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Motherboard Maker ASRock Confirms Plan to Sell Crypto Miners

Taiwan-based motherboard producer ASRock confirmed that some of its new GPUs are meant for cryptocurrency mining.

By Nikhilesh DeAbr 4, 2018

After weeks of speculation, Bitmain has announced an ASIC for ethereum mining, spurring the developer community into action to try and block its use.

Bitcoin mining hardware firm Bitmain unveiled its long-rumored ethereum mining tech on Monday.

By Stan HigginsAbr 3, 2018

The lightning network is under attack. But it's not money attackers are after, they say, but a robust, secure lightning network for the future.

By Alyssa HertigAbr 3, 2018

Ethereum creator Vitalik Buterin said he wrote a proposal to cap ether at 120 million tokens as an "April Fool's meta-joke" to stimulate debate.

By Nikhilesh DeAbr 2, 2018

Years of work has culminated in Bitcoin Core software getting a "coin selection" upgrade that will lower transaction fees and scale the blockchain.

By Alyssa HertigAbr 2, 2018

The creator of the world's second-largest cryptocurrency has floated a possible change to the network's long-opaque ether issuance policy.

By Pete RizzoAbr 1, 2018

IBM is breaking from enterprise blockchain norms by publicly working with cryptocurrencies in a wide range of projects.

The Singapore government is launching an innovation-boosting blockchain challenge that will reward successful projects with funding.

By Wolfie ZhaoMar 30, 2018

Monero devs think a re-released paper is causing unnecessary stir, but also believe it will help move the crypto's privacy tech forward.