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Block plots BTC mining, integrates Lightning, abets Blockstream

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27 October, 2022

Block plots BTC mining, integrates Lightning, abets Blockstream

According to reports on October 25, Block had tapped Perry Hothi, former chief technology officer for Argo Blockchain PLC, to...

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Joshua Henslee

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21 October, 2022

The fees are too damn high

This empty block miner is taking payment for work that is not being completed, and just because a miner attempts...

Marathon Digital settles with former CEO for $24 million

Business

Steve Kaaru

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20 October, 2022

Marathon Digital settles with former CEO for $24 million

The block reward mining company agreed to stock unit awards with former CEO Merrick Okamoto who stepped down last year...

China’s Tianjin province hikes electricity rates to root out miners

Tech

Steve Kaaru

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19 October, 2022

China’s Tianjin province hikes electricity rates to root out miners

Tianjin is now the eighth province to hike the rates specifically targeting the miners, but they all insist it’s a...

Why so many empty blocks mined on BSV? Joshua Henslee explains

Business

Gavin Lucas

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17 October, 2022

Why so many empty blocks mined on BSV? Joshua Henslee explains

In his latest YouTube videos, BSV thought leader Joshua Henslee discussed the empty blocks being mined on BSV, pointing out...

Norway weighs scrapping subsidized electricity prices for block reward miners

Tech

Steve Kaaru

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13 October, 2022

Norway weighs scrapping subsidized electricity prices for block reward miners

The Minister of Finance in Norway proposed reverting to the original power prices for BTC miners after the 2016 subsidy...

Argentina’s state-owned energy firm enters block reward mining by using waste gas

Tech

Wahid Pessarlay

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9 October, 2022

Argentina’s state-owned energy firm enters block reward mining by using waste gas

YPF Luz said that its role would be to supply energy to the unnamed mining giant, and had begun building...

Russia to allow block reward mining, but only in energy-rich regions

Tech

Steve Kaaru

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4 October, 2022

Russia to allow block reward mining, but only in energy-rich regions

A new bill set to be tabled in parliament will relegate BTC mining to regions with hydroelectric and nuclear power...

China’s Gansu province warns against BTC mining in national data centers

Tech

Steve Kaaru

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1 October, 2022

China’s Gansu province warns against BTC mining in national data centers

The province has been cracking down on block reward miners for the past year and issued the warning amid mega...

Compute North files for Chapter 11 bankruptcy with $500M in debt

Business

Steve Kaaru

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26 September, 2022

Compute North files for Chapter 11 bankruptcy with $500M in debt

Compute North operates data centers for miners, including Marathon Digital and Hive Blockchain, but a $300 million loan has made...

Proof-of-stake is proof of misunderstanding

Editorial

Bryan Daugherty

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22 September, 2022

Proof-of-stake is proof of misunderstanding

If proof-of-work distributes objective consensus to miners outside of the network, proof-of-stake consolidates power to a subjective, in-network minority.

‘We mine BSV quietly’: Kurt Wuckert Jr. crashes Mining Disrupt 2022

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Steve Kaaru

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21 September, 2022

‘We mine BSV quietly’: Kurt Wuckert Jr. crashes Mining Disrupt 2022

Block reward miners have never faced more challenges than they currently do, but they still flocked to Miami for Mining...

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