William Foxley

Will Foxley is the host of The Mining Pod and publisher at Blockspace Media. A former co-host of CoinDesk's The Hash, Will was the director of content at Compass Mining and a tech reporter at CoinDesk.

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Markets

Valid Points: Forget Staking, There Are Still Coins to Be Mined on PoW Ethereum

Ethereum miners are making investments to maximize profits before mining becomes obsolete and gets replaced by validating on Ethereum 2.0.

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Tech

Linzhi Begins Rollout of Long-Awaited Ethereum Miner 'Phoenix'

Linzhi’s “Phoenix” Ethereum ASIC miner is three times more powerful than other machines on the market, as well as more energy efficient.

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Finance

Robot Ventures, Others Back 'Crypto Stripe' Flexa in $6M Raise

The crypto payment provider has raised $6 million from a private sale of its AMP token used for its new backend.

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Tech

Web 3.0 Infrastructure Blockchain 'The Graph' Now Live on Ethereum

The Graph seeks to create usable decentralized indexes and API feeds for blockchain-based projects through its own blockchain and native token GRT.

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Tech

Over $20K? Why Is Bitcoin Worth Anything at All?

Bitcoin’s price continues to climb, BTC is leaving exchanges, and bitcoin "whale" sightings are becoming more frequent. But the question remains, why?

BITCOIN ACADEMY: "Free market" economists were central to the development of Bitcoin. From left to right: Carl Menger, Ludwig von Mises, FA Hayek and Murray Rothbard.

Tech

Valid Points: The Four Keys to Unlocking Ethereum 2.0, Explained

Staking services on Ethereum 2.0 come in two flavors: custodial and noncustodial. Their difference comes down to who's holding what keys.

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Tech

Valid Points: Ethereum 2.0 Soars Past 1M ETH Staked

Over $700 million worth of ether is now locked into Ethereum 2.0. That’s roughly 1.1% of the crypto asset’s total circulating supply.

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Tech

Solana Devs Call 'All Hands on Deck' as Unknown Bug Stops Block Production

Solana, a proof-of-stake (PoS) blockchain championed by FTX CEO Sam Bankman-Fried, is "stuck" due to an unknown issue.

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Tech

$10.8M Stolen, Developers Implicated in Alleged Smart Contract 'Rug Pull'

Rogue developers seem to have rug-pulled their own project, Compounder Finance, netting some $10.8 million in funds from the project’s investors.

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Tech

Introducing Valid Points: The Risks and Rewards of Staking on Eth 2.0

Breaking down Ethereum 2.0 and its sweeping impact on crypto markets, weekly.

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