The new leader reached a processing a capacity
of 13,378 PH/s at a given time. With the introduction of new mining pools this
year, processing has become less centralized.
On September 16th, Bitmain's mining pool
BTC.com...
Analysts suggest that
the event will be different from the reductions by half occurring in 2016 and
2012. All this takes place amid the coronavirus pandemic, a recession, and the
intention of central banks to test digital currencies.
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...
The halving occurred at the height of block 1,680,000
of the Litecoin network. The Litecoin block reward was reduced from 25 to 12.5
LTC for each mined block.
It was reported that the second halving...
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 state energy company Energoatom has at its disposal four
nuclear plants in Ukraine
The
Security Service of Ukraine managed to confiscate special equipment for
cryptocurrency mining at the installations of a nuclear plant.
The company ARK
Invest published a document assessing the profitability of Bitcoin mining. The
study estimates that mining 1 BTC could cost up to USD 5,000.
In early March, the ARK Invest Team
released a report...
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...
Binance will begin by accepting, in the
coming days, the Russian Ruble on its platform.
One of the most important crypto exchange companies,
Binance, recently announced that now, through its platform, it will allow the
exchange...
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...
