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Amazon begins pre-order for consumer Bitcoin mining ...

By Timi Cantisano News Reporter Neowin LLC @timicantisano ·

Sep 22, 2015

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What you are seeing above is the '21 Bitcoin Computer'. Although it doesn't look pretty, the device will be marketed and sold to consumers this fall and will allow users to mine Bitcoin and also provide a means to buy and sell goods using the digital currency.

The 21 Bitcoin Computer was created by 21 Inc. and works a little differently than your typical Bitcoin mining machine. Instead of profiting from the actual mined currency, 21 Inc. states that most will profit off the sale of the services and products...

Bitcoin smashes $10,000 barrier, next stop - the moon - Neowin

By Paul Hill Neowin LLC ·

Nov 28, 2017

with 33 comments

Bitcoin has passed the $10,000 mark for the first time. Some exchanges were reporting that the threshold had been passed hours ago, however, CoinMarketCap, an authoritative entity, is now too reporting that the threshold has been passed. 2017 has been explosive for bitcoin; the price has gone from a 'lowly' $1,000 to its current value.

One explanation for the price increases is due to new waves...

Is mining cryptocurrency in the boot of your electric car ...

By Richard Tyr Blewitt Neowin LLC ·

Dec 2, 2017

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An owner of the impressive Model S has posted an image of a cryptocurrency mining rig that is assembled in the boot of his electric car.

For those unaware, cryptocurrencies, particularly bitcoin , have experienced quite a boom this year. These cryptocurrencies rely on something called mining, which usually requires a number...

Winklevoss twins are among small group of bitcoin ...

By Paul Hill Neowin LLC ·

Dec 3, 2017

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With bitcoin reaching $10,000 in the past few days it looks like we've got some of our first bitcoin billionaires. Brothers Winklevoss, Cameron and Tyler, are now likely to be bitcoin billionaires after they made an $11 million bet on the cryptocurrency several years ago.

While it's not clear how many bitcoins the brothers have altogether, estimates put the stash at around 100,000 BTC, which is worth more than a billion dollars worth. The pair, famous for their spat with Mark Zuckerberg as...

Bitcoin crosses $9,000 threshold, rallying $1,000 in nine ...

By Boyd Chan Neowin LLC @therealboydchan ·

Nov 26, 2017

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While many may have expected the bitcoin exchange rate to take a bit of a breather over the Thanksgiving weekend, it appears that the cryptocurrency has continued its upward trend, having just passed the $9,000 mark....

Latest version of uTorrent may be using your CPU to mine ...

By Chris Schroeder Neowin LLC @schroederrock ·

Mar 6, 2015

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There's no honor amongst thieves. At least, that's the perception given off with the latest version of the bittorrent client uTorrent, which is a bittorrent client used for download files, many files of which can be of the pirated variety. uTorrent recently had an update to the platform released. Within the...

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