Bitcoin hashrate recovers after big freeze shuts down miners
Bitcoin’s network hashrate has returned to regular levels again, days after freezing temperatures across the United States put a strain on the nation’s electricity grid — leading to a temporary drop in hashrate. In the days leading up to Christmas, bone-chilling temperatures swept across the United States, leading to millions without power and claiming at […]
Industrial Bitcoin mining breathes new life into tiny Texan town
Two Bitcoin mining giants are duking it out for cheap electricity in the tiny town in Texas. Both Bitdeer, a mining firm that spun out from Chinese giant Bitmain, and Riot Blockchain, one of leading publicly traded Bitcoin mining firms in the United States, are operating data centers hosted at a former aluminium smelting facility […]