bitcoin mining
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Bitcoin, And Cryptocurrency In General, Had A Terrible November
Bitcoin, as well as smaller cryptocurrencies like XRP and ether, had a terrible November that saw $US70 ($96) billion in value wiped off the market, CNBC reported on Friday.
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City In New York Becomes First To Ban New Bitcoin Mining
The people of Plattsburgh, New York have had enough. Yesterday, the city council approved an 18-month moratorium on new cryptocurrency mining operations. The temporary ban will be used to figure out what to do with these ding dong miners using up all the electricity.
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How To Stop Pirate Bay And Other Sites From Hijacking Your CPU To Mine Cryptocoins
This past weekend, the popular torrenting site The Pirate Bay caught some flak for testing out a new system that used visitors’ CPU power to generate cryptocurrency profits for itself. This tactic has been around for years, but the high profile implementation signals that it’s probably time to start blocking this crap. Here’s how it’s…
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A Fire Took Out A Huge Bitcoin Mining Operation
It’s 2014, and this is what a mining accident looks like. A massive fire reportedly broke out at a Bitcoin mining facility in Thailand last month, devastating all three of its buildings and possibly millions of dollars in hardware. The fire might just be a wakeup call to all the startups trying to mine Bitcoin…