Miners Forked Ether So They Can Still Pollute After the Merge, But It's Already Crashing in Value

Australia News News

Miners Forked Ether So They Can Still Pollute After the Merge, But It's Already Crashing in Value
Australia Latest News,Australia Headlines
  • 📰 futurism
  • ⏱ Reading Time:
  • 25 sec. here
  • 2 min. at publisher
  • 📊 Quality Score:
  • News: 13%
  • Publisher: 68%

They just can't quit.

the "merge," switching from a proof-of-work to proof-of-stake system.

It's a major win for the environment, as it puts energy-intensive Ethereum mining operations out of business overnight. But that also means mining outfits are now sitting on massive piles of extremely power-hungry hardware. Many banded together to create ETHPoW, a hard fork of Ethereum that lets them keep their environmentally damaging operations going.

That's not going so great, though. Today alone — the fork was yesterday — ETHPoW is already down by a

We have summarized this news so that you can read it quickly. If you are interested in the news, you can read the full text here. Read more:

futurism /  🏆 85. in US

Australia Latest News, Australia Headlines

Similar News:You can also read news stories similar to this one that we have collected from other news sources.

ETHPoW goes live after Ethereum's proof-of-stake MergeETHPoW goes live after Ethereum's proof-of-stake MergeETHPoW has launched its mainnet and published its RPC and block explorer details.
Read more »

ETHPoW (ETHW) plunges over 60% a day after mainnet launchETHPoW (ETHW) plunges over 60% a day after mainnet launchETHPoW has had a tumultuous time in trading since miners forked from the proof-of-work Ethereum chain.
Read more »

Grayscale files for rights to ETHPoW tokens after The MergeGrayscale files for rights to ETHPoW tokens after The MergeGrayscale Investments has the rights to Ethereum Proof of Work tokens as a result of The Merge, and may or may not distribute them to holders in the form
Read more »

Does Ethereum's new ETHPoW fork stand a chance? ETHW price falls 65% post-MergeDoes Ethereum's new ETHPoW fork stand a chance? ETHW price falls 65% post-MergeRough start for Ethereum post-Merge. Downward pressure has caused ETHW to drop in price amid ChainID fiasco.
Read more »

Miners Forked Ether So They Can Still Pollute After the Merge, But It's Already Crashing in ValueMiners Forked Ether So They Can Still Pollute After the Merge, But It's Already Crashing in ValueETHPoW, a popular proof-of-work alternative to ether, crashed after Ethereum's merge, leaving miners in a predicament.
Read more »



Render Time: 2025-03-01 02:34:40