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Bitcoin Hashrate Hits New All-Time High, Exacerbating Profitability Challenges for Miners
26.12.2023
Source: AdobeStock / Photocreo Bednarek The hashrate of the Bitcoin (BTC) network has reached a new all-time high, putting additional pressure on miners who are already grappling with a slump in profitability. According to data from Blockchain.com and Bitinfocharts, Bitcoin’s hashrate soared...
Bitcoin Hash Rate Taps All-Time High Ahead of Next Year’s Halving
23.11.2023
Source: Pexels Bitcoin’s (BTC) hash rate is at an all-time high few months away from the next halving with bulls anticipating another run to wipe the losses of the bear market. According to data from blockchain.com, the Bitcoin hash rate hit 491 exahashes per second (TH/s) on Nov...
Bitcoin miners Marathon, Riot, CleanSpark increase BTC output in September
5.10.2023
Marathon Digital, in particular, produced 1,232 Bitcoin in September, which accounted for a record 4.3% share of Bitcoin miner rewards
Bitcoin Network Adjusts: Mining Difficulty Rises 0.12% to 52.39 Trillion
10.8.2023
Bitcoin miners saw a slight increase in mining difficulty on August 9, 2023, at block height 802,368, as the difficulty rose 0.12% from 52.32 trillion to 52.39 trillion. Over the last 2,016 blocks, miners recorded an average hashrate of about 376.5 exahash per second (EH/s). Miners Experience...
Bitcoin miner Riot Platforms trims Q2 loss to $27.7M
10.8.2023
The firm managed to narrow net loss in the quarter as it ramped up Bitcoin production
Marathon Digital posts quarterly record of 2,195 Bitcoin mined in Q1
5.4.2023
With a new quarterly production record, Marathon Digital is now on track to meet its mid-year target of 23 exahashes
Next Bitcoin Mining Difficulty Change Estimated to Decrease as Block Times Have Lengthened
4.2.2023
The last two mining difficulty changes on the Bitcoin network have driven difficulty to an all-time high, causing a decrease in hashrate and block interval speed. Before the latest difficulty retarget increase of 4.68%, block intervals were faster than the 10-minute average, at approximately...
Confronting Bitcoin Network Issues Using Nakamoto Consensus and a Mining Parliament
1.7.2019
On June 28, Bitcoin Cash proponent Javier Gonzalez announced the launch of an interesting protocol called the Bitcoin Mining Parliament (BMP). The theory behind BMP is backed by the concept of Nakamoto Consensus where “miners are the executive power of Bitcoin” and “any needed...