As of May, AntPool and Foundry USA controlled more than 50% of Bitcoin's hash rate. That could become a problem for Bitcoin users in the near future.
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AntPool which is open for users all around the world. BITMAIN has invested significant resources into developing more efficient bitcoin pool, especially p2pool mining pool. AntPool supports both stratum and p2p mining protocol. BITMAIN reaffirms its commitment to help decentralize the Bitcoin network, strengthen the Bitcoin eco-system and put the majority of hashing power into the hands of consumers.
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The crypto mining platform AntPool says it will refund the unprecedented transaction fee of 83 BTC to the affected user, provided they produce the necessary identification information.
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Together, ETHW mining pools already make up more mining capacity in terms of block share than Ethermine, which opted to shut down mining operations.
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New York-based Foundry USA contributed to a 15.42% share of the network hash rate and is just 4,000 PH/s behind AntPool.
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With Taproot achieving the 90% critical consensus mark among mining nodes, all is now set for Bitcoin soft fork activation later in November.
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Where can you mine Bitcoin and Ether in 2020? Here are the top tips about mining pools and what you need to know before joining one of them.
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Statistics from Canaccord say no pool controls more than 20 percent of the mining market, a major difference from 2014.
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China’s crypto mining giant Bitmain has filed a draft application for listing shares on the Hong Kong Stock Exchange.
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Bitmain has announced company policies to boost shipping and mining processes and ensure a “fair and transparent cryptocurrency ecosystem.”
17103 Bitcoin’s slow transaction processing is a result of Antpool mining empty blocks, sources are suggesting.
34237It has become likely that Bitcoin Cash will be created by a group of miners led by ViaBTC on August 1. However, investors should not fear the creation of Bitcoin Cash.
55130Within 24 hours, Bitcoin price recorded a staggering 13 percent surge in value. The activation of SegWit will lead to a 75 percent optimization of Bitcoin blocks and a substantial decrease in Bitcoin transaction fees.
45250ConnectBTC, a third mining pool that is associated with the Bitmain brand has just been launched.
2097The CEO of Bitcoin’s biggest single mining pool has confirmed that in future it will only support Bitcoin Unlimited.
889Five of China's biggest mining pools — AntPool, F2Pool, BTCChina, BW Mining, and Huobi — have agreed to raise the block size limit to 8 MB.
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