2022-3-26 16:52 |
In the pursuit of economic sustainability, northern Italian hydropower producers are turning to bitcoin mining.
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If the energy sector adopts bitcoin, it could be the industry to wind up pulling the trump card.
2022-3-16 06:30 | |
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Blockstream has announced Blockstream Energy, a new service that allows energy producers to maximize energy production efficiency and sell surplus electricity.
2021-8-18 20:00 | |
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Who’s Going to be a Crypto Millionaire? The producers of popular Netflix series “Queer Eye” are working on a new major TV network show — and its a bit of a doozy. A casting call, spotted by tech reporter Taylor Lorenz, outlines what the show is about.
2021-9-8 17:35 | |
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Bitcoin-inspired artist cryptograffiti has launched the open-source project to better compensate DJs and music producers directly.
2021-4-10 04:30 | |
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Bitcoin mainstream adoption is not limited to celebrities endorsing the cryptocurrency via social media or interviews on TV. The music industry is also interested in joining the bandwagon, with an independent publishing company recently enabling bitcoin payments.
2021-4-4 09:00 | |
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Local media reports indicate electricity producers in Yunnan, China’s fourth-largest province by Bitcoin hash rate, have been ordered not to provide power to crypto mines.
2020-12-1 05:37 | |
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Warren Buffett’s investment firm Berkshire Hathaway Group has invested in gold production for the first time ever. The firm purchased 20. 9 million shares of Barrick Gold Corp. , one of the larger producers of gold.
2020-8-16 21:59 | |
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In the light of recent events, Bitmain’s ownership may soon be confronted with a dramatic upturn. On June 22, Micree Zhan, one of the co-founders of Bitmain, the largest bitcoin mining chip producers in China, issued a document against his founding co-partner Jihan Wu, accusing him of illicit actions which put a threat of him […]
2020-6-23 18:45 | |
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The Ledger Nano S is one of the first and most popular hardware wallets designed by French blockchain security company, Ledger. Founded in 2014, the same year as the iconic Mt. Gox exchange hack, Ledger has always had a strong focus on fund security and has since become one of the leading hardware wallet producers in […] Ledger Nano S Review: Best-Selling Wallet, Still King in 2020? was originally found on Cryptocurrency News | Tech, Privacy, Bitcoin & Blockchain | Blokt.
2020-4-1 23:55 | |
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Utilizing stranded gas to power bitcoin mining rigs at oil and gas wells is a promising business opportunity. It is profitable for all participating parties and beneficial for the environment. Not without challenges, this young industry is growing in energy-rich North America.
2019-12-7 03:30 | |
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Consulting and auditing giant KPMG has announced the launch of KPMG Origins: a multi-purpose supply chain network for a wide variety of industries, ranging from food production to financial services for the Asia-Pacific region.
2019-11-30 14:00 | |
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The number of cryptocurrency ATMs installed worldwide has surpassed 6,000, nearly a 50% growth since the beginning of the year. The U. S. leads other countries with over 4,000 crypto ATMs, followed by Canada and the U.
2019-11-26 07:00 | |
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A nascent industry utilizing flared gas to power bitcoin mining units has been developing over the past year or so, in symbiosis with the oil and gas industry in North America. Companies providing services in this promising niche continue to install mobile datacenters at oil wells in the U.
2019-11-18 12:55 | |
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There is a growing hype surrounding the upcoming Bitcoin halving, set to occur in May 2020, about 190 days away. What this means is widely known. Every four years, the amount of Bitcoin rewarded to block producers is cut in half, a feature hard-wired into the blockchain’s architecture.
2019-11-8 17:35 | |
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Bitmain, the world’s largest Bitcoin mining hardware producers, witnessed a significant turn of events from their 2017 hay days. In the following year which was dominated by the bear markets, like many other crypto-centered service providers even Bitmain saw a plunge in demand for its products, which subsequently took a heavy toll on its cash […] The post Bitmain posts $625 million loss, hopes for a turnaround through sale of its 7nm miners appeared first on AMBCrypto.
2019-8-3 14:30 | |
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We are often told that the verification of bitcoin transactions eats a lot of energy. The largely inaccurate comparison to a small country, the size of Ireland or Denmark, is evoked thanks to numerous clickbait headlines.
2019-7-23 16:00 | |
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tZERO, a majority-owned subsidiary of Overstock. com aimed at using distributed ledger technology (DLT) to strengthen the capital markets, has joined forces with the producers of the upcoming Atari movie.
