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Ethereum Block Count Spikes as Difficulty Bomb Diffuses on Schedule

Block creation numbers on the ethereum blockchain are back on the rise after a successful roll out of the Constantinople and St. Petersburg hard forks.

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Bitcoin Miners Are Investing Again, Expecting a Cheap Power Boom Soon

Bitcoin miners in China are betting that abundant water this summer will make their business profitable again.

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Electroneum Launches $80 Smartphone That Rewards Users With Crypto

Blockchain startup Electroneum has just launched a dirt-cheap Android smartphone that mines cryptocurrency in the cloud.

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Validators Create New Attack Vectors for Decentralized Systems

Bounty0x CMO Pascal Thellman discusses some of the potential security and incentives issues with validators on proof-of-stake networks.

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51% Attacks for Rent : The Trouble with a Liquid Mining Market

As the global pool of hashing power grows more liquid, arbitrageurs may see a financial incentive in "rent-a-miner" attacks.

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Sparkpool to Freeze Mysterious 2,100 Ether Mining Payout for Now

Mining pool Sparkpool says it's temporarily freezing an unusually high mining payout worth $300,000 in case it was sent in error.

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Mining Giant Bitmain Posts $500 Million Loss in IPO Financial Filing

Cryptocurrency mining and manufacturing giant Bitmain lost about $500 million in the third quarter of 2018, CoinDesk has learned.

Jihan Wu

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Bitmain Announces New, More Efficient 7nm Bitcoin Mining Chip

Bitmain Technologies has announced a new 7nm bitcoin mining processor that it says offers a big boost in energy efficiency.

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8 Illicit Crypto-Mining Windows Apps Removed From Microsoft Store

Eight apps have been removed from Microsoft's app store after Symantec found they could illicitly mine cryptocurrency.

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Nvidia Says Crypto Drop-Off Helped Drive 'Disappointing' Fourth Quarter

Graphics card maker Nvidia has said the downturn in sales to crypto miners drove a drop in revenue in Q4, despite a record year overall.

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