Riot Blockchain Buys 15,000 Antminers, Operation Will Command 37,640 Bitcoin Miners
Publicly listed firm Riot Blockchain has announced the company is purchasing 15,000 S19 Pro and S19j Pro Antminer mining rigs from Bitmain. According to the company, the new shipment of next-generation miners will increase the operation’s hashrate to 3.8 exahash per second (EH/s). Following the announcement from Core Scientific this week purchasing over 58,000 Antminer series ASIC bitcoin miners from Bitmain, Riot Blockchain, Inc....
OpenDAO Builds New Yield Dollar Interface on Top of UMA, Accepts BTC as Collateral
PRESS RELEASE. OpenDAO is proud and excited to announce that it is one of the first DeFi projects to participate in UMA’s dapp mining program. Check out the new Yield Dollar interface at ydollar.opendao.io For the past few months, OpenDAO has been working closely with the team at UMA to build a new interface for the Yield Dollar (yDollar) as part of UMA’s dapp mining initiative. The aim is to create an interface which is more...
Crypto Exchange Bitgrail Founder Accused by Italian Police of Faking Hacks That Led to Company’s Bankruptcy
Italian police accused a man who ran a cryptocurrency exchange of being responsible for a series of hacks that caused millions in losses as part of an alleged massive fraud scheme. Italian Authorities Accuse Bitgrail Owner of Faking Hacks That Led Exchange’s Bankruptcy According to Reuters, the 34-year-old from Florence known by his initials F.F. and owner of Bitgrail, a crypto company that was declared bankrupt in 2019, is suspected...
Free TON Community Achieves Sufficient Decentralization With the Network Becoming a Defacto Mainnet
The Free TON community declares achieving sufficient decentralization and mainnet status as a consequence on December 22, 2020. One of the Most Decentralized PoS Networks in the World Free TON was launched May 7, 2020 as a true community-driven, decentralized blockchain network. No ICO. No entity. No funding. No token sale. TON Crystals are distributed on the basis of merit. Bring something, get something. Tangible contributions to...
‘DMCA 2.0’ Draft Hints at Filters With Notice-and-Staydown Scheme
It is a busy week for copyright proposals in the United States, one that will resound far into the year ahead. A few hours after the ‘CASE Act’ and the ‘Protecting Lawful Streaming Act’ were approved as part of the spending bill, a discussion draft for a new and improved version of the DMCA was revealed. The draft (pdf) was published by Senator Thom Tillis, who started a thorough review of the copyright law last year. After hearing...
