Being as unsurprising as it gets, the reward halving in Bitcoin is an important event on many levels: it’s a historical milestone and a reason to recap on the progress made, a piece of news big enough to remind the public that Bitcoin is still here, and clear evidence of the predictable deflation that makes […]
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Monero is a privacy-focused cryptocurrency launched in 2014. Unlike some other cryptocurrencies, Monero is not a Bitcoin fork and is based on its own whitepaper and codebase.
Despite calling off plans to go with its IPO application at the Hong Kong Stock Exchange, the beleaguered mining giant Bitmain Technologies is reportedly looking forward to the Bitcoin halving in May 2020. The company hopes it will boost the sales of its new 7nm chip miners planned to launch by the end of this […]
The week after bitcoin mining reward halving, ForkLog decided to compile a short overview on the history of mining methods.