Category Archives: Cryptocurrency News

Crypto Miner Riot Blockchain to Buy Whinstone for $651 Million

When someone mines for bitcoin, they’re actually lending their computing power to the bitcoin network. In order to mint these new tokens, a global pool of miners compete against each other to see who can unlock a batch of new bitcoin first. NEO has announced a partnership with Alibaba, the world’s largest online and mobile…

AMD Radeon R9 295X2 Profitability, Hashrate, Ethereum and Bitcoin Mining Calculator España

That’s more than 100 MHz lower than the GK110 on a GeForce GTX Titan. Wouldn’t you be better off building that supercomputer using two, three, or even four Titans? In any case, the fact that AMD went this route isn’t wholly surprising – there aren’t too many ways to move 500W of heat – but…