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CEX.IO Slow to Respond as Fears of 51% Attack Spread

As Ghash.io’s hashrate approaches 51% there has been no word from the pool's operating exchange, CEX.IO.

By Roop GillJun 13, 2014

SecondMarket's Barry Silbert and senior Facebook engineer Jason Prado led the funding round in the mining-focused company.

By Emily SpavenJun 12, 2014

The vast amounts of computing power going into mining bitcoin could be used for other purposes too, say researchers.

By Danny BradburyJun 10, 2014

By entering Chapter 11 bankruptcy, HashFast will now work with its creditors and seek a restructuring of its debt.

By Stan HigginsJun 10, 2014

The document reveals more details about the RockerBox ASIC behind the company's SP-30 unit, "the most powerful miner available".

$2 million in bitcoin can now buy you a real-life mining operation in Yukon, Canada.

By Pete RizzoJun 6, 2014

Bitcoin mining hardware producer CoinTerra has revealed it has a backlog of around 200 refund requests to process.

By Emily SpavenJun 6, 2014

A National Science Foundation (NSF) researcher has been blacklisted after mining bitcoin without authorization.

By Pete RizzoJun 5, 2014

KnCMiner says the Titan will deliver near 400 MH/s, adding that the ASIC's tape-out is now complete.

Secretary Jason Kander has shut down a local bitcoin mining hardware company, citing a number of concerns.