April 8, 2020 Cooking Mama Developer Denies Rumours it Mines Crypto Developer 1st Playable has denied rumors its Cookstar game was used to hijack Nintendo’s Switch console to mine Bitcoin. Developer 1st Playable has denied rumors one of their games was used to hijack Nintendo’s Switch console to mine Bitcoin and other cryptocurrencies.While…
April 7, 2020 Bitfarms layoffs may trigger Domino effect in North American crypto farms Bitfarms layoffs can trigger a staff-trimming trend amongst the American crypto mining farms. North America’s biggest cryptocurrency mining farm, Bitfarms Ltd.,…
April 7, 2020 Bitcoin Cash Halving in T-Minus 16 Hours, BSV to Follow Bitcoin forks BCH and BSV will both complete their block halvings this week, roughly two days apart. Bitcoin Cash (BCH) will complete its block reward halving over the next 24 hours, with Bitcoin Satoshi’s Vision (SV) following shortly after. One…
April 7, 2020 Crypto Miner Bitfarms Cuts Costs and Reduces Staff Due to COVID-19 Crisis Canadian miner Bitfarms is temporarily reducing staff to help mitigate the spread of COVID-19 and weather the economic crisis. Publicly-listed Canadian mining and blockchain infrastructure firm Bitfarms is temporarily reducing staff, citing the economic and social toll of the COVID-19 pandemic. In…
April 6, 2020 Major Chinese Mining Pool Drops out of BTC Mining Race, Looking to Altcoins Baite, formerly one of the top Chinese mining pools, has dropped out of the BTC mining race in favor of altcoins. Although the Bitcoin hashrate has increased 33% in the last 48 hours the mining industry still faces uncertainties.…
April 6, 2020 Bitcoin Hashrate Increases ⅓ in 2 Days — Will BTC Price Follow? Bitcoin (BTC) hashrate has increased 33% in just two days while the price of Bitcoin trails behind. Bitcoin (BTC) hashrate has increased 33% in just two days while the price of Bitcoin trails behind.BTC…
April 6, 2020 Blockin Launches Bitcoin Explorer With Detailed Fee Guidance Blockin, parent company of mining pool Poolin, has launched a new blockchain explorer that will help users select the correct fee for their Bitcoin transactions. Blockin, the parent company of one of popular Bitcoin (BTC) mining pools, Poolin, is launching a new block explorer on April 6.…
April 6, 2020 Argo Blockchain Defies COVID-19, Mines Record Levels of Bitcoin in Q1 2020 Publicly-listed mining firm Argo Blockchain has broken its own records for Bitcoin mining, seemingly escaping the adverse impact of the COVID-19 pandemic. London Stock Exchange-listed mining firm Argo Blockchain has broken its own records for Bitcoin (BTC) mining, seemingly escaping the adverse impact of the COVID-19 pandemic.An…
April 6, 2020 Researchers Detect Ambitious Bitcoin Mining Malware Campaign Targeting 1,000s Daily Cybersecurity researchers have identified a persistent and ambitious campaign that targets thousands of Docker servers daily with a Bitcoin miner. Cybersecurity researchers have identified a persistent and ambitious campaign that targets thousands of Docker servers daily with a Bitcoin (BTC) miner.In…
April 5, 2020 2 year old complex crypto mining botnet identified Guardicore Labs, a cybersecurity firm says it has identified a two-year-old complex crypto mining malware. This is a malicious bot that has remained undetected in crypto mining space for over two years.…
April 5, 2020 Crypto Mining Companies Promote Freedom of Speech in China Twelve major mining companies in China launch a transparent info sharing platform to revolutionize the mining industry. The first case of COVID-19 was diagnosed by Chinese doctors in November 2019.…
April 5, 2020 Bitcoin mining industry: Can COVID-19 kill crypto mining? A popular theory has been going around the crypto sphere that the COVID-19 pandemic can kill the bitcoin mining industry.…
