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2019

Advantages Of Using Bitcoin For Deposits Benefits of using Bitcoin for sports betting deposits, including faster transactions, higher betting limits, attracti... Industry Making Good Money Mining Bitcoin? Time To Invest It Tips for turning Bitcoin mining profits into investments using robo advisors, budgeting apps, and spare-change saving... Opinion Why Every Bitcoin Miner Needs A VPN Three reasons Bitcoin miners should use a VPN: added security beyond blockchain encryption, bypassing country-level b... Guides Some Popular Online Places Where You Can Use Your Bitcoins Where to spend Bitcoin online, from sports betting sites and travel booking platforms to Microsoft, Overstock, and ga... Industry The Landscape of Cryptocurrencies in China China's complex stance on crypto: banning trading while investing in blockchain, and how citizens use VPNs, Tether, a... Industry Online Payments and The Future is Here How online payment methods have transformed shopping, casino deposits, money transfers, and investing by making trans... Industry

2018

Is Bitcoin Mining Still Profitable in 2018? An overview of how Bitcoin mining works, why the network needs miners to maintain its decentralized ledger, and what ... Opinion How To Get Started With Bitcoin Gambling? A beginner's walkthrough of Bitcoin gambling, covering how to acquire BTC, choose an e-wallet, and use cryptocurrency... Industry Decentralized casinos expected to take over the online gambling industry How blockchain-based casinos use Ethereum smart contracts for provably fair games, full transparency, and faster cryp... Industry How To Mine Smartcash? Step-by-step guide to solo mining SmartCash on Windows using SGMiner and an AMD GPU, including wallet setup, config f... Alt-coins

