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Geomining with COIN: What is it?

XYO Smartphone Mining XYO Network The XYO network permits users to convert their smartphones into a node using trackable, monitored, immutable blockchain and verification technology embedded through their partner app, “COIN”. The hassle of investing in a cryptocurrency miner or transforming individual currency on an exchange FINALLY has a solution. Users can now apply their […]

What is E-Waste

What is E-waste? E-waste stands for electronic waste. It refers to any unwanted, obsolete, or broken electrical or electronic equipment. This includes a wide range of devices we use every day, such as: Computers, laptops, and servers Cell phones, tablets, and other mobile devices Televisions, monitors, and audio-visual equipment Gaming equipment and slot machines Printers, […]

Here’s how Ethereum’s ZK-rollups can become interoperable – Cointelegraph Magazine

The past few weeks have seen a wave of zero-knowledge proof project launches, including Polygon’s zkEVM and Matter Lab’s zkSync Era on mainnet, and the Linea zkEVM from ConsenSys on testnet. They join StarkWare’s long-running StarkEx solution and its decentralized cousin StarkNet along with a variety of other projects in development from Polygon (Miden, Zero, […]

Russia plans to permit foreign crypto mining

Russia’s central bank intends to permit the creation of crypto mining organizations outside of the country, Russian news site TASS said on April 17. Elvira Nabiullina, head of the Bank of Russia, said that Russian entities will be allowed to establish special authorized organizations for cryptocurrency mining. However, the scope of permitted activities is still […]

Intel Bitcoin mining chips discontinued despite chip efficiency, $63M revenue boost in 2022

Intel announced the end of first-gen Blockscale 1000-series Bitcoin-mining ASICs on April 18, despite the chips contributing both efficiency and a rise in revenue in 2022 — up from 2021. The announcement — initially reported by Tom’s Hardware — cited “a tighter focus on its IDM 2.0 operations” as the rationale behind the decision to […]

Does SEC Chair Gary Gensler have the final say? – Cointelegraph Magazine

In a February interview with New York Magazine, Gary Gensler, chairman of the United States Securities and Exchange Commission, said that just about every crypto transaction, with the exception of Bitcoin spot transactions and buying or selling things with cryptocurrency, falls within the jurisdiction of the SEC.  In the interview, when discussing what types of […]

Senator Warren Bitcoin mining tweet called ‘disinformation’ by crypto community

Several crypto stakeholders have described Senator Elizabeth Warren’s latest tweet about Bitcoin (BTC) mining activity as “disinformation.” The Democrat senator had agreed with a New York Times report that Bitcoin mines were increasing energy bills for Americans and causing as much pollution as 3.5 million cars. Warren said she has severally called attention to “the […]

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