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Russian Crypto Mining Giant Bitriver Considers Challenging US Sanctions – Mining Bitcoin News
Russia’s Bitriver, one of the largest operators of crypto mining data centers, may take legal action against the U.S. over the decision to place it under sanctions. The company insists it does not help the Russian government to…
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Nicehash Software ‘Fully Unlocks’ Nvidia’s Hashrate Reducing Technology – Mining Bitcoin…
On Saturday, the cryptocurrency mining platform Nicehash revealed the company has “fully Nvidia’s ” graphic processing units (GPUs). Nicehash says the firm’s Quickminer mining software is the first protocol that can unlock LHR GPU…
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Russia’s Anti-Monopoly Agency Proposes Higher Electricity Rates for Home Crypto Miners – Mining…
The anti-monopoly service of Russia has suggested that Russians minting digital currencies at their homes should pay more for the spent electrical energy. The proposal comes after the submission of a bill tailored to regulate…
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Kazakhstan Amends Registration Rules for Cryptocurrency Miners – Mining Bitcoin News
The government of Kazakhstan has revised the registration requirements for persons and companies involved in crypto mining. The updated regulations come amid an ongoing clampdown on the industry in the Central Asian nation, where the…
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Bitcoin’s Hashrate Taps an All-Time High, Next-Gen Machine Deployment Could Push it Much…
Bitcoin’s hashrate has once again reached an all-time high (ATH) this year, as the network’s processing power reached 275.01 exahash per second (EH/s) on May 2, 2022. The recent ATH follows a significant difficulty jump on April 27,…
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Riot Blockchain Is Constructing a 1 GW Bitcoin Mining Facility in Navarro County, Texas – Mining…
The publicly listed bitcoin miner Riot Blockchain has announced the company has started development on a 1 gigawatt (GW) bitcoin mining facility in Navarro County, Texas. The development of 400 megawatts (MW) of capacity has been…
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Bitcoin Mining Difficulty Hits a Lifetime High After a 5.56% Increase, Metric Nears 30 Trillion –…
Jamie Redman
Jamie Redman is the News Lead at Bitcoin.com News and a financial tech journalist living in Florida. Redman has been an active member of the cryptocurrency community since 2011. He has a passion for Bitcoin, open-source…
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Mining Report Shows Bitcoin’s Electricity Consumption Decreased by 25% in Q1 2022 – Mining…
At the end of May last year, Tesla’s Elon Musk convinced bitcoin industry leaders to form a Bitcoin Mining Council (BMC) and in mid-July, the BMC launched its public services and website. On April 25, 2022, the organization published…
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Fort Worth Is Mining Bitcoin in City Hall, Mayor Wants to Transform Region Into a Tech-Friendly City…
On Tuesday, Fort Worth mayor Mattie Parker and Fort Worth revealed that the city is now the first U.S. city government in the country to mine bitcoin. According to the announcement, the city of Fort Worth has partnered with the Texas…
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Bitcoin Miner Cleanspark Secures $35 Million in Financing from Trinity Capital – Mining Bitcoin News
On Tuesday, the bitcoin mining and energy technology firm Cleanspark announced that it has secured $35 million in non-dilutive financing from Trinity Capital. According to the company, Cleanspark aims to leverage the funds for growth…
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