New evidence suggests that Bitmain controlled AntPool has activated a controversial hack on its mining operations. The AsicBoost hack supposedly gives a 20% efficiency boost when mining. The Big Reveal Tracking website, AsicBoost Block Explorer, identified that block #530042 was indeed mined by AntPool using the technology. In fact, roughly 4% of blocks mined in the past week have utilized AsicBoost. Antpool has 13.5% of the total hash power on the network, making it the second biggest miningRead MoreThe post Bitmain Activates Controversial ‘AsicBoost’ for Antpool appeared first on Bitcoinist.com.
