Mining

Jack Dorsey was not pleased with FTX CEO Sam Bankman Fried (SBF)’s recent criticisms of Bitcoin’s viability as a payments system. The Block Head confronted him yesterday over his failure to acknowledge the lightning network and provided defense for the necessity of mining. SBF’s Interview The conflict began when SBF responded to some backlash over his comments about Bitcoin in an interview with the Financial Times. While he stood by his claim that Bitcoin cannot sustain high...

Ist Staking das neue Mining? Als Krypto-Börse geniesst Bitpanda grösstes Vertrauen bei seinen Nutzern. Jetzt können Anleger Bitcoin und Co staken und dadurch passiv Geld verdienen. Dies ist insbesondere dann interessant, wenn die Kurse fallen. Wer möchte, kann bis zu 27 % effektiven Jahreszins einheimsen und so sein Geld für sich arbeiten lassen. Dabei darf man sich auf wöchentliche Auszahlungen freuen – ohne Lock-in. Mit diesem neuen Feature...

Intervention d’Alexandre Vinot, cofondateur de WiseMining, lors du second Paris P2P Festival qui s’est déroulé du 27 avril au 1 mai 2022 à l’espace Ground Control. « Pourquoi il est important de continuer à décentraliser la sécurisation de Bitcoin ? Comment permettre au grand public de participer à la sécurité du réseau, tout en créant de nouveaux incitatifs à cela ? » Réalisation : Samouraï TV pour Paris P2P (CC BY-NC-SA 4.0) Pour soutenir l’indépendance du festival, et...

Several bitcoin advocates – including Jack Dorsey of Twitter fame, Tom Lee from Fundstrat, and Michael Saylor (the CEO of MicroStrategy) – have penned a letter to congressional democrats who are asking that the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) examine the effects of crypto mining on the planet. Crypto Mining Isn’t the Monster Everyone Thinks It Is The letter is aimed at getting these democrats to rescind their order to have the agency look at the emissions of said...

BitRiver –  Russia’s largest data center services provider – is pondering over filing a lawsuit against the US Treasury Department for adding the company to the sanction list last month. Besides, the firm accused the US of breaching WTO rules through the act of promoting unfair competition and lobbying for the US mining industry. BitRiver Called US Accusations “Unfounded and Untrue” According to its press release, BitRiver argued that it is a 100% private company with no...

President Nayib Bukele of El Salvador has unveiled development plans for the country’s planned Bitcoin City shortly after the nation made its latest BTC purchase. Bukele Moving Ahead With Bitcoin City Project The El Salvadoran President showed pictures of the architectural model via a Twitter thread, saying, the “City is coming along beautifully.” While details were sparse, with no mention of a completion date, the leader of the Central American country noted that the city...

The United States Department of Justice (DOJ) has indicted Luiz Capuci Jr., the CEO and co-founder of Mining Capital Coin (MCC), for allegedly running a $62 million fraud scheme. Mining Capital Coin CEO Allegedly Misled Investors According to the DOJ, Capuci and other unnamed members of his team had misled investors into thinking that MCC’s mining and investment program had massive profit-bearing potential. Capuci claimed the firm has an international network of large-scale...

Fort Worth, Texas has become the first city government in all the United States to mine bitcoin. The city is employing three Antminer S9 rigs that will run all day, every day in a technology wing of the region’s city hall. Fort Worth, Texas Is at the Heart of BTC Mining Per city estimates, each rig will require about as much energy as a standard vacuum cleaner. Officials assure residents that the process will be clean. In addition, all three machines will be run on a...

Bit.com brings forward a full-suite cryptocurrency exchange that’s powered by Matrixport. The latter is an integrated financial services company that’s headquartered in Singapore. Launched in 2020, the exchange already supports a myriad of features such as perpetual contracts, futures contracts, as well as options products on BTC, ETH, and BCH, where the specific highlight is centered on launching BCH options. By means of volume, Bit.com ranks amongst the leaders in Bitcoin...

Eng Taing is a real estate investor who loves making money. So much so that he’s now getting into crypto. Aside from putting his money into the housing market, he’s now established a new crypto mining firm consisting of about 261 machines. Eng Taing Has Set Up a Successful BTC Mining Firm In a recent article, Taing says that while crypto isn’t necessarily his first love, he sees the industry has a lot of potential. Thus, he wants to be in on the wealth secrets that the...