Video: Fresh Competition Is Shaping The Bitcoin Mining Hardware And Pool Land...

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....

By the look of things, support for Bitcoin Classic is growing in the mining scene, as Multipool.us has opened up a new mining pool for this so-called “altcoin”. With over one petahash of mining power directed to this Bitcoin Classic pool alone, the competition with Bitcoin Core is being taken to a whole new level. However, only three blocks have been mined so far, and there is still a long way to go before Multipool.us will become a major contender. Multipool.US Supports Bitcoin Classic Mining. While it is positive to see further competition between developmental solutions, the big....

Bitcoin mining hardware manufacturer Bitmain has announced they added support for Ethereum mining on Antpool as of May 28. In doing so, the company is welcoming all Ethereum enthusiasts to point their rigs at a new mining pool with a solid reputation. Antpool Welcomes Ethereum Miners. It is quite an interesting change to see Bitcoin mining pools expand their offering to Ethereum miners as well. Albeit a lot of people firmly believe both cryptocurrencies are in direct competition with each other, this news goes to show they can co-exist peacefully without issues. Plus, Antpool is one of the....

Ghash.io mining pool website. London-based Bitcoin exchange and cloud mining services provider, Cex.io announced on Tuesday that they were lowering the maintenance cost from $0.18 to $0.105 for 1 GHS per month. This reduction in maintenance cost comes after the company upgraded its hardware for mining bitcoins in the cloud. In addition, the hardware upgrade would also enable the company to arrange the lowest possible electricity consumption costs for hosting the ASICs. Also read "Cex.io Contemplates Expansion to Scrypt ASICs: CCN Exclusive Interview with Cex.io". Maintenance Costs and....

Bitmain has announced the launch of its latest open source BTC.com bitcoin mining pool with new improvements and attractive pricing. Bitmain, the Bitcoin Mining ASICs manufacturer has launched a new open source mining pool. The new mining pool is part of BTC.com, the company’s Bitcoin block explorer, analytics tools and wallet services arm. According to the company’s blog post, Bitmain is offering a great deal to all the users joining its new mining pool. All miners on BTC.com mining pool will be able to mine the digital currency without having to pay any mining fee until next year.....