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Ethereum Ice Age May be Imminent If Miners Withdraw From Network
11.12.2019
What are the three most critical negative consequences of Ethereum’s difficulty bomb explosion, and what’s the way out?
Bitcoin History Part 21: Miners Pour One out for Satoshi
10.12.2019
There are a few ways of looking at bitcoin mining. As an ostensibly selfish enterprise, wherein miners are seeking to extract precious coins for profit. And as a community of individuals who envisage a better way of generating, handling and using money, and are motivated to secure the Bitcoin...
Bitcoin Mining Operations Offer New Strategies Before Reward Reduction
10.12.2019
As the reward halving approaches, bitcoin miners are preparing new strategies so customers can reap the most profits from their hashrate services. On December 3, the mining operation Poolin introduced a hashrate auto-switch feature so clients can automatically switch between BTC and BCH mining....
Death Spirals and BTC — What Happens When Miners Capitulate?
8.12.2019
If small mining facilities begin to capitulate by the year’s end, will BTC struggle to recover in the first quarter of 2020?
Despite Bitcoin’s Price Drop, High-Powered Mining Rigs Still Profit
1.12.2019
Since BTC prices slid below the $8K price range, mining operations have been making less revenue. On Sunday, December 1, only 13 mining rigs with an average electricity cost of $0.12 per kWh are profiting at current prices. Of course, miners from China and other regions pay far less per kWh...
As Halving Interest Grows, Spectators Discuss Miner Hoards and Capitulation
28.11.2019
Recently, cryptocurrency advocates have been discussing the upcoming halvings set to happen on the BTC and BCH blockchains in six months or less. Since crypto prices have been heading southbound, the SHA256 consensus hashrate continues to remain relatively unfazed and data stemming from freshly...
‘No Capitulation’ — Bitcoin Miners Completely Unfazed by Price Drop
24.11.2019
Bitcoin price not irking miners as the hash rate stays stable
Bitcoin May Hit $4,500 But Miners Have Mostly Capitulated — Analysts
20.11.2019
Tone Vays and Willy Woo weigh odds of $4.5K Bitcoin price floor
Bitcoin Cash Hard Fork Sees Miners ‘Waste’ Money on 14 Invalid Blocks
16.11.2019
Over 20% of Bitcoin Cash miners still on the wrong chain after hard fork
China's Region Targets Miners; Binance Blocked on Weibo + More News
15.11.2019
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Despite China's U-turn on Bitcoin mining, Chinese local governments are strengthening...
Iranian Grid Explains Electrical Costs Will Fluctuate for Bitcoin Miners
15.11.2019
Throughout the course of 2019, Iran’s government and the country’s energy officials have been creating new guidelines for bitcoin miners setting up data facilities in the oil-rich nation. On Wednesday, Mostafa Rajabi, a spokesperson for Iran’s Energy Ministry, described a...
WATCH: Coinmine Adds Interest Payments to Its At-Home Crypto Miners
14.11.2019
The company now offers 6.5 percent interest on earnings held in Coinmine wallets
6 Months Before Halving Signs Indicate Bitcoin Miners Are Hoarding
12.11.2019
The great bitcoin reward halvings are coming and many newcomers have not experienced a halving event unless they joined the crypto community prior to 2016. A few speculators believe bitcoin miners and whales are hoarding coins right now until after the adjustment so prices will be driven...
BTC Miners: No More Basement Rigs, Greater Profits to Come
7.11.2019
As Bitcoin firms add to their arsenal, it seems there’s no stopping the BTC mining industry. But is it still profitable in 2019?
Two BitCash Miners Executes 51% Attack on BitCash to Protect the Network
5.11.2019
Two BitCash miners BTC.com and BTC.top executed a 51% attack on the BitCash network to thwart an unknown miner’s transactions. A 51% attack happens when an individual holds a majority of the hash rate. This situation arose because a bug had split the BitCash network causing the hash rate to drop...
Video: Will Bitcoin Crash or Double in Price After the Halving? Miners Have Their Say
1.11.2019
Will the price of bitcoin double or crash during the upcoming halving next year? And how will the mining industry adapt to their revenue stream being cut in half over night? See what professional miners from around the world have to say on the matter. Also Read: US, EU and UK Companies Can Now...
How Bitcoin’s Peer-to-Peer Cash System Was Revealed 11 Years Ago
31.10.2019
On October 31, 2008, on the eve of Halloween, Satoshi Nakamoto published the Bitcoin whitepaper. Since then the revolutionary design of the network has changed the lives of many and has transformed how we look at money today. Also read: China Ranks 35 Crypto Projects as President Xi Pushes...
Bitcoin Thermocap Approaches $15B as Miners Hit $1B in Fee Revenue
31.10.2019
Bitcoin pays out $15 billion to miners since 2009
Livepeer Prepares to Unlock New Way for GPU Miners to Earn Crypto
30.10.2019
By the end of this year, GPU miners could have a fresh new way to earn crypto – using the idle processing capacity of their chips
Avalon Mining Rig Maker Canaan Files for $400M IPO on Nasdaq
30.10.2019
Mining rig manufacturer Canaan has filed for an IPO with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission to raise $400 million on the Nasdaq Global Market. Prior to this filing, the company had also attempted to go public in Hong Kong and China. Credit Suisse and Citigroup are among its underwriters....