Ethereum Community Mulls Hard-Fork to Make Bitmain ASICs Obsolete

Ethereum developer Piper Merriam has opened up Ethereum Improvement Proposal (EIP) #958, which requests community input in regards to whether or not the cryptocurrency’s blockchain should render the rumored Bitmain ASICs virtually obsolete. In doing so, Merriam has also suggested that Bitmain may already be mining with said ETH ASICs. To Fork, or Not to Fork? The Ethereum community has been stirred into action following reports that cryptocurrency mining giant Bitmain has developed β€” and Read More The post Ethereum Community Mulls Hard-Fork to Make Bitmain ASICs Obsolete appeared first on Bitcoinist.com.



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