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The ‘Skull of Satoshi’ Proves Bitcoin Mining Discourse Isn’t Dead
27.3.2023
An artist made great art and learned about Bitcoin
Number of Irretrievably Lost BTC Now 6 Million — Cane Island Manager
27.3.2023
The number of irretrievably lost bitcoins has now reached 6 million, which leaves 13.3 million as coins that remain in circulation, Timothy Peterson of Cane Island Alternative Advisors has said. Peterson added that out of the 1.7 million bitcoins that will be mined in the next 100 years or more...
Bitcoin Difficulty Increases for Third Time in Six Weeks, Miners Remain Undeterred With High Hashrate
25.3.2023
On March 23, 2023, bitcoin experienced another difficulty increase, following two previous rises in the last month, jumping 7.56% higher. Currently, bitcoin miners have not been deterred by the increases, as the network hashrate has been coasting along at 346 exahash per second (EH/s). Bitcoin...
Top 5 Companies Pioneering Sustainable Bitcoin Mining
25.3.2023
While Bitcoin opponents cite the Bitcoin network’s high energy consumption as one of their main arguments against the digital currency, Bitcoin miners are increasingly adopting green energy solutions to power their facilities, causing the Bitcoin mining sector to move towards becoming a pioneer...
Bankrupt Crypto Lender BlockFi Given Go-Ahead for Sale of $4.7M of Mining Rigs
24.3.2023
BlockFi filed for bankruptcy in the wake of FTX's collapse
How Crypto Ended Up at the Center of a Potential $20 Billion Internal Corruption Scandal in Venezuela — Bitcoin Mining Shutdown Results
24.3.2023
The establishment of sanctions by the Trump administration towards PDVSA, the state oil company in Venezuela, reportedly forced the hand of the government in the country to find alternative means of payment for crude oil. According to reports, more than $3 billion are missing from these payments...
Bitcoin Mining Industry Is Well Positioned to Participate in a New Cycle: Bernstein
24.3.2023
The next main catalyst for the sector is the reward halving in early 2024, the report said
Bill by US Congress proposes Bitcoin mining helps in economic growth
24.3.2023
Pete Sessions has introduced a legislature saying how the Bitcoin mining process helps the state achieve energy goals while driving economic growth. Specifically speaking, the legislation talks about Proof of Work having the potential and could be very important for mining Bitcoin as a mainstream...
Greenpeace war on Bitcoin unintentionally spawns 'badass' new mascot
24.3.2023
Greenpeace’s “Skull of Satoshi” artwork highlights their gripes with Bitcoin’s consensus mechanism, but Bitcoin supporters adopted it as a new mascot
Texas Lawmaker Launches Resolution to Protect Bitcoin Investors, Support BTC Economy
23.3.2023
A legislative proposal has been introduced to support the bitcoin economy in the U.S. state of Texas. “The individuals who own bitcoin should be protected” under the Texas Constitution, the proposal describes. “No citizen of Texas shall ever be deprived of their right to own bitcoin...
Immersion Cooling Firm LiquidStack Secures Series B Funding to Build Manufacturing in U.S.
22.3.2023
The company can reduce the carbon footprint, land and water use of bitcoin miners through its technology
Bitcoin Mining Firm Navier Starts Tokenized Hashrate Marketplace for Retail Customers
22.3.2023
The Navier platform will give retail users more control over their acquired hashrate, and enable them to sell it on
Texas lawmaker introduces resolution to protect Bitcoin miners and HODLers
21.3.2023
The Lone Star State is already home to many crypto and blockchain firms as well as miners taking advantage of the regulatory-friendly environment
Bitcoin Network Preps for Another Difficulty Spike as Hashrate Remains Strong and Miners Profit Amid Price Surge
21.3.2023
Following the last two difficulty increases on the Bitcoin network, another rise in difficulty is expected to take place on March 24, 2023. Statistics show that Bitcoin’s hashrate has remained high despite the last two adjustments, and block times have been faster than the ten-minute...
Bitcoin Miner Bitfarms Sinks to Fourth-Quarter Loss as Difficulty, Costs Rise
21.3.2023
Bitfarms is shooting for 6 exahash per second of computing power by the end of 2023, the same goal it had set and missed for 2022
Core Scientific Bankruptcy Judge Approves Transfer of Over $20M of Equipment to Its Exclusive Energy Negotiator
20.3.2023
Core Scientific had stopped paying Priority Power Management in May 2022
Crypto Winter Ends Era of Bitcoin Mining ‘HODLers’
15.3.2023
Bitcoin miners are no longer able or willing to hold onto all of their mined digital assets indefinitely
Bitcoin Miner Stocks Surge Amidst Banking Meltdown
13.3.2023
Mining equities were up about 17% on average, along with the price of bitcoin
Bitcoin Miner Marathon Says It Still Has Access to $142M at Signature Bank
13.3.2023
Marathon terminated a credit facility with Silvergate last week
Solo Bitcoin miner defies odds to mine valid BTC block, gets $150K block reward
13.3.2023
The act of mining a valid BTC block solo is so rare that the event has occurred only 270 times out of the 700,000 blocks produced in the last 13 years