In Brazil, digital mining will be
considered by the state as a “productive process”, and cryptocurrencies will be seen
as assets called “well produced”
On Tuesday, August 26th, the Central Bank
of Brazil (BANCEN) issued a...
The founder of Grayscale Investments has observed
movements for 3 months. China currently controls much of the processing power
of the network.
Barry Silbert, Founder of one of the
world's largest cryptocurrency management companies, said last...
In October 2011, the record decrease in mining difficulty was 18%, to remain in 1.20M. On the evening of last March 25th, the difficulty of the Bitcoin network showed its second-biggest fall, after a decrease in...
HIVE acquired about 6,400 miners from Canaan to increase its hash rate to 1,000 PH / s. Hut8 and took out a loan of USD 12 million to order at least other 5,000 miners.
Although China maintains dominance in Bitcoin mining, other countries are growing in this industry. Government pressure on Chinese miners is one of the factors discouraging the activity.
While the concentration of Bitcoin mining...
New versions of CoinHive malicious software with added functionalities
have emerged. Ransomware remains the most used malware by cybercriminals.
Ransomware
and mining malware have been the most commonly used methods by cybercriminals against organizations in...
A group of miners is assisting in the research on a vaccine against Covid-19. The developer
of Tezos offered a prize for that miner that provides the greatest computing
power.
Cryptocurrency miners using GPU or...
Mining farms in the USA have recently acquired a batch
of the latest generation Bitmain miners. The disappearance of a pattern in the
Bitcoin nonce points to the disconnection of Antminer S9 machines.
The third...
The government of Iran issues licenses for cryptocurrency mining.
Hassan
Rouhani, President of Iran, issued a direct order to his government cabinet
related to cryptocurrencies. In the statement, the President expressly asks to
develop a national...
The German firm Northern Bitcoin AG has concluded its tests in an
air-cooled Bitcoin mining container that operates 144 Bitcoin ASIC miners. The
company made the announcement on September 9th saying that the
tests, conducted in Frankfurt-Hoechst, were a success.