Here is what happened in the Cryptoworld in the last quarter of this year and this decade: Total crypto market capitalization in Q4 October We started this quarter with looking who is to blame for Bitcoin price crash. We were in for a surprise when a German bank stated that Bitcoin prices are in for a major boost next year and that current prices do not take into account the upcoming halving. Speaking of which, the discussions on the halving and what it might mean for the future of BTC miners h...

Though only recently announced, Ethereum's (ETH) latest upgrade has been announced as a success, while the price of ETH is showing a rise in the last week. At the time of writing (11:15 UTC), ETH is trading at c. USD 130. It dropped 0.73% in the last 24 hours, but the price appreciated 3.6% in the week leading up to the Muir Glacier upgrade. In comparison, bitcoin (BTC) is down by almost 1% in a week, while majority of other coins among the top 10 advanced by 1%-12% in the past seven days. As wr...

The equipment power aimed at mining BTC has hit additional new peak, reporting that over 600,000 high-end new devices may possibly have appeared online during the last 3 months. Consistent with figures from the BTC.com crypto extraction pool, during the last two-weeks BTC’s average hash rate has crossed one more major threshold, by reaching 85 exahashes per second (EH/s) last Friday. For now, mining complexity is also set to a new record of approximately 12 trillion. Since mid-June, the complex...

For 2018, cryptocurrencies have significantly lost in value, but ASIC mining has not deceased and miners are ready to continue making transactions and receiving a reward for generating blocks. In 2018, several interesting devices with increased hash rates were released. The top-end ones can process from 28 to 76 trillion hashes per second (TH/s). Moreover, many ASIC miners can be ordered directly from the manufacturer. Best miners on SHA-256 for 2019 The main trend of ASICs last year was the tr...

Antminer L3+ Model from the famous Chinese brand Bitmain at the very beginning of the release was considered one of the most productive ASIC-miners for mining Litecoin coins. He had prospects for mining a number of other cryptocurrencies – but over time, the technique became irrelevant. Now, you can find an improved version-L3+ on the market - it works on the same Scrypt algorithm, but it allows you to earn more, therefore, recoup the miner faster. To determine the capabilities of the device, i...

Innosilicon was primarily involved in the production of components for electronic tools. However, the enthusiasm triggered by the emergence of ASICS in the digital market provoked the company's management to switch to the production of a novel category of miners and it was the correct choice. As a result, Innosilicon has taken a top position among the equipment, which produces virtual assets. The unimaginable pace of growth of the corporation has been repetitively noted by analytical organizati...