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Bitmex Research: We Doubt Ethereum’s Ability to Reduce Reliance on PoW

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The proposed and upcoming changes to the operation of the ethereum cryptocurrency have been a matter of debate recently, with questions like employing ASIC resistance mining, capping and others splitting the community. Now an outside party is also taking issue with the concept of ethereum shifting away from PoW. Also Read: Australia’s Digitalx Launches Cryptocurrency … Read more

Bitcoin.org Owner Asks the Community to Change Bitcoin’s Central PoW Algorithm

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This week the owner of the web portal Bitcoin.org and Bitcointalk, a pseudonym called Cobra wrote an open letter to the bitcoin community asking them to think about changing the Bitcoin core network’s Proof-of-Work algorithm. Also read: Ross Ulbricht Denied Post-Conviction Relief Extension Bitcoin.org Owner ‘Cobra’ Says Bitcoin Mining Is Controlled By One Man and His … Read more