Taproot Speedy Trial Code Merged Into Bitcoin Core
The merge puts an end to a long road of activation discussions – now all that's left is Taproot's actual activation.
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Chainlink Is Building an Off-Chain Oracle Network
Chainlink 2.0 will create a second layer network that will allow oracles to take the bulk of their work off-chain.
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Open Ethereum Clients Encounter ‘Consensus Error’ After Berlin Hard Fork; Coinbase Pauses ETH Withdrawals
The bug only affects the Open Ethereum client and occurred in the wake of today's Berlin hard fork.
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Berlin Hard Fork Is Now Live on Ethereum
The upgrade incorporates four optimizations aimed at gas efficiency and improved security.
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ePIC Blockchain Raises $7.5M to Manufacture ASIC Crypto Miners in North America
North America has miners and an abundance of energy but it's lacking one ingredient for a true mining boom: an ASIC manufacturer close to home.
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Integrated Ventures Set to Buy $35M Worth of Bitcoin Mining Equipment
Yet another U.S. mining firm is ramping up its bitcoin hashrate.
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US Bitcoin Mining Venture Raises $14M for All-Renewable Energy Mining
Gryphon is launching its all-renewables mining venture at a time when bitcoin – and scrutiny over its energy consumption – are at all-time highs.
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Apifiny Exchange Network Will Mine Bitcoin to Improve Liquidity Channels
The trading firm said mining bitcoin itself would help improve liquidity options for its client exchanges.
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Nvidia Revenue Outpaces Q1 Forecasts, Partly Driven by Crypto Chip Demand
The revenue for its crypto-specific GPUs is three times the company's projections.
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Canaan Plunges as Inventory Issues Slashed Q4 Bitcoin Mining Machine Sales
Despite bull-market-driven demand for the company’s bitcoin mining machines, Canaan’s Q4 revenue plummeted due to COVID-related supply chain issues.
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