Colin Harper, Blockspace Media

Colin writes about Bitcoin. Formerly, he worked at CoinDesk as a tech reporter and Luxor Technology Corp. as head of research. Now, he is the Editor-in-Chief of Blockspace Media, and he also freelances for CoinDesk, Forbes and Bitcoin Magazine. He holds bitcoin.

Colin Harper, Blockspace Media

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Oil and Gas Miner Teams With Canadian Tech Firm for Green Bitcoin Mining

Fortress Technology hopes to increase its hashrate nearly tenfold through the partnership.

Teeside Industries as U.K.'s Record Rebound Leaves it Behind Others

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Marathon Patent Mined 196 Bitcoin in Q1, Sees Having 100K+ Miners Online by Early 2022

Marathon’s ASIC spending spree is one of many, and it could signal that bitcoin’s hashrate will hit new highs still this year.

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Tech

Bitcoin's Lightning Network Now Has 10K Active Nodes and $69M in Locked Value

The network has quietly grown by a factor of two over the past year, with everyday users and major exchanges embracing the scaling technology.

A visualization of all public node connections on the Lightning Network.

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Decentralized DNS Project Handshake Patches Inflation Bug

Given its severity, the team had to coordinate with miners to fix the flaw with an emergency soft fork.

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Publicly Traded Fintech Firm Agrees to Acquire Chinese Mining Farm for $9M

Future FinTech's buy is in line with the legacy finance and tech sector taking increasing interest in bitcoin of late.

The Sichuan region of China is rich in cheap hydro power.

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‘Blockchain Recovery’ Scam Is Posing as a Legit Firm, UK FCA Warns

The “clone” firm has been emailing and cold-calling investors and using the real company’s Firm Reference Number with a fake name, the regulator said.

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FinCEN Names Former Chainalysis Advisor Acting Director as Blanco Resigns

Governments are becoming increasingly interested in crypto transaction surveillance, as FinCEN's hire suggests.

Michael Mosier will leave FinCEN for a new opportunity.

Tech

Bitcoin Mining Difficulty Hits All-Time High as Delayed ASIC Shipments Come Online

The adjustment, spurred forth by fleets of newly booted ASICs, could be a harbinger of even larger difficulty increases in the coming year.

Bitcoin just got harder to mine.

Tech

Liquality Adds New 1-Click Pay Feature, Looks Toward Bitcoin DeFi

The wallet's new feature comes soon after it integrated RSK in an effort to bring more decentralized finance options to bitcoin users.

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