Bitcoin developers have finished a proposed security cleanup called BIP-54, but winning enough support to activate it may prove harder than writing the code.

A miner using the Ocean pool’s DATUM protocol declined to signal support for the controversial BIP-110 fork and instead mined block 961,634 on bitcoin’s main chain. Simple Mining’s decision ...

Supporters of BIP-110 split off into a minority Bitcoin chain on Saturday, but it mined only two blocks in about eight hours ...

The breakaway chain inherited bitcoin’s mining difficulty with only a tiny share of hashpower, leaving blocks hours apart ...

A volunteer security effort says it has scanned 150 Bitcoin repositories and disclosed more than a dozen vulnerabilities.

SBI Crypto will shut down its Bitcoin mining pool on July 31 after more than five years, ranking 12th globally with about 2.2% of hashrate share. SBI Crypto, a cryptocurrency-focused division of ...

An agreement between the U.S. and Kazakhstan has given a group of American investors with ties to the president and the commerce secretary access to one of the world’s largest untapped reserves of ...

Bitcoin mining difficulty has undergone its second-largest downward difficulty adjustment this year, following February’s 11% shift. Bitcoin mining difficulty dropped by 10.09% on Sunday, marking the ...

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Jefferies analysts said companies with bitcoin mining roots have a "head start" on addressing a projected shortfall in data center capacity. Shares of the five former bitcoin miners tapped by ...

New York Post may receive revenue from affiliate and advertising partnerships for sharing this content and/or when you make a purchase. Bitcoin has been on a rollercoaster for the last eighteen months ...

Bitcoin miners are pivoting to AI and HPC hosting as mining profitability declines, leveraging energy infrastructure for higher returns. I favor IREN, BITF, and RIOT for their strong fundamentals, ...