Shenzhen mining pool Nourpool mines first BSV block
New Shenzhen-based mining pool Nourpool came online as it mined its first block on the BSV network. The 1.3-megabyte block, height #612060, contained 2,485 transactions.
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IBM patent takes on package drone theft with blockchain’s help
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