The process that adds new Bitcoin transactions to the distributed ledger known as the "blockchain." Mining is also how new coins come into existence as a reward for being the first miner to add ...

Mining secures blockchain by solving puzzles; hashing ensures data integrity. Large mining pools could have centralized network control, conflicting with Bitcoin’s decentralized ethos.

but a new platform is trying to flip the script. In a press release shared by Cointelegraph, Alephium detailed how it had been chosen to be the foundational blockchain in a partnership with ...

This year’s Mining Indaba got me thinking—not just about the scale of South Africa’s mineral wealth but about the systems ...