Monero Supporters Beg XMR Miners to Boycott Mining Pool Capturing 44% of the Network Hashrate – Mining Bitcoin News
Reports indicate that the Monero community is upset about a specific mining pool that currently commands 44% of the network’s...
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Russian Association of Power Suppliers Proposes Measures to Prevent Home Mining – Mining Bitcoin News
The industry organization of Russian energy suppliers has come up with ideas on how to combat cryptocurrency mining in homes,...
Intel to Develop Crypto Mining Accelerators, Claims Circuits Will Deliver ‘1000x Better Performance per Watt’ – Mining Bitcoin News
The California-based technology company and the world’s largest semiconductor chip manufacturer by revenue, Intel, has revealed the company will “contribute...
Students Mining Crypto in Dorms May Face Criminal Prosecution in Russia, Lawyer Says – Mining Bitcoin News
University students in Russia minting digital currencies in their dormitories risk penalties and even criminal charges, according to a legal...
Kazakhstan President Orders Government to Find All Miners and Raise Tax by April – Mining Bitcoin News
President of Kazakhstan Kassym-Jomart Tokayev has instructed authorities to identify all crypto mining enterprises and increase the electricity surcharge they...
Kazakhstan Mulls Fivefold Increase of Electricity Tax on Crypto Mining – Mining Bitcoin News
Authorities in Kazakhstan are discussing new regulations for the country’s crypto space that may lead to a serious increase in...
Electricity Consumption Spikes in Irkutsk as More Russians Start Mining Cryptocurrency – Mining Bitcoin News
Electricity suppliers in the Russian region of Irkutsk have registered a surge in power consumption in residential areas which they...
A Look at When Bitcoin’s Price Crashed Below the Cost of Production – Mining Bitcoin News
Over the last 30 days, Bitcoin’s hashrate has been coasting along at the highest levels ever recorded during the network’s...
Russians Mining Crypto to Pay at Least 15% Tax, Companies – No Less Than 6%, Lawmaker Says – Mining Bitcoin News
Private individuals mining cryptocurrency may expect a higher tax burden than businesses involved in the industry, a high-ranking member of...
A Mining Rig That Boasts 440 TH/s? Miners Question the Legitimacy of New Bitcoin Mining Device – Mining Bitcoin News
The cryptocurrency community has been discussing a newly announced bitcoin miner called the Numiner NM440 that claims to produce speeds...
Argentinian Government Raises Energy Costs Almost 4x for Cryptocurrency Miners – Mining Bitcoin News
The Energy Secretary of Argentina eliminated power subsidies for cryptocurrency miners, raising the cost of energy to almost 4x what...
Kazakhstan Extends Power Cuts for Cryptocurrency Miners – Mining Bitcoin News
Crypto farms in Kazakhstan will remain unplugged until Feb. 7, as the local utility has extended power cuts for miners....
Bitcoin Mining Report Shows Network’s Emissions Account for 0.08% of the World’s CO2 – Mining Bitcoin News
During the last year, Bitcoin — the cryptocurrency network that leverages proof-of-work (PoW) to process transactions and secure the protocol...
US Lawmakers Press Bitcoin Mining Firms on Energy Usage, Carbon Emissions, Climate Crisis – Mining Bitcoin News
Eight U.S. lawmakers, including Senator Elizabeth Warren, have sent letters to top U.S.-based bitcoin mining firms questioning them about their...
Decommissioned Power Plant in Armenia to Host Crypto Mining Farms – Mining Bitcoin News
Armenia is going to invite cryptocurrency miners to install their coin minting hardware in an old thermal power plant. The...
Nvidia’s Lite Hash Rate Tech to Stop Crypto Miners ‘Was Pointless’ – Mining Bitcoin News
In mid-May 2021, the American multinational technology company Nvidia Corporation revealed that it added a hashrate limiter to curb the...
Global Chip Shortage Looms Over Bitcoin Mining Industry, ASIC Supply Tightens – Mining Bitcoin News
While Bitcoin’s hashrate has been coasting along above 175 exahash per second (EH/s) and recently reached an all-time high, a...
Utility Seeks $800,000 From Russians Mining Crypto With Cheap Power – Mining Bitcoin News
The main utility company in Irkutsk is looking to collect almost $800,000 from owners of crypto farms that have allegedly...
Kazakhstan Shuts Down Crypto Mining Farms Till February – Mining Bitcoin News
Data centers minting cryptocurrencies in Kazakhstan were cut off from the nation’s power grid this week and will remain unplugged...
Bitcoin’s Price Drop and the Network’s Higher Difficulty Squeezes BTC Mining Profits – Mining Bitcoin News
After Bitcoin’s mining difficulty jumped to the highest value ever at 26.64 trillion, the overall hashrate slumped a hair due...
US Still Dominates Bitcoin Mining Sector, 30-Day Stats Show Foundry USA Takes Top Pool Position – Mining Bitcoin News
Since the Cambridge Bitcoin Electricity Consumption Index (CBECI) project updated its mining map in mid-July, the United States has continued...
Bitmain Reveals Hydro Bitcoin Miner With 198 Terahash, Produces Almost Double the Power of Today’s Top Machines – Mining Bitcoin News
One of the largest bitcoin mining rig manufacturers in the world, Bitmain announced the launch of a new bitcoin miner...
