How $800 hardware can sniff Bitcoin miner traffic via satellite
UC San Diego and the University of Maryland researchers have reported findings showing that roughly half of GEO satellite downlinks...
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Brazilian Solar Energy Firm Thopen Considers Bitcoin Mining
Brazilian solar power producer Thopen is exploring a move into Bitcoin mining to absorb surplus energy generated by the country’s...
Bitcoin’s Next Difficulty Epoch Could Rewrite the 2025 Leaderboard
Just ten days after a 2.73% difficulty dip, Bitcoin’s gears are revving back up. If miners keep cranking out blocks...
Could Bitcoin new BIP 444 proposal trigger a chain split?
Bitcoin, the world’s largest and oldest blockchain, is confronting an existential question of how much data should live on its...
Bitcoin Miners Face New Hash Wars After 2024 Halving
The Bitcoin mining industry is becoming increasingly competitive, with so-called tier-2 operators closing the gap on established leaders in realized...
Q4 Hashrate Heatmap Reveals US and China’s Exahash Expansion Powering Bitcoin’s Zettahash Push
Since the start of 2025, Bitcoin’s hashrate has kicked into high gear—rising from 801 exahash per second (EH/s) on Jan....
Bitcoin miners sell BTC reserves and eye AI to boost revenues
Bitcoin miners are running out of room to breathe.In the wake of a $19 billion market rout, operators have begun...
British Columbia Ban New Crypto Mining Connections
The government of British Columbia is banning new crypto mining connections to the hydro power grid, citing unprecedented electricity demand.In...
Bitcoin’s Hashrate Hits the Stratosphere: Miners Flex 1.164 Zettahash of Pure Power
Bitcoin’s hashrate just cranked things up another notch, blasting to 1,164 exahash per second (EH/s) on Sunday at 2:40 p.m....
Will a supply wave hit BTC?
Mt. Gox trustees face a deadline on Oct. 31 to complete Base, Early lump-sum, and Intermediate repayments for Bitcoin creditors...
Bitcoin Mining Hashrate Signals a Tougher Road Ahead for Miners
The Bitcoin (BTC) mining difficulty fell to 146.7 trillion on Friday as the network hashrate, the average of the total...
All Gas, No Brakes: Bitcoin Hashrate Blasts to a Lifetime High of 1,157 EH/s
According to the latest data, Bitcoin’s computing firepower has cranked up to a blazing all-time high of 1,157 exahash per...
New debt-fueled era for Bitcoin miners marked by 1 zetahash milestone
Bitcoin mining crossed the zetahash threshold in September as the network averaged 1.034 ZH/s, and hashprice fell below $47 per...
Daylight Raises $75 Million To Bring Distributed Solar Power to Homes
Daylight, a decentralized physical infrastructure network (DePIN) project focused on creating a distributed solar energy grid, has raised $75 million...
Canaan is Building Momentum, But is it a Smart Entry Now?
CAN is back above the $1 mark after trading below it for months. With a landmark 50,000-unit ASIC order and...
Are miners buying Bitcoin again? Marathon adds 400 BTC after the crash
Bitcoin (BTC) miner MARA Holdings purchased 400 BTC for approximately $46 million on Oct. 13, capitalizing on the market collapse...
Tether Denies Claims it Abandoned Uruguay Crypto Project
Stablecoin issuer Tether has denied widespread local media reports that it is exiting Uruguay over a $4.8 million debt dispute...
Five Months of Pain: Bitcoin Miners Watch Earnings Crater 27%
Crypto investors might be nursing some serious portfolio bruises this week, but bitcoin miners have their own headache — earnings...
Senate Passes GAIN Act as Part of 2026 National Defense Authorization Bill
The US Senate has advanced sweeping AI legislation under the National Defense Authorization Act, compelling chipmakers to serve US customers...
Bitcoin’s Mining Cycle Enters Reset Phase After Record Difficulty Surge
Over the past two weeks, Bitcoin’s hashrate has fallen by nearly 100 exahashes per second (EH/s) — signaling a slowdown...
Rewards, Hardware, Pools and Energy
What is Bitcoin mining? Bitcoin mining is the process that keeps the BTC network secure and operational.Bitcoin (BTC) miners collect...
Bitcoin Miners Feast While Crypto Market Fumbles — IREN, Cipher, and Cleanspark Rise Above
On Tuesday, as the entire crypto market slipped more than 2.5%, publicly traded bitcoin miners (36 of them, but not...
