Big Time for Small Miners
Bitcoin mining is making a comeback and the unique abilities of small scale miners.
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Bitcoin mining is making a comeback and the unique abilities of small scale miners.
A budding movement within the crypto industry says it can keep carbon out of the atmosphere by locking it on a blockchain. Can it succeed?
Can change come fast enough for an ESG-embattled mining industry?
The high percentage of hashrate now located in North America may look like China 2.0, but the reality is more complicated.
As it decarbonizes, the mining industry might help push energy producers to build more renewable power sources.
In the pursuit of economic sustainability, northern Italian hydropower producers are turning to bitcoin mining.
Here are some of the innovative and sometimes hilarious functions bitcoin miners have found for their rigs.
Ideological arguments over proof-of-work and proof-of-stake miss the larger point: Mining means the production of objective truth, says futurist Dan Jeffries. This post is part of CoinDesk's Mining Week.
Responsibility for Ethereum’s climate impact lies with institutions, not individuals, argues the emissions dashboard creator.
Can change come fast enough for an ESG-embattled mining industry?
Even though mining margins have shrunk since crypto prices corrected, for now they’re big enough to keep luring entrants from sectors like prepackaged food and anti-aging formulas.
Our reporters visited crypto mining farms around the world, interviewed key players and crunched network data to shed light on a little-understood industry.
While most crypto hacks involve stealing private keys belonging to a crypto wallet and emptying it, cryptojacking involves infecting a device with malware to gain control over it. Here’s how you can protect yourself.
How a European war made an argument about mining moot. This op-ed is part of Mining Week.
Despite favorable business conditions, a country’s political environment can deter international capital. This piece is part of CoinDesk's Mining Week
CoinDesk reporters traveled across Europe, Asia and North America to capture the diversity of cryptocurrency mining facilities. This piece is part of CoinDesk's Mining Week.
“Optical proof-of-work” would improve geographic distribution of hashrate and quell fears of climate-related pushback, proponents argue.
Specialization is necessary, but bitcoiners and miners need to learn to listen to each other, says Will Foxley, director of content at Compass Mining.
The Proof of Stake Alliance advocates for staking rewards to be treated as property, not income.
Web 3 will require the creation of a new structure of hardware, custom-built for the rapidly growing needs of the software.
Cloud vendors are fighting back against cryptojacking, but the hijackers are getting more sophisticated.
As clean energy gradually gets cheaper, mining operations will help subsidize green projects, writes the CEO of mining firm CleanSpark. This op-ed is part of CoinDesk’s Mining Week.
It has long been a concern that quantum computers could one day undermine Bitcoin and other crypto mining networks, but how realistic is that threat?
Even with the surge in popularity, home bitcoin mining only accounts for a small slice of the industry’s overall pie.
Cities across the U.S. are grappling with what it means to have cryptocurrency mining operations in their communities. Plattsburgh offers a sobering case study. This piece is part of CoinDesk's Mining Week.