A recent post by Altcoin Buzz on Twitter has raised concerns about a potential incoming dump by Bitcoin miners, as transaction fees and mempool backlog reach new heights.
Bitcoin mining is still a highly profitable business despite its drawbacks. Moreover, the total cumulative revenue for BTC miners has just reached a new milestone. On-chain analytics provider Glassnode has reported that Bitcoin miners have earned total revenue of $50.2 billion from the block subsidy and fees.
One of the greatest gifts Bitcoin gave the world was its underlying technology: blockchain. It has birthed a financial revolution, channeled capital to parts of the globe that need it and untethered the power to transact from the few to the many. And now, as we see, in Bitcoin’s strong start to 2023, those long-awaited beams of sunlight have come out to shine on crypto’s firstborn.
The first episode of the “Bit Talk” podcast discusses recent developments in the world of Bitcoin. Hosted by Akiba and James from CryptoSlate as well as Bitcoin pioneer Nick from Mercury Wallet, the podcast is a bite-sized, easy-to-consume bi-weekly overview of the Bitcoin network.
Bitcoin mining is carried out using specialized processing equipment, and miners are paid in Bitcoin in exchange for validating transactions on the blockchain by resolving a challenging problem known as a "hash."
At a time in history when the crypto market is in the midst of an adolescent crisis between marketplaces that are jumping and a Bitcoin that is holding its own despite the situation (showing great strength and solid foundations) mining remains a tool that knows how to attract resources but there are also those who abandon the practice.
El Salvador President Nayib Bukele and Tron cryptocurrency founder Justin Sun, who is also a Permanent Representative of Grenada to the World Trade Organization, on Thursday announced they would accumulate one Bitcoin every day, notwithstanding the possibility of a prolonged crypto winter.
A review of numerous metrics revealed that Bitcoin mining had become less profitable and more challenging. The hashrate metric revealed that the BTC hashrate had been relatively high, particularly in October.
Cryptography hardware technology company Fabric Systems raised $13 million in a seed round from investors to build energy-efficient Bitcoin mining hardware.
Major cryptocurrencies were trading in the red early on October 13 as the global crypto market cap decreased 0.05 percent to $918.19 billion over the last day. The total crypto market volume dropped 9.88 percent to $44.13 billion over the last 24 hours.
A recently filed SEC Form D registration explains that Rhodium Enterprises, Inc. raised $11.9 million this month, according to a notice of an exempt offering of securities filing published on September 19, 2022.