This Week in Mining - ETC suffers 51% attack, Bitmain shipments delayed

Mining & Hardware
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A light news week for the mining industry:

  1. Ethereum Classic (ETC) was hit with a 51% attack that reorged 4,000 blocks. The attacker is estimated to have spent $204,000 USD on hashing power to double spend 800,000 ETC (approximately $5.6M USD). This is the second attack on ETC in the span of a week.
  2. Bitmain delays ASIC shipments as the internal battle between its cofounders rages on. Shipments due for June and July delivery have been further delayed til September and October.
#2

The delay in Bitmain shipping ASIC miners, is going to KILL the Z15. By the time they’re out, the halving will happen, and they’ll have to sell them dirt-cheap.