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Bitcoin Mining Pools Attack When Threatened, Study Finds

Researchers have investigated the conditions under which bitcoin mining pools will attack one another or co-exist peacefully.

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MegaBigPower: 2014 Was a Game Changer for Bitcoin Mining

MegaBigPower's Dave Carlson looks back at the changes to bitcoin mining in 2014, and predicts what the next year will bring.

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Court Strikes Down FTC Request for More Butterfly Labs Oversight

Embattled bitcoin mining hardware company Butterfly Labs is back in business, following a federal court ruling on Friday.

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Uncertainty Builds as Alpha Technology Misses Another Shipping Deadline

Alpha Technology, which took deposits for its litecoin ASIC miners in January, has been investigated by Manchester police.

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BitFury CEO: We're Not a Bitcoin Mining Company

BitFury CEO Valery Vavilov speaks to CoinDesk about the company's larger goals, the structure of its operations and its role in the bitcoin ecosystem.

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Bitcoin Price Decline Sparks Rare Mining Difficulty Drop

Following a period of stagnant pricing, bitcoin mining difficulty has decreased for the first time in two years.

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BTC China's New Pool Mines 3,325 BTC in Five Weeks

BTC China's recently launched mining pool has already produced over $1.2m-worth of bitcoin, the company says.

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Spondoolies-Tech CEO Talks New ASICs and a 'Blockchain Lottery' Device

Spondoolies CEO Guy Corem talks to CoinDesk about two of the firm's upcoming mining chips and its novel 'blockchain lottery' device.

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BitFury Adds Samsung Strategy Chief to Advisor Board

BitFury has announced that president and chief strategy officer for Samsung Electronics Young Sohn has joined its advisory board.

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The Blockchain Lottery: How Miners Are Rewarded

In this excerpt from the book 'Bitcoin for the Befuddled', the authors explain the process of how bitcoin miners are rewarded for their work.

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