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Marathon Sets New Record by Mining Bitcoin’s Largest Block, Showcasing the Logos’ Manifesto
3.5.2024
On May 3, the Bitcoin network validated its largest block to date at block height 841,886, which included an inscription showcasing the technology stack dubbed Logos’ manifesto. This block, similar to the one that previously held the record as the largest, was mined by Marathon....
Bitcoin Mining Pool ViaBTC Sells 'Epic' First Post-Halving Sat for $2.13M
25.4.2024
The pool mined the first block after last week's halving, winning an "epic" sat in the process
Marathon Mines Record-Breaking 4 MB Bitcoin Block Linked to Runestone Airdrop
5.3.2024
During bitcoin’s extraordinary price peaks in March, this week saw the mining of the biggest block by byte size, with Marathon’s mining pool producing a 3.99 megabyte (MB) block. This block, labeled as 832,849, carried a message linked to the Runestone airdrop. Bitcoin Blockchain...
OKX to End Crypto Mining Pool-Related Services Over Realignment
26.1.2024
Centralized crypto exchange OKX said on Friday that it will soon shut down its Mining Pool and related services due to business adjustments. New user registrations for the Mining Pool will no longer be accepted starting Jan. 26. Meanwhile, existing users can continue to use the service until Feb....
Bit Mining Sells Btc.com’s Mining Operations for $5 Million
30.12.2023
On Friday, Bit Mining Limited declared it had sold the mining pool operations of Btc.com to a Hong Kong limited liability company for $5 million. This transaction is anticipated to bolster the total equity of Bit Mining’s shareholders, contingent upon certain concluding conditions. BTCM...
Bitcoin Mining Pool Ocean Successfully Mines Third Block in Ongoing Decentralization Quest
27.12.2023
Ocean succeeded in mining their third Bitcoin block, showing the decentralized mining pool’s capabilities. Image by Kerem Goktug Kaya, Adobe Stock. The decentralized Bitcoin mining pool Ocean reached a new milestone this week by successfully mining its third block ever. According to data from...
Jack Dorsey-Backed Ocean Bitcoin Mining Pool Introduces Block Template Options
23.12.2023
Ocean, a Bitcoin mining pool backed by Jack Dorsey, has introduced block template options to allow individual miners to decide which transactions will be included in the next block. The feature, dubbed “path to decentralization,” will allow pool users to mine transactions with Ordinal...
Ripples in the Bitcoin Sea: Ocean Pool’s Transaction Blacklist Sparks Industry Uproar
10.12.2023
In recent days, discussions have intensified around the emerging bitcoin mining pool Ocean and its decision to exclude certain transactions, specifically those linked to Ordinal inscriptions and coinjoin activities. Luke Dashjr, a key figure in Ocean’s operations and a prominent Bitcoin Core...
Samourai Wallet Calls out Ocean Pool for Censoring Whirlpool Privacy Transactions
8.12.2023
Samourai, a privacy-focused bitcoin wallet, revealed the changes in the recent Bitcoin Knots software used by Ocean, a Bitcoin mining pool, censor Whirlpool transactions, a kind of coinjoin operation. The wallet explained that Ocean is pursuing a “very slippery slope” by filtering...
Bitcoin Developer Luke Dashjr States Inscriptions Are Exploits, Hints at Future Fix
7.12.2023
Luke Dashjr, bitcoin developer and Mummolin’s CTO, has reiterated his negative opinion about Ordinal inscriptions, stating these leverage and exploit a vulnerability in the Bitcoin Core full node software implementation. Dashjr also hinted at correcting this “exploit” in...
Jack Dorsey-Backed Bitcoin Mining Pool Refuses To Process Ordinals Transactions – What’s Going On?
7.12.2023
Jack Dorsey. Source: a video screenshot OCEAN – a newly launched Bitcoin (BTC) mining pool backed by Jack Dorsey – has updated its mining software to exclude Bitcoin ordinals transactions from the blocks that it generates. Ordinals is a protocol for issuing NFTs and alternative tokens on...
Jack Dorsey Backed Bitcoin Mining Pool Ocean Acknowledges Filtering Ordinal Inscriptions
2.12.2023
Ocean, a Bitcoin mining pool that recently raised $6.2 million in a seed funding round led by former Twitter (now known as X) CEO Jack Dorsey, is currently filtering ordinal inscription transactions. Giacomo Zucco, a bitcoiner, confirmed that Ocean was using Knots as a node, a software developed...
Antpool Surpasses Foundry in Hashrate Battle, Claiming Top Spot in November’s Bitcoin Mining Race
1.12.2023
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...
Jack Dorsey Leads $6.2 Million Seed Funding for OCEAN Bitcoin Mining Pool
30.11.2023
Mummolin launches decentralized bitcoin mining pool Ocean with backing from Jack Dorsey. Image by yuromanovich, Adobe Stock. Mummolin, a Bitcoin startup, has raised $6.2 million in seed funding to support the launch of Ocean, a new decentralized bitcoin mining pool. The funding round was led...
Jack Dorsey Aims to Create Anti-Censorship Bitcoin Mining Pool With New Startup
29.11.2023
The startup said it created "only non-custodial" mining pool where miners get the new bitcoin block reward for mining directly from the network
DEMAND Launches Bitcoin Mining Pool With Stratum V2, Promises Improved Security and Performance
27.11.2023
DEMAND launches Bitcoin mining pool based on new Stratum V2 technology. Image by Fatih Nizam, Adobe Stock. Bitcoin mining company DEMAND announced today the launch of the world’s first Stratum V2 mining pool, built using the open-source Stratum Reference Implementation (SRI). This new pool...
Bitcoin Mining Pool F2pool Acknowledges OFAC Transaction Censorship; Backpedals After Community Backlash
24.11.2023
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...
Social Media Speculates if F2Pool is Censoring Transactions, Founder Responds
22.11.2023
0x10BC, a Bitcoin development blogger, has unveiled data potentially suggesting that F2Pool has censored a number of recent transactions. What 0x10BC’s data says 0x10BC, who runs a mining pool observation project with the aim of detecting potential unrecognized potential Bitcoin transactions...
Bitcoin's Anti-Censorship Ethos Surfaces After Mining Pool F2Pool Acknowledges 'Filter'
22.11.2023
After a blockchain sleuth reported that the Bitcoin mining pool may have censored a transaction from an address blacklisted by U.S. authorities, critics responded, and so did the project's co-founder
Luxor refutes claims its Bitcoin hashrate-backed product is BlockFi, Celsius 2.0
6.11.2023
“The return comes from hashrate, not from pixie dust, ponzi schemes, or rehypothecation,” a Luxor Technology executive stressed