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Major Bitcoin Cash Miners Propose A Controversial Development Fund

27 Jan 2020 3 minute read 4 comments MinerUpdate

This Miner Insights piece was originally published in crypto mining publication MinerUpdate. Subscribe here for the latest updates. A controversial soft fork forcing miners to forgo a portion of their block reward to fund development on the Bitcoin C...

New York Crypto Mining Farm Coinmint Set to Dissolve?

21 Jan 2020 2 minute read 0 comments MinerUpdate

This Miner Insights piece was originally published in crypto mining publication MinerUpdate. Subscribe here for the latest updates. An ongoing dispute between the two partners who hold equal shares in multi-cryptocurrency mining company Coinmint has...

How will the Bitcoin ASIC Manufacturer Market Evolve in 2020?

16 Jan 2020 6 minute read 9 comments MinerUpdate

This Miner Insights piece was originally published in crypto mining publication MinerUpdate. Subscribe here for the latest updates. Bitmain’s dominance waned while Canaan succeeded in listing publicly in 2019. As 2020 progresses, we analyse the compe...

Is the Antminer S9 Era Over?

10 Jan 2020 2 minute read 5 comments MinerUpdate

This Miner Insights piece was originally published in crypto mining publication MinerUpdate. Subscribe here for the latest updates. AN UNUSUAL PATTERN WHICH APPEARED IN THE BITCOIN NONCE VALUE DISTRIBUTION IN 2016 HAS RECENTLY DISAPPEARED. WITH ANTMI...

Dominant Theories As Bitcoin Halving 2020 Approaches

3 Jan 2020 7 minute read 37 comments MinerUpdate

This Miner Insights piece was originally published in crypto mining publication MinerUpdate. Subscribe here for the latest updates. The 2020 Bitcoin halving was one of the most discussed topics over the past year. MinerUpdate reviews the dominant the...

Ethereum Approaches Muir Glacier Hard Fork Upgrade

1 Jan 2020 1 minute read 15 comments MinerUpdate

This Miner Insights piece was originally published in crypto mining publication MinerUpdate. Subscribe here for the latest updates. Ethereum is scheduled to implement a second hard fork in the space of a month as block times rise faster than original...

Chinese Company Valarhash Launches Mining Products Linked to 9% of Bitcoin Hash Rate

20 Dec 2019 1 minute read 0 comments MinerUpdate

This insight piece was originally published in crypto mining publication MinerUpdate. Subscribe here for the latest updates. A recently launched Chinese company has burst onto the Bitcoin mining scene with several services that link the company to ov...

Majority of Bitcoin Miners Profitable at Current Prices According to CoinShares Research

16 Dec 2019 4 minute read 3 comments MinerUpdate

This insight piece was originally published in MinerUpdate. Subscribe here for the latest updates. CoinShares publish their latest research report analysing the state of the Bitcoin mining industry. In addition to a higher share of hash rate in China...

Bitmain Unveils New Strategies At Chengdu Event

13 Dec 2019 3 minute read 1 comment MinerUpdate

This insight piece was originally posted in MinerUpdate.com. Subscribe here for the latest updates. Bitmain introduces new options to existing customers at an exclusive Chengdu event as competition intensifies in the Bitcoin ASIC business. Fastblock...

CPU Mining Dominates Monero Since RandomX Upgrade

11 Dec 2019 1 minute read 5 comments MinerUpdate

This article was originally published in MinerUpdate.com. Monero hash rate more than doubles after upgrading to the RandomX mining algorithm with significant efficiency gains for CPU miners. One mining pool notes a greater amount of Monero mining fro...