Mining News

All about Bitcoin and crypto mining, from hashrates and hardware to environmental impact.

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Research

Seven internet cables were cut at once — Bitcoin barely noticed, but researchers found a real chokepoint

Across 68 verified cable fault events, node impact was usually under 5%, but ASN targeting beats seabed chaos fast.

4 weeks ago

Hacker “self-destructs” $1 million made from DeFi exploit

Hacks

Ethereum vanity address exploit may be cause of Wintermute hack

It may take less than 2 months to brute force hack an Ethereum vanity address using a GPU mining rig.

4 years ago

Mining

Ethereum PoW loses 200 WETH to Omni bridge vulnerability exploit

Omni bridge failed to validate the actual chainID before approving the transaction.

4 years ago

Mining

Grayscale Investment moves to sell all ETHPOW tokens

ETHE and GDLC funds will transfer ownership of 3,100,629 ETHPoW tokens to Grayscale Investment. The tokens will be sold when deep liquidity is developed for ETHW trading.

4 years ago

Mining

Ethereum Classic hashrate surges to over 200 TH/s post-Merge

Ethereum Classic's hash rate is at a record high of 222.5 terahashes per second (TH/s) recording an over 250% surge in the last 24 hours.

4 years ago

Mining

Bitcoin mining difficulty expected to reach new all time high

Bitcoin’s price crashed by over 6% within the last 24 hours to around $20,800.

4 years ago

Adoption

Ethereum Proof-of-Work fork set to launch 24 hours post-Merge

The ETHW team announced the PoW mainnet will start at the block height of the Merge "plus 2048 blocks" to ensure the chainID switches successfully.

4 years ago

Research

Here’s why miner capitulation is actually good news for Bitcoin

While brutal, fluctuations in mining profitability purge the network from unprofitable operations and weak miners unable to bear the volatility.

4 years ago

Mining

White House releases report on crypto mining effect on environment

The report focuses primarily on establishing standards for crypto miners, and recommends several measures to limit the energy consumption of proof of work mining.

4 years ago