Mining Pools

Ethereum

Bitmain’s BTC.com Is Launching an Ethereum Mining Pool

BTC.com will now offer ethereum and ethereum classic mining pools, as well as a block explorer, the company announced Thursday.

Markets  ·  30 August 2018
Bitcoin

Honeyminer Signs Up 50K Users for Easy Crypto Mining App

Crypto newbies from around the world are now using their old laptops to earn bitcoin, according to statistics from the firm.

Business  ·  10 August 2018
Bitcoin

Meet Honeyminer: The App That Lets You Earn Bitcoin With a Laptop Again

Honeyminer's downloadable app isn't the most profitable way to mine cryptocurrency, but it may be one of the easiest methods to date.

Business  ·  24 July 2018
Investments

Bitcoin Miner BTCC to Sell Stake in Pool for $17 Million

BTCC's mining pool has provisionally agreed to sell a large portion of its equity to a Hong Kong-based financial service firm for $17 million.

Markets  ·  25 June 2018
Bitcoin

Cisco Claims New Patent Could Apply to Bitcoin Mining

A Cisco patent suggests that internet customers would be able to create a distributed mining pool through a proprietary cloud application.

Business  ·  25 April 2018
Bitcoin

North Carolina Orders Crypto Mining Firm to Halt Share Sale

North Carolina deems passive mining pool "shares" are unregistered securities.

Policy & regulation  ·  6 March 2018
Mining

Antpool Adds Support for Siacoin Mining Amid Bitmain Miner Launch

AntPool adds support for the siacoin token, as the mining pool's parent firm, Bitmain, launches a device that can mine it.

Tech  ·  18 January 2018
Bitcoin

Lightning’s Next Act: Decentralizing Bitcoin Mining?

Could the same mechanisms used in the Lightning Network have the unintended benefit of also decentralizing mining?

Tech  ·  8 September 2017
Bitcoin

Monopoly-Resistant Mining? Paper Claims Bitcoin Centralization Fears Overblown

A new paper suggests bitcoin mining may naturally resist centralization – a finding with potential implications for the long simmering scaling debate.

Tech  ·  1 September 2017
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
Bitcoin

It’s Official: Segregated Witness Will Activate on Bitcoin

Passing a key threshold on Wednesday, the bitcoin network will soon be upgraded with a long in-development code change.

Tech  ·  8 August 2017
Bitcoin

SegWit Lock-In: What the Tech Milestone Means for Bitcoin

SegWit is on par to lock-in today. Miners are embracing the scaling upgrade, but there's still time before users are able to take advantage.

Tech  ·  8 August 2017
Bitcoin

Bitcoin Cash Block Production Accelerates as Mining Difficulty Adjusts

After a few difficulty adjustments, blocks on the bitcoin cash blockchain are now being mined more steadily.

Tech  ·  4 August 2017
Exchanges

Startups Brace for Bitcoin Cash Fork in Wave of Policy Updates

Industry startups face tricky decisions as a new cryptocurrency, Bitcoin Cash, moves to split off from the main bitcoin network next week.

Business  ·  29 July 2017
Bitcoin

ViaBTC Claims Neutrality Ahead of Bitcoin Cash’s Likely Launch

A controversial mining pool arguably at the center of bitcoin's upcoming Bitcoin Cash fork is opening up about its position and global perception.

Tech  ·  29 July 2017