The miner rented 1 petahash per second through on-demand cloud mining and got lucky on block 938,092, one of 21 solo-mined ...

A solo miner hit the jackpot today after validating a block to cash in 3.125 Bitcoin, or about $200,000, from the block reward through rented hashrate.

To continue reading this content, please enable JavaScript in your browser settings and refresh this page. The shift is already underway as bitcoin prices drop and ...

Bitcoin is crashing hard, reaching historic lows of well below the $70,000 mark. At the time of writing, the token is hovering just above $63,000, levels we haven’t seen since October 2024. The ...

During the coronavirus pandemic, some of my acquaintances feared they would get laid off and were exploring different revenue streams. Those interested in innovative methods were quickly drawn to ...

Bitcoin’s hashrate fell to a seven-month low during the storm. Well-capitalised miners with curtailment deals made huge margins by selling power back to the grid. Stock prices for some miners have had ...

There’s something about Bitcoin and blockchain that just seems to attract weird and wacky tinkerers. While computationally powerful ASIC miners dominate proof-of-work crypto mining today, that hasn’t ...

Identifying the best crypto to mine in 2026 depends on your hardware, electricity costs, and risk tolerance. Mining cryptocurrency means solving cryptographic puzzles to validate blockchain ...

Bitcoin mining companies are making a noticeable shift in how they use their massive computing power, with some redirecting energy-hungry operations away from cryptocurrency and toward artificial ...

To learn more about the CNBC CFO Council, visit cnbccouncils.com/cfo As Congress continues its effort to pass a federal crypto market structure bill, many states are ...

Get your news from a source that’s not owned and controlled by oligarchs. Sign up for the free Mother Jones Daily. For someone who cares about climate change, Matt Carlsson had what seemed like a ...

Bitcoin’s most recent halving took place in 2024, cutting the reward miners receive for each new block (David Pereiras/The Noun Project) While today’s data center conversation revolves around AI, ...