Tag: Data

How we scaled data streaming at Coinbase using AWS MSK

[ad_1] By: Dan Moore, Eric Sun, LV Lu, Xinyu Liu Tl;dr: Coinbase is leveraging AWS’ Managed Streaming for Kafka (MSK) for ultra low latency, seamless service-to-service communication, data ETLs, and database Change Data Capture (CDC). Engineers from our Data Platform team will further present this work at AWS’ November 2021...
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Active Bitcoin addresses surged 30% in late July, data shows

[ad_1] Amid a renewed bullish trend on the cryptocurrency markets over the past few weeks, more users have moved into trading Bitcoin (BTC), the world’s largest cryptocurrency by market capitalization. Data from blockchain analytics platform Glassnode shows that Bitcoin has seen a notable surge in terms of active addresses...
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Bitcoin electricity consumption falls to November 2020 levels: Data

[ad_1] Bitcoin’s total estimated annual electricity consumption has plummeted nearly 60%, falling from the all-time peak above 143 terawatt-hours (TWh) in May to as low as 62 TWh in early July, according to data from Cambridge Bitcoin Electricity Consumption Index (CBECI). This is the lowest energy consumption rate recorded...
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