ASIC News

Ethereum core developer Hudson Jameson announced that an audit of the ASIC-resistant Proof of Work algorithm ProgPoW has been funded.

A Chinese publicly listed construction company turned to cryptocurrency mining firm has been reportedly sold after its value decreased by over 90%.

While Bitmain is releasing the second Antminer for mining ZEC, the Zcash team is not in a hurry to fork the network and join the ASIC resistance campaign.

Crypto mining seems popular among students, but does this “free” money thing really work?

A PwC blockchain expert states that renewable energy is insufficient in addressing Bitcoin’s massive energy consumption.

Despite the large number of opponents and rumors of collusion between Ethereum developers and GPU producers, the ProgPoW algorithm has been supported by 94 perc...

U.S. hardware manufacturer Nvidia reported full-year revenue gains in 2018.

Bitmain has announced its next generation 7nm ASIC chip, which reportedly enables faster and cheaper mining.

Voters in favor of the ProgPoW implementation currently hold over three times more Ethereum than those who voted against it.

Ethereum core developers have decided to delay their decision regarding the implementation of ASIC-resistant protocol, ProgPoW.

Chip manufacturing giant Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing reported a sizeable drop in its crypto mining-related revenue in 2018.

China-based leading mining and ASIC hardware producer Bitmain has reportedly suspended its mining operations in Rockdale.

Major mining conglomerates in the crypto sector recorded large losses, struggling to deal with market conditions.

Alexey Akhunov, an Ethereum code contributor, suggested that Ethereum developers should ‘embrace’ specialized mining hardware (ASICs).

Ethereum core developers have reached a tentative consensus to implement a new proof-of-work algorithm that would increase the efficiency of GPU-based mining on...