Sep 1, 2019 at 10:20 UTC feature The Takeaway: Russia’s abandoned Soviet-era factories are enjoying a second life as cryptocurrency mining facilities.Siberia’s big hydropower plants (another legacy of the USSR) have lured miners with cheap electricity.The favorable energy prices and naturally cold climate are turning Siberia into an international mining hub with miners from Europe,…
Month: September 2019
Web Hosting Company GeeksHosted.com Experiences Post Data Center Business Boom, Now Accepts Bitcoin
Web Hosting Company GeeksHosted.com Experiences Post Data Center Business Boom, Now Accepts Bitcoin [August 30, 2019] Web Hosting Company GeeksHosted.com Experiences Post Data Center Business Boom, Now Accepts Bitcoin BUCHAREST, Romania , Aug.30, 2019 /PRNewswire/ — GeeksHosted is a hosting company with 6 years in the market and is making strides in the industry.Its mantra…
Altcoin Season on the Horizon? Bitcoin Dominance Hits Reversal Point
Nick Chong 2 hours ago Next Article: Bitcoin Rejected By High Timeframe Resistance, Here’s What To Possibly Expect Despite the drawdown in the price of Bitcoin — which some analysts say would result in a change of tides for altcoins — BTC dominance continues to tick higher.As of the time of writing this, the key…
Police hijack a botnet and remotely kill 850,000 malware infections
In a rare feat, French police have hijacked and neutralized a massive cryptocurrency mining botnet controlling close to a million infected computers. The notorious Retadup malware infects computers and starts mining cryptocurrency by sapping power from a computer’s processor.Although the malware was used to generate money, the malware operators easily could have run other malicious…
What To Know About Investing In Preferred Stocks
Individuals looking to grow their wealth have many options nowadays.From stocks to foreign exchange to cryptocurrencies, there are countless ways to create a diversified investment portfolio.The stock … 0 Individuals looking to grow their wealth have many options nowadays.From stocks to foreign exchange to cryptocurrencies, there are countless ways to create a diversified investment portfolio…
Psst, Bitcoin Fans! It Doesn’t Matter Who Satoshi Nakamoto Is – CCN Markets
Despite the hysteria over the identity of Satoshi Nakamoto, it doesn’t matter who he is because bitcoin transcends any individual.| Source: Shutterstock There has been a barrage of media coverage in recent weeks over the identity of Satoshi Nakamoto , the mysterious inventor of bitcoin. The coverage hit a fever pitch this week due to…
New Zealand Police Gazettes, Carnegie Corporation, Facebook Libra, More: Friday ResearchBuzz, August 30, 2019
The Miami Herald is lifting its paywall in advance of Hurricane Dorian.Details here: https://www.miamiherald.com/news/weather/hurricane/article234511972.html . NEW RESOURCES National Library of New Zealand: Black sheep in the family? .“What do Agnes Vallance, Agnes Skervington, Amy Laing, Amy Bennett, Amy Cameron, Amy Shannon, Amy Chanel, and Percy Redwood all have in common? Well, they are all aliases…
The Petro: Is it a ‘Shuddering Failure’ and a ‘Laughing Stock’? What Can We Expect?
maduro_petro.jpeg President Maduro unveils Venezuela’s Petro cryptocurrency.(Reuters) Some days ago, an article by the Venezuelan economist Luis Enrique Gavazut caused great controversy on social media.Entitled “One Year from the Recovery, Growth and Prosperity Plan: What of the Petro?” and published on economics website 15yUltimo , which is run by [former Vice President for Economy] Luis…
The Bank Of England Governor Proposed A Radical Competitor To Bitcoin And The U.S. Dollar
Bitcoin and cryptocurrency competitors are in vogue at the moment with both social media giant Facebook and China planning their own digital currency projects .The bitcoin price, despite suddenly plummeting this week , has climbed this year largely because the likes of Facebook and South Korean technology behemoth Samsung have tacitly endorsed bitcoin and cryptocurrency…
Electric vehicles will change how all cars look forever (opinion) – CNN
Thomas Ingenlath is CEO of Polestar.The opinions expressed in this commentary are his own. As automakers race to electrify their model lineups , the competition to stand out has never been greater.Luckily, thanks to electrification, the opportunities to develop new designs are abundant.But if automakers want to succeed, designers need to seize these new opportunities…