As if Bitmain’s year hasn’t been rough enough, having posted big losses and laying off entire departments, its flagship product now has a firmware vulnerability. A few weeks ago, Bitcoin Core ...

Bitmain has finally released its firmware for the popular Antminer S9 to enable what is called “overt AsicBoost.” In a recent blog post, Bitmain explains their rationale for the firmware release, ...

The events surrounding the August 1 deadline for the showdown between the UAHF (user-activated hard fork) and UASF (user-activated soft fork) have been widely publicized, with detractors on both sides ...