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Mining
SBI Holdings Latest Crypto Venture Will See It Make Mining Chips
Japan's SBI Holdings has teamed with an unnamed “large” semiconductor firm in the U.S. to make crypto mining chips and systems.

Bitmain Set to Deploy $80 Million Worth of Bitcoin Miners, Sources Say
Bitmain, the largest manufacturer of crypto mining equipment, is scaling up its capacity to mine bitcoin itself.

Avalon Miner Maker Canaan Raises ‘Hundreds of Millions’ in New Funding
Canaan Creative, the maker of Avalon miners, has closed a significant funding round, valuing the firm at over $1 billion, according to a report.

Mining Pool Splits $300K Ether Fee With Accidental Sender
Ethereum mining pool Sparkpool has verified the accidental sender of an unusually high miners' fee and agreed to split the amount.

Ethereum's ProgPoW Proposal: An Expensive Game of Whack-a-Mole
Ethereum's ProgPoW proposal may appear to minimize the ASIC advantage, but it isn't as democratizing as claimed, argue Dovey Wan and Martina Long.

Ethereum Block Count Spikes as Difficulty Bomb Diffuses on Schedule
Block creation numbers on the ethereum blockchain are back on the rise after a successful roll out of the Constantinople and St. Petersburg hard forks.

Bitcoin Miners Are Investing Again, Expecting a Cheap Power Boom Soon
Bitcoin miners in China are betting that abundant water this summer will make their business profitable again.

Electroneum Launches $80 Smartphone That Rewards Users With Crypto
Blockchain startup Electroneum has just launched a dirt-cheap Android smartphone that mines cryptocurrency in the cloud.

Validators Create New Attack Vectors for Decentralized Systems
Bounty0x CMO Pascal Thellman discusses some of the potential security and incentives issues with validators on proof-of-stake networks.

51% Attacks for Rent : The Trouble with a Liquid Mining Market
As the global pool of hashing power grows more liquid, arbitrageurs may see a financial incentive in "rent-a-miner" attacks.