2019-7-10 15:00 | |
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By CCN Markets: Here we go again. Yet another article has surfaced taking potshots at the perceived threat of Bitcoin’s energy consumption. A recent article out of MIT Technology Review claims that: Mining Bitcoin is a hugely wasteful process.
2019-6-14 14:55 | |
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As food producers and restaurants come under scrutiny for their quality and content, blockchain has found itself in a whole new emerging market in the form of food tracking. Universally Eating Across cultures and countries, one thing that is consistent between human beings from all walks of life is food.
2019-5-22 23:00 | |
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HTC has disintegrated sales of its smartphones from major Chinese e-commerce stores after being edged out by new domestic smartphone producers in the market, as reported by South China Morning Post, May 13, 2019.
2019-5-14 13:00 | |
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The Ledger Nano S is one of the first and most popular hardware wallets designed by French blockchain security company, Ledger. Founded in 2014, the same year as the iconic Mt. Gox exchange hack, Ledger has always had a strong focus on fund security and has since become one of the leading hardware wallet producers in […] Ledger Nano S Review: Best-Selling Wallet, Still King in 2019? was originally found on Cryptocurrency News | Tech, Privacy, Bitcoin & Blockchain | Blokt.
2019-5-9 16:55 | |
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In a handful of oil fields in the Great White North, natural gas, an otherwise wasted drilling by-product, is being put to work. But it’s not being used to well more oil; it’s being used to mine bitcoin.
2019-5-8 20:07 | |
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Algeria, one of the most important producers of oil and gas in North Africa, is currently living a difficult political and economic situation. This social unrest could be a good moment to lift the ban on Bitcoin (BTC).
2019-3-31 17:38 | |
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Bitcoin mining is an industry that seeks out cheap energy sources that would often go to waste. And in some parts of North America, natural gas is becoming pretty much exactly that. The Oil Industry Produces More Gas Than It Can Handle Natural gas prices in North America have tanked.
2019-3-31 12:00 | |
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Algeria, one of North Africa’s largest producers of oil and gas, is currently going through serious political and economic turmoil. Amid the current unrest, it’s perhaps high-time for the country to reconsider its position on Bitcoin as it has proven itself as a viable alternative during times of upheaval.
2019-3-30 19:00 | |
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The 5 Most Popular Cryptocurrency ATMs In The World Even though the crypto market overall looks bearish, the increase of crypto ATMs is on the rise. However, according to research done by Coin ATM Radar, the number of crypto ATMs has surpassed 4,000.
2019-3-20 14:17 | |
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Organized by the Blockchain Infrastructure Research, the MPWR Crypto Mining Summit 2019 will take place on 12 March 2019 in Vancouver, Canada at the Pan Pacific Hotel. The premier crypto mining summit seeks to provide a platform for crypto miners, utility companies, researchers, power producers, developers, regulators, machine learning enthusiasts, and political leaders where they […]
2019-3-5 12:14 | |
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Accenture, a global professional services company in collaboration with Mastercard, Everledger, Amazon Web Services, and Mercy Corps has introduced a “circular supply chain capability” to enable consumers to reward small scale producers and bring about transparency along the supply chain, reports Newsroom on on February 25.
2019-2-28 17:00 | |
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The tumbling market has caused an upheaval in the top market cap positions. EOS, for example, has surpassed both Bitcoin Cash (BCH) and Litecoin (LTC) in terms of market capitalization. But despite being the 5th largest cryptocurrency, its network might be in jeopardy, according to a recent survey.
2018-12-18 13:00 | |
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The changing fortunes of cryptocurrencies has been the subject of much talk. The discussion invariably veers towards Bitcoin [BTC]. Although there is no doubt that the fortunes of the entire blockchain is commanded by the direction BTC takes in the market; after all, it controls over 55 percent share in terms of total capitalization. However, […]
2018-12-16 01:47 | |
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Death spiral theory subscribers argued, once Bitcoin’s price falls below its cost of mining, the incentive to mine will deteriorate, thrusting bitcoin into a death spiral. That is, without the mining activities supporting the ledger that maintains the records of who owns what.
2018-12-13 07:39 | |
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Starteos, one of the 21 block producers of the EOS blockchain has reportedly announced it would share part of its profits with users who hold its tokens, as a way of appreciating its voters, Finance Magnates reported Dec.
