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Bitcoin’s Mining Difficulty Skyrockets by 7.33%, Setting New Record for 2024
2.2.2024
On Friday, Feb. 2, 2024, the Bitcoin network witnessed a significant milestone as its mining complexity metric surged by 7.33% at block height 828,576. This marked the most substantial increase in difficulty for the year thus far. The current level of difficulty stands at 75.50 trillion...
Bitcoin’s Hashrate Hits 7-Day Record High, Surging to 566 EH/s Amid Anticipation of Upcoming Difficulty Adjustment
1.2.2024
Bitcoin’s computing power has soared to unprecedented levels, with the seven-day simple moving average (SMA) peaking at 566 exahash per second (EH/s) as of Jan. 30, 2024. Despite experiencing a slight decline in mid-January, the network’s hashrate is on an upward trajectory,...
Bitcoin’s Fourth Halving May Unleash the ‘Mother of All Reorgs,’ Ordiscan Founder Predicts
27.1.2024
The crypto community is abuzz with anticipation for the upcoming Bitcoin network halving event, projected to occur on or around April 20, 2024. This event is sparking widespread speculation about its distinct importance. As the fourth Bitcoin halving nears, a theory of a potential major blockchain...
Solana NFT Weekly Sales Hit $62M, Surpassing Bitcoin Network
25.1.2024
Weekly NFT sales on Solana experienced a surge this past week, surpassing Bitcoin. Cryptoslam data reveals that the blockchain’s weekly trading volume exceeded $62m between Jan. 18 to Jan. 25. It’s worth noting that around $3.4m constituted wash volume, or trading designed to create...
Bitcoin Network’s Mining Difficulty Drops 3.9% to 70.34 Trillion, Easing Miner Workload Amid Texas Cold Snap
20.1.2024
On Saturday, the Bitcoin network experienced its first difficulty reduction of the year, witnessing a 3.9% decrease at block height 826,560. As a result, the network’s mining difficulty now stands at 70.34 trillion, with the next adjustment anticipated on Feb. 4, 2024. Bitcoin Difficulty...
Heightened Bitcoin Fees and Erratic Mining Revenues Herald Murky Shift as Halving Nears
20.1.2024
Recent statistics reveal that for the past 75 days, starting from Nov. 6, 2023, the average transaction fee on the Bitcoin network has consistently stayed over $5. Additionally, since Dec. 4, 2023, these fees have predominantly been over $10, with a single exception occurring when it briefly fell...
Tokenized Real-World Assets: An Appealing Portfolio Diversification Strategy for Modern Investors – Zaid Ismail
15.1.2024
Despite recently garnering much of the world’s attention, traditional exchange-traded funds (ETFs), including spot bitcoin ETFs, are still inferior to tokenized real-world assets (RWA), according to Zaid Ismail, the COO at the future-proof blockchain Mintlayer. The Appeal of Tokenized Real-World...
Reviving Retro — Ninjalerts CEO Unveils SNES Emulator on Bitcoin Blockchain to Preserve Classic Games
8.1.2024
The chief executive officer of Ninjalerts announced on Monday that a functional Super Nintendo Entertainment System (SNES) emulator has been successfully encoded onto the Bitcoin blockchain. The head of Ninjalerts emphasized that the inscription of the emulator on the Bitcoin network was motivated...
Bitcoin’s First Wallet Comes Alive: A Sudden $1.17 Million Transaction Unfolds
7.1.2024
Image Source: Adobe An unidentified Bitcoin (BTC) user has sent 26.9 BTC, equivalent to $1.17 million, to the genesis wallet, the first-ever wallet created on the Bitcoin network by Satoshi Nakamoto. The transaction took place on January 5 at 1:52 am Eastern Time and attracted attention due to...
New Year’s Eve Sees Bitcoin Network Break Daily Transfer Record With Over 731,000 Transactions
1.1.2024
As 2023 drew to a close on New Year’s Eve, the Bitcoin network eclipsed yet another record by verifying a significant 731,351 transactions in a single day. This achievement outstripped the previous high set on Dec. 24, 2023, or Christmas Eve, where miners confirmed a total of 723,459...
