Mining

Introduction Mining pools have been pivotal in shaping the cryptocurrency mining landscape since Bitcoin’s early days. As mining hardware evolved from CPUs to GPUs, then to ASICs, mining pools…

Hong Kong police have detained two men on suspicion of diverting electricity from care homes for the disabled to power cryptocurrency mining machines. Police allege the pair, aged 32 and 33, used…

When Core Scientific signed a $3.5 billion deal to host artificial intelligence (AI) data centers earlier this year, it wasn’t chasing the next crypto token — it was chasing a steadier paycheck. Once…

Bitcoin’s raw computing might just keeps flexing, and on Friday the network notched yet another record — blasting its hashrate up to 1,057 exahash per second (EH/s) or 1.057 zettahash per second…

Ethiopia is turning its surplus hydropower into a concrete source of revenue through Bitcoin mining. The country generates more electricity than its grid can handle. This is especially true for the…

The world of cryptocurrency is always buzzing with new developments, and one company consistently making headlines for its robust operations is Bitdeer. For those keenly following the digital asset…

After Bitcoin’s recent price surge saw it breach a two-week high amid multi-week record inflows to U.S. spot Bitcoin ETFs, hash rate and difficulty have also hit new all-time highs. Bitcoin's hash…

Bitcoin network difficulty reached 136.04 trillion on Sept. 4, while dollar hashprice slipped to about $52 per petahash per day this week. Per Hashrate Index, the last adjustment set a new high for…

As neighbouring countries like Paraguay and Venezuela deal with the impact of illegal crypto mining, a man has been arrested in the state of Rio de Janeiro in Brazil on charges of siphoning off-grid…

On Wednesday, Sept. 10, data showed Bitcoin’s total hashrate climbed to 1,027 exahash per second (EH/s), notching another record high after bouncing back from a brief dip four days earlier. Bitcoin’s…