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Tech

Bitmain Says New Liquid Cooling Miner Is its Most Power-Efficient Model to Date

The S19 XP Hyd. will deliver 255 TH/s at 20.8 J/T.

Bitmain's new Antminer S19 XP Hyd. (Bitmain)

Finance

Coinbase to Integrate Ledger’s Hardware Wallets

The move will give the exchange’s users another way to hold their crypto.

Ledger Nano S hard wallet. (Motokoka/Wikimedia Commons)

Markets

Honor Releases First Snapdragon Smartphone With Digital Yuan Wallet

The PBoC has been pushing for hardware applications of the digital yuan.

People's Bank of China

Markets

UK Man Offers Council $72M if He Finds Discarded Bitcoin Trove at Landfill

The town of Newport in Wales could get a hefty reward if the treasure is found in the trash.

treasure, gold

Tech

The Rise of ASICs: A Step-by-Step History of Bitcoin Mining

The machines that maintain the Bitcoin network have undergone rapid technological development. Here's a detailed look at that evolution and at what might lie ahead.

Photo courtesy of DMG Blockchain

Tech

Hardware Is Hard: Two Blockchain Devices Win Plaudits at CES 2020

A blockchain-secured smartphone and home security camera won Innovation Awards at the annual trade show in Las Vegas. But don’t call the startups behind them hardware companies.

CES visitors check out IoTeX's camera and Pundi X's phone in the Innovation Awards section. (Photo by Brady Dale for CoinDesk)

Markets

The Elk Is a Tiny Prototyping Board for Building Blockchain-Connected Devices

Elk aims to make it easy to connect hardware devices to blockchains and control electronic components or accept payments.

Elk board

Markets

The Creator of Proof-of-Stake Thinks He Finally Figured It Out

Pseudonymous developer Sunny King, the creator of proof-of-stake, has a new approach for the consensus mechanism – and it revolves around hardware.

keyboard

Markets

Sony Patent Filings Hint at Work on Crypto Mining Hardware

Japanese technology giant Sony wants to patent two approaches to hosting and maintaining blockchains, newly published documents show.

Sony

Markets

Silicon Blockchain: Intel's Distributed Ledger Strategy Is All About Hardware

Upending the narrative that software is key in the blockchain space, Intel details its years-long effort to link distributed ledgers to hardware.

intel, conference

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