Bitcoin Mining vs. AI Hosting: The Unexpected Parallels Unveiled

Bitcoin miners and artificial intelligence (AI) cloud providers, along with high-performance computing (HPC) operators, share an unexpected bond in their quest for computing muscle. As the cryptocurrency scene shifts, some bitcoin mining setups are finding fresh purpose in the fast-growing fields of generative AI and large language models (LLMs). A Closer Look at the Unseen … Read more

Bitmain Rolls out New High-Efficiency Bitcoin Mining Machines, Topping 319 TH/s

Bitcoin mining rig manufacturer Bitmain has just rolled out two new rigs, boasting a hashrate of up to 216 terahash per second (TH/s) for their air-cooled model and 319 TH/s for the hydro-cooled version. Bitmain Releases New Air and Hydro-Cooled Bitcoin Mining Rigs The Chinese application-specific integrated circuit (ASIC) producing giant, Bitmain, has debuted its … Read more

Bitcoin Network Eases Up: Difficulty Falls 4.6% at Block 862,848

Bitcoin miners got a bit of a breather on Wednesday as the network’s difficulty dropped by 4.6% at block height 862,848. For the next two weeks, the process of finding a block subsidy is 4.6% easier than it was during the previous 2,016 blocks, which had the highest difficulty level ever recorded. Bitcoin’s Mining Game: … Read more

Bitcoin’s Computational Power Falls 9.95% After Record Hashrate

Recent metrics reveal that after Bitcoin’s network hashrate reached an all-time high of 693 exahash per second (EH/s) and saw a 3.58% difficulty increase, its computational power decreased this week. In the nine days since this peak, the hashrate has fallen by 9.95%. Bitcoin Miners Confront Economic Hurdles as Bitcoin Hashrate Dips Bitcoin miners are … Read more

Bitcoin’s Hashrate Reaches 692 EH/s, Nearing 700 EH/s Milestone

After breaking the July 25, 2024 record on Saturday, Sept. 7, Bitcoin’s hashrate has kept climbing, now reaching an impressive 692.28 exahash per second (EH/s) on Sept. 8, which is more than 13 EH/s above the previous level. Bitcoin Smashes Another Hashrate Record, Climbing 66 EH/s in a Week On Sunday, Sept. 8, 2024, Bitcoin’s … Read more

Bitcoin Hashrate Hits Record High as Prices Drop Below $55K

As bitcoin dipped below $55K this week, something quite interesting happened behind the scenes. On Sept. 7, 2024, the network’s computational power hit a new lifetime high. The seven-day simple moving average (SMA) for Bitcoin’s total hashrate climbed to 679 exahash per second (EH/s) on Saturday, a slight bump of 2 EH/s over the previous … Read more

Bitcoin’s Last Difficulty Drop Likely to Be Erased in 3 Days

Bitcoin’s hashrate is on the rise once again, edging closer to the peak levels seen at the end of July. Despite a recent 4.19% dip in difficulty during the last retarget, current projections suggest that this drop might soon be history. On Aug. 28, the difficulty is expected to bounce back, potentially increasing by 4% … Read more

Hashrate Climbs 25 EH/s in 8 Days as Bitcoin Miners Adjust to Network Difficulty Reduction

While Bitcoin’s hashprice has been languishing below $44 per petahash per second (PH/s) each day, the network’s hashrate is beginning to climb once more. Between Aug. 9 and Aug. 17, the hashrate increased from 612 exahash per second (EH/s) to 637 EH/s, adding 25 EH/s over eight days. Miners Increase Bitcoin’s Hashrate After Difficulty Decline … Read more

Cleanspark Purchases 45,000 Bitcoin Mining Devices, Adding 6.3 EH/s to Current Fleet

On Tuesday, the bitcoin mining company Cleanspark announced that it had purchased 45,000 Antminer S19 XP bitcoin mining devices for a total price of $144.9 million. Cleanspark stated that the new fleet would add 6.3 exahash per second (EH/s) of computational power to the company’s current 6.7 EH/s. Cleanspark Acquires 45,000 Bitmain Antminers for $144.9 … Read more