Bitcoin! It's everywhere right now. Its value is dropping, spiking, dropping again. More and more new converts are hopping in, buying a few coins and trying their hands at the market, looking to make a quick buck with a profitable exchange. But all the while, there's an ever-dwindling army of specialists working in the shadows, painstakingly extracting more and more digital doubloons from the cryptographic static. Read More >>
Featured comment by baystar:
"Am I the only person that still doesn't understand Bitcoin? I've read dozens of articles about it, it just makes no sense to me!" More »
Ah digital currency. It's all in our collective hive-mind right? Coming and going in bits and bytes. Nothing to see here. So why is a hacking process called "Bitcoin mining" using £95,000 worth of electricity a day? This had better be good. Read More >>
The idea of mining in space surely can't be anything more than a massive tax dodge by the richest people on the planet, but... a second space mining company has announced plans to mine asteroids for valuable minerals. It's really going to happen. Read More >>
Featured comment by toonarmy:
"I'd like to take a guess that when a probe attaches itself to an asteroid, the company that owns the probe, also owns the rights to mine the asteroid...." More »
Lawyers always seem to just right around the corner ready to ruin our fun. Just weeks after Cameron and Google et al announced their madcap plan to go into space and mine those asteroids for precious bounty, Planetary Resources looks like it might be bogged down in red tape before it’s even got off the ground. Read More >>
Featured comment by Hyperstate:
"No registered vessel should attempt to transverse an asteroid belt without deflectors? If I had a medal, I would award it to thee! Best Red Dwarf refe..." More »
Yesterday, a group of billionaires, scientists and engineers announced what could become the most important enterprise in human history since Columbus sailed West: an asteroid mining company called Planetary Resources. They want to jump start a completely new industry between the Earth and the Moon, one that will add trillions of pounds to the world economy and ensure our prosperity for centuries to come. Read More >>
A group of billionaires and former NASA scientists are now unveiling the first asteroid mining company in history. They claim they will "add trillions of dollars to the global GDP" and "help ensure humanity's prosperity" by mining asteroids for rare metals like gold and platinum. Read More >>
Today, a group of billionaires and former NASA scientists will announce the first asteroid mining company in history. They claim they will "add trillions of dollars to the global GDP" and "help ensure humanity's prosperity" by mining asteroids for rare metals like gold and platinum. Read More >>
Featured comment by locust76:
"I would assume that during the creation of the Earth (the 4.3 billion year version, not the shimshalabim creationist version), the gravitational prope..." More »
The sulphur in your match-head comes from the earth just like any other ore. However, most other minerals aren't still excavated by hand. From the edges of giant acid pools. Read More >>
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