Mining

On August 19, the combined SHA-256 hashrate between the BCH and BTC networks touched a massive high of over 91 exahash per second (EH/s). One notable contribution to today’s network hashrates is the manufacturing of next-generation mining…

Coinmine, Inc., the creator of the Coinmine One cryptocurrency mining device, has raised $2.5 million in a funding round led by Los Angeles-based M13 Ventures with participation from Republic Labs, Gumi Crypto, Canaan Beta and early Uber…

Blockstream has been silently scaling over 300 MW of mining facilities in a bid to rebalance the distribution of global hashpower back in the hands of smaller players. On August 8, 2019, the company broke its silence as it unveiled its most…

Litecoin (LTC), currently the fifth-largest cryptocurrency by market capitalization, has just reduced its block reward for miners by half. The litecoin blockchain reached block height 1,680,000 at 10:16 UTC on Monday – a major threshold for…

The future is already here for Ramak J. Sedigh and his California-based team at Plouton mining, who have just raised $1 million from investors for their proposed solar-powered energy mining complex to be built in California’s Western Mojave…

This article was originally published by 8btc and written by Olusegun Ogundeji. Over 17,850,575 bitcoin have been mined at the time of writing, meaning that 85 percent of the top cryptocurrency’s expected total supply (21 million) is…

Far-East Trading and Industrial Company, an importer of cryptocurrency mining gear, is being investigated by law enforcement authorities in Russia. In its report on the investigation, CoinDesk revealed that the miner importer is…

This article was originally published by 8btc and written by Lylian Teng. Canaan Creative, one of the world’s largest bitcoin mining machine manufacturers, has filed an application for an initial public offering (IPO) with the U.S.…

This article was originally published by 8btc and written by Vincent He. Bitcoin’s ongoing bull run has sprung up demand for new mining equipment, putting pressure on manufacturers to produce enough machines to satiate buyers. For instance,…

After much deliberation, the Economic Commission of the Islamic Republic of Iran has officially submitted restrictions on energy costs for crypto miners in the country. Cryptocurrency has been a particularly hot-button issue in Iran…