Winklevoss-Backed Cypherpunk Seizes 18% of Total Zcash Hashrate
On Tuesday, Cypherpunk Technologies disclosed that it has launched a U.S.-based zcash (ZEC) mining fleet with about 4.2 GSol/s of computing power after completing a $33.33 million equity transaction with Winklevoss Capit...
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