Tag Archives: cryptocurrency

There has been a rise in crypto heists over the last few months. According to security researchers, cybercriminals have been very active over Q1, stealing nearly $1.3 billion USD worth of crypto assets. According to Atlas VPN and Slowmist Hacked, a company that collects information about disclosed attacks targeting blockchain …

Back in April 2016, Valve began accepting Bitcoin as a form of payment on the Steam Store, allowing those with cryptocurrency to purchase games. Valve eventually removed support for cryptocurrency in 2017, and now we know why – half of the transactions were fraudulent. When Valve first decided to remove …

With graphics cards pricing coming down and the end of Ethereum mining on the horizon, many are expecting graphics cards to become affordable once again. Unfortunately, there may be a set back, as a new software can reportedly completely remove the mining hash rate limiter on Nvidia RTX LHR GPUs.  …

Earlier this week, reports began claiming that Amazon was in the process of enabling cryptocurrency payments on its massive store. This would have been a very big deal and we swiftly began observing cryptocurrency prices creeping up following the news. Unfortunately, the story appears to have been incorrect.  Amazon has …

If you are a Twitter user and keep up to date with cryptocurrency news, then chances are you've seen some fake Elon Musk accounts claiming to give away thousands of dollars worth of Bitcoin or offering huge investment returns for just a little bit of cryptocurrency. This is an obvious …

Bitmain, one of the most prominent manufacturers of ASIC crypto miners, has reportedly ordered chips from TSMC. Based on the 5nm process node, these chips should offer improved performance at lower power consumption, making Bitmain products more profitable and attractive to miners. The report coming from DigiTimes also states that …

Bitcoin mining fever has some severe symptoms. While some think it's a good idea to mod a Gameboy to mine Bitcoin, others prefer the more retro Commodore 64 for that purpose. It certainly won't rival any ASIC miner out there, but it still is an achievement worthy of being shared. …

Back in February ahead of the launch of the RTX 3060, Nvidia announced plans to limit mining performance on future GeForce graphics cards, starting with the RTX 3060. Unfortunately just a few weeks later, Nvidia accidentally shipped a beta driver without the limitations in place. Now, Nvidia looks to be …

Nvidia always does well financially but it looks like Q1 2021 is going to be particularly big for the company. Previously, Nvidia told investors that it expects to make $5.3 billion during the first quarter, but due to an uptick in crypto-mining sales and the launch of CMP graphics cards, …

Every once in a while, we see tech used for something it was absolutely not designed for, whether it be running Doom on every device imaginable, or getting Windows running on a smart watch, it is always interesting to see. This week's big thing appears to be an original Game …

According to a couple of sources this week, Nvidia is planning on releasing a very high-end CMP HX series crypto-mining card. A flagship model featuring the GA100 GPU is apparently on the way, expected to provide a hash rate of up to 210 MH/s – double the mining performance of …

The first Radeon RX 6700 XT mining benchmarks have started to appear, bringing good news for gamers and not-so-good news for crypto currency miners. According to this first batch of tests, the RX 6700 XT will have a lower hash rate compared to the older RX 5700 XT. These benchmarks …

Over the course of 2020, Bitcoin has been back on the rise, emulating the massive boom the cryptocurrency had back in late 2017. In early December, Bitcoin reached a new all-time high value of $20,000 and in the weeks following, things have only been going up.  As reported by The …

A few weeks ago, we learned that Bitcoin was booming once again, with the cryptocurrencies value approaching a new all-time high. Today, the Bitcoin market saw another boost, pushing its value to over $20,000 USD per Bitcoin.  This is a new all-time high for Bitcoin, which has risen from $19,000 …

Back in late 2017, Bitcoin saw a huge boom, with the value of a single Bitcoin rising to just under $20,000. By early 2018, Bitcoin value swiftly began dropping again and has remained far off its peak value since then. That is beginning to change now, with the Bitcoin market …

The next generation of Nvidia RTX graphics cards are about to be ushered in, which means manufacturers are going to be looking at ways to shift any remaining RTX 20 series stock they have left. In MSI's case, it looks like the company will be repackaging some of its Turing …

Brave made a name for itself by being one of the best web browsers with built-in ad blocking functionality across mobile and PC. Last year, the team behind Brave did begin testing its own advertising platform, but with a twist that would give users a 70 percent revenue cut for …

Between carefully-crafted listings of photographs of items sold as if they were the actual product and mystery boxes filled to the brim with garbage sourced from resellers and local dollar stores, the early days of eBay were a mess. A highly amusing mess for outsiders, but still a mess. We …

According to reports, vendors are anticipating an average GPU price reduction of 20% in July as crypto demand continues to weaken.

Brave is one of the most popular browsers on Android, and it is slowly making inroads on Windows too. The developers of Brave are big believers in Blockchain technology and they want to use it to create a fair advertisement system that benefits both promoters and viewers. Yesterday, Brave announced …

Since launching five years ago, Docker has proven to be an invaluable piece of software for developers and sysadmins. Unfortunately, the folks behind the service have been a bit slow to react to one specific security issue, as users found that the Docker Hub service contained 17 images with ‘back door' …

Whilst GPU prices may be steadily falling, mining is still big business for hardware companies, and ASUS is looking to capitalise on that with the Mining Master. A motherboard geared towards miners that can support up to a whopping 20 GPUs. The Mining Master is an ATX board that uses …

Since the cryptocurrency boom in popularity, scammers have taken the opportunity to exploit newcomers and enthusiasts with all manners of illicit mining. Following on from its ban on cryptocurrency advertisements last month, Google is now taking a stand by blocking any Chrome extension that can mine cryptocurrency from entering the …

Over the course of the cryptocurrency boom, graphics card makers have pledged to try and aid gamers in the GPU shortage through various means. Nvidia has managed to make some effort towards this, replenishing some of its stock in the UK but it seems that the green team is still …

Following in the footsteps of both Facebook and Twitter, soon Google will begin banning cryptocurrency adverts on its platforms. Various coin exchanges, ICOs and other ventures will lose access to Google's AdSense platform starting in June. In January, Facebook announced that it would be cracking down on cryptocurrency related advertisements …

Earlier this year, Facebook went on a crusade against cryptocurrency scams, banning advertisements left, right and centre. Twitter now looks to be doing the same thing, cracking down on scam accounts, however it seems legitimate crypto enthusiasts have been caught in the crossfire. As it stands, Twitter has left alone …

Following on from the massive cryptocurrency boom in December last year, we have seen plenty of people trying to take advantage of it. Here in the UK we saw government websites hacked to mine, in Russia, nuclear scientists attempted to leverage government owned super computers for profit, and there have …

Microsoft founder Bill Gates has opened up regarding his feelings towards cryptocurrency, and it seems the entrepreneur isn’t a fan. In one of his more extreme examples of why he has a distaste for the online currency, Gates stated that it is “a rare technology that has caused deaths in …

It seems that AMD has benefitted quite a bit from cryptocurrency mining, which saw 3 million graphics cards worth around $776 million sold throughout 2017.

The rise in popularity of cryptocurrency alongside its tendency to approach extremely high value has prompted an increase in hacker-based crimes. Just last week, over 4,000 UK government websites were breached in order to force them into mining cryptocurrency and now it seems Tesla is the latest victim as its …