A large amount of ETH staked on the beacon chain, which is not liquid during the staking period, has given rise to a new emerging field called Liquid Staking Derivatives (LSD).

On January 21, 2023, Bitcoin developer Casey Rodarmor introduced the Ordinals protocol on the mainnet. In less than two months after its launch, the protocol facilitated the minting of over 380,000 NFTs on the Bitcoin network, with total fees amounting to nearly $1.51 million. As a loyal Bitcoin supporter, I find it exciting to witness a new appealing feature of the “digital gold”. Thanks to the novelty and huge user traffic that comes with NFTs, Ordinals has become a trending project.

Despite its tempting returns, mining is no easy task. As a crypto miner, you may face many challenges. For instance, miners struggle with how to choose a mining pool, optimize mining machine performance, and fix machine failures. Today, we will go through the five key factors in crypto mining and help you optimize your mining experience. Whether you are a beginner or an experienced miner, these tips are sure to provide helpful insights.

It is fair to say that LTC and DOGE have become two of the most popular cryptocurrencies in the market since 2021 when the crypto market saw explosive growth. As LTC and DOGE are still little known to many investors, this article will share something about them.

With the halving event fast approaching, the daily LTC output will soon be reduced, which has raised concerns among many LTC miners about whether the DOGE reward will also go down.

In early February, Ethereum announced exciting news: Zhejiang, Ethereum’s first public withdrawals testnet, was launched on February 1 to prepare for the Shapella upgrade. On February 7, upon reaching the target height of Epoch 1350, the testnet was successfully activated, simulating the withdrawal of staked ETH for the first time.

After over a decade of growth, the revolution started by blockchain technology and cryptocurrency is creating a global craze and giving rise to a host of events, conferences, and gatherings, which have become an essential aspect of the crypto community.

DASH, the tech-improved version of Bitcoin, has surged by 40% in the past 30 days, exceeding $66, and it has been a long time since the last time DASH scored such a satisfying growth record in March 2022.

In BTC mining, which is a fierce race among global miners, those with large hashrates often have the upper hand. This is the case because BTC mining is essentially a process of solving difficult math problems through complex computation and miners with larger hashrates are more likely to find the right answer and earn block rewards. Yet still, there are always miners who are lucky enough to beat all other BTC miners with negligible hashrates and win the jackpot.

MWEB’s user base is rapidly expanding, with steady growth in active addresses, an evidence that the MWEB privacy function meets the expectations of Litecoin users.

According to data released by Documenting Bitcoin on January 17, Bitcoin achieved a 14-day winning streak, only one step away from the record of 15 days set in November 2013. Plus, the BTC hashprice, a key indicator for Bitcoin mining, has also picked up in recent weeks.

Segregated Witness (SegWit) has made it cheaper to trade Bitcoins; the birth of the Lightning Network has enabled everyday small Bitcoin transactions; the Taproot upgrade created unlimited possibilities for Bitcoin to scale. As more bitcoins are mined, BTC, which features a constant supply, might become a stable store of value like gold. By then, Bitcoin may finally realize Satoshi’s vision as a distributed transaction system used in every corner of the world.

In 2022, the crypto industry witnessed plunging prices, the shrinking market cap, and institutional failures. Despite that, in terms of the on-chain statistics, the No.1 crypto Bitcoin scored major progress over the past year.

Going into 2022, ViaBTC kept growing despite bearish market conditions. The pool continued to pursue tech innovations and upgraded its products and services to provide users with more versatile mining tools, stabler and more efficient mining services, and more satisfying product experiences.

Lucrative airdrops were seen in DYDX, ENS and 1inch in 2021 and star projects like Optimism and Aptos in 2022. What are the best airdrops to watch in the crypto community in 2023?

This, coupled with the stringent regulations and black swan incidents, made 2022 a particularly rough year for crypto miners. That being said, miners must still get on with their lives. Today, we will review the series of incidents that took place in the crypto mining industry in 2022, which might shed light on crypto investment in the future.

Though Ethereum pulled off the transition, the network still faces several problems. For instance, the Merge hasn’t reduced the Gas, meaning that users still have to pay expensive fees. Additionally, with or without the Merge, users can only deposit ETH and cannot withdraw their ETH holding. These are all concerns that Ethereum must tackle in the future. Today, let’s take a glimpse into that future and check out the changes that Ethereum might go through in 2023 as it grows and evolves.

As we approach 2023, ViaBTC has worked out the top ten words of 2022 for the crypto industry. Now, let’s look back on the extraordinary year we’ve had in this industry.

The bear market is not scary, since this isn’t the first time crypto mining has faced a crisis. In retrospect, we can find that the ongoing bear market has some different features.

As an emerging industry, crypto is never short of trends and hype. Over recent years, Facebook renamed itself Meta; Elon Musk, who used to be the world’s richest man, endorsed DOGE; Apple CEO Tim Cook said publicly that he holds crypto. It seems that the crypto space can always provide us with trending topics. Despite that, mining, which is a key link in the industry, is often less eye-catching than other trending crypto categories.