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NiceHash defeats Nvidia’s GPU crypto-mining limits, does not appear to be a scam

Enlarge (credit: BTC Keychain ) Nvidia began releasing LHR (or “Lite Hash Rate”) graphics cards last year to slow down their cryptocurrency mining performance and make them less appealing to non-gamers. Late last week, crypto-mining platform NiceHash announced that it had finally found a way around those limitations and released an update for its QuickMiner […]

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Wikipedia community votes to stop accepting cryptocurrency donations

Enlarge (credit: iStock / Getty Images Plus) More than 200 long-time Wikipedia editors have requested that the Wikimedia Foundation stop accepting cryptocurrency donations. The foundation received crypto donations worth about $130, 000 in the most recent fiscal year—less than 0. 1 percent of the foundation’s revenue, which topped $150 million last year. Debate on the […]