Bitcoin Mining Is Now Harder Than Ever—16 Years After Satoshi Started It All
Satoshi Nakamoto mined Bitcoin's genesis block 16 years ago today. Now, mining the cryptocurrency has never been more difficult.
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Older archive item. Useful for background and entity history, but not a fresh market-moving signal.
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This mining story adds another data point to the current market tape and is useful when read alongside nearby source coverage.
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