Paraguay shuts illegal bitcoin mines that stole enough power to light a city
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Paraguay’s state energy firm claims illegal bitcoin mines steal $60 million worth of electricity each year.
Paraguay’s state energy firm claims illegal bitcoin mines steal $60 million worth of electricity each year.
Tether-owned Northern Data has been accused of securities fraud and tax evasion in a lawsuit filed by former executives.
A bitcoin mining pool has added support for Stratum V2 custom templates, allowing individual miners to cooperatively compete against Bitmain.
Antpool by Bitmain claims to generate just one-quarter of Bitcoin’s hash rate but researchers think it might secretly control a majority.
The BBC article cited a “study” by Alex de Vries that kicked up a frenzy on crypto Twitter, with critics pointing to unfair methodologies.