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PortuguêsDirectors of Canaan Creative, a publicly listed bitcoin miner manufacturer, were suddenly dropped from the company’s business registry, prompting speculation of a power grab. Disclosure The leader in blockchain news,…
Continue ReadingAfter the block reward halving, many analysts in the Bitcoin space expected a “death spiral.” The term is one created by a professor who, in 2018 speculated that BTC could…
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Continue ReadingCrypto 101: How to Send and Receive Bitcoin Cash Via the Bitcoin.com Wallet During the last few months in the midst of the coronavirus outbreak and faltering global economy, many…
Continue ReadingMike Alfred, co-founder and CEO of data analytics outfit Digital Assets Data, recently pointed toward miners as a potential catalyst for recent Bitcoin (BTC) price activity. “It is tough to…
Continue ReadingBitcoin miners suffered a 23% drop in revenue during June, resulting from lower network fees and a reduced block subsidy after the halving in May. Down from $366 million in…
Continue ReadingBitcoin’s mining difficulty just posted the smallest percentage change in 10 years. The bitcoin network adjusted its difficulty level at 01:18 UTC on July 1 to 15.7842 trillion – down…
Continue ReadingCrypto 101: How to Send and Receive Bitcoin Cash Via the Bitcoin.com Wallet During the last few months in the midst of the coronavirus outbreak and faltering global economy, many…
Continue ReadingCrypto 101: How to Send and Receive Bitcoin Cash Via the Bitcoin.com Wallet During the last few months in the midst of the coronavirus outbreak and faltering global economy, many…
Continue ReadingConsumer advocacy group Public Citizen is trying to stop Canadian bitcoin miner DMG Blockchain from plugging its mining rigs into the American power grid. In a letter published Thursday, the…
Continue ReadingSergio Demian Lerner, a researcher known for his work on the mining patterns of the original Bitcoin (BTC) miner whom he identified as Patoshi, published a new blog post in…
Continue ReadingRecent findings from analytics company Digital Assets Data show miners hanging on to their Bitcoin (BTC). “Rolling MRI (Miner’s Rolling Inventory) has declined significantly since the halving, meaning that miners…
Continue ReadingSpacex Bitcoin Scam Features BTC Giveaway, Elon Musk, and NASA Launch A Spacex bitcoin scam has frequently appeared on Youtube, claiming to give away BTC. Its promo video features the…
Continue ReadingBitcoin (BTC) miners may have started selling coins once more as data shows two mining pools release over 7,000 BTC in a single day. The figures, from on-chain monitoring resource…
Continue Reading80% of US and European Institutional Investors Find Cryptocurrency Appealing: Survey A new survey of about 800 institutional investors in the U.S. and Europe shows strong cryptocurrency adoption, particularly bitcoin.…
Continue ReadingIn a sudden turn of events, Russia’s communications watchdog — Roskomnadzor — issued a public statement on June 18, announcing that it has lifted its ban on the popular messaging…
Continue ReadingZhan Ketuan, the formerly-ousted Bitmain co-founder who returned to power earlier this month, is proposing a solution to end the firm’s internal war. In a letter Sunday, Zhan, who as…
Continue ReadingChinese bitcoin miner manufacturer Ebang estimates it incurred a net loss of $2.5 million on a revenue of $6.4 million for Q1 2020. The financial disclosure was posted Wednesday in…
Continue ReadingThe Bitcoin (BTC) mining difficulty has seen its biggest upward move for over two years after warnings over BTC price selling pressure. According to data from on-chain monitoring resource BTC.com…
Continue ReadingBitcoin has just posted its biggest mining difficulty increase in nearly 2.5 years. At around 17:00 UTC on Tuesday, the network adjusted its difficulty level – a measure of how hard…
Continue ReadingThe Bitcoin (BTC) mining ASIC manufacturing industry is expected to further consolidate due to tightened competition, geopolitical pressures and slower returns on investment after Bitcoin’s recent halving. In a new…
