Bitcoin’s Mining Difficulty Change Prints 2022’s Second Largest Increase — Metric Nears All-Time High
On Wednesday, Bitcoin’s mining difficulty jumped 9.26% higher, recording the second highest difficulty rise in 2022. The latest rise is
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Antpool Reveals Plans to Drop Ethereum Ethash Support, Plans to Keep Mining ETC
Antpool, the bitcoin mining pool affiliated with Bitmain, has announced the crypto mining operation will not manage ethereum accounts after
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Ethereum Foundation Makes It Clear The Merge Will Not Improve Fees and Throughput
On Wednesday the Ethereum Foundation clarified that The Merge will not reduce onchain fees as the highly anticipated transition from
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ECB Calls for Urgent Regulation of Stablecoins and Defi, Won’t Rule Out Bitcoin Mining Ban
A new report by the European Central Bank (ECB), presented as a “deep dive into crypto financial risks,” calls for
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New York Bill That Aims to Establish a Bitcoin Mining Moratorium Awaits Governor Hochul’s Signature
The state of New York passed a bill that puts a moratorium on specific types of cryptocurrency mining operations that
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Ethereum Has Destroyed $8.10 Billion in Ether, ETH Scarcity to Increase After The Merge
According to current metrics, the Ethereum blockchain has burned 2.35 million ether since the implementation of Ethereum Improvement Proposal (EIP)
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Solana Co-Founder Believes Bitcoin Needs to Change to Proof-of-Stake Consensus to Remain Relevant
Anatoly Yakovenko, one of the co-founders of Solana, the proof-of-stake based, smart contracts enabled blockchain, issued a series of statements
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Regulator Reiterates Call for EU Ban on Proof-of-Work Mining
The EU should prohibit proof-of-work crypto mining, an executive at the European securities watchdog has insisted. Coins relying on the
Read moreMyriad Proof-of-Work Blockchains See Significant Hashrate Losses
While there’s been a lot of concentration on bitcoin mining crackdowns in China and Bitcoin’s recent hashrate loss on Monday,
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BTC Hashpower Swells: Bitcoin Network Touches 185 Exahash, Hashrate Climbs 18,400% Since 2016
During the last week, the Bitcoin network’s hashrate has jumped to a record high of 185 exahash per second on
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