Mining


Finance

Iris Energy Secures 600MW Connection for Texas Bitcoin Mine

The Texas facility will boost the miners' total hashrate to 15.2 EH/s in 2023.

A bitcoin mining farm. (Marko Ahtisaari/Flickr)

Tech

Bitcoin Mining Difficulty Sets New All-Time High

The measure of bitcoin mining difficulty will likely continue hitting record highs well into 2022.

A bitcoin mining farm. (Marko Ahtisaari/Flickr)

Finance

Crypto Miner Mawson Sees Hashrate Topping 1 EH/s by Month's End

The Australian miner is producing about 5.8 bitcoins per day.

Bitcoin Mining's Energy Consumption Debate

Policy

EU Markets Regulator Calls for Ban on Proof-of-Work Crypto Mining: Report

Erik Thedéen said that EU regulators should nudge the crypto industry towards the less energy-intensive proof-of-stake mining.

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Tech

Intel to Unveil 'Ultra Low-Voltage Bitcoin Mining ASIC' in February

The move would bring the chip maker into the same market with such companies at Bitmain and MicroBT.

A bitcoin mining farm. (Marko Ahtisaari/Flickr)

Finance

Bitmain Adds Liquid Cooling Technology to Its Latest Bitcoin Mining Rigs

Antminer S19 Pro+ Hyd. will deliver 198 terahashes per second (TH/s) of computing power, a 41% increase from Bitmain’s previous model S19 XP.

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Finance

Payments Giant Block to Build Open-Source Bitcoin Mining System

The payment services company formerly known as Square is open to building new mining computers and is hiring for a new engineering team.

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Finance

Bitcoin Miners Are Starting to ‘Hodl’ Again, but for How Long?

Some bitcoin miners are likely to spend some of their mined coins to pay for expenses and growth as bitcoin price dips.

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Finance

Crypto Miner Digihost's December Bitcoin Production Falls 11%

The miner has signed agreements with Bit Digital and Northern Data to boost its hashrate.

A bitcoin mining farm. (Marko Ahtisaari/Flickr)

Finance

Iris Energy’s December Hashrate Rises 14% as Revenue Falls Again

The Australian miner continues to build out mining capacity in Canada.

A bitcoin mining farm. (Marko Ahtisaari/Flickr)