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Bitcoin Difficulty Increases for Third Time in Six Weeks, Miners Remain Undeterred With High Hashrate
On March 23, 2023, bitcoin experienced another difficulty increase, following two previous rises in the last month, jumping 7.56% higher. Currently, bitcoin miners...
Bitcoin Network Experiences Slight Dip in Difficulty After Record High
Bitcoin’s difficulty decreased 0.49% on Feb. 12, 2023, following a sustained all-time high of 39.35 trillion over the previous two weeks (2,016 blocks)....
Data Shows 50% Of Bitcoin Hashrate Controlled By Two Mining Pools | Bitcoinist.com
Bitcoin hashrate is turning into extremely centralized, with a couple of mining swimming pools controlling many of the blockchain mining energy. The most recent...
Bitcoin Difficulty Surges 4.68%, Taps New All-Time High; Metric Set to Surpass 40 Trillion
The Bitcoin blockchain recorded another difficulty increase on Sunday, Jan. 29, 2023, at block height 774,144. The network’s difficulty increased by 4.68%, from...
Solo Bitcoin Miner Solves Block With Hash Rate of Just 10 TH/s, Beating Extremely Unlikely Odds
A solo Bitcoin miner with an average hashing power of just 10 TH/s (terahashes per second) won the race to add block 772,793 to...
Digital Currency Group Suspends Dividends Amid Regulatory Trouble With Subsidiary Genesis
According to a shareholders’ letter from Digital Currency Group (DCG) viewed by finance and crypto publication Coindesk, the company has suspended dividends until...
Bitcoin Network’s Mining Difficulty Rises to All-Time High, Making Block Discovery More Challenging
Bitcoin’s mining difficulty printed a record increase on Jan. 15, 2023, rising 10.26% to 37.73 trillion at block height 772,128. The network’s difficulty...
Bitcoin Network Braces for Notable Difficulty Increase in 3 Days
Bitcoin’s mining difficulty, the measure of how difficult it is to find a new block and add it to the blockchain, is set...
Bitcoin hash rate surges 17% to touch ATH before falling back
Bitcoin’s (BTC) hash rate surged 17% to an all-time high of 361.28EH/s on Jan. 6 from around 233 EH/s recorded on the...
The centralization of Bitcoin: Behind the two mining pools controlling 51% of the global hash rate
While most of the market focuses on Bitcoin’s price volatility, a much bigger problem seems to go unnoticed.The centralization of Ethereum...
2 Bitcoin Mining Pools Command More Than 53% of BTC’s Total Hashrate
Bitcoin’s hashrate has jumped from the low 170 exahash per second (EH/s) recorded this week, to above the 300 exahash range after a...
Bitcoin Hashrate Slides as Texas Miners Curtail Hashpower to Bolster the Grid
Bitcoin’s total hashrate tapped a low of 170 exahash per second (EH/s) on Dec. 25, as reports noted that bitcoin miners in Texas...