2017

Two Reasons All Bitcoin Users Should Install a VPN Right Now Why Bitcoin users should use a VPN: protection on public Wi-Fi networks and the ability to mask your IP address for l... Guides The Digital Gold That is Having a Love Affair With Online Gambling Sites How online gambling sites are adopting Bitcoin and other cryptocurrencies as payment methods, and what this growing p... Industry 4 Things To Consider In Bitcoin Key tips for Bitcoin newcomers covering wallet security, safe purchasing practices, technical knowledge, and handling... Industry Comprehending Bitcoin Cost Charts A beginner's guide to reading Bitcoin price charts, including line charts, candlestick charts, and OHLC data, with ti... Explainers Is it Possible to Achieve Compound Growth in Cloudmining and Bitcoin Mining Investment? See how reinvesting cloud mining profits using compound growth principles can multiply returns, with a worked example... Explainers Essential Facts About Dogecoin The origin story of Dogecoin, its rapid rise to a $53M market cap, its role in charitable fundraising, and the setbac... Alt-coins Bitcoin Transaction Malleability, Zero Change Inputs and How It Affects Bitcoin Exchanges How transaction malleability causes duplicate transactions and unconfirmed change on Bitcoin exchanges, and the techn... Explainers An Economics Education by Bitcoin - Part III Learn how Bitcoin exchanges work, how to buy BTC through online platforms, and how order books match buy and sell ord... Explainers An Economics Education by Bitcoin - Part II Explore how Bitcoin wallets work, from full nodes to mobile and web-based options, and learn the trade-offs of each f... Explainers Cryptocurrency - Who Are Involved With It? Notable figures from Bill Gates to Ben Bernanke have weighed in on cryptocurrency, while venture capital and 42 major... Industry How Cryptocurrency Begun and Its Impact To Financial Transactions Tracing cryptocurrency from Bitcoin's creation as a decentralized alternative to centralized finance through growing ... Explainers An Economics Education by Bitcoin - Part I A first-person account of learning economics through Bitcoin trading, exploring how digital wallets, authority transf... Explainers Buying Bitcoins A five-step guide to purchasing Bitcoin, covering wallet selection, payment methods, exchange types, evaluation crite... Getting Started Small Computers - Now The Latest Trend for High Performance Machines Mini PCs pack laptop-grade processors, SSD storage, and fast connectivity into a tiny, quiet form factor suited for m... Hardware Digital Currency And Premining An in-depth look at cryptocurrency premining, including why developers do it, the dump risk it creates, and how premi... Explainers The IRS Verdict for Bitcoin The IRS classified Bitcoin as property rather than currency for tax purposes, affecting capital gains treatment, empl... Opinion Bitcoins - Should You Use Them? Practical guide to using Bitcoin covering wallet types, sending and receiving payments, security tips, and weighing t... Getting Started Bitcoin In A Nutshell A concise overview of how Bitcoin works, from its decentralized peer-to-peer design and wallet setup to mining basics... Getting Started Dabbling In Bitcoin A beginner-friendly look at Bitcoin apps including exchange platforms, game apps that pay real BTC, virtual wallets, ... Getting Started The Impending Need of Universities to Open the Blockchain Education Universities like NYU, Duke, Princeton, and Stanford are offering blockchain and Bitcoin courses as demand for crypto... Opinion 5 Famous Books On Bitcoin And Blockchain Five recommended reads covering Bitcoin and blockchain, from The Bitcoin Bible and Mastering Bitcoin to The Book of S... Opinion HashOcean Cloud Mining Scam or Not? HashOcean stopped payouts and its site went offline, sparking fraud accusations. The company blamed hackers, but most... Hardware Bitcoin Network Tracking by Ten and More Monitoring Websites A roundup of online tools for monitoring the Bitcoin network, including blockchain explorers, charting sites, and nod... Industry Chinas Dominance In Bitcoin Mining Cheap electricity, abundant coal, and dominant pools like AntPool and F2Pool gave China over 60% of Bitcoin's hashrat... Industry Bitcoin Mining - Not A Waste Of Electricity Nine reasons Bitcoin mining justifies its energy use, from sound monetary design and heat recapture to IoT payments a... Opinion Can We Have Faith for VCs, Corporatists, PR Firms and Banksters Headlines? Private blockchain trials from banks and corporations generate headlines but offer no public proof, while Bitcoin's o... Opinion Bitcoin As Primary Currency For Libertarian City Norway Liberstad, a tax-free libertarian city project in southern Norway, plans to use Bitcoin as its primary currency while... Industry Remote Crash Bug Disclosed, Manipulated and Fixed Increased the Unlimited Hashrate A remote crash exploit hit Bitcoin Unlimited nodes in March 2017 after public disclosure, but a quick fix restored co... Industry First Time BU Block Mining Of Bitclub Network BitClub Network began signaling Bitcoin Unlimited in March 2017, joining AntPool to push BU's share of the global has... Industry China Central Bank Must be In Charged for Bitcoin AML Former PBOC deputy governor Wu Xiaolin argues China's central bank should oversee Bitcoin exchange regulation and ant... Industry Genesis Mining Review A review of Genesis Mining cloud mining covering its contract tiers, supported coins, profitability estimates, and ho... Hardware Arguments in New York Court With A French Bitcoiner French Bitcoin entrepreneur Theo Chino challenges New York's BitLicense regulation in court, arguing it burdens users... Industry Reasons Why Dash Price Soar High Exponentially Examining the factors behind Dash's 295% price surge, including masternode governance, fast confirmations, low fees, ... Alt-coins Nothing To Worry About High Transaction Fees In Bitcoin Why Bitcoin's average transaction fee of $0.32 is far cheaper than PayPal or bank transfers, and how scaling solution... Industry Bitcoin Gambling Investments 6/12 Six-month update on a Bitcoin gambling investment experiment showing a 28.91% BTC return and 97.88% USD return across... Industry Venezuela Troubles Continue While Bitcoin at USD 1,010 Bitcoin holds near $1,010 amid strong buyer interest while Venezuela's largest exchange Surbitcoin pauses operations ... Industry Will 2017 be Profitable for Bitcoin Mining? An analysis of Bitcoin mining profitability for hobby and industrial miners, comparing costs and returns in the US an... Opinion Bitcoin Miner Review For Avalon Nano 3 USB A quick review of the Avalon Nano 3 USB Bitcoin miner covering its 3.6 GH/s hashrate, minimal power use, plug-and-pla... Hardware Five USB Bitcoin Miners in Comparison- Bitcoin Mining A comparison of five USB Bitcoin miners including the Sapphire Block Erupter, GekkoScience Compac, Avalon Nano 3, Ant... Hardware An Evaluation of Spondoolies-Tech SP20 Jackson Review of the Spondoolies SP20 Jackson Bitcoin miner, covering its 1.7 TH/s hashrate, poor power efficiency, low pric... Hardware Bitcoin Mining in 2017 Profitable or Not? A breakdown of Bitcoin mining profitability factors like hash rate, difficulty, electricity costs, and pool fees, wit... Opinion Bitmain Antminer S9 Review All You Need to Know Comprehensive review of the Bitmain AntMiner S9 and its 16nm chip technology, 14 TH/s hashrate, power efficiency, and... Hardware Bitmain Antminer S7 Review All You Need To Know In-depth review of the Bitmain AntMiner S7 and S7-LN, covering their 4.73 TH/s hashrate, power draw, profitability, a... Hardware Bitmain Antminer S5 Review All You Need to Know Full review of the Bitmain AntMiner S5 covering its 1155 GH/s hashrate, power efficiency, noise, pricing, and suitabi... Hardware Bitcoin Miner Reviews Which Has The Best Hardware For 2017? Side-by-side reviews of six Bitcoin miners including the AntMiner S5, S7, S9, R4, Avalon 6 and Avalon 7, comparing ha... Hardware An Evaluation of Avalon6 Bitcoin Miner A detailed review of the Avalon 6 covering its 3.5 TH/s hashrate, power consumption, noise levels, setup process, and... Hardware How Does Bitcoin Mining Really Operate? Understand the technical foundations of Bitcoin mining, including cryptographic hash functions, Merkle trees, nonces,... Explainers

