New features of the content sharing integration between BitTorrent and TRON have been released. Decentralized internet startup TRON announced fresh details of its bid to integrate with torrent client BitTorrent in a press release Thursday, September 27, two months after the first plans went public. TRON, which acquired BitTorrent in July for an undisclosed amount, […]
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Crypto mining malware has risen by 86% in Q2, with 2.5 million new malware coin miner samples, according to a McAfee Labs report. The number of crypto mining malware attacks used by hackers has continued rising, with total samples growing by 86% in the second quarter of 2018, according to the latest threat report by […]
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China’s crypto mining giant Bitmain has filed a draft application for listing shares on the Hong Kong Stock Exchange. Chinese crypto mining giant Bitmain has filed a draft application for listing the company’s shares on the Hong Kong Stock Exchange (HKEX), according to an official application document published Wednesday, September 26. Bitmain has provided a […]
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Medicine Hat, a city in Canada, reportedly has plans in place to shut off the power to the Hut 8 crypto mining should a big heat wave occur, TheNextWeb reported. The news comes after the province of Ontario “peaked to the highest levels seen in years” in July. And the farm uses quite a bit of […]
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Press Release Hashing24.com, actively participating in Bitcoin mining business since 2012, partners up with Emercoin. The cooperation will ensure the secured and effective mining of world-famed Bitcoin and Ethereum cryptocurrencies using the best solutions developed on SSL-certificates such as password-free authorization. Emercoin’s authentication system – emerSSL – is based on client SSL certificates that provide both client authentication and […]
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Open Mineral, a Swiss trading platform for metal concentrates is bringing together a blockchain consortium to improve mineral supply chains, including trading and logistics. According to Reuters, Open Mineral will collaborate with ConsenSys, a US blockchain startup. Together they will establish Minerac, to optimize mineral trading and supply chains. According to Boris Eykher, CEO of […]
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Bitcoin mining rig company, MyRig, formerly BitmainWarranty, confirmed that the Halong DragonMint T1 miner uses 10nm Samsung chips, according to a recent tweet. Now Dragon Flying (Shipping), this is what powers @halongmining DragonMint T1. Yes Samsung and Yes 10nm. i'm sure someone had seen some news in the past about it from big foundry about […]
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As we reported last month, cryptocurrency developers try to optimize their blockchains for standard computer equipment, to discourage large entities from cornering the market in mining their coins. Monero may hard fork to reject a Bitmain ASIC, and the developers of Ethereum have been trying to keep it ASIC-resistant. Bytom is embracing ASICs and the […]
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