Mining

Vitalik Buterin, co-founder of Ethereum, divided the problems into three major categories. The first one is the cryptography related stuff that hasn’t been solved. Despite the industry’s rush to achieve new levels of privacy and scalability, the most important goals are still in progress. The second one is consensus theory, which makes it easy to change and upgrade mining (Proof of Work) and staking (Proof of Stake) algorithms. And finally, Vitalik explains how incentives are essential in...

One of the biggest datacenters in Russia, Bit River, is open for business, and is already making a name for itself within the cryptocurrency mining community.Bit River Is About to Hit the TopBitcoin mining is one of the most controversial maneuvers in the world. On the one hand, if you find yourself getting into it, there’s a lot of money to be made. At the same time, there are a lot of arguments that the effects of bitcoin mining could be hazardous to the environment.One such country that...

StormGain: Die Bitcoin-Trading App ist seit Sommer offizieller Sponsor des FC Newcastle United in der Premiere League. StormGain ist ein neuer Player im Bereich Bitcoin. Angeboten wird hauptsächlich Bitcoin Trading. Und vom Trading auf dieser Plattform ist abzuraten. Denn StormGain bietet Leverage-Trading an, also das Handeln mit Hebelwirkung. Und das kann, insbesondere beim Handeln mit den schwankenden Kursen der Kryptowährungen zum...

Canaan Creative is arguably the world’s biggest cryptocurrency mining company after Bitmain. The company has sought to ensure its initial public offering (IPO) – which it’s been touting for some time – makes serious headway in the financial space, and it can be argued that this goal was accomplished.Canaan: A Leader in IPOs?The IPO, which took place in the United States despite Canaan being situated in China, has garnered the venture more than $90 million. Approximately 10 million Americans...

Das Ethereum Netzwerk ist weiterhin davon entfernt, sich als alltagstaugliche Alternative zu präsentieren. Die Transaktionskapazität sinkt weiter, während gleichzeitig der Wettbewerb um die Mining-Blöcke gestiegen ist. Zwischenzeitlich berichteten Nutzer von Gebühren im Bereich von über 30 US-Dollar mit dem ETH.Ethereum News: Ethereum Transaktionsgebühren übersteigen 30 US-DollarDas ETH-Netzwerk hat seit Mai dieses Jahrs zirka 10 Prozent an Transaktionskapazität eingebüßt. Währenddessen ist...

China continues its crackdown on crypto exchanges. Binance and Bithumb raid rumors cause widespread FUD. Will China’s U-turn on crypto impact the market? The Peoples Bank of China (PBOC) has reiterated its position on crypto trading, vowing the immediate disposal of cryptocurrency exchanges. For weeks China’s strict attitude towards cryptocurrencies has seemingly morphed into something less stringent. Blockchain technology has been championed within the country, and a lighter touch was...

The Tor Project, fondation à but non lucratif responsable de la maintenance des logiciels pour le réseau anonymisant Tor, accepte les dons en bitcoin via le Lightning Network. Il est désormais possible de soutenir le projet Tor en effectuant des micro-transactions d’une valeur d’un dollar (13135 satoshis à la publication de cet article). A cette fin la fondation s’appuie sur BTCPay Server,...

La chaîne d’information internationale iranienne Press TV a rapporté le 13 novembre dernier qu’un porte-parole du ministère iranien de l’Energie, aurait donné, lors d’une interview (introuvable) avec le média iranien IRIB News, quelques précisions sur les nouvelles règles fixées aux mineurs de bitcoins en Iran. Le minage de cryptomonnaies serait ainsi interdit pendant les heures de grande consommation, soit plus de 300 heures par an. Le...

As previously reported by CoinSpeaker, China’s Bitcoin mining giant Canaan Creative conducted its IPO with its shares going public on the Nasdaq platform on Wednesday, November 20.Well, things have certainly not gone the way Canaan thought and it looks like the decision to go public was all done in haste. In its filing to the United States Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) Canaan marketed its shares for $9 to $11, as per the Bloomberg report.Previously, Canaan planned to raise around...

The drop in bitcoin mining difficulty may be a sign of a strong selloff.Price should tumble as weak miners panic sell their BTC holdings.The drop would be an opportune time to buy the number one cryptocurrency.In the last few days, bitcoin has been hounded by fear, uncertainty and doubt (FUD) over miner capitulation. The FUD is largely fueled by the sudden drop in mining difficulty as well as bitcoin’s bearish price action. The number one cryptocurrency has failed to sustain its bullish...