Continue ReadingIn the wake of the Bitcoin halving, the hash rate of the network dropped dramatically. Due to an effective 50% decrease in profitability, around 30% of the machines mining BTC…
Continue ReadingChinese Government Crackdowns and Cheap Hydropower- Miners Migrate from North to South China China-based bitcoin miners have started to migrate southbound from North China, according to local reports. The operators…
Continue ReadingHut 8 Mining is looking to raise at least $7.5 million to upgrade its fleet of BlockBox bitcoin miners. The firm, the biggest cryptocurrency miner in Canada and one of…
Continue ReadingBitfury, a cryptocurrency mining and blockchain development firm, is planning to launch a Bitcoin (BTC) mining fund in Japan in July. Katsuya Konno, the head of Bitfury Japan, confirmed the…
Continue ReadingAfter physically taking over the Beijing Bitmain office, ousted CEO Micree Zhan is reportedly regaining control and is blocking the delivery of Bitmain products from its Shenzhen factory. According to…
Continue ReadingChina Passes Law Protecting Cryptocurrency Inheritance China has passed the country’s long-awaited civil code which expands the scope of inheritance rights to include cryptocurrency, such as bitcoin. Inherited cryptocurrencies will…
Continue ReadingJust weeks ago, there were fears that miners had begun to capitulate. Bitcoin blocks were slower than normal, transaction fees skyrocketed, and data analysts observed large outflows from miner wallets.…
Continue ReadingBitcoin founder Satoshi Nakamoto will never spend his “1.1 million bitcoins” because he is altruistic, Patoshi Pattern researcher Sergio Demian Lerner has said. The Patoshi Pattern exploits privacy flaws of…
Continue ReadingThe Bitcoin blockchain saw its mining dificulty adjust downwards on June 5. It has now become easier to mine BTC. Historical data shows that price and mining difficulty has elements…
Continue ReadingBitcoin has just got easier to mine. At block height 633,024, reached on 12:30 UTC Thursday, the Bitcoin blockchain adjusted its mining difficulty to 13.7 Trillion with a 9.29% drop…
Continue ReadingBitcoin mining difficulty could drop by 10.25 percent on Thursday. It will be the most significant downward adjustment since “halving.” Historically, wild negative swings in Bitcoin’s mining difficulty has led…
Continue ReadingUnited States firm, Marathon Patent Group, announced that it installed 700 units of Bitcoin (BTC) mining application-specific integrated circuit, or ASIC, units. According to a June 3 announcement, Marathon Patent…
Continue ReadingChinese law enforcement discovered a Bitcoin (BTC) mining operation in what appeared to be multiple underground burial sites. Local English-language news outlet Beijing News reported on May 31 that law…
Continue ReadingAn Iranian lawmaker wants his country’s central bank to take bitcoin seriously. Representative Mohammad Hossein Farhangi (Tabriz), speaking Tuesday before the nation’s parliament, called on the Governor of the Central…
Continue ReadingPoolin, the second largest bitcoin mining pool, is expanding its cryptocurrency lending and financial services businesses. The pool announced Monday that it has started working with U.S.-based crypto lender BlockFi,…
Continue ReadingBitmain on Monday released the Antminer T19, a cheaper bitcoin mining machine, in an effort to regain lost market share. The Beijing-based company said the Antminer T19 has computing power…
Continue ReadingEver since the Bitcoin halving on May 11th, investors have been fearing a widespread “miner capitulation.” A miner capitulation is an event in the cryptocurrency market when many miners of…
Continue ReadingWorld-leading mining hardware producer Bitmain launched its new Antminer T19 Bitcoin Mining application-specific integrated circuit (ASIC). According to a June 1 announcement, Bitmain’s new Antminer T19 features a SHA256 hash…
Continue ReadingSatoshi Nakamoto had pre-invented Bitcoin (BTC) GPU mining in order to defend the network, says early Bitcoin developer who worked with the Bitcoin creator in 2010. Laszlo Hanyecz, who is…
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