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Bitcoin Mining

The governments and companies own close to 8 per cent of all Bitcoin in the world, roughly 1 million Bitcoin (BTC) worth $45 billion, and Bulgaria is the major holder of it, a report said

Updated On: 01 Aug 2023 | 5:18 PM IST

The hashrate, or combined computational power used by bitcoin miners globally, has roughly quadrupled over the past six months to blow past 200 million "terahashes" per second

Updated On: 22 Feb 2022 | 1:55 PM IST

Firms aim to bring advanced fission to energy-intensive process of minting new coins, diversify energy sources used by miners

Updated On: 26 Sep 2021 | 11:45 PM IST

Bitcoin mining generates as much as 30.7 metric kilotonnes of e-waste every year as of May 2021 which is comparable to small IT equipment waste produced by countries like the Netherlands

Updated On: 21 Sep 2021 | 9:51 AM IST

The price of bitcoin has nosedived after fresh reports emerged that China has expanded its crackdown on the mining of cryptocurrencies.

Updated On: 22 Jun 2021 | 1:56 PM IST

China's central government vowed to clamp down on bitcoin mining and trading

Updated On: 26 May 2021 | 6:00 PM IST

In this edition of the podcast, we will breakdown the meaning of bitcoin for you and will rewind its stupendous rally

Updated On: 09 Feb 2021 | 5:19 PM IST

Industry experts first noted crypto-jacking as a threat in 2017

Updated On: 29 Jun 2018 | 9:07 PM IST

Bitcoin prices have fallen 40 percent this year, hurting margins for miners

Updated On: 22 May 2018 | 6:49 AM IST

Browser-based mining is a process of cryptocurrency mining that occurs in a browser and is implemented using cryptomining software and script

Updated On: 27 Dec 2017 | 5:04 PM IST

The global industry's power use already may equal 3 million US homes, topping the individual consumption of 159 countries

Updated On: 16 Dec 2017 | 11:15 PM IST