Mining

New York is a growing hotspot for bitcoin and cryptocurrency mining companies like Greenidge Generation.New York – Where Bitcoin Miners Never SleepOften, New York is known for being a rather expensive place. The real estate alone attracts only the rich and famous, while a bowl of soup in an upscale Manhattan restaurant is likely to cost $100 or more. New York may be pricier than other places, but its upstate region appears to offer some relatively cheap energy, which makes it a prime location...

Dave Portnoy has bought $200,000 in bitcoin and $50,000 in chainlink in a video with the Winklevoss twins. Portnoy bought the crypto despite understanding almost nothing about Bitcoin. The video also sees the trader plan his own “DaveCoin,” and accept the idea that Elon Musk will soon crash gold by mining it on asteroids. Dave Portnoy has bought crypto in a bizarre “crash course” video with the Winklevoss twins. Posted to Twitter, the clip shows the trader trying — and...

Demand for stablecoins has surged this year, mainly on the back of the DeFi sector, which has seen countless crypto earning opportunities arise. MakerDAO’s stablecoin, Dai, has just reached a milestone $400 million supply following the minting of a further $10 million.This 10 million DAI mint brings the total DAI supply to over 400 million ? https://t.co/5yH4a464B8— Anthony Sassano | sassal.eth ?‍? (@sassal0x) August 10, 2020Surging Dai DemandSince the beginning of July, Dai market...

Ist Staking das neue Mining? Immer mehr Bitcoin-Börsen bieten neben dem Bitcoin-Kauf, Bitcoin-Trading nun auch das Staking von bestimmten Kryptowährungen an. Doch was ist Staking? Beim Staking werden Gelder in einer Kryptowährungs-Wallet gehalten, um das Wachstum des Blockchain-Netzwerks zu fördern. Die Teilnehmer, welche meist mit einer persönlichen Krypto-Wallet wie Trust...

Ethereum Classic has been in the wars again with a second 51% attack within a week. This incursion has brought the security of the network under the spotlight again, though ETC prices remain largely unmoved at the time of writing.Earlier today, August 6, Etherchain.org tweeted that its Ethermine affiliated mining pool had disabled ETC pool payouts after more than 4,000 blocks had been reorganized.Today another large 51% attack occurred on the #ETC which caused a reorganization of over 4000...

Ampleforth (AMPL) is one of the projects in the decentralized finance (DeFi) space that took the community by a storm, despite being on the market for over a year.Over the past couple of months, AMPL managed to become arguably one of the most widely-discussed protocols, largely because of its quick exponential growth.Now, however, the team has taken an essential step towards providing its users with further incentives to provide liquidity to its pools and receive attractive yields.Ampleforth...

Thailand is a growing cryptocurrency hub. The country has just approved six new cryptocurrency exchange licenses to permit the further growth of digital trading within the nation’s borders.Thailand Is the New Home of Crypto LoversAsian regions have long been huge cryptocurrency advocates. Despite a lengthy period of debate over whether to ban bitcoin and crypto mining, China eventually gave in and permitted the practice, citing that it’s effects on the environment were not as strong or as...

Ethereum has not only surged to its highest price for over a year, it has tapped milestone highs in other on-chain metrics as well. Today is the network’s 5th anniversary.Hash Rates at 20-Month HighETH 1.0 is still proof of work, which means there are still miners seeking profits by producing more blocks. Mining profitability is mostly a product of difficulty and price, and when prices are high, so is profitability.Hash rate is a measure of the computational power on the network, and the...

Power plants in Iran can mine Bitcoin (BTC) but they do not have access to the subsidized fuel in this case.The government in Iran has permitted power plants to mining Bitcoin (BTC) and other cryptocurrencies. The approval comes with a twist. The power plants that want to mine Bitcoin in Iran cannot take advantage of government subsidies in the process. Mostafa Rajabi, a spokesman at Tavanir, indicated this in a statement.Iran’s Ministry of Industries, Mining, and Trade had in January granted...

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