Mining Pools

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Hut 8 Joins Foundry’s Institutional Bitcoin Mining Pool With Over 14,000 Machines
Hut 8 plans to add another 5,000 ASICs to Foundry's pool by August.
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All Major Mining Pools Now Support Taproot, Bitcoin's Biggest Upgrade in Years
Binance Pool represents 11% of Bitcoin’s mining hashrate. Adding it to the “yes” column pushes mining pool support for Taproot to about 91%.
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Blocks mined per month by OKEx's pool
OKEx Mining Pool Flatlines After 99.5% Hash Power Drop as Withdrawal Suspensions Spook Clients
The pool's hash power has dropped from 5,000 to barely 20 PH/s.
Blocks mined per month by OKEx's pool

Negative difficulty adjustments in Bitcoin's history
Bitcoin’s Mining Difficulty Sees Largest Percentage Drop in 9 Years
Bitcoin's mining difficulty just recorded its largest percentage decrease since the advent of ASIC mining machines in late 2012.
Negative difficulty adjustments in Bitcoin's history

Balaci’s testimony indicates that BitClub never ran the lucrative bitcoin mining pools it lured victim investors with. (Shutterstock)
BitClub Programmer Admits Mining Scheme Stole $722M in Bitcoin
The Romanian programmer pleaded guilty to wire fraud and the offering and sale of unregistered securities.
Balaci’s testimony indicates that BitClub never ran the lucrative bitcoin mining pools it lured victim investors with. (Shutterstock)

Jimmy Nguyen, Bitcoin Association President (Bitcoin Association)
Bitcoin SV President Hits Out at Binance as Former Critic Becomes Top Miner
The new spat erupted after Binance's new pool became the biggest miner for BSV, despite the exchange delisting the token a year ago.
Jimmy Nguyen, Bitcoin Association President (Bitcoin Association)

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Mining Pools Distribute $2.4M Transaction Fee After Flood of Phoney Refund Claims [Updated]
Mining pool Ethermine said it would never freeze transaction fees again.
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New Software Fix Offers Bitcoin Miners Increased Security
Startup Braiins has released the first functioning code for a new protocol designed to fix longstanding security problems with bitcoin mining pools.
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(Binance CEO Changpeng Zhao/CoinDesk)
Binance Crypto Exchange Is Launching Its First Bitcoin Mining Pool
Binance has been offering "generous" referral bonuses for its new crypto mining pool.
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Roger Ver, one of the biggest advocates of bitcoin cash, said PayPal would not have supported bitcoin cash if the payment giant knew about the hard forks.
Roger Ver's Mining Pool Pulls Support for Bitcoin Cash Dev Fund Over Chain Split Threat
Ver said he was "mostly just along for the ride" as some mining pools stepped back from the prospect of competing hard forks.
Roger Ver, one of the biggest advocates of bitcoin cash, said PayPal would not have supported bitcoin cash if the payment giant knew about the hard forks.