2016

How Does MetaTrader 4 For Mac Match Up? A look at the Mac version of MetaTrader 4, covering its matching functionality, limitations with automated trading, a... Opinion Is Bitcoin Cloud Mining Actually Profitable? Bitcoins pretty easily at home and make a very nice profit on the exchange rate. Explainers Sidechains Explained Learn how sidechains work using two-way pegs and SPV to extend blockchain functionality, enable smart contracts, and ... Explainers Decrypting Bitcoin - The Blockchain Technology Explained Full documentary and transcript explaining how Bitcoin transactions, mining, proof of work, and blockchain technology... Explainers How To Profit From Bitcoin Without Owning Them Explains how derivative investments like binary options let traders profit from Bitcoin price movements without holdi... Opinion KnCMiner Declares Bankruptcy Pending Upcoming Bitcoin Reward Halving Swedish mining company KnCMiner filed for bankruptcy as the 2016 Bitcoin block reward halving pushed production costs... Industry Ethereum's Gold Rush is Drawing Bitcoin Miners to Ethereum Rising Ether prices are attracting major Bitcoin miners like Chandler Guo, F2Pool, and Genesis Mining to Ethereum's p... Industry Will Bitcoin Block Reward Halving Prove an Improvement or an Impediment for Bitcoin? The Bitcoin block reward, currently at 25 bitcoins per block Opinion Bitcoin Mining Centralization Bitcoin community has pushed developers and pool owners to create new solutions Explainers How are New Bitcoins Created and Generated? New bitcoins are created through mining block rewards that halve over time. Learn about the supply schedule and why c... Explainers What is the Bitcoin Mining Block Reward? How the Bitcoin block reward works, its halving schedule every 210,000 blocks, impact on miners, and historical rewar... Explainers Is Bitcoin Mining a Waste of Electricity? Examines whether Bitcoin mining wastes electricity by comparing its energy use to the traditional banking system, fia... Explainers How to earn Bitcoin? Ways to earn Bitcoin including freelancing, selling goods, affiliate programs, gambling, hardware mining, and cloud m... Getting Started What Bitcoin Mining Can Learn From Forex Traders The Bitcoin mining industry can learn from the foreign exchange traders when it comes to making money. Opinion How do Bitcoin Mining Fees Work? Miners need an incentive to pay for electricity and hardware costs. Explainers Ethereum (Ether) Mining Guide to Ethereum mining covering Ethash, block rewards, cloud mining, GPU mining, profitability calculators, and poo... Alt-coins Bitcoin Mining Profitability Most Bitcoin mining hardware appears profitable at first glance. Explainers What is Ethereum cloud mining? Step-by-step tutorial for mining Ethereum on Amazon AWS EC2 GPU instances, from account setup through installing geth... Alt-coins

