While Bitmain is releasing the second Antminer for mining ZEC, the Zcash team is not in a hurry to fork the network and join the ASIC resistance campaign. High-performance miners allowed their ...

Reward halvings are a common element of many different forms of cryptocurrency, known to typically impact a coin’s supply, difficulty and price. For many cryptocurrencies, these halving mechanisms are ...

At 12:37 UTC, Zcash passed block height 1,046,400 to trigger the event that cuts miners' rewards from 6.25 ZEC to 3.125 ZEC. A miner reward reduction or "halving" event occurs when the block subsidy, ...

Can public cryptocurrencies stay public? That's the simple question that lies at the heart of a complex debate happening across major cryptocurrencies, where developers from projects as diverse as ...

Is your computer suddenly sluggish and hot all the time? You might have fallen victim to this new Russian malware designed to steal your computing power to secretly mine cryptocurrency. Researchers ...

Malware authors are using JavaScript code delivered via malvertising campaigns to mine different cryptocurrencies inside people's browsers, without their knowledge. Crooks are currently deploying this ...

Mining hardware manufacturer Bitmain has announced the release of its new Antminer Z9 mini, an ASIC (application-specific integrated circuit) miner capable of mining any cryptocurrency running the ...