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Zcash Developers Target 20-Second Blocks Shortly After Major Speed Upgrade
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Zcash Developers Target 20-Second Blocks Shortly After Major Speed Upgrade

Key Highlights: Zcash’s orphan block rate fell to 0.69% over a 24-hour period ending early Monday following the network’s NU7 upgrade, performing better than developer expectations. While the cumulative orphan rate post-NU7 sits at 1.29% after an initial spike, ZecBlock’s tracking expansion from one node to ten accounts for increased detection sensitivity. Controlled developer stress ...

Binance Bitcoin Mining Pool Finds Just One Block in a Week as Shutdown Nears
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Binance Bitcoin Mining Pool Finds Just One Block in a Week as Shutdown Nears

Key Highlights Binance Pool mined only one Bitcoin block over a seven-day period, accounting for a mere 0.11% of the network’s production. The sharp drop in hash rate precedes the mining pool’s scheduled permanent shutdown on November 10. Binance will terminate all associated services at 07:00 UTC Tuesday, including block rewards, cloud mining, pool savings, ...

Ethereum Co-Founder Vitalik Buterin Compares Bitcoin and AI Compute Cost Structures
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Ethereum Co-Founder Vitalik Buterin Compares Bitcoin and AI Compute Cost Structures

Key Highlights: Ethereum co-founder Vitalik Buterin shared economic breakdowns comparing Bitcoin mining infrastructure with artificial intelligence inference on social media platform X. The figures highlight a sharp divergence in expenditure structures, noting that Bitcoin mining costs split roughly 50/50 between compute capex and energy operational expenses. The shared cost tables emphasize the fundamental differences in ...

Bitcoin Mining Pool That Controlled 2.3% of Network Shuts Down After 65% Hashrate Drop
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Bitcoin Mining Pool That Controlled 2.3% of Network Shuts Down After 65% Hashrate Drop

Key Highlights: Binance has announced the shutdown of its mining pool services, giving miners approximately four weeks to redirect their hash power to alternative platforms. Binance Pool pages will be permanently taken offline on November 24, with users required to finalize payouts, complete identity checks, and redeem Pool Savings before specified cutoffs. The closure marks ...

Binance to Discontinue Binance Pool Services on November 10
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Binance to Discontinue Binance Pool Services on November 10

Key Highlights: Binance has announced the upcoming closure of Binance Pool, cutting off mining connections at 10:00 AM on November 10. Following the deadline, users will be unable to submit new mining tasks or accumulate mining rewards through the platform. All related Binance Pool operations and services are scheduled to cease completely as of November ...