Bitcoin lottery mining at home is growing in popularity. Have the bitcoin nerds discovered a new hack that beats the Powerball? This article compares the various types of mining pools that can be ...

Individual miners occasionally win full block rewards despite rising network difficulty and corporate dominance. Profitability hinges on hashrate, energy cost, hardware efficiency, difficulty level, ...

Bitcoin might be trading at $108,000, but the cost to create one coin varies dramatically depending on where it’s mined — and the gulf between countries is staggering. A new chart circulating on X ...

Bitdeer Technologies Group (BTDR), a Bitcoin mining and infrastructure company, is ramping up its self-mining operations amid weakening demand for mining rigs, highlighting how some hardware makers ...

Thirteen years ago today, Bitcoin experienced its first halving event, reducing the miner block reward from the original 50 BTC to 25 BTC. At the same time, a niche trend of solo mining is emerging, ...

One afternoon in June 2024, I stood up against the fence of a sprawling industrial facility a few miles outside of Corsicana, Texas. Over a metal gate, I watched a bright yellow excavator claw at the ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Becca Bratcher is an author and journalist specializing in crypto. Over the past few years, the United States, specifically Texas, ...