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Re-Mining Simulation Shows Satoshi Used a Single High-End PC to Mine 1.1M Bitcoin
23.8.2020
Cryptocurrency advocates have been recently discussing the mysterious Bitcoin inventor Satoshi Nakamoto as RSK’s chief scientist, Sergio Dermain Lerner, published a paper called “The Patoshi Mining Machine.” Essentially, Lerner simulated Satoshi’s mining experience....
PSF Token Invokes the First Coin-Age Staking Protocol on Bitcoin Cash
11.8.2020
During the last six months, the Simple Ledger Protocol has grown immensely and there’s been 9,604 SLP tokens created since the infrastructure launched. Just recently news.Bitcoin.com reported on mistcoin, the mineable SLP token that can be mined with a CPU. Now software developer Chris...
[aktualita] Qualcomm tlačí na americkou administrativu, chce znovu dodávat CPU pro Huawei
10.8.2020
Huawei kvůli americkým sankcím hrozí, že bude muset příští měsíc ukončit výrobu vlastních čipů Kirin. O možnost dodávat pro Huawei svá CPU paralelně u americké administrativy pod Trumpovým velením bojuje americký Qualcomm. Americká společnost zintenzivnila podle Bloombergu svoji lobbistickou...
Něco pro fandy tichých PC. Noctua chystá více černých chladičů a uvede obří pasiv pro CPU
30.7.2020
Noctuu a její ikonické hnědo-béžové ventilátory možná znají i ti, kteří se v hardwaru běžně nevrtají. Ne všem se ale tato barevná kombinace do skříně hodí. Pokud je to váš případ, zbystřete. Dorazí nové černé a dokonce i bílé verze.
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Meet Mistcoin – The First Mineable SLP Token Implementation Launched on Bitcoin Cash
22.6.2020
Bitcoin Cash proponents have been introduced to a new project built using the Simple Ledger Protocol (SLP) framework called mistcoin (MIST). The new token is essentially the first mineable implementation of colored coins on Bitcoin Cash. Mist allows participants to mine the SLP tokens “using...
Wild Satoshi Theories: The Curious Case of Bitcoin Block 3654 from 2009
21.5.2020
On Wednesday, 50 bitcoin mined on February 9, 2009, was moved from the original address to a new address. The movement of coins caused a great commotion throughout the cryptocurrency community, as some individuals assumed it may have been the mysterious Satoshi Nakamoto. However, skeptics believe...
Huawei je připraven nahradit Intel i Windows. Letos uvede počítače s vlastním CPU i OS
6.5.2020
Huawei loni rozjel další etapu, jak získat nezávislost. Loni v létě představil vlastní operační systém – či spíš rodinu operačních systémů se stejným jádrem – HarmonyOS. Ten by firma chtěla nasadit na veškerou myslitelnou elektroniku od televizorů a sluchátek, přes reproduktory a hodinky až po
The Cost of Javascript Frameworks
26.4.2020
I expect this post from Tim Kadlec to be quoted in every performance conference talk for the next few years. There is a lot of data here, so please check it out for yourself, but the short story is that JavaScript-framework-powered sites are definitely heavier and more resource-intensive than...
Bitcoin Mining: An Evolution from CPU to ASIC
4.10.2019
To a newcomer, the cryptocurrency market might seem like any other industry and some might even be intimidated by it. Scarcely would anyone believe that it is only 10 years old. In 2008, it was just a hobby for some scholarly enthusiasts motivated probably by ideals like breaking free from...
PR: Bitcoin.com Partners with Resistance – the Next Gen DEX
29.8.2019
Last week, the Resistance team met with Bitcoin.com CEO Stefan Rust, and other members of the Bitcoin.com organization, to discuss the terms of a partnership. The meeting was a great success and a strategic partnership agreement was drawn up and signed the same day.
The post PR: Bitcoin.com...
Bitcoin History Part 13: The First Mining Pool
19.5.2019
The notion that anyone could solo mine bitcoin – on a CPU no less – seems positively quaint today. But in 2010, this method wasn’t just possible – it was the norm. With an exponentially lower hashrate, less competition and a 50 bitcoin block reward, there was enough pie...
The Bottleneck of the Web
5.3.2019
Steve Souders, "JavaScript Dominates Browser CPU":
Ten years ago the network was the main bottleneck. Today, the main bottleneck is JavaScript. The amount of JavaScript on pages is growing rapidly (nearly 5x in the last 7 years). In order to keep pages rendering and feeling fast, we need to focus...
The Cloud is Just Someone Else's Computer
17.2.2019
When we started Discourse in 2013, our server requirements were high:
1GB RAM
modern, fast dual core CPU
speedy solid state drive
I'm not talking about a cheapo shared cpanel server, either, I mean a dedicated virtual private server with those specifications.
We were OK with that, because we were
The Golden Age of x86 Gaming
21.5.2016
I've been happy with my 2016 HTPC, but the situation has changed, largely because of something I mentioned in passing back in November:
The Xbox One and PS4 are effectively plain old PCs, built on:
Intel Atom class (aka slow) AMD 8-core x86 CPU
8 GB RAM
AMD Radeon 77xx