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Bitcoin's energy-intensive model makes it vulnerable, economist Steve Keen warns.

Bitcoin mining runs the risk of becoming more centralized as time goes on, while artificial intelligence may be moving in the ...

For many bitcoin miners, it has cost more in recent months to produce a bitcoin than the coin can be sold for, leading them ...

Bitcoin's hash rate is dropping for the first time in years. One mining CEO says that's actually a good thing.

Michael Saylor is again pushing for more Bitcoin acquisitions, with Strategy having bought nearly three times the amount of Bitcoin mined in March. The market f ...

One paper finds that attacking the bitcoin blockchain through quantum mining would demand the energy output of a star.

From Bhutan's hydropower rigs to Iran's sanctions workaround, sovereign bitcoin mining is bigger than most investors realize.

One of the side effects of the energy-intensive process of bitcoin mining is the excess heat that is created by the involved hardware devices. Miners have to prove that they’ve expended energy on ...

Bhutan sovereign wealth fund has moved $216 million worth of Bitcoin. Bitcoin mining revenues have also slowed. Holdings have decreased by 70% since October 2024.