Saw a comment “If crypto is reliant on Binance to survive, then it is neither decentralized nor useful”

The phrase “If crypto is reliant on Binance to survive, then it is neither decentralized nor useful” touches upon two important concepts in the world of cryptocurrency: decentralization and utility. Let’s break down this phrase and analyze its implications: Decentralization: Decentralization is a fundamental principle in the world of cryptocurrency Read more…

The average global household electricity cost to mine 1 Bitcoin currently is around $46k, yet it costs just $266 in electricity costs to mine 1 Bitcoin in Lebanon.

So for a solo Bitcoin miner, it is needed around 260k kWh of electricity to mine one full Bitcoin. According to coingecko’s research from data taken from globalpetrolprices research, average electricity cost around the world would be $46.2k USD for this amount of electricity used. Meaning that with current prices Read more…

In 2019 7000 BTC was stolen from Binance, it compensated users with its Safu fund. Most other exchanges would have given them a haircut

https://amycastor.com/2019/05/08/binance-hacked-to-the-tune-of-41-million-but-no-worries-funds-are-safu/ The hackers drained the exchange’s hot wallets, taking 7,000 bitcoin, worth approximately $41 million, in a single transaction. The hack only amounted to 2% of the exchange’s total holdings. Everything else was in its offline cold wallets. ​ The exchange will use its Secure Asset Fund for Users (SAFU) Read more…