Mining
Riot Blockchain produced over $7.1M worth of BTC in September
The 355 BTC Riot produced in September brings the company's total holdings to 6,775 BTC.
Andjela Radmilac 2 min read
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Bitcoin mining hashrate touches new all-time high, mining difficulty expected to rise
In the seven days, the miners responsible for most of the hash rates were Foundry USA, AntPool, F2Pool, Binance Pool and ViaBTC.
Mining
Usage of non-renewable energy in Bitcoin mining increased by 13% in 2021
Renewable energy sources in BTC mining fell to 28.48% in 2021 from over 40% in 2020, causing greenhouse gas emissions to increase by 63%.
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Merge
Miners flee PoW tokens as token prices tank, GPU value flounders
Reports have revealed that the value of GPUs have dropped by as much as 40% in China since the Ethereum merge.
Mining
Bitcoin mining firm Compute North files for bankruptcy, CEO resigns
The firm reportedly owes $500 million to about 200 creditors and has assets that are valued between $100 million and $500 million.
Gaming
Zilliqa launches web3 gaming console with in-built miner and crypto wallet
A web3 gaming console with mining capabilities will be released in early 2023 to onboard new users into the blockchain gaming space
Lending
Maple Finance launches $300M lending pool for Bitcoin mining firms
The lending pool is open to mid-sized bitcoin mining providers. Real-world assets will be required for the loan which is repayable over a 12-18 months period.
Hacks
Ethereum vanity address exploit may be cause of Wintermute hack
It may take less than 2 months to brute force hack an Ethereum vanity address using a GPU mining rig.
Mining
Ethereum PoW loses 200 WETH to Omni bridge vulnerability exploit
Omni bridge failed to validate the actual chainID before approving the transaction.
