Market's Mining Appetite
22.3.2022
China's two biggest cloud mining platforms plan to go public on the Nasdaq via SPAC deals this year, at a time when cryptocurrency and broader markets have pulled back from their peaks
Why Some Bitcoin Devs Say Lasers Can Cut Mining’s Energy Costs
22.3.2022
A proposed change to Bitcoin called 'Optical proof-of-work' would improve geographic distribution of hashrate and quell fears of climate-related pushback, proponents argue
Bitcoin Mining and ESG: A Match Made in Heaven
22.3.2022
As clean energy gradually gets cheaper, mining operations will help subsidize green projects, writes the CEO of mining firm CleanSpark. This op-ed is part of CoinDesk’s Mining Week
What Layer 1 Protocols Must Learn From the Telecom Crash
21.3.2022
Layer 1 networks competing with Ethereum was a major investment theme in 2021
The Future of Ethereum Sucks, and I Feel Fine
21.3.2022
Ethereum is going to eat the global economy. The price of that growth, however, is going to be a slow drift away from the decentralized, fully open ideal we started with
Crypto Mining, the Energy Crisis and the End of 'ESG'
21.3.2022
How a European war made an argument about mining moot. This op-ed is part of Mining Week
Don’t Call it a Comeback: The Unlikely Rise of Home Bitcoin Mining
21.3.2022
Even with the surge in popularity, home mining only accounts for a skinny slice of the industry’s overall pie
Will Belarus Lure Crypto Miners Amid Sanctions, Russia-Ukraine War?
21.3.2022
Despite favorable business conditions, a country’s political environment can deter international capital
What Does a Crypto Mining Farm Look Like? Striking Photos From Siberia to Spain
21.3.2022
CoinDesk reporters traveled across Europe and North America to capture the diversity of cryptocurrency mining facilities
Introducing CoinDesk’s Mining Week
21.3.2022
Our reporters visited crypto mining farms around the world, interviewed key players and crunched network data to shed light on a little-understood industry
After Short-Lived Ban, NY Town Is Still Reckoning With Crypto Miners Next Door
21.3.2022
Cities across the U.S. are grappling with what it means to have cryptocurrency mining operations in their communities. Plattsburgh offers a sobering case study
Revisiting Bitcoin’s Energy ‘Problem’ in the Face of ESG Investment Mandates
20.3.2022
Critics of Bitcoin’s energy use should consider its relative carbon density rather than the absolute amount of energy used
What Is ApeCoin and Who Is Behind It?
18.3.2022
A carefully coordinated marketing campaign takes great pains to distance the new token from Yuga Labs, but the firm that created the Bored Ape NFTs appears to be deeply involved
Without Robots, DAOs Will Never Progress Beyond Their Current Level
18.3.2022
Artificial intelligence would eliminate human error from current DAO models
Why Is the IMF So Afraid of Cryptocurrency?
18.3.2022
The IMF is not a neutral aid organization, but the economic arm of a vast power structure. Crypto threatens that power
From Pariah to Partner: Crypto's Climate Answers
18.3.2022
There are signs that policymakers are beginning to recognize crypto's potential for balancing the grid and reducing greenhouse gas impacts
Optimism saves users $1B in fees, raises $150M in Series B
18.3.2022
Layer 2 scaling solution Optimism, has secured $150M in funding which it will use to hire new developers and decrease fees on the Ethereum network
We Voted on It, and You’re Fired. Welcome to the New World of DAOs
17.3.2022
DAOs will increase transparency in businesses and other organizations and improve governance
Juno's Proposal 16 Vote Is a Watershed for Blockchain Governance – For Better or Worse
16.3.2022
Prop16, which narrowly passed, highlights the complexity and risks of on-chain governance