mining pools

Bitcoin lottery mining at home is growing in popularity. Have the bitcoin nerds discovered a new hack that beats the Powerball?

BM Big Read: If Bitcoin wants to become more than a store of value, it can’t rely on just five mining pools; opening the door to even-handed satsflow to miners is critical.

Braidpool is a protocol proposal for a completely decentralized mining pool, leaving no part of the pool's role the responsibility of a centralized actor.

A thorough analysis of the entire mining ecosystem, from ASICs to mining pools, looking at the systemic risks and issues that exist throughout the industry.

The new update will enable the selection of transactions via a new sub-protocol and miners’ nodes.

Bitcoin mining is centralizing, but how real is the risk of network censorship? And can a protocol called Stratum V2 save the industry?

The developer will work on a sub-protocol of Stratum V2, a communications protocol meant to improve miner collaboration, increasing the global hash rate.

Miners need to be flexible to changes in the market, including global cultural differences and adversarial legal frameworks when countries ban Bitcoin.

Bitcoin mining pools rely on centralization, but P2Pool and other protocols have sought to reduce the need for trust in third parties.

Using Blockstream Satellite, this guide demonstrates how to mine bitcoin by yourself without placing trust in a pool.