BTC/USD:

$97,125

24H Change:

3.61%

Fear & Greed:

82 (Extreme Greed)

Dominance:

56.7%

Lightning Nodes:

12,174

Liquidity:

521.8 BTC

Lightning Channels:

46,963

Current Fees:

13 Sats/vb

Zachary

Zach worked at the Hurricane Research Division of the National Oceanographic and Atmospheric Administration for 10 years, where he learned the art of scientific writing. He went to the University of Wisconsin - Madison and got a Bachelors of Science in Atmospheric and Oceanic Science, and completed all the courses needed for a PhD as well as passed the PhD qualifier. Many years ago he obtained all the cryptocurrency he could off faucets until he accumulated 0.1 Bitcoin. During this time he also ran his own crypto news site called The Cryptocurrency Times. Further, he created programs that used the Bitcoin Blockchain. In the past few years he has written well over 1,000 articles about Blockchain and cryptocurrency, as well as recorded hundreds of daily crypto news podcasts.
Articles by Zachary
Significance of Institutional Investors’ 0.5% Bitcoin Allocation

There has long been speculation in the crypto space that institutional investment would be the driving force that would lead to the biggest crypto rally ever by far, and now the crypto experts at Messari have run some calculations. They have found that if institutional investors on average put a mere 0.5% of their portfolio … Read more

3 min read
Bitmain Struggling Amid Market Downturn, IPO No Longer Certain

Bitmain may be the largest manufacturer of cryptocurrency mining equipment in the world but despite the size of the company and its near-total monopoly on the mining industry, it is not immune to the impacts of the 2018 cryptocurrency bear market. Bitmain has been forced to close down its Israeli development center, amid rapidly declining revenues. Possibly … Read more

3 min read
Bitmain Faces $5 Million Lawsuit for Pre-Configuration of Mining Rigs

Bitmain, the largest manufacturer of cryptocurrency mining equipment in the world, is being sued for USD 5 million in a class action lawsuit filed in the United States District Court of the Northern District of California. Plaintiffs allege that the manufacturer pre-configured rigs to run at full power, directing cryptocurrency mining revenue to itself before users … Read more

3 min read
Bitmain Sues Unknown Hacker Who Stole 617 BTC

Bitmain is suing ‘John Doe’, an unknown hacker who gained access to Bitmain’s Binance account on 22 April 2018. Ultimately 617 bitcoins worth USD 5.5 million were stolen from Bitmain, the largest cryptocurrency mining firm on the planet. The scheme the hacker used to steal the bitcoins was unique. Instead of directly withdrawing cryptocurrency from … Read more

3 min read
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