The rise from 1 to 148 trillion does not block participation, it measures how much total computational power is competing at any moment. Each major jump in difficulty aligns with real-world changes: ...

Bitcoin mining is the process that keeps the BTC network secure and operational. Bitcoin (BTC) miners collect pending transactions, bundle them into blocks and repeatedly perform hashing attempts ...

The Bitcoin mining industry has faced a harsher operating environment since the 2024 halving, a core feature of Bitcoin’s monetary design that cuts block rewards roughly every four years to enforce ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Korok Ray is a PhD economist/professor who researches/teaches Bitcoin. Early Facebook investor Peter Thiel once advised future ...

More than half of Bitcoin’s global mining network runs on renewable energy — and much of it comes from sources that would otherwise go unused. “More than half of the network is using some type of ...

There is a big shift happening in the world of cryptocurrency. Companies that mine for bitcoin are finding their resources are better spent on artificial intelligence. Our colleagues from The ...

Post-halving stress is reshaping Bitcoin mining. As margins compress, miners turn to AI, HPC and consolidation to survive heading into 2026. The Bitcoin mining industry has faced a harsher operating ...