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Authorities in China's Inner Mongolia region plan to stop local bitcoin mining activities. According to an energy-saving plan published by the Inner Mongolia Development and Reform Commission on Feb. 25, local authorities will stop all ongoing bitcoin mining operations and prevent new ones from being established. These new
This article was originally published on Bitcoin Magazine on February 24th, 2020. The discussion on Taproot activation appears to have reached its final stage, with the remaining decision revolving around the activation parameter LOT. The code for Taproot, a proposed Bitcoin protocol upgrade for compact and privacy-preserving smart contracts, has
Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company (TSMC), the world's largest independent producer of semiconductors, is reportedly throttling its supply to bitcoin mining hardware manufacturers. Local news outlet China Money Network reported on March 5 that TSMC is limiting the access that mining hardware manufacturers have to its production output due
News • Technology • Mar 04, 2021
Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company (TSMC), the world's largest independent producer of semiconductors, is reportedly throttling its supply to bitcoin mining hardware manufacturers. Local news outlet China Money Network reported on March 5 that TSMC is limiting the access that mining hardware manufacturers have to its production output due
News • Technology • Mar 04, 2021
Authorities in China's Inner Mongolia region plan to stop local bitcoin mining activities. According to an energy-saving plan published by the Inner Mongolia Development and Reform Commission on Feb. 25, local authorities will stop all ongoing bitcoin mining operations and prevent new ones from being established. These new
News • Technology • Mar 01, 2021
This article was originally published on Bitcoin Magazine on February 24th, 2020. The discussion on Taproot activation appears to have reached its final stage, with the remaining decision revolving around the activation parameter LOT. The code for Taproot, a proposed Bitcoin protocol upgrade for compact and privacy-preserving smart contracts, has
News • Technology • Feb 24, 2021
Visa has partnered with First Boulevard, a neobank focused on the financial empowerment of the United States black community, to conduct crypto asset application programming interface (API) tests. According to a February 3rd announcement, First Boulevard will be the first bank to have access to Visa's crypto API,
News • Bitcoin • Feb 02, 2021
OKCoin announced on Friday that it will be integrating the Lightning Network to "create the best trading experience for [its] customers." The Lightning Network is Bitcoin's leading scaling solution that allows Bitcoin users to send transactions near-instantly and at negligible cost. The feature is not live
News • Bitcoin • Jan 22, 2021
Bitcoin nears the end of a tumultuous week as it recovers from a sudden dive below $30,000 after an inaccurate interpretation of a routine event snowballed into claims that the entire Bitcoin blockchain had been compromised. A Storm in a Teacup The focus was on a chain reorganization, or
News • Bitcoin • Jan 21, 2021
Bitcoin transactions may be taking longer to clear and cost more than usual for some, but that may be because the network is handling more than it has in a long time. According to data from monitoring resource transactionfee.info, this month has seen Bitcoin process a record number of
News • Bitcoin • Jan 19, 2021
United Kingdom-based Bitcoin exchange CoinCorner has become the latest major trading platform to support the Lightning Network. Traders can now use Lightning via CoinCorner’s website, with a mobile implementation in the works. CoinCorner Seamlessly Launches Lightning Support Lightning, which allows Bitcoin users to send transactions near-instantly and at negligible
News • Business • Jan 07, 2021