Bitcoin Mining Pool BTC Guild Forced to Sell Due to Uncertain Bitcoin Regulation and Mining Centralization
BTC Guild won't be shutting down. Not too long after the NYDFS had published it Bitlicense proposal guidelines, Michael, the owner of BTC Guild, had stated that he would shut the pool down if the regulations went into effect as proposed. On 10/31/14, he announced that he would be shutting down BTC Guild. While at first the shutdown came as no surprise, the community response to it was. Within a few hours of the announcement, Michael changed the statement to reflect that BTC Guild was being sold instead of just being . One of the main drivers of this proposed closure was the myriad of....
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Following the publication of this article, a spokesperson for the New York State Department of Financial Services told CoinDesk "miners and mining pools are exempt from the BitLicense". BTC Guild is set to close at the end of June, months after previously announcing that it would shut down its long-running bitcoin mining pool. In its announcement, posted to Bitcoin Talk, owner Eleuthria cited the finalization of the BitLicense as a primary motivator for shutting down, stating that BTC Guild could not afford any legal threats that may arise as a result of the New York regulatory framework.....
The global cryptocurrency mining sector continues to see new developments that will define its evolution in the months and years ahead. In this ongoing maturation, players both new and old are jockeying for a leadership position. However, this week brings new indications that not all are adapting easily to this reality. BTC Guild warns of possible closure. Mining pool operator BTC Guild has announced that it will likely shut its doors early next year, and that a potential sale is being considered at this time. According to the 31st October announcement, new registrations have been....
The Proposed Bitcoin Regulation "BitLicense" Could Shut Down Mining And Bitcoin Businesses In The US
NYS Bitcoin Regulation Proposal Could Shut Down Mining And Bitcoin Businesses In The US. The proposal for regulating Bitcoin and other cryptocurrencies called BitLicense could have far-reaching and chilling effects. Not only does the licensing issues affect businesses and invade citizens privacy with overly big brother type burdensome identifications of users, it will also likely shut down Bitcoin and cryptocurrency mining in the US. One of the most respected and best Bitcoin Mining Pools is BTC Guild. It is run by Eleutrhria who hosts the pool in Nevada. They have a shutdown plan in place....
One of the many issues that has a lot of Bitcoiners periodically soiling their pants in fear is that of mining pool centralization. Earlier this year was a crisis with GHash.io and in the year before was one with BTCGuild (which has announced it is going offline soon. How the mighty have fallen). Naturally, nothing came of these supposed crises other than all manner of exhibitionist hang-wringing, such as when Peter Todd told everyone he had sold half his bitcoins due to the threat. But what about the 51% attack? What about decentralization? Bullshit. The 51% attack is a risk that arises....
BTC Pool Party Data Center Building In Progress. BTC Pool Party is a new Bitcoin mining pool that has gone into operation in the last few months. With so many mining pools and centralization driving several to close, a new pool is almost unheard of. When CCN contacted BTC Pool Party, an interesting person in the Bitcoin mining hardware business turned out to be a very big part of it. Juan Garavaglia, the CEO of 112bit.com, is the VP in charge at BTC Pool Party. He is the lead Bitmain authorized distributor for the US and Canada and sells to Bitcoin miners of all sizes with some very large....