Canaan’s Post-IPO Stock Plunge Reveals Sales Slump, Price War With Bitmain
Cryptocurrency mining computer-maker Canaan Inc. may have picked the worst time for its initial public stock offering.
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Dec 17, 2019 at 9:00 p.m. UTC
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Importer of Bitmain's Bitcoin Miners Draws Criminal Investigation in Russia
An importer of Bitmain's bitcoin miners is under investigation for underpaying customs fees, a search warrant obtained by CoinDesk reveals.
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Jul 31, 2019 at 4:00 a.m. UTC
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Grin Developers Agree to Alter Technical Development Roadmap
Developers behind the cryptocurrency Grin agreed to hold off on changes to planned proof-of-work updates for the foreseeable future.
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Jun 27, 2019 at 9:00 p.m. UTC
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Ethereum's ProgPoW Proposal: An Expensive Game of Whack-a-Mole
Ethereum's ProgPoW proposal may appear to minimize the ASIC advantage, but it isn't as democratizing as claimed, argue Dovey Wan and Martina Long.
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Mar 11, 2019 at 8:00 a.m. UTC
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Ethereum Mining Pool Receives Mysterious $300K Blockchain Payout
Cryptocurrency mining pool Sparkpool received a payout today of over $300,000 for mining one block on the ethereum blockchain.
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Feb 19, 2019 at 5:30 p.m. UTC
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Bitmain Announces New, More Efficient 7nm Bitcoin Mining Chip
Bitmain Technologies has announced a new 7nm bitcoin mining processor that it says offers a big boost in energy efficiency.
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Feb 18, 2019 at 1:40 p.m. UTC
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Ethereum Foundation and Others Weigh $15 Million Bid to Build 'Randomness' Tech
The Ethereum Foundation may spend $15 million on a project implementing randomness tech called "Verifiable Delay Functions."
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Feb 7, 2019 at 8:20 a.m. UTC
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Ethereum Miner Linzhi Calls Out Project Coders for Proposed ASIC Ban
Shenzhen-based miner manufacturer Linzhi has pushed back against ethereum's “tentative” decision to block specialized ASIC hardware.
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Jan 8, 2019 at 2:00 p.m. UTC
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Bitmain to Begin Selling New Bitcoin Miners Later This Week
Bitmain's recently revealed 7nm ASIC mining chip will be included in new Antminer S15 and T15 models, which go on sale Thursday.
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Nov 6, 2018 at 5:15 p.m. UTC
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There's a New Plan to Build the Hardware for Ethereum 2.0
The Ethereum Foundation is funding efforts to create specializing mining hardware in partnership with blockchain data storage network Filecoin.
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Nov 2, 2018 at 9:30 p.m. UTC
Nov 2, 2018