Mining


Tech

Minority Mining Pools Threaten to Collude Against Contentious Ethereum Update

A small band of Ethereum miners are trying to pick off larger mining pools’ subscribers in a bid to shoot down EIP 1559.

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Policy

The US Can Make Bitcoin Mining Greener

With companies like Square announcing environment-focused mining initiatives, the U.S. can take the lead in reducing bitcoin's carbon impact.

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Finance

Nvidia May Restart Production of Crypto Mining GPUs if Demand Sufficient

Selling dedicated crypto cards would alleviate pressure on Nvidia's consumer models.

GPUs set up for cryptocurrency mining.

Finance

Babel Finance Is Letting Crypto Mining Firms Use Machines as Loan Collateral

A clever way for bitcoin miners to get better loan terms.

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Markets

Kentucky Bill Seeks to Lure Crypto Miners With Tax Breaks

Reps. Rudy and Freeland's bill would exempt crypto miners from paying either Kentucky sales or excise tax.

Kentucky state Capitol

Finance

Bitcoin Miner Marathon Patent Group Completes $200M Capital Raise

Nasdaq-listed Marathon said it will use the funds to pay for recent hardware purchases from Bitmain and to expand its business.

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Markets

Russian Oil Drilling Giant Opens a Crypto Mining Farm Run on Gas Energy

Gazpromneft, a subsidiary of Russian oil and gas giant Gazprom, is opening a bitcoin mining venue on one of its oil drilling sites.

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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

US Bitcoin Mining Firm Core Scientific to Triple Capacity With Massive 59,000-Machine Order

U.S. blockchain and AI infrastructure provider Core Scientific has expanded its fleet of state-of-the-art crypto miners to over 77,000.

Core Scientific's mining facility in Calvert City, Ky. (CoinDesk archives)