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- EU regulator calls 4 ban on proof of work Bitcoin mining 2 save renewable energy https://www.euronews.com/next/2022/01/19/eu-regulator-calls-for-a-ban-on-proof-of-work-bitcoin-mining-to-save-renewable-energy 6 comments
- How Bitcoin Mining Works https://www.coindesk.com/learn/how-bitcoin-mining-works-2/ 12 comments cryptocurrency
- New York Bitcoin Mining Ban Wont Work. https://bitcoinmagazine.com/business/new-york-bitcoin-mining-ban-wont-work 10 comments cryptocurrency
- Tuesday Lesson: do not mine bitcoin at work https://www.reddit.com/r/sysadmin/comments/brcywn/tuesday_lesson_do_not_mine_bitcoin_at_work/ 355 comments sysadmin
- White House Suggests Banning Proof-of-Work Mining Used By Bitcoin. https://bitcoinmagazine.com/business/white-house-condemns-energy-use-of-mining-bitcoin 138 comments cryptocurrency
- Bitcoin Mining Centralization Is ‘Quite Alarming’, But A Solution Is In The Works - Forbes https://www.forbes.com/sites/ktorpey/2019/07/28/bitcoin-mining-centralization-is-quite-alarming-but-a-solution-is-in-the-works/ 8 comments btc
- Finally some good news out of Forbes- How Does Bitcoin Mining Work https://www.forbes.com/sites/digital-assets/2023/03/17/how-does-bitcoin-mining-work/?sh=6eb682941faf 3 comments bitcoin
- Proposed EU Regulations Would Limit Bitcoin, Proof-of-Work Crypto Mining https://decrypt.co/93720/proposed-eu-regulations-would-limit-bitcoin-proof-of-work-crypto-mining-report 8 comments cryptocurrency
- Jack Dorsey’s Block is working to decentralize Bitcoin mining https://www.theverge.com/platform/amp/2022/1/14/22883500/jack-dorsey-block-bitcoin-mining-system-open-source-mainstream 12 comments cryptocurrency
- New York Senate Passes Bill Targeting Bitcoin's Proof-of-Work Mining https://watcher.guru/news/new-york-senate-passes-bill-targeting-bitcoin-proof-of-work-mining 24 comments cryptocurrency
- Former Federal Reserve employee fined for mining bitcoin at work http://siliconangle.com/blog/2017/01/30/former-federal-reserve-employee-fined-mining-bitcoin-work/ 6 comments technology
- Happy 10th Birthday Bitcoin ! first ever 103 MB block ever mined on a public Proof-of-Work Bitcoin Blockchain https://blockchair.com/bitcoin-sv/block/563628 65 comments btc
- Bitcoin’s Carbon Footprint Revisited: Proof of Work Mining for Renewable Energy Expansion https://www.mdpi.com/2078-1547/14/3/35 2 comments bitcoin
- Green Energy: In NY, Bitcoin Mining Saved The Oldest Working Hydroelectric Plant https://www.newsbtc.com/news/bitcoin/green-energy-in-ny-bitcoin-mining-saved-the-oldest-working-hydroelectric-plant/ 29 comments btc
- Green Energy: In NY, Bitcoin Mining Saved The Oldest Working Hydroelectric Plant https://www.newsbtc.com/news/bitcoin/green-energy-in-ny-bitcoin-mining-saved-the-oldest-working-hydroelectric-plant/ 4 comments bitcoin
- Inside Bitcoin's Proof-of-Work / Waste 10-Minute Mining Lottery - The Ruby Edition by Example https://github.com/openblockchains/awesome-blockchains/tree/master/bitcoin_proof_of_work.rb 7 comments ruby
- Bitcoin Cash difficulty adjustment reached. Mining it now requires 7% work and is now 168% more profitable to mine than Bitcoin (BTC) https://youtu.be/1-JdqHxqkHA?t=4m12s 3 comments btc
- Don't get any ideas... County employee from New York State hides Bitcoin mining machine at work (Link) https://financialpost.com/fp-finance/cryptocurrency/worker-accused-of-hiding-bitcoin-mining-operation-under-the-floor 28 comments cryptocurrency
- "We are actually working with Bitcoin Verde to validate the mining code in BCHD. It will be a mining node soon." - Josh Ellithorpe https://twitter.com/zquestz/status/1228486266561290240 8 comments btc
- SEC Confirms Bitcoin and Proof of Work Mining Are Not Securities Under US Law, Offering Clarity for Miners https://news.bitcoinprotocol.org/sec-confirms-bitcoin-and-proof-of-work-mining-are-not-securities-under-us-law-offering-clarity-for-miners/ 29 comments btc
- Congress might consider legislation, to limit or eliminate the use of high energy intensity consensus mechanisms for crypto-asset mining according to a recent White House report. Do you think Bitcoin and other Proof-of-Work cryptos might eventually be banned? https://www.whitehouse.gov/wp-content/uploads/2022/09/09-2022-Crypto-Assets-and-Climate-Report.pdf 43 comments ethereum
- Cryptocurrency miners rush to Texas, working to turn Austin into Bitcoin mining capital as power grid's stability is in question https://www.kvue.com/amp/article/money/economy/boomtown-2040/bitcoin-mining-texas-power-grid/269-4890a8d0-1b4f-499a-b3f9-4e6fc0a2d3d7 59 comments cryptocurrency
