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As cryptocurrency mining profitability continues to suffer due to price decline, many cloud-mining services have been forced to cease operations. Today Genesis Mining announced they would be ending one of their bitcoin mining services. Genesis Mining Drops Lowest Tier Bitcoin Contracts Leading cloud-based cryptocurrency mining service Genesis Mining...
As cryptocurrency popularity boomed towards the end of 2017, other, more illicit, things came about as a result of the crypto boom. In 2018, one of the most prevalent and popular forms of malware attacks is cryptojacking, where malicious actors utilize the CPU power of unsuspecting computers to...
Cryptocurrency investors are not getting any respite from the bearish mood of the market as, once again, Bitcoin dipped below $6,000 to reach a near 2018 low on Tuesday. The market has been hit by uncertainty over the upcoming cryptocurrency regulations from various jurisdictions across the world, and...
While Bitcoin mining — which is the backbone of many public blockchains — is often left to the operators of data centers, some university students have begun to try their hand at running their own, in-dorm mining efforts. Bitcoin Mining In Unexpected Places — University Campuses Speaking with CNBC...
The second largest manufacturer of Bitcoin mining hardware has announced a new product aiming to bring Bitcoin mining to people’s homes once again. Canaan Creative are hoping to promote greater decentralisation on the Bitcoin network with the launch of a television set with mining capabilities. Are Devices Like...
Cryptocurrency mining, while also being an integral part of many blockchain networks, has become a source of profit and business for exclusive crypto firms. The recently-founded HoneyMiner startup is attempting to make mining more accessible to a wider array of consumers, by providing users, like you or I,...
Despite worries about cryptocurrency mining — from the impact that it can have on the environment to the potential impact it can have on the rates for other local electricity consumers — the state of New York has approved a bid to provide cheaper electricity to miners. State...
The world’s largest producer of ASIC mining machines, Bitmain, is expected to invest $50 million into the upcoming IPO of Opera Ltd. Bitmain’s Expanding Circle of Influence Norway-based Opera Ltd., one of the top internet browsers, has just filed for a Nasdaq initial public offering (IPO) last week,...
You may have noticed something recently, transactions on the Ethereum network have been oddly expensive. MyCrypto has chalked up this suspicious rise in transaction fees to a good-for-nothing exchange, essentially incentivizing its users to push out thousands of transactions onto the Ethereum network. So-Called Gas Guzzlers Fill The...
Cryptocurrency mining profits are on the way down, resulting in declining demand for hardware, such as high-end graphics cards. Sources suggest that GPUs could drop by as much as 20% within the upcoming month. Mining Hardware Manufacturers Experience Declining Demand DigiTimes, a premier Asia-based technology news source, has...
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