Bitmain offers coupons to past customers

In the spirit of the Lunar New Year 2018, Bitmain (one of the largest producers of Bitcoin ASIC mining machines – and recently others, like Litecoin, Dash, etc) has given out coupons to past customers. The Lunar New Year Coupons were given to all customers who had paid for an order as of February 27, […]

Venezuala orders acceptance of all Cryptocurrencies at Embassies

As some parts of the world seem to crack down on cryptocurrencies (and cause fear, uncertainty and doubt to spread rampant throughout investors), other countries are embracing the technology with open arms. Venezuela President Nicolas Maduro has ordered various government services to accept it’s own oil-backed crypto coin the Petro, as well as any other […]

Best X11 Miner

Dash miners are fairly new – they cropped up in late 2017, and rocketed into fame as they were supposed to mine $100-$200 USD PER DAY when they were first released. However, much to the disappointment of everyone who got in early and pre-ordered from Bitmain, they kept selling and selling, so by the time […]

One of my GPU’s hashrate is way too low

It’s a common problem – a multiple GPU mining rig has one GPU that isn’t hashing as well as it’s brother and sister GPUs. The question is asked in a forum, or other message board, because the rig owner wants someone to fix it for them. But all too often, no details are given, and […]

Volatility is here to stay; Crypto-winter will likely end soon

Warran Buffet says “The stock market is a device for transferring money from the impatient to the patient.” That doesn’t just apply to the stock market, that applies to most markets and especially to cryptocurrencies! As banks like Goldman Sachs come out with silly statements, like last week when they said that most cryptocurrencies are […]

Bitcoin Purchases are called ‘Cash Advances’ by Visa and Mastercard

Earlier this month, Mastercard and Visa made news by stating that any cryptocurrency purchases made on their credit cards would be billed as cash advances instead of charges. The main difference is that a cash advance incurs interest and costs the moment you make it, where as a normal credit card charge is interest free […]

Can I mine Bitcoin with my CPU?

Yes! Yes you can, this is how Bitcoin mining started. However, as time has passed, and new mining hardware called ASICs have been introduced, mining with a CPU is like “an ant fart in a hurricane” (source). Keep reading for details: Can I mine Bitcoin with a CPU? A CPU can make a few hundred […]

Capital One blocks CryptoCurrency purchases with its Card

Well, it’s official. For the last week or two, I’ve had trouble buying from CoinBase with my Capital One card. I finally got around to calling them up, and they informed me that the orders were cancelled not because I had run into my credit limit on the card, but because they no longer allow […]

January 31, 2018: Market Volatility

Now there’s another spate of selling happening, and investors with weak hands are selling, starting to send crypto markets down again. If you look back at 2017, coming from December 2016 into January 2017, the market had gone from about 14 billion market cap, to about 21 billion. During the build up, everyone was touting […]

Bitmain Antminer D3 17.5 GH/s X11 Miner

1.Hash Rate: Up to 17,500 GH/s (+/- 5%) 2.Power Consumption: 1200W, 93% efficiency, 77°F ambient temp (at the wall using platinum rated PSU) 3.Hashing Algorithm: X11