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2021’s Largest Epoch Drop: Bitcoin Network’s Mining Difficulty Dips Over 12%, Hashrate Nears 200 Exahash

Bitcoin’s mining difficulty has seen a massive drop this week, as the metric slid 12.6% and was the largest difficulty drop in 2021. The mining difficulty decline follows the recent electrical outages in China which had affected the network’s hashrate to some degree. Following the difficulty drop, Bitcoin’s hashrate is climbing northbound again nearing the […]

I had a nightmare last night

I was causally checking the price of Eth when I noticed I couldn’t see the graph. I thought it was a glitch as the screen was just a white. Then I noticed a jagged vertical red line on the left side of my screen. I kept scrolling down to find the bottom but I couldn’t…
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Coins vs tokens. What’s the difference?

I see these 2 terms confused a lot and if you didn’t know, these 2 words have very different meanings which I’ll be explaining now. Coins are cryptocurrencies that have their own ecosystem. For example, Cardano, Ethereum, bitcoin, etc. are all coins because they have their own blockchain and don’t depend on other blockchains. Tokens…
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Today I just realised that “Diamond hands” is the millennials equivalent to “time in the market, beats timing the market”

There is an old quote in the world of trading "time in the market, beats timing the market". This is just an expression to state that if you hold long enough then your portfolio will go up no matter when you joined. I've just realised that the expression "Diamond hands" is the equivalent. If you're…
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How Moons can Change Lives – A First Person Perspective

Yesterday, u/anotherjohnishere tipped me 2000 moons. Here is the story, and what I'll do with it: It started off as a bit of a joke. I saw a post stating that John loves tipping moons, so I asked for 1000. Little did I know where it would take me. A few minutes later, I saw…
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The biggest BTC upgrade since 2017 is going live in three months

So the Bitcoin community has reached consensus regarding the details and rollout of the Taproot upgrade, which is quite a big deal. The upgrade will offer more functionality for smart contracts, improve the infrastructure for privacy (not privacy itself, for now), reduce the amount of data to be transferred and stored on the blockchain, enable…
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Mass adoption of blockchain tech is possible, and education is the key

Mainstream adoption of emerging technologies such as blockchain is inevitable, a transformation that younger generations will carry out.

Cryptocurrency Exchanges: What are the cheapest fee wise?

I bought crypto several years ago, and now that the market is more mature, I'd like to purchase more crypto. What exchanges have you found to be better than others just to convert from cash to crypto. And which once have you stayed with because their services outrank their charge fees? submitted by …
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With the Price of Eth Hitting Almost 3K, You Now Need 96K USD To Run a Full Node. Maybe The Greatest Disadvantage For The ((Decentralised)) Blockchain

Can you actually call it decentralized if only the Rich can run it ! Don't get me wrong, I like the Ethereum Project, but I don't like seeing it shifting in favor of the rich when it was invented to satisfy the needs of the average joe. submitted by /u/MushtahaDroid [link] [comments]