Mining

Jack Dorsey – the CEO of both social media giant Twitter and payments company Square – says that his latter company is looking into potentially creating a simplified mining rig that he believes will help the industry get stronger. Dorsey and Square Tackle Crypto Mining In a tweet last week, Dorsey explained: Square is considering building a bitcoin mining system based on custom silicon and open source for individuals and businesses worldwide. If we do this, we’d follow...

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In a recent statement, Coinbase – one of the largest and most popular cryptocurrency exchanges in the world – made a case for creating a whole new regulation department to oversee the processing of cryptocurrency transactions. Coinbase Has Some Big Ideas Regarding Crypto Regulation Right now, the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) and the Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) are tasked with examining crypto activity and digital processes. However, these...

Eric Rosengren – the former president of the Federal Reserve Bank of Boston – stated in an interview that he is quite fond of the idea of a digital dollar. He thinks the United States would benefit greatly from using such a tool, and he’s convinced it will not get in the way of bitcoin’s path towards greatness. Eric Rosengren Thinks a Digital Dollar Could Work for the Country If only China could have such an attitude. One of the big reasons, analysts speculate, why China...

Up to this point in time, China has always been the dominant country when it comes to mining bitcoin. Sadly, the region has done all it can to eliminate its standing in the industry, and now it looks like another nation – the United States – has opened itself up to become the world’s primary leader in the world of bitcoin mining. China Has Been Outdone By the U.S. China was – at one point – home to about 65 to 75 percent of the world’s crypto mining projects. It also is...

North Vancouver, part of the Canadian district of British Columbia, is on a path to become the first city that employs bitcoin mining for heating residential and commercial buildings. The initiative should be available from 2022 after a partnership between the cryptocurrency miner – MintGreen – and the Lonsdale Energy Corporation (LEC). BTC Mining as an Alternative Heating Option Bitcoin mining’s impact on the environment has been causing significant controversy recently,...

Jack Dorsey, the CEO of Twitter and Square, has more plans in the works for building out the Bitcoin network. Dorsey just announced that Square – the financial services company – is considering creating a Bitcoin mining system to decentralize mining worldwide. Decentralizing Mining for People and Business The Twitter CEO confirmed his plans in a thread on Twitter earlier today, explaining how his system will work and why it’s necessary. His ideal system would use “custom...

Tierspital dank Bitcoin: El Salvador investiert Bitcoin-Gewinn in Tierheim Nachdem der mittelamerikanische Staat El Salvador den Bitcoin als gesetzliches Zahlungsmittel installiert hatte, verkündete der salvadorianische Präsident Nayib Bukele nun positive Nachrichten. Aus den Investitionen, welche der Staat in den Bitcoin tätigte, konnten insgesamt 4 Millionen US-Dollar Profit geschlagen werden. Der Präsident kündigte an, dass ein Teil des Erlöses...

There are still many miners having to leave China after the country declared bitcoin illegal. It looks like New York and Texas are now competing as they work to bring many of these miners to their turf. New York and Texas Go Head to Head In addition to New York and Texas, Kentucky and Georgia are also attracting their fair share of new miners. These regions are known for offering very inexpensive electricity in certain areas, and those looking to extract new coins are...

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