DATUM distributes its first rewards to Bitcoin miners

According to Ocean, DATUM allows for greater control over individual miners’ transactions. A user on X explained that the operation of DATUM “is a mystery.” The new decentralized mining protocol, DATUM (in Spanish it means “Decentralized Alternative Templates for Universal Mining”), implemented by the pool Ocean mining since last September 29, 2024, has already successfully … Read more

Kaspa mining strategy still not giving good results for Marathon

In June 2024, Marathon announced that it was mining Kaspa. The price of kaspa (KAS) has been trending sideways since May. Marathon Digital Holdings (MARA), the largest Bitcoin mining company in the world, has not yet managed to see fruits in its foray into mining kaspa (KAS), a cryptocurrency that promised high profit margins, but … Read more

Paraguay dismantles Bitcoin mining farm and seizes 100 pieces of equipment

Officials from the Anti-Narcotics Department of the Paraguayan National Police carried out an operation in the city of Pedro Juan Caballero, capital of the department of Amambay, where they seized more than 100 ASIC Bitcoin miners and detained two individuals. The raid took place in the Jardín Aurora neighborhood. The operation took place after a … Read more

Bitcoin does not rule its network alone because of Fractal Bitcoin

After a month of its launch, on October 9, 2024, the Fractal Bitcoin (FB) network, a Bitcoin (BTC) sidechain, managed to capture 35% of the hashpower (or total processing power) of Bitcoin. This hashpower measures the computing capacity of a miner or a network intended to process the cryptographic algorithms that secure and validate Bitcoin … Read more

the new opportunity to mine cryptocurrencies without hardware

With CoinEx Mining, users can earn profits by locking up cryptocurrencies. Unlike mining pools, CoinEx Mining does not set lockup periods. Cryptocurrency mining has evolved as a major investment opportunity as the market expands. While traditional hardware-based mining still has its place, the high barriers to entry and associated costs have deterred many investors. At … Read more

Bitmain launches less efficient and powerful Bitcoin miners than previous versions

The miners have a hashrate of 319 TH/s and 216 TH/s, respectively. The mining equipment will be delivered between the first and second quarters of 2025. Bitmain announced this Wednesday, October 9, at the Bitcoin Amsterdam 2024 event, two new Bitcoin miners, the S21+ Hyd and S21+ ASICs. These devices have hashrates of 319 TH/s … Read more

Shares of mining companies rise and it has nothing to do with Bitcoin

The growing demand for computing power to train and power artificial intelligence (AI) models is reshaping the bitcoin (BTC) mining landscape. The companies that have known how to take advantage of their infrastructures to enter the world of AI are being rewarded with a higher market valuationwhile those that remain focused exclusively on cryptocurrency mining … Read more

Thank you bitcoin!, says a US mayor who recognizes the advantages of mining

Rockdale Mayor Ward Roddam tells in a letter how bitcoin revitalized his city. “We are on the threshold of a new economic renaissance,” said the mayor. Rockdale, a small town in the U.S. state of Texas, faced a serious economic disaster in 2008. It happened when the Alcoa aluminum plant, which had been the town’s … Read more

Low profitability pushes Bitcoin miners to Artificial Intelligence

An important indicator of BTC profitability is at all-time lows. Meanwhile, hosting for high-performance computing is attractive to miners. Bitcoin mining is going through one of its biggest predicaments in years. This crisis has sparked survival behaviors among miners, who are beginning to diversify the use and purpose of their data and energy centers. This … Read more