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Despite Significant Difficulty and Low BTC Price, Bitcoin’s Hashrate Continues to Climb Higher
16.10.2022
Following the largest difficulty increase the Bitcoin network has seen in 2022, the network’s hashrate has not been affected by the 13.55% increase. In fact, five days ago at block height 758,138, the network’s computational power surpassed the all-time high (ATH) recorded on October...
The Size of Bitcoin’s Distributed Ledger Nears a Half Terabyte
15.10.2022
Well over a decade ago, on January 3, 2009, the size of the Bitcoin blockchain was 0.285 kilobytes (kB) or around 285 bytes. Today, however, the blockchain’s ledger is nearly half a terabyte, or roughly 432 gigabytes. Bitcoin’s Blockchain Nears 500 Gigabytes in Size On October...
Crypto News Summary: Roche Freedman Dismissed as Lead Counsel in Tether/Bitfinex Lawsuit, Binance Pool Launches $500M Fund for Loans to Bitcoin Miners
14.10.2022
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Read More: Crypto News Summary: Roche Freedman Dismissed as Lead Counsel in Tether/Bitfinex Lawsuit, Binance Pool Launches $500M Fund...
Draft Law Seeks to Oblige Kazakhstan’s Crypto Miners to Exchange Bulk of Income in Country
13.10.2022
Cryptocurrency miners in Kazakhstan are to be required to convert up to three quarters of their income on locally registered exchanges, according to a new bill that’s advancing in the nation’s legislature. Lawmakers also want to make sure crypto companies pay their taxes and fees. Parliament...
Argentinian Tax Authority Strengthens Crackdown on Illegal Crypto Miners
13.10.2022
Argentina’s tax body has bolstered its ongoing crackdown on crypto miners who do not declare their operations – and looks set to make good on the government’s pledge to ensure that all crypto-related activity in the nation is taxed....
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Further BTC mining consolidation as Crusoe acquires peer mining firm
13.10.2022
Crusoe Energy Systems has just acquired the operating assets of Great American Mining, a sign that further consolidation could be ahead
Senator Warren leads the charge against energy consumption claims on Texas crypto miners
12.10.2022
According to a letter penned by seven U.S. lawmakers, ERCOT was "intimately connected" with the growth of crypto mining in Texas
Bitcoin Miner Cleanspark Completes Sandersville Facility Acquisition, Firm’s Hashrate Now 4.7 Exahash
12.10.2022
On October 11, the publicly-listed bitcoin miner Cleanspark announced that it has completed the acquisition of Mawson Infrastructure Group’s Georgia-based bitcoin mining facility. Following the acquisition, Cleanspark says it now manages 220 megawatts (MW) of bitcoin miners with a hashrate...
New hashprice-based derivatives instrument gives Bitcoin miners another way to hedge
10.10.2022
Better luck next time? Luxor’s OTC Bitcoin mining derivatives could offer miners “a much needed tool to hedge their mining operations.”
Crypto Services Firm Luxor to Offer Derivatives for Bitcoin Miners to Hedge Risk
10.10.2022
The new product will be based on “hashprice,” a term coined by Luxor to refer to the revenue miners earn from a unit of hashrate
Bitcoin Mining Difficulty Surges to All-Time High, Putting Additional Squeeze on Miners
10.10.2022
Bitcoin mining difficult has soared by 13.55% to 35.6 trillion, its largest one-day rise since May, 2021, according to data from btc.com
How to Mine Bitcoin at Home: A Simple Guide for New Hobby Miners
10.10.2022
While there are lots of beliefs that you need to have a huge, expensive setup to mine Bitcoin at home, that’s not entirely true.
While the odds are pretty slim to make money mining bitcoin as a small at-home miner, it provides an excellent way to learn more about bitcoin, and you never know,...
Progress Toward Bitcoin’s Halving Is 60% Complete, Block Times Suggest Reduction Could Happen Next Year
9.10.2022
According to countdown statistics based on the average block generation time of around ten minutes, progress toward the next Bitcoin block reward halving has surpassed 60%. However, while most halving countdown clocks leverage the ten-minute average, the countdown leveraging the most current block...
Norway Prepares to Reverse Electricity Tax Cut for Cryptocurrency Miners
8.10.2022
The Norwegian government is reviewing a proposal to abolish the policy of preferential tax treatment for data centers mining cryptocurrency with cheaper electricity. The executive power in Oslo says conditions have changed and the country needs the energy currently used by miners. Mining Firms...
Norway's government proposes eliminating reduced electricity tax for Bitcoin miners
6.10.2022
"We are in a completely different situation in the power market now than when the reduced rate for data centers was introduced in 2016," said Norway's finance minister
Bitcoin Miners Selling 50% Less BTC Compared to Last Month – End of Bear Market?
5.10.2022
Bitcoin (BTC) miners are now selling off fewer of the coins they mine compared to last month, signaling a more optimistic outlook on the future among some of the network’s most important players.
The finding that miners are selling less bitcoin was shared in Glassnode’s latest The Week Onchain...
Bitcoin miner profitability under threat as hash rate hits new all-time high
4.10.2022
Analysts say Bitcoin miners’ worst days are probably behind them, but the network's soaring hash rate and uptick in difficulty are weighing on profit margins
BTC price still not at 'max pain' — 5 things to know in Bitcoin this week
3.10.2022
Bitcoin has plenty of obstacles to weather in the current macro storm as two-year weekly close lows remain inches away
Russia Supplying Kazakhstan with Electricity for Cryptocurrency Miners
2.10.2022
Russia is looking to bolster Kazakhstan's energy demands in an amendment of the partnership between the two nations, as a means to provide electricity to miners within the former Soviet republic member state. The move comes amidst growing demand for electricity by crypto miners in Kazakhstan,...
Uzbekistan Introduces Monthly Fees for Cryptocurrency Companies
2.10.2022
Crypto firms in Uzbekistan will have to pay fees to the state under new legislation proposed by regulators. The charges vary depending on the business activity and can reach $11,000 a month in the case of digital asset exchanges. Failure to pay will result in license suspension. Crypto Operators...