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Obelisk, a new ASIC manufacturer led by Siacoin developer David Vorick, has released plans for an ASIC launchpad for Proof of Work coins. Its aim is to provide new and existing cryptocurrencies with an ASIC-friendly algorithm that will mitigate the ris

Just recently the Bitcoin Gold (BTG) developers announced the project's consensus algorithm Equihash was “threatened” in a blog post called 'A Response to the ASIC Threat.' In the post, the BTG project's team members explain that they might

What would happen if bitcoin were to suffer a 51% attack' It's a hypothetical question, but one that has troubled some of the community's brightest minds. Just as army generals play out countless war games, enacting doomsday scenarios, bitcoin defender