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New York's Governor Signs 2-Year Ban on New Proof-of-Work Mining

New York's Gov. Kathy Hochul signed into law Tuesday a two-year moratorium on new permits for proof-of-work (PoW) cryptocurrency mining. "The Hash" panel discusses the latest in crypto regulation and what this means for the mining community.

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Miner Chandler Guo Makes the Case for Backing Ethereum’s Fork

SEC’s plans for proof-of-stake regulation make Ethereum’s PoW fork even more attractive, says Chandler Guo. This story and other news shaping the cryptocurrency world in this episode of “The Daily Forkast.”

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Miner Chandler Guo Expects 90% of PoW Miners Will Go Bankrupt

Some miners have turned to a proof-of-work (PoW) fork of Ethereum so they can continue mining. Chandler Guo, one of the fork's strongest advocates, explains why he thinks only 10% of miners using PoW to mine ETHPoW (the token of the Ethereum Merge fork) or ETC (the token of Ethereum Classic) will ultimately survive.

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Polygon Co-Founder Addresses Ethereum Proof-of-Work Fork

Ethereum's proof-of-work fork will occur 24 hours following the Merge, according to a thread posted by Twitter account @EthereumPoW. Polygon co-founder Sandeep Nailwal explains why serious ecosystems aren't focused on the PoW fork.

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PoW Fork supported?; Making DeFi better

Why are some exchanges backing an ETH PoW fork? And how can we build better DeFi protocol? The answers to those questions and other news shaping the cryptocurrency world in this episode of "The Daily Forkast."

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Chandler Guo on Ethereum Mining: It’s ‘Hard Work’

Ethereum miners will likely face an abrupt change after the network moves to a proof-of-stake (PoS) consensus mechanism from a proof-of-work (PoW) system. Prominent Ethereum miner Chandler Guo shares his insights into the mining business and why it’s “very hard work.”

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Chandler Guo Needs to Organize 'a Lot of People' for Ethereum Fork

Ethereum miner Chandler Guo supported Ethereum Classic (ETC), and now he supports ETHW, the potential native asset of the Ethereum Proof-of-Work (ETHPoW) fork. Guo weighs in on the similarities and differences between the two forks and why this time around, it's more "difficult."

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Can Lasers Make Bitcoin Mining More Eco Friendly?

As part of CoinDesk’s Mining Week coverage, CoinDesk’s George Kaloudis presents a study suggesting that lasers could be used to create an “optical proof-of-work” consensus, potentially increasing the accessibility of mining and reducing energy consumption.

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Mineros de Ethereum hacen una apuesta multimillonaria por el retraso de las actualizaciones

Los principales fabricantes de equipamiento minero, como Bitmain, están construyendo herramientas más especializadas para la minería de Ethereum.

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Ethereum Miners Make Multimillion-Dollar Bet on Upgrade Delay

Major mining machine makers like Bitmain are building more specialized machines for Ethereum mining.

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