In brief Supporters of BIP-110 split off into a minority Bitcoin chain on Saturday at block 961,632, but it mined only two …
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Supporters of the BIP-110 Fork on Bitcoin Have Mined Their Own Blocks: But There’s a Problem
by shayaanby shayaanThe minority chain created by BIP-110 supporters on the Bitcoin network has lagged significantly behind the main $BTC chain. In the divergence …
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The breakaway chain inherited bitcoin’s mining difficulty with only a tiny share of hashpower, leaving blocks hours apart while both chains still …
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Key Takeaways Unknown miners hold 230,770 bitcoin blocks, 24.03% of all blocks, per Cloverpool data. Antpool ranks second with 109,004 blocks; Foundry …
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Core Scientific Pays $42M to Exit Block’s Bitcoin Mining Deal as AI Revenue Surges
by shayaanby shayaanThis article first appeared in The Energy Mag. The original article can be viewed here. The Energy Mag (formerly The Miner Mag) …
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Federal Judge Blocks Minnesota’s First-of-its-Kind Prediction Market Ban
by shayaanby shayaanMinnesota’s attempt to become the first state to outlaw prediction markets hit a swift legal wall on Monday when a federal judge …
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Washington’s Case Against Chinese Models The market, created earlier this month, asked whether the U.S. government would remove public access to a …
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XRP Ledger's new proposal blocks the flash loan attacks costing DeFi hundreds of millions
by shayaanby shayaanA draft XRPL amendment notes that flash loan attacks are “structurally impossible” on the network because of how its transactions are built, …
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In brief Indonesian authorities blocked Polymarket on Friday, citing violations of local gambling laws. The ministry is tracing affiliated social media accounts …
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Indonesia blocks Polymarket, calling prediction market online gambling in disguise
by shayaanby shayaanAuthorities stated that using crypto or blockchain doesn’t change platforms that let users wager on uncertain outcomes from being gambling products. www.coindesk.com