Those miners are Iren Limited, Cango and Cleanspark.
In addition to Mara, they hold around 1/5 of the total power contributed to the Bitcoin Network.
In the last ten days, three public companies dedicated to Bitcoin mining announced having reached a 50 -year -ex -processing power per second (EH/s) contributed to the network. This is Iren Limited (Iren), Cango (Cang) and Cleanspark (CLSK).
Cango got Those hashratrate levels on July 1, will communicated June 30 and CleansPark did The same on June 24.
Thus, together with Mara (Mara), the largest mining for market capitalization, These companies total more than 200 eh/srepresenting approximately 20% of the 874 eh/s global hash. data of Mempool.space (Mara operates another 50 eh/s).
As competition for hashrate intensifies, the Bitcoin protocol benefits from greater security, but miners face the challenge of balanceing energy costs, operational efficiency and financial strategies.
However, that four miners control a fifth of the global hashrate raises questions about the concentration of power in mining.
Criticism of Iran for its BTC sales strategy
Unlike competitors such as Mara, which accumulates near 50,000 bitcoins In his balance, Iran, one of the newcomers to the 50 EH/S milestone, adopt A daily sales strategy of minted bitcoins to minimize financial risks and link their performance directly to operations. This practice has generated criticism.
For example, a user in x pointed out that the market capitalization of Iran, of USD 1.8 billion, according to HASHRATE INDEXis not supported by Bitcoin holdings, unlike Mara (USD 5,500 million), whose value reflects your reservations.
Additionally, Iren is diversifying towards artificial intelligence and high performance computing, following a trend between miners that They seek to take advantage of their energy infrastructure for other sectors Out of mining.
