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No, your Nintendo Switch isn’t mining crypto as you play Cooking Mama
If you were in the crypto space between 2017 and 2018, you likely remember the trend of so-called “cryptojacking” — the act (some would…
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Data metrics surrounding Bitcoin’s miner dynamics all point to a long-term bottom
Ever since Bitcoin’s capitulatory drop to lows of $3,800 seen in mid-March, investors and analysts alike have all been attentively watching for signs that…
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Bitcoin miners see heightened outflow as market conditions grow foggy
The turbulence seen within the cryptocurrency market throughout the past month has led to some fear amongst Bitcoin miners, which is illustrated by data…
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Bitmain launches new Antminer S19 series, but there’s a catch
Bitmain, the world’s largest mining hardware manufacturer, has announced the launch of a new series of ASIC miners, the Antminer S19. However, Bitmain has…
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Analyst: “miner capitulation” narrative proves Bitcoin is bottoming
There is no doubt that “Bitcoin miner capitulation” is the flavor of the week for Crypto Twitter. Since BTC plunged dozens of percent over…
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Bitcoin hashrate barely dropped after price crash to $3,600: here’s why it’s a positive sign
The hashrate of the Bitcoin blockchain network barely flinched as the price of BTC plummeted to $3,600, by around 50 percent within a 24-hour…
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Bitcoin consensus mechanisms explained: Byzantine fault-tolerance
For a long time, most applications used traditional centralized databases to manage their data. Applications could read and write to a set database that…
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Mining company suing Bitmain, Kraken, Roger Ver over the Bitcoin hash wars sees case dismissed
After a year of appeals, a U.S. Court has dismissed a lawsuit against several Bitcoin Cash proponents, including Bitmain, Kraken, Bitcoin.com, and their respective…
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Miners switching from BCH to BTC could be behind the 5 hour block time on Bitcoin Cash
Bitcoin Cash usage has been put to the test when the network failed to produce a single block in more than five hours earlier…
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Bitcoin hashrate surges to all-time high after Chinese government pressures miners to scale down operations
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Bitcoin miner capitulation may be too early to determine as hash rate recovers
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