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Mining New Bitcoin Is More Difficult Than Ever. Here's How it Could Impact BTC Prices

The next difficulty adjustment is expected to decrease mining difficulty, potentially relieving some pressure on miners.

Bitcoin sculpture made from scrap metal outside the BitCluster mining farm in Norilsk, Russia. (BitCluster)

Tech

BRC-20 Marketplace, Creator Take Opposing Positions on Proposed Network Upgrade

BRC-20 marketplace UniSat said it will follow a proposed change in the token standard that has met with opposition from Domo, the pseudonymous creator of BRC-20.

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Finance

Price, Not Intrinsic Value, Is the True Measure of Bitcoin’s Success

Many financial advisors cite lack of intrinsic value as a case against bitcoin. But demand and global adoption, evidenced by bitcoin's steadily increasing price, are what they should be paying attention to.

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We're Experimenting With What Is Possible for Bitcoin: Luxor Technologies CEO

Independent developer Udi Wertheimer claims he minted a giant image of what appears to be a bald, bearded wizard donning sunglasses and promoting “magic internet JPEGs” on the Bitcoin blockchain via the Ordinals protocol. The block that minted the non-fungible token (NFT) was mined by bitcoin mining firm Luxor Technologies, which said it was “the largest Bitcoin block” ever mined. Luxor Technologies CEO Nick Hansen joins the conversation. Plus, insights into the bitcoin mining services firm starting the industry's first unified marketplace for new mining machines so buyers and sellers can directly connect through a request-for-quote system.

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Market Wrap: Bitcoin Hits Two-Month High After Late-Day Surge

Bitcoin hits its highest level since mid May and has risen more than 15% over the past week.

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Finance

Elliptic Is Mapping Bitcoin Stolen From 2016 Bitfinex Hack

New research from blockchain analytics firm Elliptic asks whether zkSNACKs, the firm behind bitcoin privacy wallet Wasabi, is turning a blind eye to stolen coins.

A number of firms track asset flows on the Bitcoin blockchain.

Markets

In Echo of Bitcoin's Genesis, Mining Pool Embeds Reuters Headline on the Blockchain

Slush Pool has immortalized a potentially iconic Reuters headline on the Bitcoin blockchain.

Reuters headline embedded in Bitcoin's blockchain

Markets

Coinbase Moves to Cut Blockchain Load With Bitcoin Batching

The San Francisco-based cryptocurrency exchange has started grouping multiple bitcoin transactions together to benefit both users and the blockchain.

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Markets

Tiny $217 Options Trade on Bitcoin Blockchain Could Be Wall Street's Death Knell

Skew., a startup led by an ex-JPMorgan trader, is trying to prove that bitcoin’s blockchain works better than Wall Street.

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Tech

The Downside of Tracking Bitcoin on the Blockchain

Tracking funds on the blockchain may help catch crooks, but such snooping undermines one of the most important characteristics of money: Fungibility.

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