Grin

Privacy Coin GRIN Is Victim of 51% Attack

A 51% attack occurs when a miner (or miners) acquires more than 50% of the network's mining hash power and takes control of the network.

Markets  ·  8 November 2020

18 Months In, Few People Use, Mine or Buy Privacy Coin Grin

Despite launching with considerable fanfare in early 2019, grin, the first cryptocurrency to test privacy protocol MimbleWimble, is showing no signs of life.

Markets  ·  18 May 2020
Privacy

What’s Really Private in Crypto? Research on Grin Raises Questions

Following a report last week on the anonymity features of grin, one big question emerged: What is privacy in crypto, anyways?

Tech  ·  25 November 2019
Hard Forks

Grin Cryptocurrency Executes First Hard Fork

Wednesday's planned system upgrade for the Grin blockchain tweaked a mining algorithm.

Markets  ·  17 July 2019
Hard Forks

Privacy Crypto Grin’s First Hard Fork Planned for July

This summer will see the first network upgrade for Grin, a privacy-oriented cryptocurrency that uses the technology Mimblewimble.

Tech  ·  5 June 2019
News

Privacy Cryptocurrency Grin Receives Mysterious $300K Bitcoin Donation

The developers behind the cryptocurrency project Grin are reporting that they have received an anonymous donation of 50 BTC.

Tech  ·  7 May 2019
Mining

Grin Cryptocurrency to Discuss Change to Mining Difficulty Schedule

Grin developers are discussing potential changes to the privacy-oriented cryptocurrency's difficulty schedule.

Tech  ·  26 March 2019
Governance

Privacy Cryptocurrency Grin Votes to Fund Third Full-Time Developer

The community behind privacy-focused cryptocurrency Grin has recently decided to fund its third full-time developer.

Tech  ·  14 March 2019
Mining

Sapphire Tech Targets Grin Cryptocurrency With New GPU Miner

Sapphire Technology is launching a line of graphics cards designed for mining of the new "grin" cryptocurrency, as well as other tokens.

Tech  ·  22 January 2019
News

Grin Mining Launch Draws Interest From Deep-Pocketed Investors

Investment firms joined the fray in yesterday's launch of the privacy-focused cryptocurrency known as Grin.

Markets  ·  16 January 2019
Privacy Coins

First Grin Block Mined as Mimblewimble Privacy Crypto Goes Live

Grin, a privacy-focused cryptocurrency built on "mimblewimble" tech, has gone live on mainnet.

Tech  ·  15 January 2019
Bitcoin

The First Cryptocurrency to Use Mimblewimble Privacy Tech Is Now Live

A new privacy coin called "Beam" just launched on mainnet. It's based on the highly-regarded "mimblewimble" white paper outlining support for confidential transactions and network anonymity on a blockchain.

Tech  ·  3 January 2019
MimbleWimble

Grin and Beam: A Tale of Two Coins Being Built on Mimblewimble

Mimblewimble is about to go live – not in one, but in two new cryptocurrency implementations.

Tech  ·  21 December 2018
Mining

Grin Is Hard Forking Every Six Months to Keep ASICs Off the Network

Amid crypto's war on ASICs, the Grin community is taking a new approach – shut them out for a limited time with consistent hard forks.

Tech  ·  15 September 2018
Bitcoin

An Upcoming Cryptocurrency Is Trialling a Trio of Bitcoin Tech Advances

As grin inches toward launch, the team is incorporating three bold scalability and privacy technologies originally created for bitcoin.

Tech  ·  3 June 2018