2018-12-6 04:00 | |
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A study that tried evaluating decentralization level of top 2 cryptocurrencies found that a blockchain designed like EOS with 21 “miners” (block producers) is more decentralized than Bitcoin and Ethereum.
2018-12-2 03:55 | |
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Honeysuckle White is giving family and friends gathering for Thanksgiving dinner this year the opportunity to talk turkey with a traceable blockchain code on more than 200,000 turkeys sold through 3,500 retailers around the U.
2018-11-23 00:52 | |
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Like Walmart with pork from China and Maersk with shipping containers, DMG Blockchain Solutions (DMG) is hoping to be the first global supply chain company to manage cannabis products on the blockchain, initially in Canada — and then around the world.
2018-10-18 19:50 | |
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Nvidia are one of the world’s largest producers of graphics card and computer chip hardware. Initially established to build products for gaming and video, Nvidia are one of the few companies who have found a demand for their products within the cryptocurrency mining community.
2018-8-22 13:00 | |
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Whenever a new idea or technology reaches a certain threshold of popularity, Hollywood is bound to make a movie out of it. Virtual reality has the Matrix trilogy, while the popularity of social networking sites such as Facebook eventually spawned “The Social Network.
2018-8-21 16:49 | |
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Crypto, an upcoming cryptocurrency-themed movie starring Kurt Russell and Alexis Bledel, is currently in post-production. The producers share their thoughts, confirming that the “overall message of the movie is positive” despite it being a thriller centered on crime and corruption.
2018-8-16 18:35 | |
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Bitmain, Chinese manufacturer of mining equipment, and Bitfinex, suspected of manipulating the bitcoin price, have become two of the 21 block producers in the EOS network, with Bitfinex being the largest one.
2018-7-5 18:30 | |
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EOS developer Block.one has announced it will begin to stake its share of tokens to vote for the network’s 21 ‘Block Producers’ (BPs), in an announcement posted yesterday, June 28. In the EOS ecosystem, EOS holders can stake their tokens to vote for so-called ‘Block Producers’ (BPs) – the equivalent of miners on the Bitcoin
2018-6-30 23:46 | |
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Daniel Larmier, the founder and technical architect of EOS, has confirmed that he wants to scrap the platform’s current constitution and build a new one. Speaking on the EOSIO Gov Telegram Channel, Larimer claimed he has doubts about the company’s current on-chain governance model and called the existing constitution “unwise.
2018-6-28 01:44 | |
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The China Center for Information Industry Development (CCID) released the second iteration of its monthly Global Public Chain Technology Evaluation Index. As part of the Ministry of Industry and Technology Information, the CCID is releasing the monthly reports on behalf of the Chinese government.
2018-6-25 21:23 | |
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Dipping cryptocurrency markets are hurting not only crypto holders but also a number of related businesses and sectors. Manufacturers of hardware that can be used in mining applications, like GPU makers Nvidia, AMD and their OEM partners, are also hit by weak demand in the sector which is pushing inventories up.
2018-6-23 03:42 | |
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Taylor Monahan, who was the co-founder of MyEtherWallet (MEW) and is the founder of MyCrypto, recently, responded to BitcoinFoundation. org founder Charlie Shrem’s concerns over EOS’s overwhelming centralization.
2018-6-22 00:46 | |
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On June 17, 2018, the 21 block producers or nodes that run the EOS network chose to freeze seven accounts that were allegedly stolen from EOS community members. According to reports, all 21 block producers unanimously decided to freeze the compromised assets but the decision was met with controversy from the EOS community, and possibly […] The post EOS Decentralization Questioned as Block Producers Freeze Accounts appeared first on Bitcoin News.
2018-6-20 18:40 | |
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According to data from EOS Authority, EOS has finally acquired the minimum votes required for its network to go live. After EOS failed to launch its platform on its projected launch date of June 2, a live-stream vote was called, where users voted “Go” to launch the blockchain network.
2018-6-15 03:10 | |
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As the effects of climate change make their mark across the globe, people are more wary of their carbon footprints and are gradually switching to renewable energy.
2018-6-13 22:17 | |
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LiquidEOS, an EOS block producer led by Bancor, has created a downloadable EOS voting tool to address a multitude of issues posed by the previous voting tool. Candidates for the role of validators or “block producers” [EOS’s equivalent of bitcoin miners] located all over the world have already voted “Go” to take the mainnet live, although […]
2018-6-12 03:22 | |
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