Bitcoin mining, the computationally intensive process by which new coins are created and accounted for, has become a global concern. After China cracked down on the...
De Vries, the researcher, says that even if miners move on to cleaner energy sources, the industry still won’t be sustainable. All it will do is...
Like Bitcoin, Ethereum had been approving new transactions on the blockchain with a consensus mechanism called proof of work, whereby “miners” race to solve hard math...
This is today’s edition of The Download, our weekday newsletter that provides a daily dose of what’s going on in the world of technology. The US is launching...
Most members of the Ethereum community are counting down the days until the network’s “merge,” a massive upgrade that promises to improve its efficiency and dramatically...
The cryptocurrency market jumped on Thursday following news that the U.S. economy shrank for the second straight quarter. Bitcoin is trending upward, currently trading at...
Only one test network is left to trial the highly anticipated “merge” upgrade before the real deal. Read More
“A lot of the financial speculation stuff I think is totally not interesting,” says Ethereum founder Vitalik Buterin. He and his father, Dima, say crypto is...
Trading volume has already topped $40 million, say owners. Read More
I wanted to plunk down my $20, but OpenSea didn’t accept credit cards. I would need to buy some of the cryptocurrency Ether to complete the...