F2Pool

Market Wrap: Bitcoin Steadying Around $52K, Ether Surges on Rising Institutional Interest

Bitcoin and ether continue to rise, but that could create problems for overheated derivatives markets.

Markets  ·  18 February 2021

Minority Mining Pools Threaten to Collude Against Contentious Ethereum Update

A small band of Ethereum miners are trying to pick off larger mining pools’ subscribers in a bid to shoot down EIP 1559.

Tech  ·  21 January 2021
Bitcoin Miners

Bitcoin Miners Aren’t Responsible for Recent Price Dips, Data Shows

Analysts and mining pools say selling pressure from mining wallets hasn't contributed to recent corrections in bitcoin's price.

Markets  ·  14 January 2021
Ethereum Mining

Linzhi Begins Rollout of Long-Awaited Ethereum Miner ‘Phoenix’

Linzhi’s “Phoenix” Ethereum ASIC miner is three times more powerful than other machines on the market, as well as more energy efficient.

Tech  ·  21 December 2020
Bitcoin Mining

Bitcoin Hashrate Rebounds as Asian Miners Bring Machines Back Online

After moving machines out of Sichuan, miners are bringing ASICs back online.

Markets  ·  11 November 2020
Bitcoin Mining

Miners’ Bitcoin Holdings Reach Two-Year High to Almost 2M

The recent upward trend began in September 2019.

Markets  ·  27 August 2020
Bitcoin

How Bitcoin’s Price Slump Is Changing the Geography of Mining

Although China remains the leading region for bitcoin mining, the coronavirus downturn is changing the picture in other geographies.

Tech  ·  30 March 2020
Bitcoin Mining

600K Bitcoin Miners Shut Down in Last 2 Weeks, F2Pool Founder Estimates

Between 600,000 and 800,000 bitcoin miners have shut down since mid-November amid declines in price and hashrate across the network, F2pool's founder estimates.

Business  ·  26 November 2018
Bitcoin

F2Pool Reneges: Bitcoin Pool Pulls Segwit2x Support Over Hard Fork

Controversial scaling proposal, Segwit2x has lost Chinese mining pool, F2Pool's support over its timeline for a 2MB hard fork.

Tech  ·  31 August 2017
Litecoin

Litecoin Sees Spike in Support for Scaling Solution SegWit

A controversial bitcoin scaling solution is seeing increased interest on another alternative blockchain network.

Tech  ·  3 April 2017