Place your bets: How many bitcoin miners will survive winter?
Bitcoin miners continue to struggle as prices show little sign of recovery against a backdrop of rising interest rates and war in Europe.
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Bitcoin scammer posed as McDonald’s owner to steal $1.5M
A bitcoin scammer has pleaded guilty after conning victims by pretending to be a BTC investor, McDonald's owner, and ex-Navy SEAL.
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Would Bitcoin survive a nuclear war?
Bitcoin would survive a nuclear war, some cryptographers say. Protos debates why no one would care even if it did.
Bitcoin mining protocol Stratum V2 opens for testing
Bitcoin mining software's most significant upgrade in a decade has already found support from Block chairman Jack Dorsey.
Explained: Why the Feds couldn’t secure a crypto hardware wallet
A hardware wallet that was in physical custody of law enforcement officials was remotely drained of its bitcoin.
Bug freezes bitcoin inside Lightning Network for hours
Bitcoin Lightning Network researchers discovered a critical BTCD and LND bug, freezing funds inside the Lightning Network for a few hours.
Spice Girl Mel B targeted by wannabe crypto scammer
Former Spice Girl Mel B was impersonated in a crypto scam that sought to tempt charity donors with discounted bitcoin prices.
The supply of Ethereum will be 100M by 2027… or 2061
Due to prohibitively expensive hardware, it's almost impossible to know the true supply of Ethereum without trusting a central entity.
Offline Bitcoin Lightning payments will soon be possible
Making offline Lightning payments to a Bitcoin user is difficult. Éclair has proposed trampoline relays to avoid custody.
Canadian hacker found with over 700 bitcoin sentenced to 20 years
Sebastian Vachon-Desjardins was sentenced to 20 years in prison for his role in NetWalker, a Russia-based bitcoin ransomware group.