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A startup is ready to launch a first batch of ASICs to mine Ethereum (ETH). Vitalik Buterin’s cryptocurrency is based on Ethash, a well-known Proof of Work (PoW) algorithm that is also used by a large number of different altcoins. This algorithm mixes two standard cryptographic functions, the SHA-3 and the Keccak. This results in

Yesterday, the New York Post published an article telling the interesting story of two young men from Texas who became millionaires thanks to Bitcoin mining.  How two Texas 23-year-olds became millionaires mining bitcoin https://t.co/U9UYQGYQUR pic.twitter.com/2BJeSowsbJ — New York Post (@nypost) February 15, 2022 Texas, Bitcoin mining with waste gas They are 23-year-old Brent Whitehead and

Bitcoin miners have reached the 90% approval threshold for Taproot. During the current epoch the 90% mark for activating Taproot will most likely not be reached, but only because this epoch began on May 13, 2021.  In fact, for several hours now, the threshold seems to have been reached.  However, it is not enough, because

NortonLifeLock has announced the launch of Norton Crypto, a new feature that allows owners of the famous antivirus to mine cryptocurrencies.  Norton Crypto will be integrated directly into Norton 360 antivirus in the coming weeks. It will offer a secure and reliable way to mine ETH, and once cryptocurrencies have been earned, customers will be

In March 2018, the famous Italian TV programme, Le Iene, broadcast a report entitled “Inside the Bitcoin mines“.  In the service, which lasted about 13 minutes, Matteo Viviani showed a bitcoin mining farm in Bulgaria run by an Italian guy.  The electricity in Bulgaria is cheaper than in Italy, so moving to that country to

According to JPMorgan Chase, the cost of Bitcoin mining in recent times has almost halved.  JPMorgan: mining costs dropped significantly According to Bloomberg, a group of JPMorgan strategists, led by Nikolaos Panigirtzoglou, said in a recent company memo that the cost of mining 1 BTC has dropped from about $24,000 in early June to about

“Difficulty” in Bitcoin mining refers to the level of difficulty that miners must solve to find the hash that validates blocks.  Bitcoin mining difficulty level sets new record This level varies continuously, approximately once every two weeks, in order to adapt to changes in the hashrate and always keep the average time needed to find

Over the last two days, some users have reported on the Grin forum that the Chinese mining pool SparkPool is controlling almost 60% of the total hashrate of the crypto, significantly raising the risk of a 51% attack. According to some statistics websites, SparkPool currently holds about 60% of the total hashrate on the Proof

The bear market is also affecting the publicly traded stocks of cryptocurrency mining companies.  Stocks of mining companies are suffering from the “crypto winter” The top two are Marathon Digital Holdings and Riot Blockchain, the only two to exceed $1 billion in market capitalization.  The performance of Marathon (MARA) Marathon is listed on the Nasdaq

Bitfarms (BITF) will be listed on the Nasdaq as of Monday 21 June 2021.  Bitfarms to start trading on the Nasdaq, June 21st. With the ticker $BITF, they will become the largest publicly traded #Bitcoin miner in North America using greater than 99% hydroelectric renewable electricity. ?♻️ pic.twitter.com/L8PxdX3fJG — Documenting Bitcoin ? (@DocumentingBTC) June 17