Analyst Says Speculators and Bitcoin Miners Responsible for BTC’s Recent Plunge Below $60,000

Bitcoin’s post-retarget relief for miners was real, but narrow.Using a BTC price of $84,751, the completed difficulty increase and the latest gross hashprice is about $40.31 per petahash...

Some Bitcoin mining vardiff (variable difficulty) controllers can keep demanding work calibrated for a machine's former speed after it cuts hashrate. The miner can keep hashing and consuming...

Key TakeawaysTlaola police followed strange noises and power use and found 300 GPU miners humming away deep in Puebla’s jungle.Reuters says the 300-GPU setup tapped hydro power, hinting...

Key TakeawaysGrayscale estimates Zcash rewards at twice Bitcoin’s daily rewards per rig.Zcash mining activity has increased more than 2.5 times this year.Electricity, equipment, and operating costs shape actual...