Mining


Finanzen

Here Are Six New Projects Looking to Mitigate Bitcoin Mining’s Energy Footprint

From technical improvement efficiencies to novel market-based solutions, a plethora of projects are trying to improve the bitcoin mining’s environmental footprint.

Bitcoin mining can soak up renewable energy that is hard to transmit or consume locally, giving a leg up to energy producers. (Yunha)

Finanzen

Russia Plans to Mine Crypto for Cross-Border Deals, Says Central Bank

International sanctions have been imposed on the country to exclude it from the U.S. dollar-powered global payment infrastructure.

Elvira Nabiullina, Bank of Russia chief

Finanzen

Bitcoin Miner Mawson to Sell Texas Sites for $8.5M to Singapore Fund Manager

The funds will go toward reducing Mawson's debt and fueling growth.

Bitcoin miners at work (Eliza Gkritsi/CoinDesk)

Technologie

Intel Discontinues Bitcoin Mining Chip Series

The production of the so-called Blockscale chips was announced about a year ago.

(Slejven Djurakovic/unsplash)

Werbung

Consensus Magazin

Gridless Is Extending Power to Rural Africa

Bitcoin mining has a dirty reputation for using more energy than some small countries. But African cryptominers have found a way to use their consumption to keep the lights on in rural communities. That’s why Gridless is one of CoinDesk’s Projects to Watch 2023.

(Rachel Sun/CoinDesk)

Richtlinien

NovaWulf Plans to Tokenize Equity of Celsius’ New Firm With $2B Assets, After Takeover

Celsius Network contacted 130 interested parties and signed confidentiality agreements with 40, before choosing NovaWulf.

Alex Mashinsky, founder and CEO of Celsius Network, at Consensus 2019 in New York (CoinDesk)

Richtlinien

Sweden Drives Final Nail Into Its Bitcoin Mining Industry With Tax Hike

The 6,000% increase in taxes per kilowatt hour of energy may "ultimately destroy the industry" in the country.

A 30MW mining facility (Sandali Handagama/CoinDesk)

Finanzen

CleanSpark Buys $144.9M of Bitcoin Mining Rigs to Double Its Hashrate

The brand new Bitmain Antminer S19 XPs miners will be delivered by September.

CleanSpark's bitcoin mining facility in College Park, Georgia. (Eliza Gkritsi/CoinDesk)

Werbung

Meinung

The ‘Skull of Satoshi’ Proves Bitcoin Mining Discourse Isn’t Dead

An artist made great art and learned about Bitcoin.

"Skull Of Satoshi" (VonWong Productions)

Finanzen

Bitcoin Mining Industry Is Well Positioned to Participate in a New Cycle: Bernstein

The next main catalyst for the sector is the reward halving due early 2024, the report said.

Bitmain Antminer S19 Hydro mining rigs, the company's latest technology, installed at a Merkle Standard facility in Washington state. (Eliza Gkritsi/CoinDesk)