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Bitcoin Mining Difficulty Hits Its 3rd All-Time High in a Row

17.2.2022
Bitcoin (BTC) mining difficulty has made another jump, hitting a new all-time high (ATH) – the third one in a row. Further cutting into the miners' profit margins, the mining difficulty (the measure of how hard it is to compete for mining rewards) just went up 4.78%, reaching almost 27.97...

Oil giant ConocoPhilips reduces gas flaring emissions via Bitcoin mining

17.2.2022
Oil and gas giant ConocoPhilips has entered the Bitcoin mining business in a bid to profitably reduce carbon emissions

Bitcoin Miners Get Creative as Mining Difficulty Set for New All-Time High

16.2.2022
Bitcoin (BTC) miners are increasingly turning to creative methods to become more efficient, while at the same time attempting to improve the image of the electricity-guzzling industry. The new initiatives come as the difficulty of mining new BTC is already at it its highest level ever, and...

“Clean” Bitcoin (BTC) Mining Is Coming via Greenhashes Company

16.2.2022
While Bitcoin is growing and miners are increasing their mining capacity, the question “What is happening to our most valuable resource – the environment” remains open. Is it true that mining is a threat to the environment? If yes, what can we do about it? Mining is the process...

China Says it Has Closed all Crypto Exchanges – But Traders, Miners May Still Be Active

16.2.2022
The Chinese central bank – the People’s Bank of China (PBoC) – says that all crypto exchanges and peer-to-peer (P2P) trading platforms have now been closed down on the Mainland. But it appears the authorities are still fighting an ongoing struggle against crypto mining, with many advocates...

Monero community concerned as leading mining pool nears 51% of ecosystem's total hash rate

15.2.2022
The sharp increase in MineXMR's mining hash rate in the past few months has led some XMR enthusiasts to suspect ulterior motives

JPMorgan on Metaverse, Digital Ruble Trial, Binance Chain Rebrands + More News

15.2.2022
Get your daily, bite-sized digest of cryptoasset and blockchain-related news – investigating the stories flying under the radar of today’s crypto news. __________... Read More: JPMorgan on Metaverse, Digital Ruble Trial, Binance Chain Rebrands + More News

Russian Central Bank & Government Fail to Agree on Crypto Regulation; New Limits Proposed

15.2.2022
Senior officials from the Russian government and the Bank of Russia, the country’s crypto-skeptic central bank, did not manage to reach an understanding on the means to regulate the Russian cryptoasset market -- while the Deputy Finance Minister now proposes a buying limit for "unqualified...

Russian Ministry wants to legalize Bitcoin mining in specific areas

15.2.2022
The proposal aims to recognize crypto mining as a commercial activity and introduce taxes on its realized profits

Mods Accused of Bitcoin Mining, Viruses Removed From Steam

15.2.2022
Over the last few days, a series of mods for the PC strategy game Cities: Skylines have been removed from Steam after users began fearing that they contained all kinds of nasty stuff, from keyloggers to viruses to bitcoin mining software.Read more

Monero Supporters Beg XMR Miners to Boycott Mining Pool Capturing 44% of the Network Hashrate

14.2.2022
Reports indicate that the Monero community is upset about a specific mining pool that currently commands 44% of the network’s hashrate. Supporters are asking mining participants to leave a mining pool called Minexmr as they believe the operation threatens decentralization. A Single Monero...

Are we misguided about Bitcoin mining's environmental impacts? Slush Pool's CMO Kristian Csepcsar explains

14.2.2022
In one instance, Bitcoin miners are helping oil companies cut flaring by using generators running on natural gas that would otherwise be burned into the atmosphere

Two Texans Use Flare Gas to Net USD 4M on Bitcoin Mining, Plan USD 20M in 2022

14.2.2022
Two Texan 23-year-olds have use an alternative way to mine Bitcoin (BTC), using flare gas from oil drilling, generating USD 4m in revenue last year, and eyeing USD 20m by the end of 2022.... Read More: Two Texans Use Flare Gas to Net USD 4M on Bitcoin Mining, Plan USD 20M in 2022

Bitcoin Hashrate Surges Tapping Lifetime High, Foundry Commands Top Mining Pool Rank for 30 Days

14.2.2022
The processing power backing the Bitcoin network has tapped another all-time high (ATH) in 2022, reaching 246 exahash per second (EH/s) on February 12. After the network reached an ATH on January 15, a month later the hashrate increased by 12.43% — this despite the network’s mining...

BlockFi to Pay USD 100M Fine, Indian Central Banker vs. Crypto, BTC & ETH Flows Changed + More News

14.2.2022
Get your daily, bite-sized digest of cryptoasset and blockchain-related news – investigating the stories flying under the radar of today’s crypto news. __________... Read More: BlockFi to Pay USD 100M Fine, Indian Central Banker vs. Crypto, BTC & ETH Flows Changed + More News

Russian Central Bank Still Opposes Crypto Regulation Plans

14.2.2022
The race to launch crypto regulations in Russia could still be halted by the country’s Central Bank, which, despite reports to the contrary, is still not happy about recently unveiled plans to “legalize” crypto and bring the industry under a regulatory umbrella. But the pro-business (and...