Altcoins
Cryptocurrency’s carbon footprint is massive and not sustainable
Bitcoin and crypto mining now use more energy than some nations. To help lead fintech into a greener future, Ripple pledges to be carbon net-zero by 2030.
Ken Weber
Lens
Mining
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Altcoins
What’s up with Filecoin and the uproar over its miners?
Miners' complaints with economic model are resulting in early rewards release and falling FIL prices. What happened to 800,000 coins?
Bryan Michael Galvan
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DeFi News
Ep. 27 | YFI soars past bitcoin. ConsenSys acquires JPMorgan’s Quorum blockchain. OMG Network integrates Tether transfers.
Other top news: $50 billion in cryptocurrency leaves China. Severe flooding in Sichuan destroys bitcoin mining farms. DeFi in India.
Forkast.News
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Bitcoin News
Why 10,000 Antminers disappeared from Bitmain-owned crypto mining farm
Latest salvo in Bitmain's epic civil war: World's largest crypto mining equipment maker accuses estranged co-founder of absconding with customers and a big chunk of the world's hashing power.
Sam Reynolds
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Bitcoin News
Bitmain drama escalates as co-founder registers new bank account, website
In this chapter in the saga of the troubled mining company, ousted co-founder Micree Zhan establishes new online presence
Sam Reynolds
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Bitcoin News
China’s ‘Gaokao’ college entrance exam may have a question on bitcoin mining
10 million Chinese high schoolers will soon take the equivalent of the SAT or A-Levels, and it looks like they better study up on how crypto gets made.
Kelly Le
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Bitcoin News
Bitmain drama escalates with new threats and use of force. Do customers care?
Game of Thrones at the world's largest bitcoin mining rig maker culminates, in this week's episode, with a once-exiled company founder storming and seizing back the corporate castle.
Forkast.News
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Regulation
Ep. 9 | U.S. rethinks ‘digital dollar.’ China’s new national blockchain platform. Is Libra now a stronger rival to China’s CBDC?
Other top news: Bitcoin halving frenzy. New Huawei tech zone. Blockchain company busted for defective face masks. VC in Hong Kong and Canada.
Forkast.News
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Bitcoin News
What is ‘proof of work’ and how does that affect Bitcoin halving?
Forkast.News explains 'proof of work' — the DNA of Bitcoin — and and why most of the world's cryptocurrency miners will soon be sweating a lot more for their coins.
Yohan Yun
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Bitcoin News
Why Canaan’s red ink illustrates the big challenges now facing crypto mining
Aside from concerns about mismanagement, what else is causing Canaan to flounder? Forkast.News analyzes Canaan and the many storms — including the Covid economy and the next Bitcoin halving — now rocking the world of crypto mining.
Sam Reynolds
