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Georgia punches well above its weight for Bitcoin mining: Report

The tiny population of Georgia is a dark horse for Bitcoin mining, contributing close to one percent of the industry’s total hash rate, according to a report by Arcane research.

Best option for buying ETH using paypal and transfer to Metamask?

I'm forced to use Metamask but I don't feel like giving them my bank information, I prefer using Paypal than my debit card. The only option that I've found is creating a new wallet with etoro, buy ETH there and transfer to Metamask. Is there a better way to do this? Are they going to…
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SEC Makes ‘Big Blunder’ in XRP Lawsuit, According to Crypto Legal Expert Jeremy Hogan

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President of Central Bank of Peru Criticizes Crypto, Citing Lack of Intrinsic Value and Climate Change

Julio Velarde, the president of the Central Bank of Peru, attacked the value of cryptocurrencies and referred to negative effects they are said to have on the environment. In a recent interview with local media, Velarde said the Bank did not consider bitcoin a payment method. Instead, Velarde referred to it as a “highly volatile […]

Ethereum Co-founder Vitalik Buterin Optimistic Despite Crypto Winter

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Are you still not convinced we’re in a bear market?

A true bear market is the one that leaves you doubting whether it's a bear market or not. We've been seeing intermittent pumps which are usually followed immediately with a dump. Leaving many tokens with new lower lows (bottom) prices every time. A classic example of a bear market. How long this will last is…
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Vitalik Buterin confirms Bear market by showing up to conference dressed as a grizzly.

Vitalik had earlier hinted that the crypto community would welcome a long winter. He said that crypto could benefit from a crash as short term speculative attention is not good in the long run, while builders could benefit from less attention from speculators. Now he has made his strongest statement yet confirming the bear market,…
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Questions about ETH2 and sharding

“Each shard is a separate blockchain with its own state (account balances, smart-contracts) and transaction history.” Does this mean that users will have to bridge their assets across the different shards in order to interact with different applications? Will it be like moving eth from arbitrum to optimism? submitted by /u/Awkward_Barnacle8854 [link] …
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Intel unveils 2nd-gen Bonanza Mine chip for efficient Bitcoin mining

Intel’s new chips are powered by a high-performance miner to deliver up to 40TH/s in a balanced environment.