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Can Bitcoin mining heat grow food? A Manitoba pilot explores using crypto server heat to cut greenhouse energy costs and emissions.
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Bitcoin Mining News
Bitcoin mining involves solving complex mathematical puzzles, validating transactions and securing the network. Miners compete to find the correct hash, adding new blocks to the blockchain and earning rewards in the form of newly minted Bitcoin (BTC). Notably, a new Bitcoin block is mined every 10 minutes on average.
Bitcoin mining has undergone a significant evolution since its early days. Initially, miners utilized CPUs and GPUs for mining. As demand increased, specialized hardware called ASICs (application-specific integrated circuits) emerged, drastically enhancing mining efficiency. In recent years, a noteworthy trend has been the shift toward renewable energy sources for mining operations. Miners are increasingly adopting eco-friendly solutions, minimizing the environmental impact of energy-intensive mining processes.
Mining can be done individually (solo mining) or collaboratively in groups (mining pools). Solo miners solve blocks independently, receiving the entire reward. In contrast, mining pools combine computational power, share profits and increase the chances of earning rewards collectively. This collaborative approach has become popular due to its steadier income stream.
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The Bitcoin hashrate has slipped below 1 zetahash per second for the first time in four months despite a recent improvement in miner profitability.
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The deal followed Riot announcing last week that it sold more than $160 million of its Bitcoin holdings as part of a strategy shift, to broaden use of its data centers.
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Untagged Bitcoin blocks sparked solo-miner speculation before NiceHash confirmed they were mined during internal testing, highlighting limits of onchain attribution.
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ETF flows, treasury stocks, mining fees, scaling trade-offs and regulation now explain Bitcoin’s market shifts better than price alone.
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CleanSpark’s move into AI and high-performance computing reflects a broader shift among Bitcoin miners facing rising difficulty and costs.
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Corporate Bitcoin treasuries expanded by 260,000 BTC in six months, three times the amount mined, with Strategy holding 60% of all corporate holdings.
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Bitcoin mining difficulty, which hit repeated highs in 2025, recorded a slight decline in its first network adjustment of 2026.
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Bitcoin mining is accelerating renewable energy deployment, replacing fossil-fuel heating, expanding energy access and cutting methane emissions at scale.
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Bitcoin accumulators absorbed 60,000 BTC, but miners sending their rewards to exchanges may lead to overhanging sell pressure.
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The Bitcoin miner sold 1,818 BTC and said it will end monthly production updates as it shifts toward a broader data center and infrastructure strategy.
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Cypherpunk Adam Back has frequently shot down claims that quantum computing will be a threat to Bitcoin anytime soon.
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Canaan‘s pilot program will use the miner‘s liquid cooling systems to supplement the power needed to heat intake water for greenhouses, helping grow tomatoes.
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Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang says there’s a massive race for AI computing power, which could raise questions about how much will be left for crypto mining.
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ESG researcher Daniel Batten says peer-reviewed studies challenge claims that Bitcoin mining destabilizes power grids or raises electricity costs.
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