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‘Bitcoin Keeps Hashing’ Amid CrowdStrike Global Outages: Mining CEO

‘As the world continues to recover from computer outages triggered by a faulty software update deployed by global cybersecurity firm CrowdStrike, business continues as usual Bitcoin due to its decentralized nature and independence from centralized providers and infrastructure.
On Thursday night, CrowdStrike sent the tech world into a tailspin as numerous systems who relied on its security tools for their Microsoft-based systems were brought down. Major systems — including those of government offices, banks and airlines — went down as computer screens displayed the dreaded blue screen of death.
In an update posted Friday, Crowd strike CrowdStrike Inc. said it is actively working with customers impacted by a “defect found in a single content update for Windows hosts,” CrowdStrike said in a statement. “Mac and Linux hosts are not impacted. This is not a security incident or cyberattack. The issue has been identified, isolated, and a fix has been deployed.”
“We know that adversaries and bad actors will attempt to exploit events like this,” CrowdStrike CEO George Kurtz said in a letter to customers and partners. “I encourage everyone to remain vigilant and ensure that you are engaging with official CrowdStrike representatives,” he said.
Bitcoin was safe, however, because it does not rely on Microsoft software, said the founder and CEO of SunnySide Digital Taras Kulyk.
“If you look at the Bitcoin hash rate chart, [Bitcoin] “It’s not affected at all because most, if not all, Bitcoin miners are using Linux-based frameworks,” Kulyk told Decrypt in an interview. “It’s hilarious because banks globally are closing because of this server issue and yet Bitcoin keeps hashing, and I hate to use the term but, ‘tick tock, next block.’”
Released in 2021, Digital Sunny Side is a wholesale distributor of data center hardware and services and digital mining hardware and infrastructure.
“It’s really about the infrastructure that [the blockchains] “Trust,” Kulyk said. “If you’re looking for .NET frameworks, obviously it’s Microsoft. If there’s a lot more opportunity for Linux-based hardware to be used in software systems to be used in the network, then you basically know that it can be immune to this kind of server shutdown.”
For Kulyk, the difference between using a Microsoft or Linux system comes down to the principles of strong privacy rights, decentralization, and empowering individuals against centralized authority.
“What a lot of people forget is that Bitcoin miners are traditionally the people who don’t like the existing system, the existing large-scale corporate players,” Kulyk said. “Open source Linux is much more preferable than [Windows]visualizing everything you’re doing on the hardware you control. Ubuntu is the operating system for most miners when you actually get down to the people who, you know, subscribe to the ethos of the cypherpunks of old.”
CrowdStrike declined a request for comment from Decrypt.
While CrowdStrike has rolled back the update, the repercussions of the error are far-reaching. CrowdStrike (CROSSING), meanwhile, fell 11.10%, according to Yahoo Finance.
The blockchain industry at large appeared to be unaffected by the drop, with the cryptocurrency market up 4.6% on the day, and Bitcoin (BTC) is currently trading at $67,224, according to CoinGecko.
“Nothing is more important to me than the trust our customers and partners have placed in CrowdStrike,” said Kurtz. “As we resolve this incident, you have my commitment to providing full transparency into how this occurred and the steps we are taking to prevent something like this from happening again.”
Edited by Ryan Ozawa.
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Big Tech Outperforms Bitcoin (BTC) as Trump Deal Weakens Token

Bitcoin has lost out on an asset rally fueled by positive comments from the Federal Reserve, while a tight US election race casts doubt on whether Donald Trump will get the chance to implement his pro-crypto agenda.
The digital asset fell 2.4% on Wednesday, following a Fed-fueled surge in an index of megacap tech stocks Magnificent Seven by one of the largest margins in 2024. The token retreated further on Thursday, changing hands at $63,750 as of 6:10 a.m. in London.
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‘This is huge’ — Billionaire Mark Cuban issues ‘incredible’ Bitcoin and crypto prediction amid price slump

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came back with a vengeance this year when former President Donald Trump Cryptocurrency boosts US presidential election in November with ‘revolutionary’ plan.
The price of bitcoin has surged to more than its all-time high in recent months, surpassing $70,000 per bitcoin and triggering a wave of mega-optimistic predictions about the price of bitcointhough it fell again this week, falling below $65,000 after the Federal Reserve kept interest rates steady.
Now, as Elon Musk suddenly breaks his silence on bitcoin and cryptocurrenciesBillionaire investor Mark Cuban called a California plan to digitize 42 million car titles using blockchain an “incredible step forward” and “huge” for cryptocurrencies.
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Mark Cuban, famous Shark Tank investor and billionaire owner of the NBA team Dallas Mavericks, has… [+] called a cryptocurrency update “amazing” amid bitcoin’s price slump.
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The California Department of Motor Vehicles (DMV) has digitized 42 million car titles using blockchain, it was reported by Reuters, through technology company Oxhead Alpha on the Avalanche blockchain and designed to detect fraud and facilitate the securities transfer process.
“This is an incredible development for crypto,” Cuban, best known as an investor on TV’s Shark Tank and owner of the Dallas Mavericks NBA team, posted on X, joking that U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) Chairman Gary Gensler could sue the state as part of his hostility toward cryptocurrencies and blockchain technology.
“The reason this is huge for crypto is because people who hold the tokens will have an app with an Avalanche wallet,” Cuban said. “Tens of millions of Californians having and using a crypto wallet in the next five years, or however long it takes, normalizes the use of wallets and crypto.”
John Wu, president of Avalanche developer Ava Labs, told Reuters that California’s DMV is “creating a wallet that you can download on your phone.”
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Bitcoin’s price has rallied this year, triggering a wave of bullish bitcoin price predictions from… [+] people like billionaire Mark Cuban.
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Last month, Cuban predicted that if the US dollar falls as the global reserve currency, bitcoin could become “a global ‘safe haven’” and a “global currency.” potentially sending the price of bitcoin to a much higher level.
According to Cuban, bitcoin could become what its most ardent supporters “envision” — a means “of protecting our economies… This is already happening in countries facing hyperinflation.”
The price of bitcoin has skyrocketed over the past year, largely due to the world’s largest asset manager, BlackRock, leading a bitcoin attack on Wall Street.
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Bitcoin (BTC) miner Riot Platforms (RIOT)’s second-quarter loss widens to $84.4 million as costs rise

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Why Trump Wants the US Government to Have a “National Stockpile” of Bitcoin

At a national bitcoin conference in Nashville, Donald Trump finally laid out some of his crypto policy proposals, including a long-awaited part of his plan — building a strategic bitcoin reserve. CNN’s Jon Sarlin explains what it is and why the crypto industry wants it.
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