Proof-of-Work

Many Ethereum miners have yet to resettle into mining a different crypto token. (Midjourney/CoinDesk)
Binance's Crypto Mining Pool Adds Ravencoin Support
Former Ethereum miners have been drawn to alternative coins like ravencoin after they had to leave the Ethereum network post-merge.
Many Ethereum miners have yet to resettle into mining a different crypto token. (Midjourney/CoinDesk)

(Eliza Gkritsi/CoinDesk)
New York Imposes 2-Year Moratorium on New Proof-of-Work Mining After Gov. Hochul Signs Bill
The new law sets a two-year moratorium on new and renewed air permits for fossil fuel power plants used for energy-intensive proof-of-work (PoW) cryptocurrency mining.
(Eliza Gkritsi/CoinDesk)

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Ethereum Software Firm ConsenSys Co-Launches Ethereum Climate Platform
The initiative aims to address Ethereum’s excess energy consumption before it went through the Merge.
Environment Technology Future (DALL-E/CoinDesk)

Many Ethereum miners have yet to resettle into mining a different crypto token. (Midjourney/CoinDesk)
Ex-Ethereum Miners Token Hop to Stay Alive After the Merge
Following the Ethereum Merge, only 20% of miners have switched to other proof-of-work networks.
Many Ethereum miners have yet to resettle into mining a different crypto token. (Midjourney/CoinDesk)

Sustainable Bitcoin Protocol Wants to Make Bitcoin a Climate-Positive Asset
Sustainable Bitcoin Protocol Wants to Make Bitcoin a Climate-Positive Asset
Sustainable Bitcoin Protocol CEO and co-founder Brad Van Voorhees joins "All About Bitcoin" live from I.D.E.A.S. 2022 to discuss the problems with the Bitcoin network's energy...
Sustainable Bitcoin Protocol Wants to Make Bitcoin a Climate-Positive Asset

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Binance Starts Ethereum Proof-of-Work Mining Pool, Initially With No Fee
ETHW initially stumbled, but mining support from Binance customers could in theory help.
(Dalle-E/CoinDesk)

What Are Some Other Types of Distributed Ledger Technology?
What Are Some Other Types of Distributed Ledger Technology?
Blockchain is not the only distributed ledger technology, what else is there? Plus, does an Ethereum proof-of-work fork make sense? Answers to these questions and other news s...
What Are Some Other Types of Distributed Ledger Technology?

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Ethereum Miners’ $319M Crypto Hoard Hangs Over Market After Merge
Miners dumped over 16,000 ETH, worth more than $20 million, in the past week, on-chain data showed. The Ethereum miners still have about 245,000 ETH left – and no longer any b...
(Midjourney/CoinDesk)

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Crypto Update | The Ethereum Merge Finally Happened: So What?
With bitcoin holding steady even as the Fed raises its benchmark rate by another 0.75 percentage points, plus a look at implications of the newly upgraded Ethereum, CoinDesk’s...
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Crypto News Roundup for Sept. 21, 2022
With bitcoin trading flat in line with stocks as investors await the Federal Reserve's interest rate decision on Wednesday, CoinDesk’s “Markets Daily” is back with the latest...
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