Bitcoin’s hashrate has spent 316 days below its record as miners redirect power toward AI. The seven-day network average stood near 914 exahashes per second on Aug. 31, about 20.6% below its October 2025 peak […]
Key Takeaways Bitcoin mining uses 30% of Paraguay’s power, sparking warnings of a major energy crisis by 2029.Stagnant power generation and a $15B funding gap threaten the nation’s long-term energy independence.Though mining demand is flexible […]
Every answer you get from an AI chatbot begins with electricity. The words appear on your screen, but the actual work happens in a distant building packed with computer chips. Those chips draw power, move […]
This article first appeared in The Energy Mag. The original article can be viewed here. The Energy Mag (formerly The Miner Mag) provides news, data, and insights on the energy–compute–markets nexus. The Swedish Tax Agency […]
IREN is still mostly a Bitcoin miner by revenue, even as it retires mining hardware to make room for AI infrastructure and grow IREN’s AI cloud revenue. The company’s fiscal 2026 results, filed Aug. 27, […]
Key Takeaways U.S. Bitcoin hashrate share fell 0.823% in 2026, with roughly 55 EH/s lost.Russia and China gained Bitcoin mining share despite losing 13 EH/s and 10 EH/s, respectively.Bitcoin hashprice jumped 27.42% in 30 days, […]
Bitcoin has confirmed a quantum-resistant transaction on mainnet using its existing consensus rules, showing that some holders could migrate funds away from future quantum risk without waiting for a protocol upgrade. The Aug. 26 transaction […]
Key Takeaways Bitdeer deploys 28 MW and 1.93 EH/s at Soluna’s Kati 1 beginning in September 2026.Soluna keeps 83 MW Kati 1 focused on bitcoin mining while Kati 2 and Dorothy 3 chase artificial intelligence […]
Tether’s abandoned Bitcoin mining venture in Uruguay, where a former contractor estimated spending reached about $120 million across two sites, is casting a shadow over the stablecoin issuer’s smaller renewable-energy pilot in Brazil. The Uruguay […]
Key Takeaways Bitcoin logged ten difficulty drops versus seven increases in 2026, leaving difficulty at 125.81 trillion.Bitcoin difficulty sits just 0.7% above its 2026 low as roughly 150 EH/s remains sidelined.Bitcoin’s next adjustment will test […]
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