Oil giant ConocoPhilips reduces gas flaring emissions via Bitcoin mining
Oil and gas giant ConocoPhilips has entered the Bitcoin mining business in a bid to profitably reduce carbon emissions.
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Oil and gas giant ConocoPhilips has entered the Bitcoin mining business in a bid to profitably reduce carbon emissions.
The proposal aims to recognize crypto mining as a commercial activity and introduce taxes on its realized profits.
Reports indicate that the Monero community is upset about a specific mining pool that currently commands 44% of the network’s hashrate. Supporters are asking mining participants to leave a mining…
The processing power backing the Bitcoin network has tapped another all-time high (ATH) in 2022, reaching 246 exahash per second (EH/s) on February 12. After the network reached an ATH…
Record hash rate and difficulty provide a positive overture to some uninspiring price moves, with Bitcoin now offering network security never seen before in its history.
The network hash rate jumped 31.69% — from 188.40 EH/s to 248.11 EH/s — in just one day, further ensuring resilience against attacks on the Bitcoin network.
The California-based technology company and the world’s largest semiconductor chip manufacturer by revenue, Intel, has revealed the company will “contribute to the development of blockchain technologies” by offering “energy-efficient accelerators.”…
A modification brought about by the Ethereum Arrow Glacier upgrade was the postponement of Ethereum's "difficulty bomb" until June 2022.
Sustainable Bitcoin mining gets a boost from the joint venture between mostly hydro-powered BTC miners Merkle Standard and infrastructure provider Bitmain.
University students in Russia minting digital currencies in their dormitories risk penalties and even criminal charges, according to a legal expert quoted by local media. The warning comes as Russian…