Hive Secures an Order for 6,500 Avalon Miners On October 29, the publicly listed firm Canaan announced the mining manufacturer has secured a follow-on purchase order from the mining operator Hive Blockchain for 6,500 units of Canaan’s next-generation Avalon mining rigs. Hive expects to increase the operation’s hashrate from 1.2 exahash per second (EH/s) to…
Polkadot and Ethereum 2.0 – Solutions Building Tomorrow
Both Ethereum 2.0 and Polkadot are promising sharding-based protocols overcoming the scalability challenges facing legacy blockchains. Although slightly different, together, the Relay Chain and Beacon Chain represent another significant leap forward, especially for interoperability. Partitioning the Problem: Sharing the Load via Sharding Scalability has been a hotly debated topic after networks bumped up against the…
Survey: 14% of Americans Want Crypto Rewards for Using Their Credit Cards
During the last few years, prepaid cards that offer cryptocurrency rewards have grown popular and a number of digital asset payment cards offer these types of rewards. This means instead of accruing frequent flyer miles or points, consumers get rewarded in crypto assets every time they make a purchase with the card. A recent study…
Bitcoin or Ethereum – Mike Tyson Asks Fans Which They Prefer
Mike Tyson, a former heavyweight boxing champion, asked his 5.6 million Twitter followers on Saturday which cryptocurrency they preferred: bitcoin or ethereum. Tyson is no new to the cryptocurrency world, having just entered the field of non-fungible token (NFT) collectibles. Iron Mike Asks His Fans: ‘Which do you prefer, Bitcoin or Ethereum?’ On Saturday, the…
Massive 70 MW Bitcoin Mining Rig Shipped to Russia
Big moves are happening within the bitcoin mining industry in Russia. An unnamed miner sent what seems to be the largest single batch of mining equipment to the country. Delivery Took Place at the End of 2020 According to Kommersant, the unknown miner shipped almost 20,000 devices on 14 trucks, which have a total power…
Indian Government Confirms Crypto Bill Is Being Finalized — Existing Laws Inadequate
The Indian government has spoken about the cryptocurrency bill again. This time, the minister of state for finance has clarified the status of the crypto bill that is expected to be introduced in parliament during the current session. Indian Ministry of Finance Clarifies Crypto Bill Status The subject of bitcoin and the cryptocurrency bill…