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Russian police have detained two people after a raid on a cryptocurrency mining farm that hosted over 6,000 miners. The perpetrators were guilty of not paying for electricity, reports say. #NEWS Go to Source Powered by WPeMatico
The migration of cryptocurrency miners to hydro-power abundant Quebec has been received cautiously lately, following an initial period over-exuberance on the part of local officials. The future for Quebec’s mining industry has since encountered a number of hurdles, from the province’s ability to supply power during the dry winter season to the often overlooked environmental … Read more
Securities investors may be able to get more exposure to the bitcoin market soon as one of the leading mining producers, Canaan, is thinking about going public. Everyday people may soon be able to mine cryptocurrency right on their smart TVs, if the company has its way. Also Read: Stanford, Wharton and Georgetown Expand Bitcoin … Read more
One particular aspect of cryptocurrency which people love to talk about is mining. The process of validating transactions and minting new coins has boggled the minds of enthusiasts for some time now. As such, it’s always interesting to keep an eye on mining trends. Things are looking pretty solid for Ethereum in this regard, although … Read more
Monero, a leading privacy-centric cryptocurrency, has undergone a hard fork in recent days – producing a new Monero chain in addition to the now renamed ‘Monero Classic’. The fork was initiated to protect Monero against mining centralization, as Bitmain had developed ASIC units purpose-built for mining XMR tokens. Also Read: “Private Digital Money” Better than State-Issued, … Read more
This is an Op-ed article. The opinions expressed in this article are the author’s own. Bitcoin.com does not endorse nor support views, opinions or conclusions drawn in this post. Over the past few days, crypto media have been stirred up by the news that the government of Kazakhstan is considering a ban on cryptocurrency mining. … Read more
The cryptocurrency mining market in North America is facing a major consolidation as one of the biggest players is taking over another. The resulting combined company will be publicly traded and control over 21,000 rigs, consuming 28 MW of power and with an ability to grow to over 90 MW. Also Read: Bitcoin Mules … Read more
Technology giants have made it perfectly clear that they want nothing to do with cryptocurrencies. Google, Twitter, and a few other companies ban cryptocurrency-related advertisements as of right now. Google is taking things one step further by officially banning cryptocurrency mining extensions altogether. Another Strong Signal from Google Mining has always played a critical role in … Read more
The past day for Verge (XVG) represents yet another fiasco for the highly controversial Dogecoin fork. Hackers have managed to mine an XVG block every second through a timestamp exploitation coupled with a 51% attack. To make matters worse, hasty developer responses have actually rendered the network even more incapable through an ineffective hard fork. … Read more
Verge, a ”privacy coin” famed for the zealotry of its community, has fallen prey to a 51% attack. A malevolent miner gained majority control of the network hashrate, a feat that makes it possible for the controlling entity to modify transactions, calling the integrity of the entire blockchain into question. Around 250,000 verge were stolen … Read more
