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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...

Can crypto Privacy Pools help balance privacy and regulation?

9.11.2023
When it comes to privacy and regulation, could Vitalik Buterin’s Privacy Pools be the answer?

PancakeSwap Integrates Bril’s Portfolio Manager to Diversify Liquidity Pools

30.10.2023
As decentralized finance (DeFi) continues to plug along in its quest to capture market share, PancakeSwap, one of the leading decentralized exchanges, has recently taken a step toward optimizing its service offerings. On Monday, PancakeSwap announced a collaboration with DeFi protocol Bril Finance...

Lucky Solo Miner With 11 PH/s Bags Bitcoin Block Reward Amid Giant Pools

30.10.2023
Recent insights reveal that a solo miner successfully mined block 814,308 employing a mere 11 petahash per second (PH/s) of mining power. This feat was achieved through Solo Ckpool, a service for solo miners endowed with lower hashrates or older, less efficient hardware. Solo Miner Finds Another...

Centralized Mining Pools ‘Antithetical to the Ideals That Gave Rise to BTC and the Blockchain Movement’ — Tomer Afek

22.10.2023
The apparent centralization in both proof-of-work and proof-of-stake protocols is “tragic because it’s antithetical to the cypherpunk ideals” that birthed the the bitcoin and blockchain movement, Tomer Afek, the CEO at the crypto platform Spacemesh, has argued. To back this assertion...

Bitcoin’s Hashrate Holds Steady Above 400 EH/s Amid Sky-High Network Difficulty

29.9.2023
Amid the soaring network difficulty, Bitcoin’s hashrate remains resilient, firmly holding above the 400 exahash per second (EH/s) frontier. A total of 43 mining pools channel their hashpower at the Bitcoin blockchain, yet, it’s Foundry USA’s pool that ruled the roost this...

Vitalik Buterin’s Privacy Pool idea is interesting, but it’s just the start

26.9.2023
Vitalik Buterin's September paper about Privacy Pools touched on an idea that could be the start of a new approach to privacy for crypto transactions

Venezuelan Authorities Find Grenade Launchers, Bitcoin Miners, and Even a Zoo in a National Jail

25.9.2023
Venezuelan authorities found weapons of war, a discotheque, pools, a zoo, and even a makeshift Bitcoin mining farm in a raid completed on a national jail. The raid, executed in the Tocoron National Penitentiary Center, located in the Aragua state, mobilized 11,000 military officers to take control...

SSV.network hits mainnet to increase decentralization of Ethereum staking pools

14.9.2023
SSV.network launches distributed validator technology network with more than 10 partner staking DApps to help decentralize Ethereum staking

Bitcoin Mining Difficulty Dips 2.65%; Network Clocks Modest Uptick in Hash Price

6.9.2023
On Tuesday, September 5, 2023, Bitcoin’s mining difficulty experienced a 2.65% dip at block height 806,400, offering a slight reprieve for miners. This marks the first decline since July 26, when a 2.94% slide was recorded at block height 802,368. Bitcoin Miners See Relief With 2.65%...