Mining

Polkadot, the interoperable blockchain protocol spearheaded by Ethereum co-founder Gavin Wood, has announced its forthcoming parachain launch.Parachains – application-specific blockchains that connect to the main network and benefit from its security and computing capacity – are viewed as the building block of Polkadot’s ecosystem. Initially, the plan was for 100 parachain slots, with an auction process determining who gets to ‘lease’ parachains for defined time periods.However, according to...

Early bitcoin adopter has moved 100 BTC for the first time after mining the coins over ten years ago. Within this time, the value of the tokens has exploded more than 600,000 times to about $5 million.Interestingly, further data revealed that similar OG miners had moved substantial chunks of BTC to exchanges at times close to a local price top.100 BTC on the Move 11 Years LaterThe ever-vigilant crypto community recently caught an intriguing transaction taking place on the Bitcoin blockchain....

Grafikkarten haben in den letzten Monaten einen wahren Preissprung hingelegt. Einzelne Modelle insbesondere der Geforce-RTX-Serie von Nvidia stiegen teilweise um mehr als 75 Prozent im Preis. Nvidia-Grafikkarten beliebt bei Minern Die neue Geforce-RTX-Serie läuft unter dem Namen 30 und umfasst Modelle in verschiedenen Preisklassen. Die 3060 ist das günstigste Modell, danach die etwas stärkere...

WisElement, startup française développant des solutions innovantes qui permettent de diminuer la consommation énergétique des bâtiments, lance sa marque WiseMining, pour sa future gamme de produits et services spécialisés dans le minage de Bitcoin en secteur résidentiel. Sato, premier produit de la marque, est une chaudière d’appoint qui utilise la chaleur produite par des Asics Bitcoin pour produire de l’eau chaude. Sato s’adresse à...

Coinbase will take a 25% commission on all the rewards received by their customers.According to a press release by Coinbase, the crypto exchange firm has announced that its waitlist for staking Ethereum 2.0 has now been launched. This means that users of the platform can now sign up to stake their ETH tokens into the Beacon Chain smart contract. Beacon chain is widely regarded as the bridge between Ethereum and its 2.0 version that would see the second-largest crypto asset by market cap...

Iron-ore accounted for 90% of Rio Tinto’s earnings, underlying its pedigree as it operates one of the world’s biggest iron-ore export hubs.Rio Tinto Plc (NYSE: RIO) has announced a special dividend for its investors after the company sees a 22% rise in annual profit. Rio Tinto which is the world’s biggest producer of iron and ore and the world’s second-largest mining company by value announced a net profit of $9.77 billion for 2020 on February 17, up from the $9.1 billion it recorded in...

Bitcoin and most alternative coins are not the only crypto-related gainers during the ongoing bull cycle. The price developments have pushed numerous industry companies to see stock increases, including Chinese mining firm SOS Limited, which also received an endorsement from Shark Tank’s Kevin O’Leary.SOS Limited Recent DevelopmentsWith a membership base of about 20 million in China, SOS is an “emerging blockchain-based and big data-driven marketing and solution provider,” which recently...

We are happy and proud to announce that we are partnering with Crypto.com to bring liquidity mining campaigns to their platform by integrating the NIOX Maker, and more importantly, NIOX Swarm. Together these tools will enable intelligent crowdsourced liquidity.Liquidity is one of the most essential pre-requisites for all financial assets and trading platforms. However, most market participants are unclear as to what drives liquidity and how to measure its effects. This is mainly because...

Lost or forgotten passwords to bitcoin and cryptocurrency accounts typically lead to money that cannot be accessed, and according to German prosecutors, this appears to have hindered a recent case of criminal fraud involving bitcoin mining.Lost Passwords Remain a Serious IssueAt the time of writing, law enforcement agents in Germany are holding a man – who currently remains anonymous – that has stored as many as 1,700 bitcoin units in a specific account. The big clincher is that the man...

As the value of MX continues to increase, MX holders, like Tesla stock holders, have received “stock” appreciation gains.Holding MX is the same as holding stocks. Holders can enjoy a series of rights such as asset appreciation and voting to get a token listed. Specifically, MX holders can enjoy a 20% commission deduction when trading spots; voting and renewal of crypto assets can receive transaction fee rewards; participating in the lottery of SpaceM and M-Day activities qualification or...