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Brazil’s Congress just approved a complete regulatory framework for cryptocurrency markets in the country. Here’s everything that’s in it.On Tuesday, Brazil's Chamber of Deputies approved a landmark cryptocurrency legislation that sets the tone for how the country will regulate bitcoin.Key aspects of the bill relate to the way...

Powering bitcoin mining operations with landfill waste is the latest trend in sector growth as miners capitalize on wasted and stranded energy resources.Powering bitcoin mining machines with literal garbage is an emerging trend within the mining sector as a crop of new companies focus on harnessing this abundant and otherwise wasted energy resource. Contrary to the prevalent political narrative that bitcoin mining...

Despite the crypto contagion of 2022, some NFTs (non-fungible tokens) have seen massive price rises. One example is...

The latest version of Bitcoin’s original software client brings improvements on usability, privacy and security. Here’s all you need to know.A new version of the original Bitcoin software launched by Satoshi Nakamoto in 2009 has been released.Bitcoin Core 24.0 was worked on by 112 developers for roughly seven months to bring tangible improvements to Bitcoin...

Protecting your Bitcoin seed phrase is a critical security feature, and the Hodlr One Titanium backup offers some serious features.An Introduction To Bitcoin Seed PhrasesThis article demonstrates how to use the Hodlr One Titanium Bitcoin seed phrase backup from Hodlr Swiss. When taking self-custody of your bitcoin it is important to ensure you have a good system in place...

One of the inevitable evils of the crypto market and the capital market, in general, is the dreaded bear market. We all know the one; when the homepages of trading apps are flooded in red,...

Trammell was one of the first to recognize Bitcoin’s potential and offers unique perspective for Bitcoiners celebrating White Paper Day 2022.On October 31, 2008, the pseudonymous Satoshi Nakamoto submitted their white paper outlining "Bitcoin: A Peer-To-Peer Electronic Cash System" to...

As the bitcoin price continues to struggle, investors are showing interest in buying distressed bitcoin mining assets.Bitcoin continues trading well off its record highs as the latest bear market continues, thanks to a variety of macroeconomic shocks and strains. Bitcoin miners are especially feeling the pain of a depressed market, with...

A proof of concept on a farm in Ireland demonstrates how bitcoin mining can create value from methane and carbon dioxide waste.This is an opinion editorial by John Quigley, a Bitcoin mining researcher and digital nomad from Ireland. A version of this article was originally published on Adaptive Analysis....

Bankrupt Celsius exposed personal information of thousands of users amid its restructuring process. Here’s what happened and what you can do for protection.This week, Celsius Network published a large document containing all the account balances of its customers. The move is part of the company's ongoing restructuring process following its Chapter 11 bankruptcy filing from earlier this year. The document reflects user...

Bear market woes continue for miners as bitcoin’s price sits 70% off its record highs. But hope springs eternal.Public mining companies are entering the final quarter of 2022 battered and bruised after nine months of bear market brutality. At the end of Q3, the total market values of all U.S.-listed mining companies dropped by over $14 billion from the start of the...

Bitcoin miners are supposed to be the bulls of last resort, but how are their financials faring in this bitcoin price tumble?Buy low then sell high is one of the most basic components of investment advice in the history of financial markets. Bitcoin is now 10 months into its current bear market cycle, and plenty of investors and companies that didn’t...

As many bitcoin mining firms struggle to remain operational, CleanSpark is poised to emerge from this bear market stronger than ever.It’s no secret that the bitcoin bear market is bad right now. According to some metrics, it’s one of the worst downturns in Bitcoin’s young history. And few sectors of the Bitcoin economy are as harshly affected by current market conditions than...

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Inspired by El Salvador’s Bitcoin Beach, a town in Guatemala is focused on cleaning its lake by diverting used cooking oil to bitcoin miners.A circular bitcoin economy in Guatemala is using resources that would otherwise be wasted to fuel a local bitcoin mining operation, giving its resident financial autonomy and demonstrating a viable economic path outside of the government- controlled economy.Patrick...

Rising energy costs, a new hash rate ATH and flat bitcoin prices pose challenges to some miners as margins get squeezed.Bitcoin’s total hash rate has hit a new all-time high, according to Coin Metrics data, only weeks after the end of a two-month...

Last month, at the fifth Underground Citadel event in Texas, attendees learned skills to help achieve more freedom from incumbent systems.On August 25, Plan B Passport hosted the fifth Underground Citadel at Bitcoin Commons in Austin, Texas. If you didn’t get to attend the highest-signal event of the year, this article is for...

In a new and developing space, there is bound to be a lot of noise.A version of this article was originally published here.In any new and developing space, there is bound to be a lot of noise. New solutions both compete for a new market against existing monopolies — which currently own the market, and...

Bitcoin educational persona Doctor Bitcoin explains his recent arrest for selling BTC and warns that the government won’t stop with him.In 2011, journalist and tech entrepreneur Mark Hopkins shared dinner with a longtime friend who offered to pay for his half of the meal by sending Hopkins some newly-minted bitcoin, which the friend had mined himself on his laptop. In a recent...

Lightning helped El Salvador adopt bitcoin one year ago, which in turn helped usage of the Bitcoin Layer 2 network balloon around the world.Bitcoin headlines more often than not focus on the price. Whether it goes up or down in U.S. dollar terms, the media rides the wave accordingly, denoting “bubbles” and “crashes” as they come. As a result, the technology’s fundamentals...