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A circulating claim alleges that Blockstream rejected a ransom demand following a purported Liquid Network hack involving 4,000 BTC, but the assertion arrives without a confirmed incident tim
Zcash mining activity has risen more than 2.5 times in 2026 as stronger ZEC prices have pushed estimated revenue per megawatt-hour to about four times the level generated by Bitcoin miners. S
Bitcoin's ten-minute block time works as an average rather than a countdown clock. The network keeps hitting it by adjusting difficulty every 2,016 blocks, roughly every fortnight, so real ga
Blockchains are deterministic systems: given the same input, they always produce the same output. That determinism is essential for consensus and security, but it creates a direct problem whe
GoMining today announced that Simple Earn, its yield product for idle crypto balances, now lets users receive their rewards as terahash (TH), a unit of Bitcoin mining power, instead of BTC. T
LIMASSOL, Cyprus, September 11th, 2026, Chainwire New Simple Earn option lets users convert their reward yield into TH, adding real computing power to an owned digital miner instead of receiv
Albuquerque has banned Bitcoin ATMs, ordering operators to physically remove existing machines no later than 45 days after the ordinance takes effect, part of a municipal measure aimed at cur
Kaspa remains far outside the crypto top 10, despite having technology designed to solve some of the oldest blockchain problems. The network can process several blocks together, confirm trans
Bitcoin yaklaşık 76.930 dolara gerilerken Coinbase CEO’su Brian Armstrong, lider kripto para için uzun vadeli beklentisini değiştirmedi. Armstrong, Bitcoin’in 2030’a kadar 400.000 dolara ulaş
Zcash activated its Ironwood upgrade, known formally as NU6.3, on July 28, 2026, at block height 3,428,143. The upgrade replaced Orchard, the network's main privacy pool, with a new pool call
Blockchains are deterministic systems: given the same input, they always produce the same output. That determinism is essential for consensus and security, but it creates a direct problem whe
Arthur Hayes, the co-founder of crypto exchange BitMEX, announced on August 18, 2026, that he is leading a new project called Flop Labs, which is building a network and native token called FL
