Mining Pools

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Bitcoin’s First Public Mining Pool Is Rebranding

Alyssa HertigJun 3, 2019

The company behind Slush Pool, the first cryptocurrency mining pool to make its services publicly available, is rebranding.

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Sparkpool to Freeze Mysterious 2,100 Ether Mining Payout for Now

Wolfie ZhaoFeb 20, 2019

Mining pool Sparkpool says it's temporarily freezing an unusually high mining payout worth $300,000 in case it was sent in error.

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Bitcoin Cash Miners Propose Controversial Soft Fork for Zcash-Style Development Fund

Paddy BakerJan 23, 2020

The proposed fork will see 12.5 percent of block rewards diverted to a new BCH-specific development fund. Reactions have been mixed.

Research

Bitcoin Is Becoming More Decentralized, Indicates New Research

Yogita KhatriFeb 6, 2019

Bitcoin has become more decentralized by several measures, according to a research report from Canaccord Genuity Group.

Mining

Asus Allows Gamers to Mine Crypto With Their Idle Graphics Cards

Yogita KhatriNov 30, 2018

Taiwan-based tech giant Asus is now letting gamers use their graphics cards to earn a share of profits from cryptocurrency mining.

Ethereum

Bitmain’s BTC.com Is Launching an Ethereum Mining Pool

Nikhilesh De

BTC.com will now offer ethereum and ethereum classic mining pools, as well as a block explorer, the company announced Thursday.

Startups

Honeyminer Signs Up 50K Users for Easy Crypto Mining App

Leigh Cuen

Crypto newbies from around the world are now using their old laptops to earn bitcoin, according to statistics from the firm.

Mining

Meet Honeyminer: The App That Lets You Earn Bitcoin With a Laptop Again

Leigh Cuen

Honeyminer's downloadable app isn't the most profitable way to mine cryptocurrency, but it may be one of the easiest methods to date.

Mining Pools

Bitcoin Miner BTCC to Sell Stake in Pool for $17 Million

Wolfie Zhao

BTCC's mining pool has provisionally agreed to sell a large portion of its equity to a Hong Kong-based financial service firm for $17 million.

Bitcoin Mining

Cisco Claims New Patent Could Apply to Bitcoin Mining

Nikhilesh De

A Cisco patent suggests that internet customers would be able to create a distributed mining pool through a proprietary cloud application.

Crime

North Carolina Orders Crypto Mining Firm to Halt Share Sale

Leigh Cuen

North Carolina deems passive mining pool "shares" are unregistered securities.

Mining

Antpool Adds Support for Siacoin Mining Amid Bitmain Miner Launch

Wolfie Zhao

AntPool adds support for the siacoin token, as the mining pool's parent firm, Bitmain, launches a device that can mine it.

Mining

Lightning’s Next Act: Decentralizing Bitcoin Mining?

Alyssa Hertig

Could the same mechanisms used in the Lightning Network have the unintended benefit of also decentralizing mining?

Research

Monopoly-Resistant Mining? Paper Claims Bitcoin Centralization Fears Overblown

Alyssa Hertig

A new paper suggests bitcoin mining may naturally resist centralization – a finding with potential implications for the long simmering scaling debate.

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