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Bullish Signs for Bitcoin Price After Record BTC Difficulty Adjustment
22.6.2020
The Bitcoin blockchain network recently saw its biggest mining difficulty adjustment in more than two years. Yet, the sentiment remains positive
Meet Mistcoin – The First Mineable SLP Token Implementation Launched on Bitcoin Cash
22.6.2020
Bitcoin Cash proponents have been introduced to a new project built using the Simple Ledger Protocol (SLP) framework called mistcoin (MIST). The new token is essentially the first mineable implementation of colored coins on Bitcoin Cash. Mist allows participants to mine the SLP tokens “using...
Experts Say Bitcoin Difficulty Adjustment Might Prompt Miners to Switch Off Again
18.6.2020
As the network gets readjusted, and Bitcoin mining difficulty increases, older generations of mining machines might be out again
Bitcoin Mining Heats Up: High Difficulty Adjustment, Pool Consolidation, Less Concentration in China
18.6.2020
It’s been approximately 37 days since the notorious Bitcoin reward halving that took place on Monday, May 11, 2020. On June 16, the Bitcoin network saw a large upwards difficulty adjustment making it much harder to mine bitcoins and slowing down the issuance rate because block generation...
Bitcoin Difficulty Sees Two-Year Record Surge as Hash Rate Mimics 2017
17.6.2020
A giant 14.95% advance makes analysts confident as miners appear to balance increased costs to retain profitability
Bitcoin Mining Difficulty Makes Biggest Jump in 29 Months
16.6.2020
Miners now face the fourth-most difficult two-week mining period in Bitcoin's history, even though it's only been a little over a month since the halving
Bitcoin Mining Difficulty Just Made the Highest Jump in Two Years
16.6.2020
The pre-adjustment predictions last week seem to have underestimated this Bitcoin (BTC) mining difficulty adjustment, as it went higher than expected.
The third Bitcoin mining difficulty adjustment after the halving saw this measure of how hard it is to compete for mining rewards increase...
Bitcoin Price Volatility Expected as 10% Mining Difficulty Adjustment Looms
12.6.2020
Bitcoin’s mining difficulty is set to adjust by 10% within 3 days, meaning operational costs for miners could spike
Bitcoin Mining Difficulty Set for Highest Jump in Nine Months
12.6.2020
If everything goes as estimated, miners are about to experience the rise in Bitcoin (BTC) mining difficulty not seen since September last year, as more mining machines are back to work, increasing security of the network.
The next Bitcoin mining difficulty adjustment is expected to happen...
Bitcoin Hashrate Spikes to 120 Exahash: Difficulty Drops Allowing Miners to Rejoin the Competition
7.6.2020
The Bitcoin hashrate is up this weekend after the network experienced it’s fourth negative difficulty adjustment this year. The Bitcoin (BTC) protocol’s difficulty adjustment dropped over 9% on June 4, giving miners who shut off their machines a chance to join the competition once...
Bitcoin Mining Difficulty Hasn’t Done This Since 2018 $3K BTC Bottom
5.6.2020
Difficulty is copying its $3,100 bear market behavior in a move that set the scene for a bull run to $14,000
Bitcoin Mining Difficulty Sees its 8th Biggest Drop in History
4.6.2020
After the second post-halving difficulty adjustment, mining Bitcoin (BTC) has just got easier again, helping miners improve their profit margins.
Bitcoin mining difficulty, a measure showing how hard it is to compete for mining rewards, has dropped 9.29% today. This is its second drop in a...
Bitcoin Mining Difficulty Drops 9% to January Levels
4.6.2020
Bitcoin has just got easier to mine while major manufacturers have started shipping their latest machines ahead of China's rainy summer season
Relief to Bitcoin Miners as Double-digit Difficulty Adjustment In Sight
3.6.2020
With the second post-halving bitcoin (BTC) mining difficulty adjustment set to occur shortly, miners might once again breathe a sigh of relief after the previous such event also made life easier for players in the highly competitive industry.
This time, difficulty, a measure showing how hard it...
Bitcoin Fees Fall 60% While Transaction Count Declines
30.5.2020
Bitcoin (BTC) average transaction fees dropped by nearly 60% in the last week, as the number of transactions queuing up to be processed on the network eased. According to data from Bitinfocharts, the cost of making a transaction over the Bitcoin blockchain fell to around $2.61 on May 28, down from...
Examine the Bitcoin First Difficulty Adjustment Post 2020 Halving
24.5.2020
It will still take time to stabilize the miner revenue from fees before the Bitcoin network can display some healthy growth
Bitcoin Hashrate Slides 33% Since Halving – Difficulty Drops, Issues in Sichuan China
22.5.2020
It’s been 11 days since the third bitcoin block reward halving. Data now shows that the overall SHA256 hashrate lost around 47 exahash per second (EH/s), since the all-time high of 140 EH/s on May 3. With more than 33% of the hashrate lost, reports stemming from Sichuan China indicate that...
Blockchain Bites: Bitcoin’s Difficulty Adjustment and More
20.5.2020
Big Tech firms outlined the dangers of letting the US fall behind in strategic blockchain initiatives while a former Coinbase lawyer is moving to a top government seat
First Mover: Bitcoin Just Got Easier to Mine, But for How Long?
20.5.2020
Bitcoin's mining "difficulty" just fell 6%, giving small-scale miners a reprieve. But this is only a small dip before an even steeper ascent
Bitcoin Mining Difficulty Drops More Than Estimated
20.5.2020
Starting today, mining Bitcoin (BTC) has become easier than in the end of April.
On Wednesday morning (UTC time), BTC mining difficulty, a measure showing how hard it is to compete for mining rewards, dropped by 6%, to 15.14 T, while a week ago, some analysts estimated a c. 2% drop. In April...