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Massive surge in Litecoin mining leads to graphics card ...

Massive surge in Litecoin mining leads to graphics card shortage

Massive surge in Litecoin mining leads to graphics card shortage

By Joel Hruska on December 10, 2013 at 10:40 am

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The era of Bitcoin mining on the GPU is dead. A year ago, a single Radeon graphics card could crank out a reasonable fraction of...

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Bitcoin Mining Now Uses More Power Than 159 Countries ...

Mining Bitcoin now consumes more than 30 terawatt-hours of power globally, which is higher than the individual energy usage of 159 countries.

According to Bitcoin analysis blog Digiconomist , energy consumed by Bitcoin mining now exceeds what is used by countries like Ireland, Hungary, Oman, and Lebanon. Bitcoin uses about as much power as the entire country of Morocco and slightly less than...

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AMD destroys Nvidia at Bitcoin mining, can the gap ever be ...

AMD destroys Nvidia at Bitcoin mining, can the gap ever be bridged?

AMD destroys Nvidia at Bitcoin mining, can the gap ever be bridged?

By Joel Hruska on April 16, 2013 at 10:11 am

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If you typically follow GPU performance as it related to gaming but have become curious about Bitcoin mining, you've probably...

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AMD, Nvidia GPUs for Cryptocurrency Mining Unveiled ...

AMD, Nvidia GPUs for Cryptocurrency Mining Unveiled

AMD, Nvidia GPUs for Cryptocurrency Mining Unveiled

By Joel Hruska on June 28, 2017 at 11:00 am

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As we've discussed at various points, the great cryptocurrency GPU mining craze of 2011 to 2014 (peaking in 2013) was great for GPU manufacturers' profit...

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Bitcoin Site Robbed of More Than 4,000 Bitcoins Worth $70 ...

The wealth of Bitcoin stored by NiceHash from all those transactions is now gone, siphoned off by unknown attackers who gained access to the site's systems yesterday. The take from the heist was 4,736.42 BTC, worth more than $57 million at the time. Since the Blockchain that tracks Bitcoin transactions is public, you can see all that digital cash sitting there in a wallet .

The value of the stolen coins had gone up since they were taken and are now worth more than $70 million. Bitcoin enthusiasts will undoubtedly continue...

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Stealth Cryptocurrency Mining Sites Can Now Run Even After ...

Stealth Cryptocurrency Mining Sites Can Now Run Even After You Close Your Browser

Stealth Cryptocurrency Mining Sites Can Now Run Even After You Close Your Browser

By Joel Hruska on December 1, 2017 at 11:07 am

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Over the last two months, we've seen a rapid proliferation of websites that mine...

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Browser-Based Mining Malware Found on Pirate Bay, Other ...

Browser-Based Mining Malware Found on Pirate Bay, Other Sites

Browser-Based Mining Malware Found on Pirate Bay, Other Sites

By Joel Hruska on September 18, 2017 at 8:20 am

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Who needs cryptocurrency-mining Trojans or worms, when you can infect someone via their web browser? That seems to be the thinking...

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