Tag Archives: Bitcoin Mining

A recent survey revealed that the majority of the UK residents would not support their government if it imposed a crackdown on bitcoin due to environmental reasons. Somewhat expectedly, the elderly were bigger proponents of the move. Not The Best Idea The first ten months of 2021 have been another turbulent period for bitcoin. The primary cryptocurrency hit an all-time high price of nearly $65,000 in April but then plunged in the next several months to as low as $29K in July....

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...

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...

The consequences of the Chinese ban on anything crypto, including mining, have led to a massive flippening as the USA has surpassed China in terms of Bitcoin hash rate share, showed recent data. The Demise of the Chinese Hash Rate Empire Although bitcoin and the rest of the cryptocurrency industry have been banned within China’s borders for almost as long as they exist, the country was responsible for the majority of the BTC hash rate for a long time. In fact, no other nation...

Not long ago, Live Bitcoin News produced an article about a pair of siblings living in Texas that had created their own successful mining business. Ishaan and Aanya Thakur – 13 (now 14) years of age and nine years of age, respectively – had studied mining videos on YouTube and converted old equipment to extract Ethereum and other forms of crypto from the blockchain. Texas Siblings Take Their Love of Crypto to the Furthest Reaches Now, these siblings are looking to take...

Bitmain – one of the world’s largest manufacturers of bitcoin mining machines – revealed it would no longer deliver crypto mining rigs to mainland China addresses. However, the firm would continue shipping its products to overseas destinations. The Crypto Ban Reached Bitmain The Chinese crackdown on cryptocurrency mining and trading has affected Bitmain as well. The Beijing-based company announced on its WeChat account that it will halt shipping its Antminer crypto mining...