Bitcoin Transaction Fees Come Crashing Down Post Halving
Bitcoin transaction fees have significantly decreased post-halving. Runes NFT collection floor prices have also dropped despite expectations of maintaining fee revenue. [ more ]
Bitcoin Mining Pool ViaBTC Sells 'Epic' First Post-Halving Sat for $2.13M
The mining pool ViaBTC sold the first post-halving block's satoshi for $2.13 million, using the Ordinals protocol to identify and trade individual satoshis. [ more ]
Crypto mines will have to start reporting their energy use in the US
The US Department of Energy (DOE) will collect data on crypto mines' electricity use to address concerns about their energy consumption.
The Energy Information Administration (EIA) will focus on the evolving energy demand for cryptocurrency mining and quantify the sources of electricity used. [ more ]
Kinsing Cyberattackers Target Apache ActiveMQ Flaw to Mine Crypto
Attackers are exploiting a critical remote code execution vulnerability in Apache ActiveMQ, infecting vulnerable Linux systems with a cryptocurrency miner.
The Kinsing malware is targeting the flaw to mine cryptocurrency and drain resources from infected systems.
The vulnerability allows remote attackers with access to an ActiveMQ message broker to execute arbitrary commands on affected systems. [ more ]