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Blockworks Research has released its report on Bitcoin mining called Bitcoin State of Mining.  The report on Bitcoin mining This is a biweekly report on mining, with metrics and news specific to miners, regulatory developments, and any other topics that impact the industry.  Bitcoin State of Min(ing): A bi-weekly report covering the Bitcoin Mining sector

In order to understand how to mine Ethereum you first need to be clear about the concept of PoW.  The first blockchains that came out and developed over time all had a common denominator, namely the PoW (Proof of Work) consensus algorithm, which allows through a complex calculation to provide proof that it actually took

Bitcoin’s hash rate has not yet recovered from last Friday’s drop due to problems in China.  On Friday, April 16th, Bitcoin’s hash rate dropped sharply from 157 Ehash/s the previous day to 105 Ehash/s the following day.  In other words, it dropped by a whopping 33% due to problems at a coal mine in China

Paraguay’s President Mario Abdo vetoed a bill already passed that sought to recognize cryptocurrency mining as an industrial activity Paraguay: progress on new mining law TeleSUR reports this, saying that the bill will now go back to the House and Senate.  The fact is that recognizing cryptocurrency mining as industrial activity would have allowed them

During a meeting at the state enterprise JSC Belaruskali in recent days, Belarus President Alexander Lukashenko, who has long been at the centre of controversy for his attitudes considered illiberal and undemocratic, urged the employees of the fertiliser company to use the excess electricity available to mine cryptocurrencies. Belarus has legalized cryptocurrency-related activities This is

The bitcoin mining operation Greenidge Generation Holdings Inc. has executed a restructuring deal with NYDIG, according to an announcement published on Tuesday. According to the non-binding term sheet agreement, NYDIG will obtain 2.8 exahash per second (EH/s) of Greenidge’s mining capacity, and Greenidge further entered into a hosting deal with NYDIG for the same 2.8

The roadmap for the new release of XMR (v0.15) and the relevant hard fork, which will introduce the new PoW RandomX in the currency protocol, was unveiled during a meeting between all Monero developers and some members of the community. According to the infographics, the new version of Monero’s core will be made available on

There are many mining farms in China that mine bitcoin and cryptocurrencies. These farms consume a lot of electricity, and this is causing the country a sustainability problem.  Indeed, according to a study published in Nature, the CO2 emissions generated by the growing energy consumption of bitcoin mining could threaten its climate change targets.  The

In January, former Twitter CEO Jack Dorsey, who had left the leadership of the social network to devote himself body and soul to his new blockchain company Block (formerly Square), announced that the company was working on a new project involving open source ASICs for Bitcoin mining. We’re officially building an open bitcoin mining system