Bitcoin mining is the process that keeps the BTC network secure and operational. Bitcoin (BTC) miners collect pending transactions, bundle them into blocks and repeatedly perform hashing attempts ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Korok Ray is a PhD economist/professor who researches/teaches Bitcoin. Early Facebook investor Peter Thiel once advised future ...

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, ...

The winning miner controls just 0.0000007% of Bitcoin’s total network hashpower, which recently hit a record 855.7 exahashes per second. Updated Nov 22, 2025, 6:38 p.m. Published Nov 22, 2025, 6:36 ...

Bitcoin miner profitability has fallen to an all-time low, pushing operators to shut down rigs or repurpose facilities. Hashprice has collapsed to its weakest level in years. Major Bitcoin mining ...

For many years, Bitcoin has been making waves across the globe. As the Bitcoin price today flashes in neon green across trading screens, investors and speculators are hustling to make a buck off this ...

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, ...

A solo miner earned about 3.15 Bitcoin for mining the network’s 924,569th block on Friday, securing $266,000 worth of the asset, despite only having a sliver of a chance. The individual, who onlookers ...

Data from Lookonchain shows an early bitcoin BTC $86,728.59 miner wallet holding 4,000 BTC (around $442 million) has become active for the first time in 14 years. The wallet, identified as 18eY9o, ...

Bitcoin mining is quietly staging a comeback in China despite being banned four years ago, as individual and corporate miners exploit cheap electricity and a data-centre boom in some energy-rich ...