Bitcoin mining farms in Texas have gone offline because of a massive winter storm that drained the state’s power grid. While some mining farms have… Read More »Bitcoin Mining Farms in Texas Offline From Winter Storm
Is it wasteful to use electricity mining bitcoin? As the Biden Administration settles into power with an ambitious agenda around clean energy, notably promising to… Read More »Bitcoin Mining: Wasted Energy or a Better, Greener System?
Recently, Bloomberg published a piece calling Bitcoin an “incredibly dirty business.” It’s undeniable that the Bitcoin blockchain has a carbon footprint. Some bitcoins are mined… Read More »What Bloomberg Gets Wrong About Bitcoin’s Climate Footprint
Bitcoin miners generated an estimated $1.1 billion in revenue in January, up 62% from December, according to on-chain data from Coin Metrics analyzed by CoinDesk.… Read More »Bitcoin Miners Saw Revenue Rise 62% in January From December
The leader in blockchain news, CoinDesk is a media outlet that strives for the highest journalistic standards and abides by a strict set of editorial… Read More »Hut 8 Completes $11.8M Financing for New Bitcoin Mining Machines
Interest in Bitcoin “double-spending” grew after recent news that the Bitcoin network processed the same bitcoin (BTC) in two transactions – the very “double-spending” scenario… Read More »The Bitcoin Double-Spend That Never Happened
Nasdaq-listed bitcoin mining company Bit Digital (BTBT) dismissed allegations of fraud against the company made in a recently published report by J Capital Research. Without… Read More »Bitcoin Miner Bit Digital Hits Back at ‘False Accusations’ of Fraud
The leader in blockchain news, CoinDesk is a media outlet that strives for the highest journalistic standards and abides by a strict set of editorial… Read More »Iran Reportedly Seizes 45K Bitcoin Mining Machines After Closure of Illegal Operations
The leader in blockchain news, CoinDesk is a media outlet that strives for the highest journalistic standards and abides by a strict set of editorial… Read More »Coinbase Invests in New US Crypto Mining Pool Titan
Bitcoin miners representing roughly 91% of the network’s hashpower have demonstrated support for Bitcoin’s biggest upgrade in years, Taproot. These activation methods vary the length… Read More »Bitcoin Miners, Developers Narrow Down How Taproot Will Be Activated
Two cryptocurrency mining companies want to make it easier for businesses in North America to mine bitcoin. Minnesota-based Compute North has allocated hosting facilities and… Read More »Compute North, Foundry Team Up to Target North American Bitcoin Miners
The leader in blockchain news, CoinDesk is a media outlet that strives for the highest journalistic standards and abides by a strict set of editorial… Read More »Bitcoin Miner Bit Digital Passes $1B Market Cap
