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

Taxes

IRS signals tax case retreat on staking, but the rules haven’t changed for everyone else

The IRS may be backing down from a law suite around tax refund for block rewards, but this does not mean the rules have changed, as reported by other media outlets. Lawyers say the IRS may continue to tax rewards as income.

4 years ago

Mining

Extreme weather conditions force crypto miners to halt operations

Riot Blockchain’s data center in Texas has been powered down to help the state.

4 years ago

Mining

Report: Bitcoin mining carbon emissions contribute nearly 0.08% globally

CoinShares report claims that the global carbon emissions contributed via Bitcoin mining are far less and are "inconsequential" compared to other industries.

4 years ago

Mining

Why Putin says Russia has “competitive advantages” in crypto mining

The financial authorities in Russia want to ban crypto, but president Putin believes Bitcoin mining can be favorable for the nation

4 years ago

Mining

Kazakhstan is cutting off power supplies to crypto miners

Crypto miners in Kazakhstan will have no energy supply until the end of January.

4 years ago

Mining

46% Bitcoin miners employ renewable energy sources to mine Bitcoin: BMC

A recent survey conducted by the Bitcoin Mining Council reported improved sustainable power metrics and usage of renewable energy resources while mining Bitcoin.

4 years ago

Mining

Bitcoin mining difficulty increased today, hitting a new ATH

As a programmatic consequence of the Bitcoin network hitting a new all-time-high in total hash rate in the beginning of this year, the Bitcoin mining difficulty was adjusted to a new all-time-high today.

4 years ago