What if Bitcoin was faster and had cheaper transactions? Recent Bitcoin scalability issues and the subsequent fork show that Bitcoin is still far from being a flawless cryptocurrency.
People are talking about Bitcoin hard fork that happened yesterday, the August 1st. Each news website covers certain aspects of this event. Some talk about Bitcoin getting a
If you’ve been following me for some time, you’ve noticed that I talk a lot about modern cryptocurrencies and how they evolve over time. The cryptocurrency market is
2012 is long gone and cryptocurrency mining now requires GPU rigs and/or ASIC’s to be profitable. There was a time when Bitcoin could be mined using a PC,
You are probably familiar with GPU and CPU mining. There are also ASICS that are specialized in one single algorithm. The cryptocurrency world requires a lot of hash
As announced in this Bitcointalk thread, Minexcoin successfully completed its first stage of development and it now became open for the public. The coin was developed by a
PandaMiner is a new company that started manufacturing mining gear in 2016. They aren’t as popular as Bitmain, but their outlook is promising. PandaMiner decided to get into
Genesis Mining is a company that rents hashrate to their customers. For a reasonable fee, they allow you to mine your favorite altcoins without the need to have
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