Archive for the ‘bitcoin’ category: Page 22
May 28, 2021
Massive bitcoin mine discovered in UK after police raid suspected cannabis farm
Posted by Genevieve Klien in categories: bitcoin, food, sustainability
LONDON — An illegal bitcoin mine has been found by police in the U.K. who were looking for a cannabis farm.
The mine — located in an industrial unit on the outskirts of the English city of Birmingham — was stealing thousands of pounds worth of electricity from the mains supply, West Midlands Police said Thursday.
Police searched the unit in Sandwell on May 18 on the back of intelligence that led them to believe it was being used as a cannabis farm.
May 25, 2021
Elon Musk says he talked to ‘North American Bitcoin miners,’ sending bitcoin price surging
Posted by Genevieve Klien in categories: bitcoin, Elon Musk, sustainability
The price of bitcoin jumped about 4% Monday afternoon after Tesla CEO Elon Musk tweeted that he was having active discussions regarding the sustainability of the digital coin.
Bitcoin was trading around $38074, according to Coindesk, when at about 3:42 p.m. ET Musk posted on Twitter: “Spoke with North American Bitcoin miners. They committed to publish current & planned renewable usage & to ask miners WW to do so. Potentially promising.”
Within minutes, the price had shot up to more than $39500. Overall, the coin is up more than 17% in the last 24 hours.
May 23, 2021
Crypto miners halt China business after Beijing cracks down, bitcoin tumbles
Posted by Muhammad Furqan in categories: bitcoin, business, cryptocurrencies
Cryptocurrency mining operators, including a Huobi Mall and BTC.TOP, are suspending their China operations after Beijing stepped up its efforts to crack down on bitcoin mining and trading, sending the digital currency tumbling.
Cryptocurrency miners, including HashCow and BTC.TOP, have halted their China operations after Beijing intensified a crackdown on bitcoin mining and trading, hammering digital currencies amid heightened global regulatory scrutiny of them.
A State Council committee led by Vice Premier Liu He announced the crackdown late on Friday — the first time the council has targeted virtual currency mining, a big business in China that accounts for as much as 70% of the world’s crypto supply. read more
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May 20, 2021
Dr Jamie L. Wells, MD — Director, Research Science Inst — Pediatrician, Medical Innovator, Educator
Posted by Ira S. Pastor in categories: biotech/medical, bitcoin, business, education, health, policy, robotics/AI, science
Pediatrician, Medical Innovator, Educator — Dr. Jamie Wells, MD, FAAP — Director, Research Science Institute (RSI), Center for Excellence in Education, Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) — Professor, Drexel University School of Biomedical Engineering, Science and Health Systems.
Dr. Jamie L. Wells, MD, FAAP, is an Adjunct Professor at Drexel University’s School of Biomedical Engineering, Science and Health Systems, where she has been involved in helping to spearhead the nation’s first-degree program focused on pediatric engineering, innovation, and medical advancement.
May 12, 2021
Longevity Meets Blockchain — AMA with Aubrey de Grey and Vitalik Buterin
Posted by Kiran Manam in categories: bitcoin, life extension
Join Aubrey de Grey and Vitalik Buterin on our fireside chat where they discuss and answer questions at the intersection of longevity and web3.
The AMA is hosted by VitaDAO — VitaDAO is the world’s first decentralized intellectual property collective.
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May 9, 2021
Could digital currencies put banks out of business? | The Economist
Posted by Derick Lee in categories: bitcoin, business, cryptocurrencies, economics, finance
Cryptocurrencies like Bitcoin have been billed as a major disruptor to finance. But digital currencies issued by governments might be even more radical—they may even threaten the future of traditional banking.
Read our special report, “The Future of Banking” : https://econ.st/3tuTT8y.
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May 4, 2021
Can humans achieve biological immortality? Brent Nally (longevity) interview
Posted by James Bickerton in categories: biological, bitcoin, life extension
Hey guys — you might like this interview I did with Brent Nally (CEO — Longevity Plan) about why humans can and should strive towards biological immortality. Very grateful for any subs to support the channel!
I interview Brent Nally, host of Lifespan News and CEO/co-founder of Longevity Plan, about the longevity movement and why he believes humans can and should strive for biological immortality. Covers scientific progress, the evolving longevity movement, why some oppose radical life extension and a brief section on Bitcoin.
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Apr 17, 2021
Dr. Patrick Bangert, Vice President of AI, Samsung SDS — Developing Next Gen AI To Serve Humanity
Posted by Ira S. Pastor in categories: bitcoin, business, chemistry, information science, internet, robotics/AI
Developing Next Generation Artificial Intelligence To Serve Humanity — Dr. Patrick Bangert, Vice President of AI, Samsung SDS.
Dr. Patrick D. Bangert, is Vice President of AI, and heads the AI Engineering and AI Sciences teams, at Samsung SDS is a subsidiary of the Samsung Group, which provides information technology (IT) services, and are active in research and development of emerging IT technologies such as artificial intelligence (AI), blockchain, Internet of things (IoT) and Engineering Outsourcing.
Apr 17, 2021
In Nevada desert, Blockchains LLC aims to be its own municipal government
Posted by Jamal Simpson in categories: biotech/medical, bitcoin, cryptocurrencies, finance, government
Interesting initiative (US Smart Cities) that could be applied to space cities.
Jeffrey Berns, CEO of Nevada-based Blockchains LLC, envisions a city where people not only purchase goods and services with digital currency but also log their entire online footprint — financial statements, medical records and personal data — on blockchain. Blockchain is a digital ledger known mostly for recording cryptocurrency transactions but also has been adopted by some local governments for everything from documenting marriage licenses to facilitating elections.
The company wants to break ground by 2022 in rural Storey County, 12 miles (19 kilometers) east of Reno. It’s proposing to build 15000 homes and 33 million square feet (3 million square meters) of commercial and industrial space within 75 years. Berns, whose idea is the basis for draft legislation that some lawmakers saw behind closed doors last week, said traditional government doesn’t offer enough flexibility to create a community where people can invent new uses for this technology.
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