Mining

With the sheer number of cryptocurrencies available to mine, cryptomining malware is becoming a popular choice for attackers.

Last year, growing problems of Bitcoin mining centralization came to light with the controversy of an AsicBoost scandal. As a largely centralized hash rate began to threaten the software’s magical property, concerns were raised that incentives at the crux of Bitcoin’s game theory had broken away.

Since the report’s publication, many leaders in the crypto community have argued that the BIS is incorrect in much of what it seems to state as fact.

This move could potentially open the company’s books to the world and allow the stock market to assign the company real-time value.

Representatives of Hydro Quebec are asking that the total amount of energy made available to digital currency miners be limited to 500 megawatts.

While many in the West often overlook Africa as an emerging blockchain innovation center, a deeper look across the continent tells a very different story.

On May 18, 2018, the inaugural ADI Cryptocurrency Mining Summit will launch as a part of Blockchain Week NYC.

The National Cyber Security Centre reports that computer users face growing threat from cryptojacking malware.

A recent FinCEN letter stakes out policy position regarding ICOs that appears somewhat inconsistent with prior guidance and could foreshadow potential avenues of enforcement.

The new Qarnot QC-1 "crypto heater" takes advantage of an obvious synergy: It makes use of the waste heat generated by mining crypto in the guise of an attractive space heater.