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Iran se zapre 8,000 Nezakonite farme za rudarjenje kripto v 3 leta

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Oblasti v Iranu zaprle več kot 8,000 podzemnih objektov za rudarjenje kriptovalut v zadnjih treh letih, poročajo lokalni mediji. Kljub zatiranju vlade, nezakonito kripto rudarjenje še naprej predstavlja resno količino porabe energije, official figures…

Nakupi Cleanspark 45,000 Naprave za rudarjenje bitcoinov, Dodajanje 6.3 EH/s trenutni floti

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V torek, podjetje za rudarjenje bitcoinov Cleanspark je objavilo, da je kupilo 45,000 Naprave za rudarjenje bitcoinov Antminer S19 XP za skupno ceno $144.9 milijonov. Cleanspark je izjavil, da bo nova flota dodala 6.3 exahash na sekundo (EH/s) of computational…

ESG Analyst Daniel Batten Reveals Dynamic Charts Showing Bitcoin’s 52.6% Sustainable Energy Use

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Environmental, social, and governance (ESG) analyst Daniel Batten said Tuesday that the computational backbone of the Bitcoin network now uses 52.6% sustainable energy. Batten and onchain analyst Willy Woo created Dynamic Bitcoin ESG Charts to showcase the protocol’s progress. Contrary to…

Bitcoin Mining Difficulty Reaches All-Time High as Miners Face Second-Largest Increase This Year

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Bitcoin’s mining difficulty reached an all-time high (ATH) on Feb. 24, 2023, v višini bloka #778,176, doseganje 43.05 trillion hashes and surpassing the 40 trillion mark for the first time ever. The network’s difficulty increased by 9.95%, which is the second-largest…

Former Cohasset High School Employee Accused of Stealing Thousands in Electricity to Mine Bitcoin in School Campus Crawlspace

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A former school assistant facilities director in Cohasset, Massachusetts, has been accused of operating a cryptocurrency mining operation inside a crawlspace at Cohasset High School. The Cohasset Police Department alleges that Nadeam Nahas stole nearly $18,000 in electricity to power the…

Paraguay to Become Top Bitcoin Mining Hub in Latam According to Insight Group

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Paragvaj, one of the smallest countries in Latam, has the conditions needed to become the next Bitcoin mining hub in the region, according to mining insight group Hashrate Index. The company notes there are many elements in favor of Paraguay, vključno z…

GAIMIN Delivers a Decentralized Approach to the Increasing Requirement for More Data Processing Power

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The world-wide demand for data processing is increasing year-on-year, with data processing applications requiring ever increasing performance from data processing devices and services. Industries, such as Artificial Intelligence (AI), video rendering, powering blockchain computations, scientific simulations and research, financial modeling and…

Iran rudarjem vrača zaseženo opremo za kripto rudarjenje

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A government body responsible for state property in Iran has released some of the hardware seized from illegal crypto mining farms. Its top executive explained the agency was obliged to do that by courts in the Islamic Republic, where unlicensed miners…

Amid High Energy Demand From Miners, Russia Mulls Building New Power Plants in Siberia

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Growing electricity consumption in the crypto mining sector may require the construction of new power generation facilities in Siberia, the energy minister of Russia has acknowledged. Demand continues to increase in residential areas as well, after regional authorities abandoned a proposal…

New York Governor Signs Law Partially Banning Bitcoin Mining on Fossil Fuels

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A moratorium on some crypto mining operations relying on carbon-based energy has been signed into law in New York. Businesses engaged in proof-of-work mining in the state will not be able to expand or renew their permits for the next two…