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Information included in a recent SEC filing from Bitcoin mining company GRIID revealed details about Intel’s second generation “Bonanza Mine” Bitcoin miner. The mining system, referred to as BMZ2, apparently provides 135 TH/s at 3510W, with an efficiency of 26 J/THs. The miner is priced at nearly
Global self-mining Bitcoin company Bitfarms (NASDAQ: BITF) announced last week that they had entered into a $32M financing deal with crypto-financial services company BlockFi. Under the terms of the agreement, Bitfarms entered into a two-year, 14.5% interest rate, equipment loan for the purchase of 6,100 Bitmain S19j Pro
Airdropping crypto, a relatively new method of reverse-crowdfunding, could have huge impact in the geopolitical environment. Airdrops typically involve businesses or crypto projects creating tokens or NFTs to give to their communities as a way to monetarily incentivize adoption of a project. Since the Ukraine has been fighting off a
News • Altcoins • Mar 02, 2022
Airdropping crypto, a relatively new method of reverse-crowdfunding, could have huge impact in the geopolitical environment. Airdrops typically involve businesses or crypto projects creating tokens or NFTs to give to their communities as a way to monetarily incentivize adoption of a project. Since the Ukraine has been fighting off a
News • Altcoins • Mar 02, 2022
Information included in a recent SEC filing from Bitcoin mining company GRIID revealed details about Intel’s second generation “Bonanza Mine” Bitcoin miner. The mining system, referred to as BMZ2, apparently provides 135 TH/s at 3510W, with an efficiency of 26 J/THs. The miner is priced at nearly
News • Bitcoin • Feb 28, 2022
Global self-mining Bitcoin company Bitfarms (NASDAQ: BITF) announced last week that they had entered into a $32M financing deal with crypto-financial services company BlockFi. Under the terms of the agreement, Bitfarms entered into a two-year, 14.5% interest rate, equipment loan for the purchase of 6,100 Bitmain S19j Pro
News • Bitcoin • Feb 28, 2022
The debate over proof-of-work mining in the European Parliament has been delayed with energy FUD surrounding Bitcoin mining. The Markets in Crypto-Assets Directive, known as MiCA, was set for vote on February 28th. The agenda was to start negotiations between the body and the Council of the European Union and
News • Bitcoin • Feb 25, 2022
China announced an amendment that will allow the courts to jail those found guilty of raising funds via “virtual currency”. China has banned crypto-based fundraising since 2017 and has amended this Criminal Law to increase the punishment to jail sentences which will vary from three years to over ten years
News • Bitcoin • Feb 24, 2022
On Tuesday, the Bitfury Group - one of the world’s leading Bitcoin mining technology companies - announced that they were launching a new mining center in Sarnia, Ontario. The facility is already operational and is expected to reach a capacity of 16MW by the end of February and 28MW
News • Bitcoin • Feb 23, 2022
In January, a title listed in the program for the 2022 International Solid State Circuit Conference caught a few eyes in the Bitcoin world. The title was “Bonanza Mine: An Ultra-Low-Voltage Energy-Efficient Bitcoin Mining ASIC,” and it caught a few eyes because it was being presented by technology giant, Intel.
News • Bitcoin • Feb 21, 2022On February 11th, popular cryptocurrency exchange Coinbase was notified of a possible exploit on their new Advanced Trading platform. The notification came from the pseudonymous white-hat hacker “Tree of Alpha,” who received a $250k bug bounty, the largest ever awarded by Coinbase. According to a blog posted by Coinbase on
News • Bitcoin • Feb 20, 2022