Author: dfmines

Cryptocurrency News and Public Mining Pools

Have you ever wondered why some coins and tokens have such weird names and where they come from? I did some research on the names of the top 25 cryptos.

Have you ever wondered why, like, Polkadot is called Polkadot? Or why Dai is called Dai? I have, for various currencies, but I recently realized that I didn't know the meaning or origin of many names. I had half an hour of time, so I decided to do some googling and find out for the…
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Finance Redefined: Vitalik bearish on cross-chain, dYdX decentralizing, Jan. 7–14

Vitalik Buterin outlined his views on a cross-chain blockchain world, dYdX announced plans for full decentralization in 2022, and Near Protocol raised $150 for Web3 tech — all coming to you in this week’s Finance Redefined.

Stablecoin USDC’s ERC20 Issuance Surpasses USDT’s Total Supply on Ethereum

On Saturday, January 15, 2022, the market capitalization of all the stablecoins in existence is $173 billion, which represents 7.93% of the $2.18 trillion crypto-economy. The market valuations of stablecoins tether and usd coin represent 71.84% of the entire stablecoin economy’s value. This week, the current total supply of usd coin surpassed tether, in terms […]

eth to beth, then beth to eth

So on binance you can swap your eth to beth (1 eth≈1.2 beth) and at eth2.0 staking they say "you can swap your beth back to eth after the completion of the first phase. Please note that you will receive eth equal to your beth holdings at the time of the swap." So my qusetion…
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2021: A year of mass adoption for cryptocurrencies in Brazil

2021 was a year of affirmation for the Brazilian crypto market with good news in the national stock market, the promise of a CBDC and Brazilian soccer joining the game.

Dualmining with Lhr cards till electricity prices get better?

I got 4x RTX3070Ti x1 3060 all LHR. I love raven and plan to mine it for years, but since the profits has been going down I’ve been going like +-0 with these crazy electricity prices in Sweden atm. Is it worth to dualmine during these times or any other tips? I’m thinking like 30%eth…
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In your opinion, why is there so much hate for crypto?

Is it the media, the FOMO, the fear of new technologies or something else? On many levels I understand where people are coming from. There is no denying that cryptocurrencies have been used in many high profile crimes, mainly payment for ransomware attacks, and these are what make the news. Things like NFTs look completely…
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Stop Gatekeeping Crypto Adoption

The salty, highly upvoted post mocking dogecoin being accepted at Tesla for some items – the sixth largest company in the world in market cap, and undoubtedly one of the most visible companies in the world, accepting the purchase of items with cryptocurrency – priced in cryptocurrency and not fiat – is absolutely disgraceful. It…
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