According to the latest data, the blockchain network Fractal Bitcoin continues to capture around 226 exahash per second (EH/s) of Bitcoin’s hashrate via merged mining. Additionally, Fractal Bitcoin’s native crypto asset, FB, achieved an all-time high (ATH) last week but has since dropped 61.9% below that ATH just six days later. Mining Pools Reap Rewards…
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Data reveals that after Fractal Bitcoin’s mainnet went live, the project’s block explorer indicates the blockchain now controls over 35% of Bitcoin’s total hashrate. While Bitcoin hums along at an impressive 681 exahash per second (EH/s), Fractal Bitcoin’s sidechain has attracted about 241 EH/s of merged mining hashpower. Fractal Bitcoin Captures More Than 240 EH/s…
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Figures reveal that over the preceding 72 hours, three bitcoin mining pools discovered more than 69% of the 436 blocks found during that period. Foundry USA and Antpool, two industry titans, command a formidable 55.5% of Bitcoin’s total computational power. Foundry Dominates Bitcoin Mining in 12-Month Period, Discovers 15,651 Blocks Out of 53,528 In the…
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Over the past year, the mining pool titan Foundry USA has consistently led the network in terms of hashrate. However, this month, the bitcoin mining operation Antpool has edged ahead of Foundry, albeit marginally, in hashrate rankings. In November, out of the 4,436 blocks that were mined, Antpool was responsible for uncovering 1,218 of them,…
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Bitcoin.com News reported this week that leading crypto exchange Binance will settle with the United States Department of Justice (DOJ) for $4.3 billion, related to breaching anti-money laundering and sanctions regulations. The well-known face of the exchange, and former CEO, Changpeng “CZ” Zhao, has stepped down as part of the plea deal. In other news,…
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F2Pool, a Bitcoin mining pool, has admitted to filtering transactions coming from Bitcoin addresses flagged by the Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC). After the situation was discovered by 0xB10C, a Bitcoin developer, F2pool co-founder Chun Wang acknowledged that his pool was indeed applying this filter, announcing it would drop the censorship until there was…
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A recent analysis by 0xB10C, a developer and onchain analyst, has uncovered intriguing findings in the Bitcoin network. The study, which focuses on the mining pools’ transaction selection processes, revealed that certain transactions from U.S. Treasury-sanctioned addresses were missing from blocks. This insight raises questions about the practices of mining pools and their influence on…
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According to an X post, a cryptocurrency mining pool, F2Pool, has returned the mistakenly transferred transaction fee of 19.8 BTC made by Paxos, a Financial infrastructure firm. It started on September 10, when a transaction fee of $510,000 was paid to a miner on block 807,057 for a transaction worth $2,000. This caused debate among…
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The US-based crypto service provider Paxos has been revealed as the party responsible for massively overpaying fees on a recent Bitcoin transaction. The transaction, made on September 10 at 5.10 PM UTC, was for a payment of only $200 worth of BTC, but amazingly came with a transaction fee of around $500,000, setting a new record…
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A Bitcoin (BTC) user paid around $500,000 in transaction fees to send just $200 of BTC last weekend, setting a new record in Bitcoin transaction fees. The transaction, made on September 10 at 5.10 PM UTC, was sent from a well-experienced Bitcoin user, which many believe must be either an exchange or some sort of…
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