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Cheap Power Is Creating a Bitcoin Mining Boom in Argentina

2.6.2021
Argentina, the ailing South American country, is experiencing a cryptocurrency mining resurgence due to artificially low power rates maintained by subsidies from the national government. This fact, alongside exchange controls and the possibility of selling obtained assets at a higher exchange rate...

Crypto Miners Using Household Electricity Face Fines as Consumption Spikes in Iran

17.5.2021
Those who mine cryptocurrencies with power intended for domestic use will pay hefty fines, the Iranian government warned. The country is experiencing shortages due to reduced hydropower generation as authorities register a surge in electricity consumption for cryptocurrency mining. Crypto Miners...

Bitriver to Sell Tokens Backed by 100 Megawatts of Low-Carbon Siberian Mining Power

13.4.2021
On April 12, the international provider of colocation services for low-carbon cryptocurrency mining Bitriver announced it is launching a pre-sale of tokens backed by 100 megawatts (MW) of mining power in Siberia. The ERC20 tokens called “bitriver token (BTR)” will represent a single...

Long in China’s Shadow, the US Is Becoming a Bitcoin Mining Power Again

25.11.2020
Following a string of investments, miners are increasingly optimistic about prospects for the U.S. market in 2021

OCC’s Brian Brooks Says China Owns Bitcoin but Crypto World Disagrees: Chinese Crackdown Pushes Miners Away

19.11.2020
Bitcoiners on social media have panned remarks by acting U.S. currency comptroller Brian Brooks that bitcoin is owned by China due to the country’s disproportionate share of the crypto’s mining power. The bitcoiners argue that the disproportionate number of miners stationed in China...

Listed firm sells $14M of shares for 1 EH/s in Bitcoin mining power

12.11.2020
A U.S.-based mining firm has inked agreements with foreign investors to issue $13.9 million in shares in exchange for Bitcoin miners pushing 1 EH/s in hash power

Bitfarms Signs a Deal That Cuts Bitcoin Mining Power Costs in Half

27.10.2020
Blockchain infrastructure company Bitfarms said it has signed a beneficial mining deal in South America, with a lower power cost that they said 'revives' older mining machines and cuts the electricity costs in half. Bitfarms, which provides computing power to cryptocurrency networks such...

Altcoins Account for One Third of Total Crypto Mining Power Usage

7.8.2020
An analysis of the 20 largest crypto assets by market cap determined that Bitcoin mining accounted for only 66% of total power consumption

Researcher: Exchanges Could Fight Hackers By Renting Mining Power

9.7.2020
A researcher suggested that exchanges could “rollback” hacks by renting mining power from online marketplaces

Cambridge University Releases New Tool for Tracking Global Bitcoin Mining Power

7.5.2020
Cambridge University's Centre for Alternative Finance has released a bitcoin mining map, showing where bitcoin miners are located worldwide

Market Wrap: Bitcoin Edges Up to $7.7K as Mining Power Rebounds

28.4.2020
Bitcoin’s price is on the upswing, and so is the computing power securing the network as a once-in-four-years event known as the halving approaches

Bitfury Latest to Donate Crypto Mining Power to Coronavirus Research

1.4.2020
Bitfury has dedicated its GPU miners to the Folding@home project, which is studying the novel coronavirus in hopes of developing a vaccine

Bitcoin Mining Power Hits Fresh All-Time High

6.1.2020
Bitcoin's hash rate reached record highs this week, likely as some miners scale up operations ahead of the reward halving event later this year

2019’s Bitcoin Miners Are 5x Faster Than Predecessors

13.12.2019
High-powered bitcoin miners and next-generation semiconductors go hand in hand and as process node technology grows, SHA256 hashrate follows. Coinshares’ recent bi-annual mining report highlights that newly introduced mining rigs have “as much as 5x the hashrate per unit as their...