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July 27, 2023
Will Foxley dives into the state of bitcoin mining, from Bitcoin’s fourth “halving” to the politicization of the mining industry. On “Carpe Consensus,” hosts…
April 19, 2023
Following last week's milestone Shanghai upgrade, we moved to wind down CoinDesk's Ethereum validator project, but it could be a week before the 32 ETH we staked (about $67,000 worth) hits our wallet. C. Spencer Beggs, our director of engineering, breaks down the technical steps he's taken.
April 5, 2023
To better chronicle the Ethereum blockchain's transition to a proof-of-stake network, CoinDesk in 2020 started its own validator – nicknamed Zelda. We plunked down the 32 ETH (roughly $15,000 at the time) and laid the technical groundwork. With staking withdrawals due to start April 12, we take stock of the project.
September 1, 2022
Bitcoin mining outfit Compass Mining announced on Thursday that its Georgia-based site has been shut down due to high energy costs.
May 25, 2022
/PRNewswire/ -- Today, CoinDesk announces one of the most influential women in crypto, known as CryptoWendyO, will join CoinDesk TV as a host of "The Hash" to...
March 3, 2022
A group of former ConsenSys AG (CAG) employees is seeking an audit under the Swiss Code of Obligations to investigate alleged “serious irregularities” they claim occurred during a deal two years ago.
May 14, 2021
Like most crypto journalists, Will Foxley has a horror story about a bad encounter he had with a dodgy PR person. The former tech reporter at CoinDesk recalls being embarrassed in his first few days on the job after he relied on bad information fed to him in an announcement. “I got burned by a bad PR agent within, like, two or three weeks on the job, where they gave me false press release information,” he says. “I didn’t quite verify it enough and then got called out by one of the highe...
February 8, 2021
CNBC and Wall Street Journal Veteran to Head Launch of Live Video Streaming Service NEW YORK–(BUSINESS WIRE)–#bitcoin—CoinDesk, the global leader in crypto and blockchain news, events, data and research, today announced CoinDesk TV, a video streaming service with live daily and weekly news coverage and shows. CoinDesk TV’s programming will cover the rapidly evolving world of digital finance and its role in a global economy facing profound change. Joanne Po, who has spent over two decade...