2015

Bitcoin Mining Guide for a Bitcoin Miner In this Bitcoin mining guide you will be able to learn everything you need to know to mine bitcoins. Getting Started Bitcoin Mining Heart Attack The only ironclad solution is to replace the sudden halving of the Bitcoin coinbase with a continuous, gradual decrease. Explainers What is Proof of Work Explains the proof-of-work concept used to secure Bitcoin, how hashcash validates blocks, and lists common PoW hashin... Explainers What is Hashcash? Technical overview of the hashcash proof-of-work function used in Bitcoin mining, covering its history, hash function... Explainers What is Bitcoin Mining Difficulty How the Bitcoin network adjusts mining difficulty every 2016 blocks to maintain a 10-minute block interval, plus how ... Explainers Learn How To Mine Bitcoins Want to learn how to mine bitcoins? First, mining bitcoins is done via SHA256. Getting Started What is Litecoin mining? Learn all you need to get started. What is Litecoin mining? Alt-coins What is Dogecoin mining? Learn all you need to get started. What is Dogecoin mining? Alt-coins Banks and Brokerages Should Be Mining The Blockchain The blockchain is an ideal platform to build these sorts of applications (clearing, settlement, etc) on. Opinion What is DASH mining? Learn how to mine DASH (formerly Darkcoin) using the scrypt algorithm with CPU and GPU mining software, wallet setup,... Alt-coins How To Setup Bitcoin Mining Hardware Bitmain Antminer S7 S5 and S3 Video setup guides and transcripts for the Bitmain Antminer S7, S5, S3, and U3 with Raspberry Pi, including power sup... Guides Antminer S5 and S3 - Bitcoin Mining Setup The AntMiner S5 is about four times more powerful than the AntMiner S3 but otherwise they are very similar. Guides

2014

Spondoolies-Tech SP20 Quick Start Guide Video walkthroughs for unboxing, powering, and configuring the 1.7 TH/s Spondoolies SP20 Bitcoin miner with a dedicat... Guides Bitgold Review - GoldMoney Review - What to beware of! Bitgold is a brand new platform for that intends to offer gold payments to customers. Industry

2013

USB - Bitcoin Mining Setup Guide Step-by-step video guide to building a USB Bitcoin miner with a Raspberry Pi, ASIC Block Erupters, and a powered USB ... Guides Become A Sponsor and Advertise - Sponsorships Sponsorship and advertising opportunities on BitcoinMining.com, including banner rates, campaign options, and contact... Industry Bitcoin Mining – It’s About Solving Problems The discovery of bitcoins is itself called solving a block. Explainers Avalon Wins the ASIC Race – Sort Of Bitcoin Magazine has already dubbed Avalon the winner of the ASIC race Opinion Certain Traits Necessary For Bitcoin Mining Success There are certain personality traits that would adapt very well to the avocation of bitcoin mining. Opinion

2012

Some Fast Facts About Bitcoin Mining Key facts about block solving intervals, reward halvings, mining pools, and the rising role of ASIC hardware in Bitco... Explainers Bitcoins May Be Virtual, But They’re Very Very Real Bitcoins may not be coins, per se, but they can be used to buy and sell products and services around the world. Explainers Bitcoin Mining Pools Give Everyone a Chance To Be Involved A bitcoin mining pool is definitely something you should look into. Opinion