Mining centralization articles
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Amid Shifts in Bitcoin Mining Economics, Steep Discounts Emerge for Older ASIC Rigs – Mining Bitcoin News
According to current metrics, older bitcoin mining rigs are not generating the same revenue as they did before the halving, particularly with the hashprice at approximately $0.056 per terahash per second (TH/s) per day. On April 25, Luxor Technologies reported a significant decline in the prices of application-specific integrated circuit (ASIC) bitcoin mining rigs, highlighting […]
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Jack Dorsey's Block Targets Chip Advancement With 3nm Bitcoin ASIC Mining Rig – Mining Bitcoin News
On Tuesday, Jack Dorsey, the founder of Block, took to X to announce that the company is “building a mining rig.” Dorsey also shared a blog post authored by Block’s lead for mining hardware products, Naoise Irwin. The post revealed enhancements in the chip design, upgrading from the initially planned 5-nanometer (nm) process to an […]
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US Coal Miner Uses Excess Power to Mine BTC; Earns 61 Coins in Q1 2024 – Mining Bitcoin News
Alliance Resource Partners (ARLP), a coal mining company in the U.S., recently disclosed its use of underutilized electricity loads for bitcoin mining. Cary Marshall, the company’s CFO, revealed that ARLP concluded the first quarter of 2024 with an approximate total of 425 bitcoins. Marshall also stated that during the first quarter, ARLP mined 61 bitcoins […]