Cryptocurrency Mining

The Dangerous Impact of Cryptocurrency Mining on the Environment

More and more people are getting into cryptocurrency mining, but how does this process affect the environment? Cryptocurrency is a digital form of exchange that makes use of a decentralized peer-to-peer network to produce, record, and send the coins over the chain. The mining process involves miners competing to solve complex computing algorithms via cryptographic...
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Ethereum’s Muir Glacier Hard Fork Reduces Block Time To 12 Seconds

Ethereum’s latest hard fork has proven beneficial for the network. As Muir Glacier upgrade completes, network statistics are generated. As per this statistics report, ETH Block mining time has reduced by 25% to only 12 seconds from 17sec. Muir Glacier hard fork had another important update for delaying the impending IceAge. As a result, the...
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No Investor Misled Over Crypto Mining Boom, Nvidia Claims

Nvidia has urged a US judge to dismiss a case brought by investors who say it misled them over crypto mining revenues. The company claims that the plaintiffs had cherry-picked information and relied on analysts who were clearly speculating on its financials. Lack Of Transparency Over Crypto-Mining Demand The case was initially brought, back in December 2018,...
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This Illegal $14 Million Crypto Racket Hijacked Chinese Internet Cafes

An illegal crypto mining operation involves hijacking multiple internet cafes, bribery and some 100 million yuan in crypto. | Source: Shutterstock Fifteen Chinese individuals have reportedly been arrested for their involvement in an illegal cryptocurrency mining operation that hijacked the bandwidth of scores of internet cafes to mine approximately 100 million yuan (nearly $14 million)...
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Capital One, 30 More Hacked For Cryptocurrency Mining

Ex-Amazon employee, arrested last month over Capital One data breach, has also been accused of hacking over 30 more companies. In addition to stealing data, Paige Thompson allegedly used the compromised servers to mine cryptocurrency. Hacking The Hand That Feeds You The FBI arrested Thompson at the end of July, concerning a massive data breach...
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Bitcoin Mining Topped $14 Billion, Experts Say It’s Very Concentrated

Photo: Shutterstock However, it shows that most of the profitability has been gathering around the last three years, where Bitcoin had reached both its most profitable and its most unprofitable price point. Although the largest fall was to somewhere around $3000 it needs to be considered that hash rate and mining complexity were up and...
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Cryptocurrency Staking: Reasons Why Crypto Staking is the New Favorite of Miners

Photo: Shutterstock When cryptocurrency mining became the talk of the crypto sphere, a lot of holders went into it without having to think about the cost of setting up the expensive equipment required to mine coins. Not only was the equipment for mining expensive, but it also generated a lot of heat whilst consuming large...
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Former Amazon Techie Accused Of Secretly Mining Cryptocurrency

The former Amazon employee who hacked the Capital One Bank has now used it’s servers to mine cryptocurrencies for herself. On August 28, the court filings revealed that the hacker Paige A. Thompson is charged for Capital One breach and for cryptojacking attempt. Basically, cryptojacking is all about crypto mining attacks. This works by installing...
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Cryptocurrency Mining Giant Bitmain Buying 600K More Crypto Miners

Bitmain Technologies, one of the Cryptocurrency mining giant announced that it has placed a new order to buy 600,000 mining machines. As per the reports, part of the machines includes the latest 7nm model, with a hashrate of 50TH/s. Based on the hashrate, Bitmain’s total hash power is expected to jump by about 50% after...
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Authorities Seize Crypto Mining Equipment from Nuclear Power Plant

Ukraine’s top law-enforcement and counterintelligence agency uncovered crypto mining equipment on site at a nuclear power plant. According to local media reports, the Security Service of Ukraine (SBU) confiscated six Radeon RX 470 GPU video cards, a motherboard, power supplies and extension cords, a USB and hard drive, and cooling units installed in the South...
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