Upside As Bitcoin Miners Lose $14 Billion – Bitcoin Magazine
[ad_1] Public mining companies are entering the final quarter of 2022 battered and bruised after nine months of bear market brutality. At the end of Q3, the total market values of all U.S.-listed mining companies dropped by over $14 billion from the start of the year, according to data compiled from YCharts. Whether the year’s […]
Are Bitcoin Miners Selling The Bottom? – Bitcoin Magazine
[ad_1] Buy low then sell high is one of the most basic components of investment advice in the history of financial markets. Bitcoin is now 10 months into its current bear market cycle, and plenty of investors and companies that didn’t “sell high” are probably regretting it. Miners stand apart from all other market participants, […]
Is Mining Censorship A Threat To Bitcoin? – Bitcoin Magazine
[ad_1] This is an opinion editorial by Zack Voell, a bitcoin mining and markets researcher. Bitcoin is designed to be a permissionless, censorship-resistant financial tool, and miners are supposed to be one of several groups that support this functionality. Yet transaction censorship attempts by mining is becoming an increasingly important discussion topic as the mining […]
Bitcoin Miner CleanSpark Keeps Building – Bitcoin Magazine
[ad_1] It’s no secret that the bitcoin bear market is bad right now. According to some metrics, it’s one of the worst downturns in Bitcoin’s young history. And few sectors of the Bitcoin economy are as harshly affected by current market conditions than miners. But bear markets are precisely when mining winners are separated from […]
The Off-Chain Bitcoin Bull Market – Bitcoin Magazine
[ad_1] This is an opinion editorial by Zack Voell, a bitcoin mining and markets researcher. One of the more interesting and controversial developments in the Bitcoin ecosystem is off-chain use cases. Many of these applications are not technologically identical, but they all nonetheless expand the list of potential use cases apart from the Bitcoin base […]
Intermittent Bitcoin Mining Fixes Energy – Bitcoin Magazine
[ad_1] Many aspects of the Bitcoin mining industry are poorly understood and often misrepresented. But one practice in this sector stands apart for the misunderstandings and underappreciation that surround it: intermittent mining. While most miners aim to achieve as much uptime as technically feasible — meaning their machines are online and hashing instead of offline […]
Evaluating Bitcoin Mining Fees As Price Dips – Bitcoin Magazine
[ad_1] Bitcoin fee markets are showing small signs of life despite bitcoin’s price dropping roughly 70% since its latest all-time highs and hash price — a measure of the value for hash rate — falling by roughly the same amount. Fees and the long-term prospects of fee revenue for miners is a hotly-debated topic, especially […]
Bitcoin Mining Will Explode In Africa – Bitcoin Magazine
[ad_1] Mining headlines are typically filled with mentions of North America and Asia, with occasional mentions of Latin America. But another region of the world is showing some unnoticed signs of consistent interest in the mining sector. This article explores some data that shows interest from African nations in mining and profiles a few companies […]