John McAfee Raises $2.4 Million to Expand Bitcoin Mining Operation
Cybersecurity entrepreneur John McAfee’s company just raised $2.4 million to help build a new bitcoin mine.
50 Blocks to SegWit: Bitcoin’s Coming Upgrade Is a Blockchain Game-Changer
SegWit will finally activate on bitcoin today after years of debate. But, what exactly is the code change and what does it enable?
WikiHow Users Can Now Secure Their Online Identities with Civic
Blockchain-driven digital identity fraud firm Civic has partnered up with wikiHow to provide its user base with login security. The partnership will mean that around 150 million monthly wikiHow users will now able to use Civic’s identity platform to log in securely with a verified identity, without needing a username and password. Vinny Lingham, CEO […]
Russian Real Estate Firm Experiments With Selling a Luxury Mansion for Bitcoin
The Russian real estate firm Kalinka Group has announced that once of its clients is selling his luxurious home for bitcoins. The 4200 square foot country mansion is located in the village of Nikolino, situated in a fashionable neighborhood off the Rublevo-Upenskoe highway. According to the Kalinka Group, this is the first time in the […]
Why Bcash Mining Shouldn’t Affect Bitcoin Much (But Bitcoin Mining Could Ruin Bcash)
For the past couple of days, Bitcoin Cash (Bcash or BCH) was more profitable to mine than Bitcoin (BTC). This has resulted in miners switching from Bitcoin to Bcash, causing a significant speedup of blocks on the Bcash chain, to the point where several dozens of blocks were found per hour. Meanwhile, the Bitcoin blockchain […]
$10.4 Million: In-Game Item Exchange DMarket Raises New Funds in ICO
Virtual goods marketplace DMarket has raised more than $10 million in an ICO.
AMD Releases Beta Graphics Driver for Better Cryptocurrency Mining
A few days ago, AMD released the “Radeon Software Crimson ReLive Edition Beta for Blockchain Compute” driver. According to the release notes on the tech giant’s website, the software optimizes the performance for “Blockchain Compute Workloads,” thereby boosting the efficiency of cryptocurrency mining rigs that are using a GPU for mining (eg., Ethereum mining rigs). […]
Bitcoin Cash Wins Mining Power as Price Falls Back Below $600
Bitcoin Cash just reached a difficulty adjustment
Take Two: Bitcoin Miner BTCS Announces New Merger Deal
BTCS, the publicly traded bitcoin miner, is moving toward a new merger, SEC filings reveal.
More Than $7 Million Was Invested in DMarket during the First 24 Hours of Token Sale
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