Category: Bitcoin Mining
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Bitcoin Miners Strain Under Semiconductor Supply Crunch, Second-Hand Mining Rig Prices Soar
Bitcoin mining rig manufacturers are dealing with a semiconductor supply crunch according to regional reports stemming from China. There’s been a global semiconductor supply shortage and it’s affecting nearly every type of business in the supply chain that manufactures cars, PCs, laptops, smartphones, and cryptocurrency mining devices. Moreover, the recent shortage has invoked the demand…
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Digital Currency Group’s crypto mining arm enters top 10 global mining pools
Foundry entered the cryptocurrency mining game in August 2020.
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Marathon Patent Group Buys $150 Million Worth of Bitcoin as a Reserve Asset
Marathon Patent Group announced Monday that it bought 4,813 bitcoins in a deal worth $150 million. The firm joins the growing list of publicly listed companies holding bitcoin in their treasuries. Merrick Okamoto, chairman and chief executive officer of Marathon, said the Nasdaq firm is buying bitcoin (BTC) as a reserve asset. “We…believe that holding…
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While BTC’s Hashrate Remains High, It’s More Difficult Than Ever Before to Mine Bitcoin
At the end of January 2021, Bitcoin’s network mining difficulty, a measure of how complicated it is to mine a block reward, is higher than it’s ever been during the crypto protocol’s lifetime. Currently, Bitcoin’s mining difficulty is a whopping 20.8 trillion but despite the handicap, bitcoin miners have continued to keep the network’s hashrate…
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Driving to the moon? HODLer installs portable mining rig in BMW
“I’m not in crypto to make a fast buck, but I’ll take the bonus,” said Simon Byrne.