ASIC News

Author of peer-to-peer BitTorrent protocol Bram Cohen says ASIC-resistant proof-of-work is both “a pipe dream and a bad idea.”

Ethereum Foundation Developer Péter Szilágyi has confirmed Dec. 4 as the launch date for the network’s Istanbul hard fork.

Jihan Wu, CEO of mining giant Bitmain, believes the next Bitcoin block reward halving may not lead to a bull market, but the coin’s price will grow in the long ...

Jihan Wu, co-founder of leading ASIC miner producer Bitmain, announced two new series 17 Bitcoin mining machines.

Russian federal customs service stopped the illegal import of four cryptocurrency mining devices from Mongolia into Siberia.

Samsung’s entry into the crypto mining industry could disrupt the entire ecosystem if its latest patent comes to life.

Bitmain announced two new S17 series Bitcoin miners and a delivery delay compensation program.

Chinese mining and mining Application Specific Integrated Circuit manufacturer Bitmain lost $625 million in the first two months of this year.

The cryptocurrency Grin has followed through with stated plans to hardfork its mainnet on July 17, as part of an ongoing effort to prevent ASIC mining.

Cryptocurrency investment products and research firm CoinShares estimates that 74.1% of bitcoin mining is powered by renewable energy.

Privacy-centric cryptocurrency Grin is finalizing its timeline for its first-ever network hard fork.

Australia’s top financial regulatory watchdog issues updated guidelines for ICOs and cryptocurrency trading.

The Australian Securities and Investment Commission published new initial coin offering and cryptocurrency guidelines.

Privacy-centric cryptocurrency monero will reportedly switch to a new proof-of-work algorithm in October.

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