Russian region struggles to keep up with Bitcoin mining energy demands
A local energy distributor is working to recover about $800,000 from illicit cryptocurrency miners in Irkutsk Oblast.
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A local energy distributor is working to recover about $800,000 from illicit cryptocurrency miners in Irkutsk Oblast.
Politicians and activists have often targeted crypto mining operations around Seneca Lake due to the presence of Greenidge Generation's plant.
A 'whale' solo Bitcoin miner with a whopping 1.14PH/s computing power solved a valid block on Tuesday.
Eight U.S. lawmakers, including Senator Elizabeth Warren, have sent letters to top U.S.-based bitcoin mining firms questioning them about their crypto mining operations. “The extraordinarily high energy usage and carbon…
In addition to environmental metrics, the U.S. now accounts for 49% of the world's Bitcoin cash rate.
A recent meetup on the Capitol Hill highlighted several key debates that will define the mining industry’s development in the years to come.
Despite the price of BTC, the Bitcoin network is the strongest it’s ever been, according to industry experts.
The technical and log-jam issues preventing the advantages of Web3 privacy can be put to bed if the right solutions are adopted.
In mid-May 2021, the American multinational technology company Nvidia Corporation revealed that it added a hashrate limiter to curb the use of cryptocurrency mining with its graphics processing units (GPUs).…
While Bitcoin’s hashrate has been coasting along above 175 exahash per second (EH/s) and recently reached an all-time high, a global shortage of semiconductor chips could slow the growing industry.…