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What Does a Crypto Mining Farm Look Like?

As part of Mining Week, several CoinDesk reporters have compiled a photo essay capturing the insides of crypto mining farms throughout the globe, including HIVE Blockchain in Sweden, Bitfarms in Quebec, and many more. “The Hash” hosts discuss the importance of demystifying crypto mining and how a better understanding of these facilities can help address ESG concerns. 

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Hive Blockchain to Buy Intel Mining Chips That Could Increase Hashrate by 95%

Mining firm Hive Blockchain has agreed to purchase Intel’s new mining chips, claiming that they can increase its aggregate bitcoin mining hashrate by as much as 95%. “The Hash” discusses the significance of Intel’s entry into the crypto space and what it means for the larger conversation about ESG concerns vocalized by politicians like Sen. Elizabeth Warren. 

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Finance

Hive to Buy Intel Mining Chip That Can Raise Hashrate by 95%

The crypto miner also signed a new 100MW power deal with Compute North in Texas.

BUSY: A recent surge in mining power may have overcome the difficulty rate. (Credit: Shutterstock)

Finance

Hive Blockchain Outperforms Crypto Miners as Ether Reaches All-Time High

Shares of the diversified crypto miner outperformed peers as ether hit a new record.

Máquinas de minería de bitcoin (Shutterstock)

Markets

First Mover: Money Legos Turn 'Exuberant' as Chainlink Stripped of 'DeFi'

This year's growth in the cryptocurrency subsector DeFi has been so remarkable that some analysts are now calling the phenomenon "exuberant."

Exuberant dancers. (Christy Gallois/Flickr Creative Commons, modified by CoinDesk)

Tech

Steem Witnesses Freeze $3.2M in Latest Tit-for-Tat With Hard Fork Insurgents

Witnesses on Steem have frozen eight accounts, putting a total of 17.6 million steem in limbo. It's the latest drama since March 20's Hive hard fork.

COLD WORLD: A handful of accounts associated with the Hive hard fork can't move their steem now. (Credit: Shutterstock)

Tech

Splinter Cryptocurrency Hive Outperforms Justin Sun's Steem After One Week Trading

It's been a week since the Hive blockchain broke off from Steem in protest. So far, the market action has been on the side of the dissidents.

Justin Sun speaks at Consensus (CoinDesk Archives)

Policy

Steem Fork Faces Legal Threat From Mining Firm Over 'Hive' Name

A new blockchain called Hive is being told it needs to change its name just days after it was created in a fork from Steem.

Credit: Shutterstock/Sushaaa

Markets

Steem Hard Forks Today Over Fears of Justin Sun Power Grab

The Hive hard fork is expected to go live at 14:00 UTC with the support of major exchanges Huobi and Binance.

Luca Flor/Shutterstock

Markets

Crypto 2.0 Roundup: Ethereum's ÐΞVCON, Vizor's Virtual Reality and a Blockchain University

In this week's Crypto 2.0 roundup, we profile events from Ethereum and Koinify and take a look at how crypto could impact virtual reality.

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