<div class=”featured_image_container”> </div> <strong>A major chipmaker keeps making efforts to calm down the gaming community’s anger toward cryptocurrency miners who are taking the lead in buying graphic cards massively, boosting its prices. Nvidia has announced that it will deliberately limit the capabilities for some of its newly graphic cards to keep a balanced inventory for …
<div class=”featured_image_container”> </div> <b>On Friday, the publicly listed firm Hut 8 announced the purchase of $30 million worth of Nvidia’s dedicated crypto mining GPUs called the Cryptocurrency Mining Processor (CMP). Nvidia CMPs mine the crypto asset ethereum and Hut 8 expects its aggregate operational power will be 1,600 gigahash.</b> Hut 8 Purchases $30 Million Worth …
<div class=”featured_image_container”> </div> <strong>A U.S. multinational semiconductor company could be preparing the ground to release its own series of cryptocurrency mining processors. AMD is reportedly looking to introduce a GPU for mining Ethereum.</strong> AMD Navi 12 Won’t Have Video Outputs According to PC Gamer, the AMD Navi 12, a graphic processing unit (GPU) first introduced …
<div class=”featured_image_container”> </div> <strong>Nvidia announced that it will start limiting the efficiency of mining ethereum or any other crypto using its new range of upcoming graphics processing units (GPUs).</strong> In a blog post published Feb. 19, the U.S. hardware maker said this limitation will feature first on its new Geforce RTX 3060 card, which is …
Nvidia Limits the Efficiency of Mining Ether Using Its GPUs by 50% Read More »
Ethereum miners have formed a cartel of sorts to thwart the implementation of a now contentious proposal – one they say cuts into their bottom line unfairly. Eight Ethereum mining pools amounting to around 30% of the network’s hash power have cast their support behind tiny mining pool Flexpool’s stance against Ethereum Improvement Proposal (EIP) …
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Ethereum miners are signaling their disapproval of a technical proposal advocated by top Ethereum developers, a new survey shows. Eight of the nine mining projects partaking in a community survey on Ethereum Improvement Proposal (EIP) 1559 had a negative impression of the proposal, with seven of the nine saying they would refuse to implement the …
New Ethereum Fee Model Has Some Miners Crying Foul: Survey Read More »
Derivative exchange BitMEX’s legal issues with U.S. regulators took a toll on bitcoin’s price while DeFi gave Ethereum miners more fee revenue than ever. Bitcoin (BTC) trading around $10,582 as of 20:00 UTC (4 p.m. ET). Slipping 1% over the previous 24 hours. Bitcoin’s 24-hour range: $10,427-$10,931 BTC below its 10-day and 50-day moving averages, …
Market Wrap: Blame BitMEX as Bitcoin Dumps to $10.4K; Record Month For Ethereum Fees Read More »
Bitcoin is looking bearish while Ethereum miners are reaping more fee revenue than ever before. Bitcoin (BTC) trading around $11,298 as of 20:00 UTC (4 p.m. ET). Slipping 3.8% over the previous 24 hours. Bitcoin’s 24-hour range: $11,102-$11,786. BTC below its 10-day and 50-day moving averages, a bearish signal for market technicians. Bitcoin trading on …
Market Wrap: Bitcoin Dips to $11.1K; Ether Mining Difficulty at Year High Read More »
The daily income earned by Ethereum miners has soared by over 60% in a month, shows data tracked by Ethereum mining pool Sparkpool. The surge in daily profit from Ethereum mining surge has also outpaced ether’s (ETH) price jump of 40% over the same period. The profitability rise comes thanks to soaring transaction fees on …
Ethereum Miners’ Income Soars by 60% in a Month – Outruns Ether’s Price Jump Read More »
The Takeaway: Demand to transact on the Ethereum blockchain has pushed fees to uncomfortable levels. A new technical proposal helps address high fees by implementing a dynamic pricing system. Called EIP 1559, Ethereum users would now pay a set “base fee” to the network plus a tip to miners. One technical observer calls it “the …
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