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Bitcoin’s hash rate hit an all-time high of 117 EH/s in early 2020. But the reasons why are more nuanced than “the halving.”
Business

Bitcoin Hash Rate Hits All-Time High Behind Price Rise, Private Pools in China

By Colin Harper
BTC.com’s years-long first place position is threatened by rival bitcoin mining pool Poolin.
Business

BTC.com’s Bitcoin Mining Pool Dominance Threatened by Poolin

By 8btc
Mining - Bitmain Follows Industry Trend
Business

Bitmain Follows Industry Trend, Shutters Operations in Israel

By Jimmy Aki
Mining - Bitmain Nears 51% of Network Hash Rate: Why This Matters and Why It Doesn’t
Business

Bitmain Nears 51 of Network Hash Rate: Why This Matters and Why It Doesn’t

By Nick Marinoff
Mining - Something Odd Is Happening at Bitcoin’s Largest Mining Pool
Business

Something Odd Is Happening at Bitcoin’s Largest Mining Pool

By Kyle Torpey
Technical - If There Is an Answer to Selfish Mining
Technical

If There Is an Answer to Selfish Mining, Braiding Could Be It

By Aaron van Wirdum
Digital assets - Which Altcoins Are Implementing SegWit?
Business

Which Altcoins Are Implementing SegWit?

By Aaron van Wirdum
Technical - Slush Pool to Let Hashers Vote on Segregated Witness Activation: “Mining Pools Should Remain Neutral”
Technical

Slush Pool to Let Hashers Vote on Segregated Witness Activation: “Mining Pools Should Remain Neutral”

By Aaron van Wirdum
Mining - Why Bitcoin Mining Pools Aren’t Incentivized to Broadcast Blocks Quickly
Business

Why Bitcoin Mining Pools Aren’t Incentivized to Broadcast Blocks Quickly

By Aaron van Wirdum
Adoption & community - How Bitcoin's Second Halving Came and Went
Technical

How Bitcoin's Second Halving Came and Went, and Not Much Happened

By Aaron van Wirdum
Technical - Why Do Some Bitcoin Mining Pools Mine Empty Blocks?
Business

Why Do Some Bitcoin Mining Pools Mine Empty Blocks?

By Pascal Gauthier
Technical - BTCC and HaoBTC Dismiss Rumors of Hard Fork Threat by Chinese Bitcoin Miners
Technical

BTCC and HaoBTC Dismiss Rumors of Hard Fork Threat by Chinese Bitcoin Miners

By Kyle Torpey
Payments - GreenAddress Is First Bitcoin Wallet to Launch Replace-By-Fee Bitcoin Transactions; Miner Adoption Slow
Technical

GreenAddress Is First Bitcoin Wallet to Launch Replace-By-Fee Bitcoin Transactions; Miner Adoption Slow

By Aaron van Wirdum
Mining - Algorithmic Improvements Give Bitcoin Mining an AsicBoost
Business

Algorithmic Improvements Give Bitcoin Mining an AsicBoost

By Andrew Quentson
Technical - Bitcoin Core 0.12.0 Released: What's New?
Technical

Bitcoin Core 0.12.0 Released: What's New?

By Aaron van Wirdum
Technical - Bitcoin Roundtable Announcement Thwarts Bitcoin Classic Launch
Technical

Bitcoin Roundtable Announcement Thwarts Bitcoin Classic Launch

By Aaron van Wirdum
Mining - Slush Pool Introduces Provably Fair Bitcoin Mining
Business

Slush Pool Introduces Provably Fair Bitcoin Mining

By Aaron van Wirdum
Op-ed - Update: Chinese Mining Pools Still Undecided about Bitcoin Classic
Business

Update: Chinese Mining Pools Still Undecided about Bitcoin Classic, Says Huobi

By Aaron van Wirdum
Op-ed - Coinomi Founder John Jegutanis: Scale Bitcoin by Decreasing Latency
Technical

Coinomi Founder John Jegutanis: Scale Bitcoin by Decreasing Latency

By Aaron van Wirdum
Op-ed - How the Magic of IBLTs Could Boost Bitcoin's Decentralization
Technical

How the Magic of IBLTs Could Boost Bitcoin's Decentralization

By Aaron van Wirdum
Op-ed - Adam Back on 3 Forms of Centralization That Have Crept Into Bitcoin
Technical

Adam Back on Three Forms of Centralization That Have Crept Into Bitcoin

By Kyle Torpey
Op-ed - Exclusive Preview: ECUREX Research to Release Comprehensive Digital Currency Market Report
Markets

Exclusive Preview: ECUREX Research to Release Comprehensive Digital Currency Market Report

By Giulio Prisco
Op-ed - Updated: Major Mining Pools Make a Stand Against Bitcoin XT Fork
Technical

Updated: Major Mining Pools Make a Stand Against Bitcoin XT Fork, Support for BIP 100 Grows

By Aaron van Wirdum
Op-ed - Everything You Need to Know about the Proposed Changes to the Bitcoin Block Size Cap
Technical

Everything You Need to Know about the Proposed Changes to the Bitcoin Block Size Cap

By Aaron van Wirdum