- Erik Voorhees: "Changing Bitcoin's proof-of-work to prevent miners from mining is the most absurd and reckless thing I've heard in the scaling debate." https://twitter.com/erikvoorhees/status/843832284797173760 170 comments btc
- Proposed EU Regulations Would Limit Bitcoin, Proof-of-Work Crypto Mining. EU is reportedly drafting regulations that could result in a ban on proof-of-work cryptocurrency mining across the union’s 27 member states. https://decrypt.co/93720/proposed-eu-regulations-would-limit-bitcoin-proof-of-work-crypto-mining-report 11 comments cryptocurrency
- EU Regulator calls for ban on Proof-of-Work mining used by Bitcoin — Meanwhile bankings energy costs are calculated around 100 terawatts per year. This is almost double that of Bitcoin. https://decrypt.co/90703/eu-regulator-calls-for-ban-on-proof-of-work-mining-used-by-bitcoin-ethereum 136 comments cryptocurrency
- Flashback Friday: Jihan Wu, largest Bitcoin Mining CEO hints of a possible Bitcoin Cash Flippening. Says BCH could have a killer app for 0-confirmations, which "causes value to increase drastically and maybe flippen" @14min mark, Hopefully this is what Amaury Sechet is working on. https://old.reddit.com/r/btc/comments/73p7ba/jihan_wu_largest_bitcoin_mining_ceo_hints_of_a/ 37 comments btc
- Your smart fridge could be mining bitcoins for criminals - Hackers could force high-tech appliances to work for them, security experts say http://www.cbc.ca/news/technology/bitcoin-hacking-smart-devices-1.4728222 5 comments technology
- Startup L. Jackson on Twitter: "There seems to be a widespread misunderstanding of how Bitcoin mining works. It's a zero sum game, people. Brutish and short." https://twitter.com/StartupLJackson/status/677706861555134464 3 comments btc
- This Guy Heated Bath Water With Bitcoin Mining and It Worked Too Well: "Lee" used cryptocurrency mining ASICs to heat his bath, which turned the temperature up to 122 Fahrenheit. https://motherboard.vice.com/en_us/article/9k8ykp/heating-water-with-bitcoin-mining-asic-reddit 11 comments technology
- Green Energy: In New York, Bitcoin Mining Saved The Oldest Working Hydroelectric Plant In The US From Shutting Down, Making It Profitable By Mining With Excess Energy https://markets.businessinsider.com/news/currencies/green-energy--in-ny--bitcoin-mining-saved-the-oldest-working-hydroelectric-plant-10933355 25 comments cryptocurrency
- Despite bitcoin's rise in price and bitcoin cash's fall in price, bch is still almost as profitable to mine as btc. Looks like the new algo is working as intended. https://twitter.com/Aquentson/status/931248365194612737 14 comments btc
- Bitcoin Mining Ban Bill Makes It out of New York State Assembly Committee. The Environmental Conservation Committee of the New York State Assembly voted on Tuesday afternoon to move along a proposed law that would ban so-called proof-of-work (PoW) cryptocurrency mining for two years https://finance.yahoo.com/news/bitcoin-mining-ban-bill-makes-191746078.html 29 comments cryptocurrency
- Bitcoin Cash hashrate is at all time high. Miners are putting ideology before profit mining BCH at a relative loss to BTC. Does not matter what side you are rooting for: This is _exactly_ how its intended to work, and its beautiful! https://bitinfocharts.com/comparison/bitcoin%20cash-hashrate.html#log 24 comments btc
- "Although Bitcoin was intended to be a decentralized digital currency, in practice, mining power is quite concentrated ... [O]ur work further motivates the study of protocols that minimize 'orphaned' blocks, proof-of-stake protocols, and incentive compatible protocols." [abstract + link to PDF] https://arxiv.org/abs/1811.08572 8 comments compsci
- Current state of Bitcoin SV. Github has been updated last 20 days ago. Code does not compile on Windows. Neither coingeek, or BMG, or even svpool are mining with Bitcoin SV right now. So how can anything happen but an attack on ABC? There is no working Bitcoin SV to start an SV chain with. https://github.com/bitcoin-sv/bitcoin-sv/releases 70 comments btc
- Engineers at Russia’s top nuclear research facility have reportedly been detained after they attempted to mine bitcoin on its computers. Employees at the national nuclear centre in the city of Sarov tried to use work computers to generate the cryptocurrency. https://www.theguardian.com/world/2018/feb/10/russians-arrested-for-mining-bitcoin-at-nuclear-facility 4 comments worldnews
- Mining is how you vote for rule changes. Greg's comments on BU revealed he has no idea how Bitcoin works. He thought "honest" meant "plays by Core rules." [But] there is no "honesty" involved. There is only the assumption that the majority of miners are INTELLIGENTLY PROFIT-SEEKING. - ForkiusMaximus https://np.reddit.com/r/btc/search?q=author%3Aydtm+greg+adam&restrict_sr=on&sort=relevance&t=all 89 comments btc