Report: EU Represents Just 6% of Bitcoin Mining Hashrate, US Significantly Leads China
31.12.2023
The countries in the European Union collectively account for 6% of the Bitcoin network’s hashrate while the U.S. has emerged as the world’s number one bitcoin miner, a new report has said. The economic bloc’s bitcoin mining prospects are however being hamstrung by geopolitical tensions...
Bitcoin Closes 2023 With 27 Dynamic Difficulty Adjustments, Netting a 74% Rise in Mining Challenges
27.12.2023
Three days ago, on Dec. 23, 2023, Bitcoin marked its 27th and final difficulty adjustment for the year. This year witnessed 27 shifts in epochs, with the most substantial one on Jan. 15 at block 772,128, seeing a surge in network difficulty by 10.26%. Bitcoin’s Year: 20 Ups, 7 Downs Total...
Bitcoin Network Fees Reach $40 in Surge; Polkadot & Borroe Finance Eye Massive Growth
23.12.2023
Bitcoin network activity increase has triggered a significant spike in transaction fees, soaring to as high as $40.00. In the face of market fluctuations, Polkadot is dominated by new proposals. Meanwhile, Borroe Finance ($ROE), one of the new DeFi projects, introduces an AI and NFT-powered funding...
Bitcoin Miner CleanSpark Shifts to Neutral in JPMorgan’s Ratings
11.12.2023
Source: AdobeStock / Photocreo Bednarek The major Wall Street investment bank JPMorgan has adjusted its price targets and ratings for several Bitcoin mining stocks, including CleanSpark and Riot Platforms. The adjustment in ratings came in response to the recent surge in Bitcoin’s price and...
Ordinals and BRC-20 tokens risk the Bitcoin network
7.12.2023
Bitcoin Network has reported congestion problems, and Bitcoin Core developer Luke Dashjr has said that inscriptions could be leaving traces of vulnerability. Thereby effectively spamming the Blockchain. This has not affected the trading values of BTC, with the token exchanging hands at $43,987.15...
Jack Dorsey-Backed Bitcoin Mining Pool Refuses To Process Ordinals Transactions – What’s Going On?
7.12.2023
Jack Dorsey. Source: a video screenshot OCEAN – a newly launched Bitcoin (BTC) mining pool backed by Jack Dorsey – has updated its mining software to exclude Bitcoin ordinals transactions from the blocks that it generates. Ordinals is a protocol for issuing NFTs and alternative tokens on...
Bitcoin Core's 'v26.0' Upgrade Aims to Impede Eavesdropping, Tampering
6.12.2023
The v26.0 upgrade contains experimental support for the v2 transport protocol as defined by Bitcoin Improvement Proposal 324 (BIP324)
Developer Says Ordinals Are Exploiting a “Vulnerability” to Spam Bitcoin Network, Proposes Bug Fix
6.12.2023
Image Source: Pixabay Bitcoin Core developer Luke Dashjr has proposed a bug fix to potentially alleviate the network congestion caused by new Ordinals and BRC-20 tokens. In a recent post on X (formerly Twitter), Dashjr claimed that these tokens are taking advantage of a vulnerability within...
Bitcoin’s Mining Difficulty Hits Record High With Sixth Consecutive Rise
26.11.2023
On November 25, 2023, the Bitcoin network marked its sixth consecutive difficulty rise, reaching a new peak at block 818,496. The difficulty soared by 5.07%, setting a record high of 67.96 trillion, a level that will persist until the next adjustment on December 9, 2023. Bitcoin’s Difficulty...
Analysis Claims Discovery of Selective Transaction Filtering in Bitcoin Mining Pools
21.11.2023
A recent analysis by 0xB10C, a developer and onchain analyst, has uncovered intriguing findings in the Bitcoin network. The study, which focuses on the mining pools’ transaction selection processes, revealed that certain transactions from U.S. Treasury-sanctioned addresses were missing from...