Neighbors sue over loud Bitcoin mine
Hum from 300-megawatt facility allegedly causing stress, lack of sleep. In Granbury, Texas, residents can hear the sound of money being made at all hours of the day, but it’s no.....»»
Finally, we know production costs for SLS and Orion, and they’re wild
Someone finally said the quiet part out loud. Enlarge / A technician works on the Orion spacecraft, atop the SLS rocket, in January 2022. (credit: NASA) NASA Inspector General Paul Martin serves as an independent watchdog for.....»»
Hackers threaten to turn every Nvidia GPU into a Bitcoin mining machine
A group of hackers claims to have stolen data from Nvidia that could kill the mining performance limiter in its graphics cards......»»
Crypto Exchanges Consider Ukraine"s Call To Freeze Russians" Bitcoin
An anonymous reader quotes a report from CoinTelegraph: As the West continues to impose more sanctions against Russian banks following Russia's invasion of Ukraine, one Ukrainian official has called for sanctions on Russians' cryptocurrency holdings.....»»
Gabe Newell says that 50% of Bitcoin transactions were fraudulent when Steam accepted the crypto
In an interview with PC Gamer, Newell made it clear he wasn’t the biggest fan of integrating cryptocurrency into Steam. "The problem is that a lot of the actors who are in that space are not people you want interacting with your customers," Newell.....»»
CNN: "Financial Sanctions are Easier Than Ever for Russians to Evade. Thank Bitcoin"
Financial sanctions are easier than ever for Russians to evade. Thank Bitcoin CNN: 'Financial sanctions are easier than ever for Russians to evade. Thank Bitcoin' The senior editor of CNN Business writes: The West's initial salvo of financial sanct.....»»
UK Intelligence Agencies Are Investigating Cryptocurrency Transactions
MattSparkes writes: Bitstamp, Europe's largest cryptocurrency exchange, says it has handed over information on some of its customers to the UK's intelligence agencies, MI5 and MI6. The news suggests that bitcoin and other cryptocurrencies are being u.....»»
Stablecoins Soar in Value as Everything Else in Crypto Shrinks
The hottest spot in crypto right now is coins with prices that don't move. From a report: Stablecoins, cryptocurrencies which peg their value to assets such as the U.S. dollar, have ballooned in size over the past few months as Bitcoin and other coin.....»»
Why LUNA beat Bitcoin and could be the next big thing
One crypto outpaced everyone including Bitcoin. Learn more about the LUNA and how to start investing through Revix......»»
Ruby On Rails Creator Backpedals About Bitcoin: "We Need Crypto"
New submitter LZ_Mordan writes: David Heinemeier Hansson, the Ruby on Rails web development framework creator, took to Twitter on Monday to tell his followers that he was no longer a Bitcoin skeptic. "I still can't believe that this is the protest th.....»»
Intel dishes new details on its ‘Bonanza’ Bitcoin mining chips
Intel reveals more about its mysterious new line of Bitcoin mining chips......»»
Intel unveils 3,600-watt ASIC Bitcoin mining rig
Earlier this month, Intel revealed it had been investing in blockchain technology as part of its renewed strategy to develop “the most energy-efficient computing technologies at scale.” These investments have mostly gone into developing specializ.....»»
"Crypto Ruined My Life": the Mental Health Crisis Hitting Bitcoin Investors
"Vice examines the toll on mental health experienced by people who invest a large portion of their net worth into volatile cryptocurrencies," writes long-time Slashdot reader leathered. Vice argues that "The stress and anxiety that goes with funnel.....»»
A Crucial Clue in the $4.5 Billion Bitcoin Heist: A $500 Walmart Gift Card
Federal investigators spent years hunting for clues in the 2016 hacking of the Bitfinex cryptocurrency exchange, when thieves stole bitcoin now worth $4.5 billion. In the end, what helped lead them to two suspects was something much more quotidian: a.....»»
Bipartisan Senate Proposal Raises Alarm Over El Salvador"s Bitcoin Adoption
Senators Jim Risch, Bob Menendez, and Bill Cassidy's Accountability for Cryptocurrency in El Salvador (ACES) Act would require a State Department report on mitigating risks to the U.S. financial system from El Salvador's adoption of Bitcoin as legal.....»»
New York Is Now Using Cameras With Microphones To Ticket Loud Cars
If you live in New York and drive a loud car, you could receive a notice from the city's Department of Environmental Protection telling you your car is too loud. Not because a police officer caught your noisy car, but because a computer did. Road & T.....»»
That Coinbase Super Bowl ad was so popular it broke the app
Coinbase’s 60-second Super Bowl ad consisted of a bouncing QR code in the style of those old DVD-logo screensavers from years gone by. Scanning the code directed people to a page on the crypto exchange's site that offered $15 in free Bitcoin if the.....»»
Does a $3.6B Bitcoin Seizure Prove How Hard It Is to Launder Crypto?
What's the lesson after $3.6 billion in stolen bitcoin was seized by America's Justice Department from the couple who laundering it? Wired argues it all just shows how hard it is to launder cryptocurrency: In the 24 hours since, the cybersecurity.....»»
How Two 23 Year-Old Texans Made $4M Last Year Mining Bitcoin in Oil Fields
"When Brent Whitehead and Matt Lohstroh were sophomores at Texas A&M University, they decided to get into the business of mining bitcoin on the oil fields of East Texas," reports CNBC: Whitehead, an engineer hailing from a family with a long history.....»»
Inside the Chess Match That Led the Feds to $3.6 Billion in Stolen Bitcoin
The anatomy of the DOJ operation to seize $3.6 billion Bitcoin stolen in the Bitfinex hack is a cautionary tale in an era of rapid blockchain ascendancy A version of this article was published in TIME’s newsletter Into the Metaverse.....»»
$3.6 billion bitcoin seizure shows how hard it is to launder cryptocurrency
A “laundry list” of technical measures to cover wrongdoers' tracks didn’t work. Enlarge / The IRS detailed the winding and tangled routes the couple allegedly took to launder a portion of the nearly 120,000 bitcoins stolen from t.....»»