Search results
Results from the WOW.Com Content Network
In the absence of a widely accepted open source hardware license, the components produced by the OpenCores initiative use several different software licenses.The most common is the GNU LGPL, which states that any modifications to a component must be shared with the community, while one can still use it together with proprietary components.
Initially, the software was published by Satoshi Nakamoto under the name "Bitcoin", and later renamed to "Bitcoin Core" to distinguish it from the network. [2] It is also known as the Satoshi client. [3] Bitcoin Core includes a transaction verification engine and connects to the bitcoin network as a full node. [3]
NiceHash is a cryptocurrency broker and exchange with an open marketplace for buyers and sellers of hashing power. The company provides software for cryptocurrency mining.The company was founded in 2014 by two Slovenian university students, Marko Kobal and Matjaž Škorjanc. [1]
Ghash.io (CEX.IO) 2013 United Kingdom: London: mining pool (CEX.IO was an exchange) Closed in October 2016 [citation needed] HTX (formerly Huobi) 2013 Seychelles: bitcoin exchange [7] Kraken: 2011 United States: San Francisco: bitcoin exchange [citation needed] LocalBitcoins: 2012 Finland: Helsinki: over-the-counter trading [citation needed ...
The domain name bitcoin.org was registered on 18 August 2008. [15] On 31 October 2008, a link to a white paper authored by Satoshi Nakamoto titled Bitcoin: A Peer-to-Peer Electronic Cash System was posted to a cryptography mailing list. [16] Nakamoto implemented the bitcoin software as open-source code and released it in January 2009. [6]
Bitmain's first product was the Antminer S1 which is an ASIC bitcoin miner making 180 gigahashes per second (GH/s) while using 80–200 watts of power. [8] Bitmain as of 2018 had 11 mining farms operating in China. [7] Bitmain was involved in the 2018 Bitcoin Cash split, siding with Bitcoin Cash ABC alongside Roger Ver. [9]
canaan.io Canaan Inc. , doing business as Canaan Creative and known simply as Canaan , is a China-based computer hardware manufacturer. Established in 2013 by N.G. Zhang, [ 2 ] Canaan specializes in Blockchain servers and ASIC microprocessors for use in bitcoin mining .
Con Kolivas is a Greek-Australian anaesthetist. [1] He has worked as a computer programmer on the Linux kernel and on the development of the cryptographic currency mining software CGMiner. [2]