Bitcoin Miners Feel the Heat After 6.31% Difficulty Jump and Falling Hashprice
Bitcoin miners just got hit with a hefty 6.31% bump in difficulty this week, pushing the rating to a hefty 155.97 trillion. Even so, miners kept the hashrate roaring above the 1,100 exahash per second (EH/s) mark, with b...
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