Tag Archives: Bitcoin Mining

Despite what appears to be an ongoing hatred for bitcoin and endless attempts to rid itself of the world’s number one digital currency by market cap, China still holds a rather strong position in the crypto market. China Still Hosts a Lot of Mining Just over a year ago, China shocked the world by announcing that it was going to end all bitcoin and crypto mining operations within its borders and it declared the process of extracting units from the blockchain illegal. The...

Arcane Research – a digital asset analysis firm – has published a report examining Bitcoin mining, and its relationship with global energy.  The paper argues that the mining industry can transform worldwide energy production for the better – contrary to its frequent portrayal as a social and environmental harm.  Reinforcing the Grid and Renewable Technologies The report, published on Wednesday, provides four ways in which mining can improve energy systems in a desirable and...

Bitcoin’s hash rate is recovering fast – and it has the mining difficulty to prove it. The network’s latest difficulty adjustment rose the mathematical bar for mining a block by 9.26% – the largest increase since January. That’s the third adjustment in a row during which network difficulty has risen, despite a bear market that inflicted serious pain on the mining industry.  Bitcoin Remains Secure According to data from BTC.com, Bitcoin’s difficulty recovered to 30.98 trillion...

The bitcoin mining difficulty is expected to see its largest increase in over seven months later this week. This comes as the hash rate has surged by almost 30% in the past two weeks. Largest Increase in Mining Difficulty Since January? The bitcoin mining difficulty adjustment is an essential part of the world’s largest blockchain that makes it either easier or harder for miners to do their job depending on the number of entities plugged into the network. Essentially, the...

It has been a tough year for crypto miners who had to sell their coins to cover their costs and fund expansion as well as for the repayment of debts. But this trend appears to be continuing into the third quarter of the year for some. Bitcoin price successfully broke out before facing rejection near the $25,000 level. Since then, it has been on a downtrend. This has resulted in mounting sell pressure on Bitcoin miners. However, during the brief upswing in early August, they...

Sustainable bitcoin mining and energy company Clean Spark, Inc. has announced a new acquisition that has garnered the firm an additional 1,061 Whatsminer machines ready to extract new BTC units from the blockchain. Clean Spark Is Building Its Mining Capabilities The machines are located at a mining plant hosted by Coin Mint. They will give Clean Spark an additional 93 peta-hashes per second of computing power, thus boosting the firm’s abilities tenfold. Zach Bradford –...

Publicly-traded Bitcoin mining company Stronghold Digital Mining (SDIG) said it plans to return more than 26,000 mining rigs to New York Digital Investment Group (NYDIG) to reduce its debt significantly. NYDIG is a leading bitcoin firm that helps miners finance mining equipment and power infrastructure. The mining company also intends to restructure a convertible note for cash after receiving a binding commitment letter from private credit investment manager WhiteHawk Capital...

There is a rapid heatwave spreading through the state of Texas. This means everybody’s air conditioning units are going to be on, and electricity is going to be short. As a result, crypto miners in the Lone Star state are expected to shut down here and there to at least calm their operations for a while. Texas Is the Crypto Mining Hotspot Texas, for the past several months, has caught the eye of crypto miners across the globe. Not only does the region offer vast amounts...

The Norwegian bitcoin mining company – Kryptovault AS – reportedly plans to move its operations north of the Arctic Circle. The relocation is prompted by the rising electricity costs in the country, while the northern regions are still relatively unaffected by the crisis. Over the past few years, Norway has turned into a cryptocurrency mining center for the European region due to its green policies. According to estimations, 98% of the energy production in the nation comes...

The crypto winter is really wreaking havoc on crypto miners everywhere. While large scale miners are still doing “ok” in the general scope of things, those who have simply made mining a hobby and who are doing it from home have either been forced to leave the industry completely or really scale back so they can save money on their operations. Crypto Miners Have Seen Profits Really Fall Many of the at-home crypto miners to emerge in recent years say they have seen their...