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Bitcoin Miners Can Now Signal Support for SegWit
If they so choose, miners can now safely signal their support for a major bitcoin update.
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Nov 18, 2016 at 2:14 p.m. UTC
Nov 18, 2016
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Bitcoin Mining Pool BTC Guild to Close Over BitLicense Concerns
Bitcoin mining pool BTC Guild is shutting down later this month, and its operator has cited the BitLicense finalization as a major factor.
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Jun 16, 2015 at 4:16 a.m. UTC
Jun 16, 2015
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Research Tracks Bitcoin Mining from Hobby to Big Business
New research from New York University uncovers how mining has changed from a solo activity to an industry dominated by powerful groups of miners.
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Mar 5, 2015 at 3:25 p.m. UTC
Mar 5, 2015
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Bitcoin Mining Pools Attack When Threatened, Study Finds
Researchers have investigated the conditions under which bitcoin mining pools will attack one another or co-exist peacefully.
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Jan 2, 2015 at 10:05 p.m. UTC
Jan 2, 2015
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BTC China's New Pool Mines 3,325 BTC in Five Weeks
BTC China's recently launched mining pool has already produced over $1.2m-worth of bitcoin, the company says.
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Dec 2, 2014 at 1:20 p.m. UTC
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The Bitcoin Mining Arms Race: GHash.io and the 51% Issue
Tensions have eased following the mining industry's summit, but we're still in an ASIC arms race, argues Jon Matonis.
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Jul 17, 2014 at 3:20 p.m. UTC
Jul 17, 2014
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Are 51% Attacks a Real Threat to Bitcoin?
While mining pools offer better returns for miners, they have caused concerns over their power over the bitcoin network.
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Daniel Cawrey
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Jun 20, 2014 at 10:42 a.m. UTC
Jun 20, 2014
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Cloud Hashing CEO on Hardware, Network Growth and the Threat of Pools
Emmanuel Abiodun describes his flexible attitude to mining hardware and says big pools are nothing to worry about.
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Apr 2, 2014 at 11:01 a.m. UTC
Apr 2, 2014
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DirectPool Aims To Prevent 51% Attack with Community-First Mining Pool Approach
DirectPool has launched with the goal differentiating itself from other mining pools with a community emphasis.
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Tom Sharkey
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Mar 21, 2014 at 7:52 p.m. UTC
Mar 21, 2014
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Coin Miners Dogged By Mining Pool Security Flaws
Distributed denial-of-service attacks have posed an increasingly severe and frustrating problem for mining pools in recent weeks.
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Pete Rizzo
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Mar 2, 2014 at 2:20 p.m. UTC
Mar 2, 2014
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